Nic Green is an award-winning performance maker based in Scotland, known for her works Cock and Bull, TURN, Fatherland, Slowlo, Trilogy, Vivarium. Her work is varied in style… read on
David Douard was awarded a 3-week Cove Park Magnetic Residency. Based in Paris, David graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2011. Since then… read on
Sylvia Waltering was born in Germany and based in Manchester. Her creative practice uses a variety of media, such as photography, printmaking, writing and artist books to explore… read on
Freya Pocklington studied a BA at Edinburgh College of Art (2006) and an MA at UAL (2009). Solo exhibitions include: Ostara, Broadway Gallery (2022) and Behind the Blue… read on
Karen Maxted graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with distinction in 2018, specialising in painting. Since then, she has worked out of her studio in Troon and from… read on
Mele Broomes’ work embodies stories from the collective voice, creating visceral and sensory collaborations. Her work GRIN was presented at Battersea Art Centre, London, alongside the film production… read on
Grace Denton (she/her) is an artist and writer based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and currently in her third year of a practice-based PhD at Northumbria University. Her practice… read on
Collaboration is central to the work Emmie McLuskey produces, starting with a shared question or observation that she explores more deeply through practice, previously this has taken the… read on
James Ross is a pianist and composer who pushes the boundaries of Scottish traditional music. James released his debut album on the Greentrax label, a mix of his… read on
Caroline Bagenal was born on the Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland. She is a sculptor and freelance writer with an MFA in Painting and an MA in Modern Art… read on
Associate Annie Crabtree and Seth Hannah will be working on the voiceover script for new moving image work ‘Haunting’ while at Cove Park. ‘Haunting’ asks how identity is… read on
Jenny Hogarth (b.1979, Scotland) is an artist based in Edinburgh. In 2022 Jenny showed new moving image works ‘Flow Co Motion’ (2022) and ‘If You Talk About… read on
Anna Bambridge is a writer based in Glasgow. Her work is about seeing and being seen. She has studied physics and vision and draws from her scientific experience… read on
Dr Susannah Haslam is an independent research practitioner and tutor (research) in humanities at the Royal College of Art in London. She currently works in collaboration with Dr… read on
Whether it’s birds, flowers, hares, trees or landscapes, Sandra Vick's work is quintessentially about capturing the essence. She looks for patterns and shapes, colours and tones, lines and… read on
Tomoko Otani is a Japanese artist based in Tokyo. She graduated from Musashino Art University corresponding course in 2022, specialising in printing. She also gained a degree in… read on
Henry Coleman works around the spaces of designed experience, bumping up against architecture, typography, signage and the decorative; reframing and making obvious the established edges of the aesthetic… read on
Ella Thumim is a visual artist based in London. Working mainly in painting and drawing, her practice explores the moments and materials of our everyday lives, focussing on… read on
Scott Robertson (born in Ayr) is an artist with a conceptually driven practice. He works without a fixed studio or dedicated time to his practice, and connects people… read on
Helen Kellock is a award-winning author and illustrator based in Glasgow. At the heart of Helen's practice is a love of drawing, narrative and making picture books. Her… read on
Catherine Spencer is an art historian and writer based at the University of St Andrews. Her book Beyond the Happening: Performance Art and the Politics of Communication was… read on
Hatty Nestor is a cultural critic, poet and writer. She has been writer-in-residence at the Jerwood Space in London (2017) and critic-in-residence at Studio Das Weisse Haus… read on
The Helsinki-based artist Santtu Laine was awarded the 2023 Ecologies in the Making residency. This residency is the second in a four year programme developed by the read on
Freya Dooley’s practice incorporates sound, writing, moving image, installation, and performance. Rooted in close-range observations, her semi-fictional narratives and sonic compositions often expand on the harmonies and tensions… read on
My practice consists mainly of sculpture and light installation, supported by drawing, collage and creative writing. Through my practice I intend to impress upon the viewer a sense… read on
Tajender Sagoo is a multi disciplinary artist with a core practice in textile weaving and print making, based in London. Her practice uses textiles in a multi disciplinary… read on
Dr Myles-Jay Linton is a Bristol-based psychologist, artist and facilitator.
