Thomas Abercromby, Saoirse Anis, Rabiya Choudhry, Caitlin Dick, Francis Dosoo, Kerrianne Flett, Rhona Jack, Amy Jones, Ross Little, Adebusola Ramsay, Natsumi Sakomoto
Devised in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, this new series of residencies is designed to support early career visual artists based in Scotland. The crisis has had… read on
Working across sculpture, video, sound, text and performance, Aniara Omann describes her practice as: '... an exploration of the boundaries of individual objects, and the seeming paradox of… read on
Katie Schwab works with textiles, furniture and moving image within a practice that spans exhibition making, workshops community projects and design commissions. She is interested in underrepresented histories… read on
Alison Scott is an artist and writer based in Glasgow working in writing, performance and video. She works frequently in collaboration with other practitioners and views the dialogue… read on
Laia Jufresa is a Mexican author based in Scotland, focussing primarily upon fiction. During her residency at Cove Park she will work on her second novel WISHBONE. This is… read on
Sarah Urwin Jones is a writer and critic based in Edinburgh. She studied History and French and Mediaeval Art History at universities in Edinburgh, Paris and St. Andrews,… read on
Alexis Kyle Mitchell works primarily in moving image. Her work deals with the formation of spatial imaginaries through history, politics and acts of belonging. These works include… read on
Mathew Wayne Parkin is an artist, writer and home cook mainly working in moving image with family and friends. They are particularly interested in autobiography, accent, intimacy, and… read on
Cherry Smyth is an Irish writer, living in London. Her first two poetry collections, When the Lights Go Up, 2001 and One Wanted Thing, 2006 were published by… read on
Peter lives near Moniaive in Dumfriesshire. He led Moniaive’s successful bid for a Creative Place Award in 2015 and started writing poetry in 2016 in the Moniaive Poetry… read on
Ariane Jackson is a Glasgow based visual artist working primarily in painting. Her work processes sensory experience and memory in a haptic and material way, often including… read on
Feelings are the inspiration for Julie Barnes' narrative paintings. She explores the power of wonderment and hope, and offers the viewer an opportunity for stillness and an awareness… read on
Bobbi Cameron is an artist based in Glasgow. She works predominantly across sound, text, performance and moving image. Cameron graduated from the… read on
Matt Johnston is a visual practitioner, researcher and educator in the UK. For the past decade he has been organising and facilitating photographic readers around the world in… read on
Nima Séne is an artist in collaboration currently based in Glasgow & Berlin.
Nima is inviting aida séne as well as other artists (remotely) on residency.
At Cove Park they… read on
Juliana Capes is an award-winning multidisciplinary visual artist. Growing up in coastal Lincolnshire, she continues to live by the sea at Portobello, Edinburgh. She has worked in… read on
Attua Aparicio Torinos is a London-based multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of design, craft and art. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2011 (MA… read on
Saoirse Amira Anis is a Dundee-based visual artist and curator. Her work includes photography, sculpture, installation, performance and publications and she describes her creative process as one through… read on
Ellen Renton is a poet, performer, and theatre maker from Edinburgh. The project that she will be working on while in residence at Cove Park is an exploration… read on
Josie Long is a stand-up comedian and writer. In 2006 she won the Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Fringe with her debut show Kindness and Exuberance… read on
Josey Rebelle is a DJ and writer from London. She was awarded a writing residency at Cove Park as part of the Sophie Warne Fellowship after graduating from… read on
An interactive system constructs a world. It defines not only what you experience but what actions you can take and what consequences ensue.
Tim Murray-Browne is an artist and… read on
Jenny Steele is a Scottish artist currently based in Manchester. Her practice is motivated by the restorative and uplifting qualities of coastal environments and interwar architecture. This architectural… read on
Jane Alexander is a novelist and short story writer based in Edinburgh. During her residency she will work on her third novel, developing her longstanding interest in uncanny… read on
Jen Calleja is a writer and literary translator based in Hastings, East Sussex currently focusing on memoir and poetry translation. While at Cove Park she will be working… read on
Ruth Kirkby is a letterpress printer living and working in Glasgow using traditional methods of printing with metal and wood type but also experimenting with new techniques within… read on
Rosie O’Grady’s practice manifests in video, performance, text, print, installation and temporary intervention. Acts of collapsing and flattening can be traced throughout – in its methods, material, and… read on
Lorna Ough currently lives and works in Glasgow. She has a BA (hons) from The University of Brighton in Fine Art: Critical Practice and studied on part… read on
Caitlin Dick is a visual artist and curator based in Aberdeen. Her practice includes video, sculpture, installation, sound and photography and expresses her strong interest in the environment.… read on
Sarah is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London. Her research areas include mobilities, care, canonicity, and knowledge production. Sarah's… read on
Beth Dynowski is based in Glasgow. She makes sculpture, installations, performances, projects, poetry and texts. Her work pays attention to the poetic and political potential of using materials… read on
Cal Mac graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2020. Working between sculpture and video, he develops an emotional inquiry into how systemic addiction profits from dependency, shame… read on
Based in Dundee, Rhona Jack is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily with sculpture, printmaking and fibre art. She has a particular interest craft processes and describes her work… read on
Cecilia is a Glasgow based designer and maker. Inspired by abstract forms from Modernist architecture, packaging and the man-made, she creates graphic, contemporary jewellery with an… read on
Aoife Lyall is an Irish poet living and working in the Scottish Highlands. This residency will enable her to complete her debut collection, Mother, Nature (Bloodaxe Books, 2021),… read on
Cove Park is pleased to offer residencies to literary translators as part of our Funded Literature Summer Programme in 2020.
