Visual Arts Scotland Residencies
Soorin Shin
Soorin Shin is a visual artist who explores femininity, foregrounding her Korean heritage as a central reference. Inspired by cultural and historical artefacts such as knots, vessels and patchwork, she delves into themes of sisterhood, motherhood and feminism. She predominantly works with sculpture, shaping organic, curvy and wobbly motifs that echo natural forms, channelling eco-feminist […]
Joseph Wilson
Joseph Wilson uses photography to explore interactions between perception, memory, and the material world through the sustained observation of the places and things which bear our trace. Through this practice he asks of memory, of the world around us, and of photographs themselves: what is it that persists? The Shore Photography Residency is made possible […]
Maeva Totolehibe
In partnership with Wysing Arts Centre, we are pleased to host the artist and poet Maeva Totolehibe. Based in France, Maeve is Wysing’s 2026 Magnetic Resident, spending eight weeks in the UK in 2026 as part of Fluxus Art Project’s Franco-UK residency exchange programme. Time in Scotland will enable Maeve to continue her research. Maeva […]
Roy Boswell
Roy Boswell is a sculptor from Helsinki whose work is concerned with the durational qualities of materials. Their work combines objects with music and organised sound, performance traditions, writing, and dramaturgy. Longer lasting materials like stone are placed side by side with fast-paced materials like a song or a beam of light – and the […]
Omid Asadi
Omid Asadi, born in Iran, navigates a diverse journey that intertwines past experiences with creative expression. After growing up in Iran, he ventured into engineering and boxing before embracing art’s calling. In 2007, Omid’s life took an international turn as he immigrated to the United Kingdom. The transition ignited a transformation within him, eventually steering […]
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Carolin Seeliger
Carolin Seeliger explores marine landscapes and the relationship between humans and the nonhuman world. Working with experimental photography, often camera-less, she invites landscapes and non-human agents into a shared creation. By stepping back from the camera and her own human gaze, she works with UV-light sensitive papers and fabrics directly in the landcape, creating space […]
Magnetic 5 Residencies
Annabel Wright & Helen McCrorie
Annabel Wright is an emerging visual artist with background as a renowned illustrator and musician. She is continuing to expand her illustration practice into visual art projects and collaborations and has experimented with large scale wall-works and installations during a residency with Villa Stuck Museum in Munich. Community is a common focus throughout her practice […]
George Moody
George Moody (they/them) is a Leeds-based artist working across bioart, installation, and sculpture. Their practice is grounded in queer ecology and material-led research, engaging ecological others already in states of collapse. Through foraged plant matter, polluted water, and organic materials prone to decay, they create works that remain entangled with processes of decomposition, mutation, and […]
Melissa Joseph
Melissa Joseph is a New York based artist. Her work considers themes of memory, family history, and the politics of how we occupy spaces. She intentionally alludes to the labors of women as well as experiences as a first generation American and the unique juxtapositions of diasporic life. Her work has been shown at the […]