This partnership with Visual Arts Scotland makes possible two-week fully-funded residencies designed to support research and the development of new work.

Evie Rose Thornton’s practice bridges the gap between viewers and the natural landscape, untangling ecosystems that structure every aspect of the environment around us. By nature, her work is interdisciplinary, as she responds organically to the research she undertakes, allowing the information to direct the line of enquiry and inform her material choices.

Her work recognises the imminent threat of climate change and aims to posit potential futures that consider a more symbiotic way of living. Her practice crafts intimate and philosophical encounters between individuals and non-human life through the creation of artworks that are intended for habitation by the natural world, emphasising the need for balance and reciprocity.

Approaching the landscape through a scientific lens, she avidly researches climate change literature, books, articles and scientific journals, seeking out collaborations with environmental scientists and research institutes to deepen her understanding of ongoing transformations and humanity’s responses. Drawing on the emotional tenets of Romanticism, this notion of care and compassion for the landscape is central to her values and her practice.