In 2019 Myles was awarded a Vice Chancellors Fellowship at the University of Bristol where he leads a programme… read on
Roger Suckling’s work is based around themes of location/place and autobiography/identity, using photography and moving image to explore place and time, to map a visual account of both… read on
My artwork uses site specific installations, photography and collage. I’m interested in using ruptures and matter out of place to explore the interface between the built environment, the… read on
A visual artist, geographer, and researcher, Anne’s practice is anchored around human-environment connections and experimental printmaking. Physical and metaphorical journeys are influential and intrinsic, particularly linking place and… read on
Sharon is a fibre and glass artist, trained at the Glasgow School of Art. Following her education in Scotland she attended the Banff Centre of Fine Arts in… read on
Anna Reckin is a poet based in Norwich. Her first two collections, Three Reds and Line to Curve, are published by Shearsman. Over the last few years she… read on
We are delighted to welcome Alex Cecchetti to Cove Park this spring. This is the final residency in our European Residency Programme, supported by British Council Scotland and… read on
Cove Park's second residency as part of the Magnetic programme has been awarded to the Paris-based artist Carla Adra.
Carla Adra is a French and Canadian… read on
Jane Alexander is a novelist and short story writer based in Edinburgh. After training at Edinburgh College of Art, she went on to study creative writing at the… read on
Gaada is an artist-led organisation which runs Toogs Art Workshop, a neurodiverse making community and Shetland's only visual art workshop facility. It was founded in 2018 by artists… read on
Sheila MacNeill is Glasgow based artist working in a range of paint based mediums. Her work represents interactions, reflections, memories of environments, exploring the boundaries between the natural… read on
Verity-Jane Keefe is a visual artist working predominantly in the public realm to explore the complex relationship between people and place. She is interested in the role of… read on
Hannah Coulson is a Scottish artist, illustrator and educator. She studied Visual Communication at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Hannah is an Associate… read on
Ross Fleming is an artist based in Paisley, Renfrewshire, who graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee, Recent exhibitions include: 'SUPERNOVIA' (duo) in 2016,… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Kirsty Crawford was awarded a 4-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research,… read on
Lesley McIntyre is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Northumbria University, Newcastle. She is fascinated by the mystery of ‘what has gone before’ and driven to uncover and… read on
Chris Bogle is a writer and filmmaker based in the North East of England. He is currently in the first year of a practice-based PhD in creative writing… read on
Fraser Taylor, Lisa Woolley, Marion Back, Sheena Beaton, Zoe Derbyshire, James Doak, Grace Fisher, Ruby Flowers, Fiona Gibson, Anne Goldrick, Alison Harley, Kim Lyons, Hilary Nicoll, and Simon Townsend
Looking for a Likeness Within an Unlikeness
A week-long residency led by Fraser Taylor and Lisa Woolley
The emphasis will be on exploring the expansive vocabulary of drawing and its… read on
This year, the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities are supporting their arts & humanities PhD students (based across 17 Scottish institutions) with residencies for creative practice,… read on
Flora Litchfield is an artist and sound therapist based in Edinburgh - working with laser light, nature, sound and moving image. Her work navigates geographical sites and psychological… read on
Alison Irvine lives in Glasgow and is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction. Her first novel This Road is Red (Luath 2011), based on the stories of… read on
Claudia Berghorn is a German writer and life writing teacher who works both in German and in English. Claudia has published two anthologies of life writing with her… read on
Wang-ling Shieh (b.1980) is a Taiwanese writer holding a bachelor's degree in politics and law and a master's degree in Taiwanese literature. He has been a journalist, an… read on
Sabrina Henry is a curator and costume designer. Her curatorial practise thinks through questions of post-coloniality as they exist in Scotland to contribute to the wider discourse around… read on
Dr Hannah Proctor and Dr Akshi Singh have been awarded funding from the British Academy for a writing retreat as part of a project called 'Migration and Racialisation:… read on
Dr Hannah Proctor and Dr Akshi Singh have been awarded funding from the British Academy for a writing retreat as part of a project called 'Migration and Racialisation:… read on
Dr Hannah Proctor and Dr Akshi Singh have been awarded funding from the British Academy for a writing retreat as part of a project called 'Migration and Racialisation:… read on
Dr Hannah Proctor and Dr Akshi Singh have been awarded funding from the British Academy for a writing retreat as part of a project called 'Migration and Racialisation:… read on
Dr Hannah Proctor and Dr Akshi Singh have been awarded funding from the British Academy for a writing retreat as part of a project called 'Migration and Racialisation:… read on
Dr Hannah Proctor and Dr Akshi Singh have been awarded funding from the British Academy for a writing retreat as part of a project called 'Migration and Racialisation:… read on
Adam Frank is a first-year Philosophy PhD student at the University of Dundee. His research explores how practices of attentiveness in everyday life and academic research methods can… read on
Felix Clarke is a PhD researcher in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh whose work is concerned with human/non-human animal relations. He is particularly interested in the… read on
Matthew Lear is a PhD candidate in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh where his research on ‘Repurposed Poetics and Anthropocene Time’ is funded by the Scottish… read on
Ellie Bush is an artist and practice-based PhD student at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. She is interested in how art-based approaches can examine and amplify… read on
Bonnie MacRae is an award-winning writer and director with a drive to create work that gives platforms loud, pertinent, socially-fuelled Scottish stories head on. Bonnie is particularly interested… read on
Justin Armstrong is a Canadian cultural anthropologist and writer based in Boston, USA. His work explores the intersections of sound, landscape, and everyday life. He has written numerous… read on
Fascinated by microscopic landscapes, collaborators Anna Rhodes, Anna Reid & Milja Tuomivaara are developing a series of micro publications to explore topics such as sediments, moss and the… read on
After supporting in schools, Fiona wrote for young adults: Get Over It, Adventures, Onwards and Upwards. Before came her prize-winning short story, ‘Off the Beaten Track.’ She won… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Erin McQuarrie was awarded a 3-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Miranda Vissers is a natural researcher; always looking for structures in landscapes.
