What’s On Past Exhibitions

St. Margarets House, Edinburgh, August 10-17 The exhibition, A N T I P O D A L, is a pop-up festival show and the second to be curated by the Edinburgh artists collective A N E W P R I M E R , and will show the work of six artists, the founding members, Komachi Goto, Marcin Krupa and…

Covid has a lot to answer for, but it created some plus points too. One being the Scottish Borders Life Drawing Club which has been running in person life drawing for many years was forced to close during the pandemic lockdown. We dipped our toes in the water trying online life drawing in April 2020, and we’ve never looked back.…

Art in Earth Science 1st to 4th August Earth Science influencing art is the theme of this exhibition of artist and lapidary enthusiasts. It brings together a number of different approaches and mediums directly from the natural world and also from individual artists perceptions. A Scottish Geology Trust and Leith Lapidary Club event supported by Scot-ART. Exhibition timings: Thursday, August…

Lily Hicks presents her debut solo exhibition, Second Nature, as a collection that reveals her connection to painting as becoming an instinctive act. With a focus on nature, Lily explores the intricate links between fauna and the human figure, portraying the interconnectedness of all bodies. Using oil and acrylic mediums, her work captures the essence and vitality of the natural…

“My Beloved Eco Printing practise is an exciting exploration and deep dive of into the wonderful world of natural dyes and prints using mainly carefully foraged local tannin rich natural plants and leaves like a 'lovers note' onto various cloths and paper. Some call me a 'Plant Witch' with my steaming 'Cauldron' wafting captivating scents into the air……..I like the…

13 Windows is an exhibition by six diverse artists, connected by the drive to create and the impetus to persist. St Margaret’s House was the place where we first connected. Since its opening in 2008, studio spaces have been let by the number of windows – 1 window, 2, 3 or more. Over the past 16 years we had 13…

R I G H T H E R E N O W  e d i n b u r g h Right Here Now Edinburgh are a group of emerging artists brought together under the tutelage of Paul Mowat’s year long Developing Painting class at St Margarets House. The eighteen students represent a diverse range of painting styles, reflecting each…

Postcards from Edinburgh  My new paintings on exhibition in Gallery Two are reflections on peoples interactions with Edinburgh. The paintings are based on observation and photographs and have been created to reflect on romance, commerce, exercise, festivals and entertainment. I wanted the paintings to be playful, fun, affectionate reflections of Edinburgh and its residents and visitors.  To go alongside the…

Purpose of whole project idea for Scot-ART. “Scot-ART, after the pandemic was flooded by letters from Business Stream stating the tenants are not paying business rates (even though they shouldn’t) for their studios. Edinburgh palette were right and we had confirmation from the Scottish Parliament stating this…We shouldn’t be paying the business rates that Business Stream was insisting we have…

Purpose of whole project idea for Scot-ART. “Scot-ART, after the pandemic was flooded by letters from Business Stream stating the tenants are not paying business rates (even though they shouldn’t) for their studios. Edinburgh palette were right and we had confirmation from the Scottish Parliament stating this…We shouldn’t be paying the business rates that Business Stream was insisting we have…

An exhibition of icons, animals and humans in gallery 2. Monday - Saturday: 11am - 5pm Sunday: 12:15 - 4pm Basia's recent work and some of her older icons are presented in this showcase. The main focus of her work is experimentation and discovering novel ways of painting icons. In her exploration of the world and iconography, animals continue to…

'‘FLUXUS’ is a collaboration between Edinburgh-based artists Lynn Ahrens and Constantine.. The Artist.' FLUXUS’ calls upon the viewer to enter a space where reality is transformed into strange and obscure shapes. The figure is the prominent theme across the artists’ works, often distorted, warped, smudged and coloured into uncomfortable and contorted shapes and forms. The figure is used in a…

UNSPOKEN - A Collage Journey UNSPOKEN showcases a collection of analogue collage compositions which represent the exploration of oneself’s inner world. Collage used as a medium to expose what’s within, through the use of repetitive elements that encapsulate a profound symbolism. Desires, fears, emotions. Collage seen as an expression of the truth that’s not put into words. Artist Intro: Judit…

Eye to Paper Vol. 2 Exhibition Dates:
Thursday 4th April - Saturday 13th April 2024 Preview Event:
Friday 5th April, 18:00-20:00 – Preview. Open to the public. All welcome. Show Opening Hours: Mon - Fri: 9am - 9pm Sat: 9am - 6pm Sun: 12pm - 5pm Venue:
Scot-ART
St Margaret’s House
151 London Road
EH7 6AE
Edinburgh
Gallery 1 About the Exhibition:
The Eye to Paper Vol. 2 Exhibition…

Monika Lilia Dolicher is a local visual artist and a founder of „Lila Dolicher Photography. Peacock Eye Studio”, based in Edinburgh. She works in portrait, sensual and branding photography - especially in the art and well-being industries. In her works she often refers to nature and our connection to it. In addition to art, she is also interested in therapeutic…

Among the Savages showcases the work of two brothers, who despite using wildly different mediums, are both drawn to celtic motifs in their work. This exhibition follows on from the successful first 'Among the Savages' in September 2022, this time focusing on Nik and Noel's work exclusively. Nik Savage is an occasional wood carver as and when the mood takes him.…

Earth follows on from 'Finding Roots in Water' in September 2022. The seed for it actually came whilst I was sitting manning the exhibition then. It is about a journey, individual and collective, embryological and artistic. It is about Creation and how creation and creativity evolve when there is a period in life where everything changes and the listening can…

Draw from the body is a solo exhibition of figure drawings by Marcin Krupa. The selected artworks concentrate on three major periods: life drawing classes at Leith School of Art specifically year 2018, Experimental life drawing sessions in 2021, and most current, drawings done in charcoal and oil pastel. The first group of drawings are a bigger scale, done on…

Opening night: 19th January 6:30 - 8:30pm Open Monday - Friday 11am - 6pm Open Sunday 12pm - 5pm This exhibition is showing my journey of the spiritual perspective the way that heart sees deeper than the eyes, insights, state of bliss, struggle and joyfulness.  My art is about contemplation, consciousness and spirituality. I paint with acrylic and use mixed…

December,. In Gàidhlig/Gaelic, the black month, most days adding a further measure of dark onto already depleted light, only near the end is there any sense of the gloom relenting. Gloom? Each winter’s lived experience evokes the emotion but every season’s added layer reasons other ways to approach bleakness. Such liminality is apt to muddle fallow and dead but does…