3 – 24 February, Monday – Sunday 8:30-5, open till 7 on Thursdays
5 St. Peter’s Buildings, Edinburgh Edinburgh, EH3 9PG
The exhibition is a series of portraits of people in the queer community, portrayed on the pride flag of their choice. These pride flag portraits grew out of conversations between friends about identity and connection. At the time, she was exploring large-scale cyanotypes, having received a VACMA award to allow her to purchase the materials to construct a large contact frame.
With the use of portraiture, she puts human faces on what could otherwise be regarded or dismissed (by some) as merely a symbol. These Pride Flag Portraits invite the viewer to engage on a human level with the queer community. In every portrait you see the vibrancy and diversity of the community.
Kafe Kweer is an award winning sober queer space full of affordable food, local art, groceries, and monthly exhibitions.
2-10 Causeyside St, Paisley, PA1 1UQ 31 August – 18 November
The Big Art Show, Paisley is an enormous public exhibition, housed at The Art Department, in the middle of Paisley (near Glasgow). The exhibition is a joint project of Outspoken Arts Scotland & Art Paisley Ltd. This ambitious exhibition will display over 1,000 diverse works of art representing artists across Scotland at all stages of their careers.
I have four paintings in this exhibition (including this one that’s on the poster!)
Basement Gallery, SUMMERHALL, EH9 1PL, Edinburgh Summerhall Visual Arts Festival 2023 28 July – 24 September Preview 27 July from 6pm
Edyta Majewska, Gail McLintock, Lar McGregor, Eleanor Buffam, Simona Ciocarlan and Lubna Kerr.
The artworks in this exhibition range from innovative photography on textiles, to carbonised sculpture and installation. The often-biographical themes of power, poverty, gender violence, role intersections, and endurance of the subject matter give a voice to the struggles articulated in the research underpinning this project. A gallery of art by female creatives and a narrated slideshow give a hint of the scale and range of artistic activity in Scotland.
‘We have direct experience of the struggles of women creatives, often multi-skilled women who are dealing with intersectional barriers and little support. A whole layer of contemporary art and women’s history is being suppressed’. -Majewska-McLintock
The artists say the surveys of 100 women have been courageous, affirming and important.
The exhibition will have Pecha Kucha style artist talks on: July 30th, August 14th and September 10th between 3 and 5pm. A research report event will be launched at Summerhall on August 14th between 12 – 1.30pm.
14 October 2022 – 28 February 2023, open daily 11-4
Portrait of Alice, Classic Pride Flag. Cyanotype and acrylic on linen.
The Living Memory Association is delighted to host ‘Queer Edinburgh’ – an exhibition exploring the people and places that have shaped Edinburgh’s LGBTQ+ community and their identities throughout the years.
To celebrate Scotland’s Year of Stories, the exhibition will present a collection of personal stories and memories from Edinburgh’s queer community that have been captured through oral history interviews.
Accompanying the exhibition will be a podcast (Queer Edinburgh: The Tapes), and a digitally accessible map and walking trail (A Walk through Queer Edinburgh). These will be free and will launch digitally on 14 November (podcast) and 1 December (digital map).
I am thrilled to have my Pride Flag Portraits displayed prominently as part of this comprehensive and groundbreaking exhibition. The exhibition is on until the end of February in the Wee Hub in Ocean Terminal (inside the former Debenhams). It’s a really beautiful and thought-provoking exhibition so do go and see it if you’re anywhere near Leith in the next few months!
L to R: Eli, Queer Pride flag; Elliott, Classic Pride Flag; and Rosie, Non-Binary Flag. All Cyanotype and acrylic on linen.
This is a lovely annual art exhibition in East Linton, East Lothian, just outside of Edinburgh. The exciting news is that I was awarded first prize for the above painting!
I am showing a piece in the annual Embassy Gallery Members Show- the exhibition is back this year after being on hiatus for several years due to Covid.
Embassy Gallery, 10b Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY
23 April – 1 May, 12-6 Thursday-Sunday
Private View 23 April, 6-9 (no need to book, just turn up!)
Alice II, Cyanotype and acrylic on canvas with glitter backing, framed.
Multiple Rosies 2, detail. Cyanotype and acrylic on watercolour. A3 approx.
Two of my cyanotypes are featured in the Spring Exhibition at Zenwalls Gallery in Peebles, along with a diverse selection by many other talented artists. The exhibition runs from 19 April – 13 June.
Zenwalls Gallery, 68 High Street, Pebbles, Scottish Borders
Zenwalls is open 11-4, Tuesdays – Sundays.