Annie Rutherford is based in Edinburgh, albeit with frequent… read on
Patrick Davison studied at Glasgow School of Art and Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, and is currently based in Kent. His work has at its core an essential… read on
Louise Mclachlan is an artist based in Edinburgh working predominantly with photography. Mclachlan advocates for disability rights and representation particularly within the arts and education. In 2019 she… read on
Aideen Doran (b. 1984 in Lurgan, Northern Ireland) is an artist living in Glasgow. Doran's practice traverses moving image, sound, installation and writing and often focuses on moments of… read on
Laura Castagnini is a curator and writer interested in the histories of feminism and their current articulations, especially as they intersect with… read on
We are delighted to be partnering with The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to offer a recent graduate from the Contemporary Performance Practice a research residency at Cove Park.… read on
Simon is a writer, a printmaker and a multi-award-winning producer of children’s animation, including ‘Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids’ and ‘Wolves, Witches & Giants’.
His printmaking practice dates back… read on
Sara Bor is a visual artist. The dominant theme of her practice is responding to natural environments. Nature and landscape have been part of her being since… read on
Beth Cochrane is a writer and poet based in Edinburgh. She is currently working on her first novel – set in a not-unimaginable dystopian future – and will… 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 and potential of… read on
Julie Kennedy writes poetry and fiction and teaches part-time in a secondary school. During her short time at Cove Park, she will work on a poetry sequence around… read on
Belinda Zhawi (MA.MOYO), based in South East London, is a literary and sound artist whose work grapples with diaspora identity & heritage through the mediums of poetry &… read on
Stephanie Mann’s practice manifests in sculpture, text, print and video. She is fascinated by the exploration of objects – their inherent properties and latent possibilities. Her work conflates the… read on
Roy Claire Potter works between performance and experimental writing to think through the production of subtext in speaker-listener interactions, which they extended to readerly encounters with a page.… read on
Sebastian Thomas is a visual artist based in Reading whose practice spans sculpture, printmaking, installation, painting & film, central to which are the processes of collage & assemblage.… read on
Katrina Palmer locates sculpture in writing, situating bodies and objects between physical presence and their replacement with words. Fragmented narratives navigate unstable landscapes and experiences of being non-identical… read on
Patrick Langley is a novelist based in London. His debut novel Arkady, a coming-of-age story set during a time of protest, was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2018. During… read on
Sean Wai Keung is a Glasgow-based poet, interdisciplinary and community artist with research interests in food and migration. He is currently working on a series of poems exploring… read on
Tim Craven is a poet based in Edinburgh. During his time at Cove Park, Tim intends to complete a manuscript which he hopes will become his debut collection.… read on
Felicity Barrow is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily across performance, installation, drawing, painting and writing. Her practice currently explores experiences of self, other and environment; rituals of hope and… read on
Michael Donkor studied English at Wadham College, Oxford, undertook a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway and now teaches English Literature at St Paul's Girls' School in London. The Observer named him as one… read on
Laurence Estanove is a French-born non-fiction writer and crafter/designer based in Glasgow. As a writer, she’s interested in the influence of music on people’s attachment to a particular… read on
Nelly Kelly is a proudly trans and autistic playwright, dramaturg and drag performer. Currently they are interested in making work around themes of unapologetic and defiant trans joy… read on
Amna Saleem is a Scottish Pakistani writer with proud working class roots and a background in journalism. During the 2020 Coronavirus lockdown, she accidentally neglected her debut… read on
Henry Coleman’s work operates at the borders of designed experience, bumping up against architecture, typography, signage and the decorative; reframing and making obvious the established edges of the… read on
Sulaïman Majali (b. 1492) is an artist-poet who brings into play rupturing, grieving and dreaming as methodologies of collapse. Considering art as an already thinking and speaking thing, the artists agitate/incite/perform towards… read on
Marcus Jack (he/him) is a curator and art historian based in Glasgow and working predominantly with the moving image. He is currently completing an AHRC-funded PhD at The Glasgow School of… read on
Morag Smith lives in Paisley. Her short fiction and poetry have been published in ezines, magazines and anthologies, including Ink, Sweat and Tears, Pushing Out the Boat (Apr 2021),… read on
Dutch writer Gregor Verwijmeren studied Language and Culture Studies at Utrecht University and guitar at the conservatory in the same town. He published fiction in – among others… read on
Tako Taal is an artist-filmmaker and programmer living in Glasgow. She graduated in 2015 from Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen. She was a 2019 RAW… read on
As a designer/maker Natalie is inspired by everyday culture of use. Focusing on functional objects that play into our lives on a daily basis. Natalie specialises in bringing… read on
Anne is a Scottish contemporary visual artist and geographer, based in Cumbria.
