Justin Carter
Shaz Kerr
Jo Tomlinson
Sculpture House Residency is a new residency for a visual artist from Paisley (either currently living and working in Paisley or originally from Paisley). Developed by Cove Park in partnership with the town’s Sculpture House, this two-week fully funded residency offers time for self-directed studio work and the development of new ideas and projects. Sculpture House […]
Najma Hussein Abukar
Najma Hussein Abukar is a Somali born, Glasgow based photographer documenting cultural and immigrant experiences. Passionate about curating, archiving, and re (focusing) narratives of those underrepresented and marginalised, her practice is concerned with issues of identity, (self) representation and the notion of home and belonging within the Scottish landscape.
Sarah Kudirka
Sarah Kudirka is a visual artist fascinated by the shapes and edges of things. She paints on linen, instant film and found objects, and draws in pencil and ink. “You know when you find something in your pocket that you’d picked up then forgot? Familiar but unknown, a wee treasure, your fingers feel around its […]
Cat Auburn
Cat Auburn is an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand based in Argyll. Her art practice (sculpture, textile, film, event, and writing) focuses on how cultural heritage is constructed, reinforced, and strategically employed. Artistic ‘making’ is how she explores complex interrelational dynamics between ‘self’ and ‘culture’, local and global, policymaking and those subject to policy. The […]
Maria de Lima
Maria de Lima is a Brazilian-British artist currently based in Glasgow, working across video, installation and painting. She approaches video through a feminist lens to explore the many value systems embedded in language. Focusing on translation between Portuguese and English, she explores how the legacy of colonialism and its resistance leaves traces through the words […]
Saturn Akin
Saturn Akin is a Glasgow-based multidisciplinary artist, working across performance, adornment making, 3D, and photography. Their art practice revolves around the conjuration of their own identity (NB/Trans) and is driven by the creation, deconstruction, and reconstruction of adornments, 3D objects and still-lifes. Through this intricate and generative process, Saturn Akin explores themes of transness, body […]
Iman Tajik
Iman Tajik is an Iranian artist based in Glasgow. His work is anchored in a strong social interest and demonstrates an effort to make work that is a critical tool connected to international movements for social change. Tajik’s work addresses issues of contemporary conditions of life with a particular focus on migration and globalisation – […]
Oleksandra Novatska
Oleksandra Novatska is an artist and curator from Lviv, Ukraine, now living in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. She works mainly with watercolor and pencil, adding other materials and techniques where a project requires them. Last year, Oleksandra held a solo exhibition entitled ‘Faraway. From Ukraine to UK – A Tribute‘ in Dumfries, which then travelled […]
Haleh Jamali
Haleh Jamali is an Iranian woman artist, who views video art as a storytelling tool that creates immersive experiences that resonate deeply with viewers’ emotions. Passionate about exploring themes of identity and societal issues, Haleh wants to challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about Iranian culture, while also shedding light on the challenges and complexities faced by […]
Paria Goodarzi
Paria Goodarzi is an Iranian-born artist and social art practitioner, a member of UNESCO RILA Affiliated Artist network, and The Young Academy of Scotland. Paria studied BA(Hons) in Textile Design from the University of Science & Culture in Tehran, Sculpture & Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art, and Master of Adult Education, Community Development […]