There is an opening event on Friday 22 April from 6-8- everyone welcome! Hope to see you there.
In the past two years, while our wider horizons have shrunk, the world in our immediate vicinity has taken on greater clarity and been a source of great comfort as well as artistic inspiration. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has affected the way we view and inhabit the greater world, and brought a new appreciation for the world just outside the window. The five artists in this exhibition are all inspired by the outside world in different ways, and using varied media- from print and paint to ceramics and stitched paper.
Anupa Gardner
Anupa is an Indian-born artist based in Scotland, working predominantly in the field of printmaking. Her work mainly deals with the ways in which we inhabit the world, our interactions with each other, nature, and the built environment. She is always looking for that moment of human connection, that instant when you know you are part of, or have witnessed, something extraordinary. She enjoys how unexpected moments in her present, triggered by smell or conversation, connect to her childhood. Memories colourfully vivid, or so fleeting that they are gone the next moment, leaving only a lingering feeling. These subjects open up a bittersweet nostalgic journey which she dips into for imagery. www.anupagardner.com @anupa.gardner
Jenny Haslimeier
Jenny is an award winning botanical artist, originally from New Zealand. She moved to Edinburgh in 2006 and usually splits her time between both countries. She is a keen traveller and takes inspiration from visiting different places around the world and incorporating her findings into her work. The pandemic has forced her to be away from New Zealand for two years now. Being in lockdown enabled her to explore her own neighbourhood in more detail than she had done previously and during daily walks she learned to appreciate just how many public parks and green spaces were accessible to her home. This gave her new inspiration and ideas for her artwork that she may not have considered otherwise.
Jenny is a member of the SSBA (Scottish Society of Botanical Artists), the ESBA (Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists), and the SSA (Society of Scottish Artists).
Eleanor explores ideas of community, interdependence, and interconnectivity- especially regarding humanity’s place with one another and with our environment. She considers the making and sharing of art to be an important way of developing empathy and tolerance by exploring diverse viewpoints and creatively exploring possibilities. She has been painting since childhood, and has recently started experimenting with cyanotypes and the layering of various fabrics. She has exhibited internationally, and her work is held in private collections in the US, UK and Europe. Since moving to Edinburgh in 2017, she has exhibited with the Scottish Portrait Awards, at the Scottish National Gallery, and in the ING Discerning Eye exhibition.
Eleanor is a member of the international arts organisation ArtCan.
Karl is a celebrated musician and artist. His stitch art recreates iconic buildings around Edinburgh, as well as animals and birds, some local to the area and some a bit more exotic. Karl has exhibited in Coburg, The Lily Gallery in Milngavie, The Dovecot Studios, Out of the Blue and at various fairs such as The West End Fair and The Royal Highland Show.
During the pandemic, Karl re-did his garden, creating a comfortable room on the outside. He spends as much time possible outside when the weather allows. He also likes to take long walks with his dog Roxy, the Gruffalo. Karl was recently seen on Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas where his stitch art Christmas Gift was much praised.
Karl is a member of the Scottish Artists’ Union.
@karlmacraehessewhappy
Sarah Keer-Keer, Roslin Pottery
Sarah has always made things: fine art, engagement events, science festivals and now pottery. Makings things is her attempt to reconstitute the world, to heal, repair, to create equity, to share power and to share beauty.
My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed. I have cast my lot with those, who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world. -Adrienne Rich
She’s inspired by all the good things around her: She is surrounded by nature and beauty, but also by love, community and people carrying themselves with compassion through hard times. She has complex-PTSD, and pottery is grounding and calming, even when everything else is difficult, pottery is her beautiful island.
As an artist she has exhibited at the Union Gallery, Flaubert Gallery, and the Red Rag Gallery, Cheltenham. She worked for many years in scientific research at the University of Edinburgh.
Sarah is a member of the Scottish Potters Association.
A portrait of Karl Macrae, with his familiars Tia, Stein, and Raven. This painting was a joy to paint, and became especially poignant when Tia the staffie crossed the rainbow bridge recently.
Karl is a fabulous musician and artist, and just so happens to be my next door neighbour.
Those of you who know Joe will be excited to hear that Joe made the fiddle that Karl is playing here.
My neighbour Karl Macrae and I are opening our gardens along with a ceramicist friend Sarah Keer-Keer to display our artworks in a Covid-safe way. Stop by and say hi! Between us we’ll be exhibiting paintings, prints, stitch drawings, and ceramics.
There will also be live folk music- Karl will be playing the fiddle that was made by my very own husband Joe!
Covid safe. Hand sanitiser available. Book your free ticket on Eventbrite here!
Eleanor Buffam 