Common Ground; The Living Landscape

Common Ground; The Living Landscape is an exhibition that brings together artists and makers whose work speaks to our deep, evolving relationship with Scotland’s natural environment.

Scotland’s land carries stories of belonging and separation, of heritage and transformation, of deep time and fragile change. Through its rivers and coastlines, forests and moors, people have shaped the land and, in turn, been shaped by it. These connections run deep, interwoven with memory, ritual, and identity.

For our first exhibition of 2026 we have brought together artists and makers whose work responds to these depictions of living landscapes, inviting audiences to consider how creativity can reconnect us to nature in an era of climate uncertainty and cultural shifts. The exhibition celebrates practices that are both grounded in materiality and attuned to spirit: works made from the land, about the land, and in dialogue with the land.

31 January – 10 May 2026
3B St Mary St, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4AA

Exhibiting Artists: Adrian Peter Vivian Smith, Aileen Keith, Aimee Holt, Al Bell, Alan Wyllie, Alison Laing, Ally Wallace, Amanda Airey, Amy Marletta, Ana Kapodistria, Angela Furman, Anna Bochsler, Anna Turnbull, Annie Mulvey, Aoife Mary Hogan, Becky Thorley-Fox, Benedict Barbour, Caitriona Dunnett, Cara McAllister, Carmen Carmeli, Charles Young, Christine Sloman, Claire Ong, CP Campbell, David Faithfull, Dilys Rose, Edward Leeming, Elaine Wilson, Eleanor Buffam, Eleanor Cunningham, Emily Dodd, Emily Ingrey-Counter, Emily McLatchie, Emma Aiken, Esther Helfer, Evie Rose Thornton, Felicity Bristow, Fi Thomson, Fiona Watson, Fionnuala Lanigan, Flora Fraser, Frances Ross, Gaynor Ranshaw, Georgia Crook, Georgina Fay, Gill Smith, Giorgos Asvestas, Gosia Walton, Gregory Moore, Gyllian Thomson, Hannah Knechtli, Hayley Banks, Hazel Campbell, Heather Close, Heather Macfarlane, Helen Parker, Helen Ryman, Ian Mckinnell, Inês-Hermione Mulford, Ingrid Bell, Jade Stout, Jamie McNeill, Jane Hunter, Jennifer Haggarty, Jenny Mason, Jenny Smith, Jessamy Kelly, Jo Fleming Smith, Joanna McLeman, Joanne Soroka, John Finlay, Jonathan Rowland, Karen Davies, Karen Menarry, Kate Anderson, Kateryna Tsyvunova, Katy Brett, Kerry Souter, Kirstin McEwan, Kirsty MacDonald, Laura Boswell, Laura Derby, Laura Derby, Lee O’Connor, Lida Hatrick, Lindsey Hamilton, Livia Marinescu, Lorna Fraser, Louisa Ruthven, Louise Scott, Lucy Bergman, Lyndsey Davidson, Lynne Bingham, Mairi Strachan, Mandy Reid-Foster, Maria Muruaga, Mark Mulholland, Mark Welland, Marnie Collins, Martin Martin, Libby Sipe, Mary May, Mary Muir, Masha Tiplady, Matthew Draper, Melanie Brunton, Michael Alexander, Miriam Vickers, Nicola Bolland, Nicola Neate, Oscar van Heek, Patti Lean, Pauline Leader, Phyllis Fenton, Polly Thelwall, Rita Kermack, Robert Henshelwood, Robin Palmer, Rosie Hay, Roxy Russell, Sandra Vick, Sarah Bold, Sarah Gordon, Sheila MacNeill, Shirley Fife, Siobhan McLaughlin, Steven Smithwhite, Sue Savege, Susan Macinnes, Susan Mains, Tansy Lee Moir, Tarja Poikonen, Toni Harrower, Val Menon, Valerie McLean, Volha Druhakova, Wendy Lap, Will Carey, Yasmeen Khan, Zack Moir