Her practice is often conceptual with significant narrative and process behind it, frequently rooted in wild landscapes. She… read on
Titus Davies' is based in Hackney, London. Her artwork includes sculptural installation, photography and collage. She is interested in using ruptures and matter out of place to explore… read on
Cecilia is a Glasgow based designer and maker. Inspired by abstract forms from Modernist architecture, packaging and the man-made, she creates graphic, contemporary jewellery with an… read on
Renèe Helèna Browne is an Irish artist based between Glasgow and Donegal. Browne makes essay films, vocal soundscapes, and angsty drawings. They are 2021-2023 Talbot Rice Resident Artist… read on
Amy Jones is a visual artist based in Dundee. Her predominantly print based practice is concerned with an exploration of relationships between ourselves, each other, space and material.… read on
Maiko Tsutsumi’s creative practice explores the potential of inherent material qualities and the power and the nature of human skills and ingenuity that reconfigure such qualities to create… read on
Anthea Hamilton's practice comprises installation, sculpture and performance. Her work is executed with the most visually economical means of communicating a body of research, sensation or personal experience.… read on
Darren Appiagyei is a London-based woodturner. He graduated from University of the Arts London/Camberwell College of Arts in 2016 where he studied 3D Design. His practise embraces… read on
Corin Sworn is a visual artist based in Glasgow. For the past three years she has been producing large scale installations through collaborative choreography, live feed cameras and… read on
Soizig Carey is a designer maker based in Glasgow. She specialises in contemporary handmade jewellery and objects and her collections are influenced by architecture, graphics and narratives, integrating traditional… read on
Alkmini Gkousiari is a Greek artist living and working in Glasgow. She works with a variety of mediums and predominantly in spaces outside of the white cube, collaborating… read on
Camara Taylor (b.1627, London) is an artist and - - - based in Glasgow. They work with their various selves, collaborators and organisations to produce still and moving… read on
Tessa MacKenzie is a glazier and illustrator based in Glasgow. She is interested in research-led projects, material focus in the built environment and storytelling. Her practice centres around… read on
Thomas Abercromby is a visual artist and curator based in the north of Glasgow. His practice involves long-term collaborations with other creative practitioners and community partners in his… read on
Natsumi Sakamoto is a visual artist based in Glasgow. Her practice involves film, drawing, printmaking, performance and photography. Recent work, such as 'A Rowan Wards off Witches' (mixed… read on
Hang Linton is a self taught, interdisciplinary artist, working in music, performance, dance, video and installation. Community and collaboration are integral to their work. Personal practice… read on
Nick Makoha is the founder of The Obsidian Foundation. In 2017, Nick’s debut collection, Kingdom of Gravity, was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection… read on
A local of Wuxi, Singapore and London, Erchao Gu is a composer, cultural bridge builder and music educator. Her music has been heard at Barbican Centre’s ‘Beethoven Weekender’,… read on
Edward Gwynn Jones works primarily with moving image. His work utilises appropriated moving images, artefacts, and sound to antagonise the relationships between perceived concurrent binaries and how they… read on
Justine Hounam (b. 1967, London, UK) is a visual artist working primarily in sculpture. Her series of bodily wall hangings capture the physical, psychological, and metaphorical skin.
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This residency supports an early-career artist based in Scotland. We are grateful to The Bridge Awards for their ongoing support for this programme.
Aman Sandhu (born Toronto, Canada, 1984)… read on
Rabiya Choudhry is a visual artist based in Edinburgh. Her paintings vary from miniatures to large scale canvases and murals and her practice also includes painted sculptures, fabrics… read on
Artist-curator Katherine Ka Yi Liu's current research draws attention to the generational trauma her home city, Hong Kong, has been facing since 1841. Her research became witness to the political transformation… read on
Ben Rivers' work mostly takes the form of films. He is often drawn to people who live outside of urban society and those he describes as having found… read on
