Sarah Tripp
The Scottish Visual Arts Residency supports an established artists based in Scotland, providing space and time for the research and development of new work. The 2009 residency was awarded to the Glasgow-based visual artist and writer Sarah Tripp. Tripp’s current practice is based on a curiosity about human behaviour and a sensitivity to the coercive aspects […]
Will Holder
Typographer, writer and curator Will Holder will be based at Cove Park for three weeks this summer, producing a formal analysis of the commentary that three twentieth century calligraphers wrote alongside their work. Cove Park has a long history of supporting national and international art writers and curators through its visual arts programme. Former residents […]
Sarah Forrest
Sarah Forrest’s videos and installations reflect the central importance of literature to her practice. The influence of fiction, theory and philosophy manifests itself in her work both visually and through written components (usually spoken word narration). Her recent video installation ‘I Left it on Page 32’ (for her solo exhibition at Glasgow’s CCA in 2013) […]
Cara Tolmie
Following an intense period of production and presentation, Cara Tolmie’s four-week residency will enable the artist to reflect upon recent performance and moving image projects, such as ‘Pley’ and ‘Otiumfold’ (both 2013), and to develop a strategy and score for a new moving image work in 2014. Cove Park’s UK Visual Arts Residencies support established […]
Tyler Coburn
Tyler Coburn is a visual artist and writer based in New York. His practice, which includes writing, readings, performance, installation and video, focuses on modes of sociality and subjectivity facilitated by technology. One recent project, ‘I’m that angel’ (2012/2013), surveys data centres, co-location facilities and server farms: the sites that store ‘the cloud’. This project […]
Lauren Gault
This year’s Emerging Visual Arts residency has been awarded to the Glasgow-based artist Lauren Gault. Working primarily in sculptural installation, her work features made and found objects, elemental materials and process based works, all of which are selected for their specific histories and component properties. Gault is interested in how an object may be inhabited […]
Ruth Claxton
Ruth Claxton is known for her large scale, site responsive installations and public sculptures which often use reflective and mirrored surfaces to create complex, interconnecting visual ‘worlds’ inhabited by smaller figurative works. Referencing display systems and architecture, and drawing on languages of art, craft and design, these works usually consist of a series of evolving […]
Victor & Hester
Cove Park’s One-to-One programme was established in 2012 and is designed to support artists working in collaboration. This year, the residency has been awarded to Victor & Hester, an ongoing collaborative project between visual artists Amelia Bywater and Emma Fitts. Launched in 2010, Victor & Hester work collaboratively with both Scotland-based and international artists to […]
Geoffrey Farmer
Cove Park, in partnership with the Scottish Print Network and Edinburgh Printmakers, will host the Canadian artist Geoffrey Farmer in June this year. Working between Edinburgh and Cove Park over a period of three weeks, this will be the artist’s first visit to Scotland. During this residency he will develop new work in print with […]
Martin Healy
Irish artist Martin Healy works primarily through the mediums of film, photography and installation. His practice explores the connection between belief systems, mythology and the phenomena of perception and how these intersect through recorded imagery or sound. Recent films by the artist, such as ‘Facsimile’, ‘Fugue’ and ‘Last man’, reference popular culture, early science fiction […]
Quinn Latimer
The American writer and curator Quinn Latimer will be based at Cove Park for one week in April. This residency supports her research towards ‘Mood is Made/Temperature is Taken’, an exhibition programmed by Glasgow Sculpture Studios as part of Generation’s Associate Programme. The exhibition includes work by Studio holders Rachel Adams, Jennifer Bailey, Sarah Forrest, […]
Alex Frost
Following a research residency in 2013, the Glasgow-based artist Alex Frost has been commissioned by Cove Park to develop a new, temporary work for its site in 2014. Alex will be on residency again this spring to continue his research and develop the work for presentation this summer. This commission is part of Generation, a nationwide […]