She writes: 'Travel is the key in the development of my work. It is a major driving… read on
Tess Taylor’s is a poet and theatre artist from northern California. Her poetry often explores place, history, and ecosystem, and has been praised for revealing 'not so much… read on
Julie Kennedy is a writer and teacher, highly commended in the recent 2022 Ledbury Poetry Competition. During her residency at Cove park, she hopes to finishing the final… read on
Maura Bedloe is a writer based in Tasmania, Australia. She is coming to Cove Park on an independently funded residency to develop a new work that blends memoir,… read on
Molly C Farrell (they/them) is a writer and researcher based at Glasgow University, where they teach and occasionally lecture. Their current doctoral thesis considers codes in sapphic… read on
Ashanti Harris is a multi-disciplinary artist and researcher. Working with dance, performance, facilitation, sound, installation and writing, Ashanti’s work disrupts historical narratives… read on
Jian Yi is a multidisciplinary artist working in performance art, contemporary dance and new genres. Their practice is rooted in an ongoing enquiry into the ambiguities of… read on
Andy Holden (b. 1982 Bedford, U.K) is an artist whose work comprises large installations, sculpture, painting, pop music, performance, animation, curating and multi-screen-videos. His work is often defined… read on
Kerry McGhee is a painter/illustrator and works under the brand KMG illustrations. She specialises in bespoke drawings and painting of places of significance to individual buyers. The former… read on
Lizzy Leech is a set and costume designer and theatre maker from Cumbria. She works collaboratively and predominantly in new writing and devised theatre, with… read on
Flo Fitzgerald-Allsopp is a creative producer, curatorial assistant and PhD researcher in the field of contemporary art and performance. Working closely and creatively with artists and arts organisations,… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Kuppuswamy Ganesan was awarded an 8-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research,… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, William Keohane was awarded a 4-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research,… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, bare minimum collective was awarded a 4-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Andrew Rubens was awarded a 4-week funded residency. Cove Park's programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Zoe Lafferty was awarded an 8-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Matthew Arthur Williams was awarded a 6-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Hannah Sabapathy was awarded a 4-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research,… read on
Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet and academic from southwest New South Wales. Her poetry, short stories, critique, and essays have been published in Hecate: An Interdisciplinary… read on
Susanne Nørregård Nielsen is a Fife-based Danish artist. Susanne is interested in illuminating art works central to the 20th century canon, to provoke new thinking on the impact… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Kathryn (Kechi) Nwajiaku-Dahou was awarded a 2-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development… read on
Cove Park’s Associates Programme is a membership programme for our former residents. It offers new opportunities, events, and residency exchanges on an annual basis for… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Coby Sey was awarded a 2-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Sido Lansari is a multidisciplinary artist. He was born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco. In 2014, he moved to Tangier and joined Cinémathèque de Tanger where he was… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Amit Noy was awarded an 3-week funded residency. Cove Park's programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Sayan Chanda was awarded an 8-week funded residency. Cove Park's programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Muslim Shaggan was awarded a 6-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Ayisha Malik was awarded a 3-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research, the development of… read on
Following an open call for applications in Autumn 2022, Csilla Toldy was awarded a 3-week funded residency. Cove Park’s programme of funded residencies support research,… read on