The Rear Window Gallery at Edinburgh Printmakers, 1 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9FP
3 June – 5 July 2026
Read more here: https://edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/viewing-room/127-members-print-exchange-2026/
Exhibition: Waiting to Exhale
The House of Smalls, 103 Henderson Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5BB
16 May – 20 June 2026
An exhibition showcasing the diverse artwork of 80 artists responding to the title theme: artwork which invokes or reflects a momentary calm, allowing us a pause for breath as we negotiate these turbulent and uncertain times.
A close-up of a nasturtium blossom, in which it becomes a cave-like stage, with pollen glinting like gold dust and stamens waving: a chorus singing. If you lean in and concentrate really hard, can you hear what they’re singing?
I have a chronic illness and spend a lot of time sitting in my tiny urban garden admiring the plants that grow around me. These are tiny worlds that reveal themselves when you slow down, when you stop and look closely, when you breathe deeply.
Read more here: https://www.thehouseofsmalls.com/
Pebbles <3
Pebbles <3, etching and aquatint on Fabriano Rosaspina.
This is a portrait of the most beautiful cat in the world.
This etching is available to buy from Edinburgh Printmakers here.
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The Egg
This tiny story has just been published on 50 Word Stories!
Photo of the resident swan family on the Water of Leith by me
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Together | Apart is a mixed media exhibition by members of Neuk Collective, presented at Project Ability in Glasgow.
The exhibition brings together work by neurodivergent artists from across Scotland. It explores experiences of separation and connection – and the ways these can exist at the same time. Artists were invited to reflect on what it means to be both distinct and interwoven: separated by geography, but connected through shared experience, identity and community.
The exhibition includes a wide range of media, including textiles, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, video and sound. Each artist approaches the theme in their own way, creating a rich and varied exploration of belonging, distance, individuality and interdependence. Together | Apart is presented in collaboration with Project Ability, an organisation with decades of experience supporting and advocating for disabled artists. Neuk Collective is grateful to Project Ability for hosting the exhibition and supporting the project.
Exhibition at Summerhall, 18 Apr, 2026 – 24 May, 2026
NO (Self-Portrait), cyanotype, acrylic, and emrboidery on silk
Exhibition open Wed – Sun (11am – 5pm)
Summerhall Arts presents its 2026 Group Show, celebrating professional visual artists working across all mediums. This vibrant exhibition showcases the breadth of contemporary artistic practice.
Discover bold, thought-provoking, and diverse work from some of today’s most exciting creative voices – featuring work from over 70 artists.
Summerhall’s group show is made possible through support from Creative Scotland multi-year funding.
Common Ground; The Living Landscape
31st January 2026 – 10th May 2026
Kirkcudbright Galleries, Dumfries and Galloway
Opening times:
Tuesday – Saturday 10-4
and Sundays 11:30-4
Closed on Mondays
Common Ground; The Living Landscape is an exhibition that brings together artists and makers whose work speaks to our deep, evolving relationship with Scotland’s natural environment.
Scotland’s land carries stories of belonging and separation, of heritage and transformation, of deep time and fragile change. Through its rivers and coastlines, forests and moors, people have shaped the land and, in turn, been shaped by it. These connections run deep, interwoven with memory, ritual, and identity.
For our first exhibition of 2026 we have brought together artists and makers whose work responds to these depictions of living landscapes, inviting audiences to consider how creativity can reconnect us to nature in an era of climate uncertainty and cultural shifts. The exhibition celebrates practices that are both grounded in materiality and attuned to spirit: works made from the land, about the land, and in dialogue with the land.
31 January – 10 May 2026
3B St Mary St, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4AA
Exhibition:
Braid Bowling Club
10-12 April 2026, 11am-4pm
Midmar Drive
Edinburgh EH10 6BT
I’m exhibiting a selection of my cyanotypes in Morningside, Edinburgh, next weekend, hope you can make it!
On the Importance of Creativity in Troubled Times
Image: Eleanor Buffam, Through the Looking Glass II. Oil on canvas, 2016.
My essay: ‘On the Importance of Creativity in Troubled Times’ has just been published on Neuk Collective’s blog.
Creativity is not a luxury in times of crisis, but a vital force for connection, resistance and renewal.
This is my first paid writing commission and it was a pleasure to write about something very close to my heart. Please give it a read and let me know what you think.
New prints for sale at Edinburgh Printmakers:
These are all hand-printed cyanotypes on Arches Aquarelle, A4 size (21 x 29.7cm), and are available online or in-store. Can be shipped worldwide.
Check them out here!
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Horseradish Flowers
Cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle. Paper size A4 (21 x 29.7cm).
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WE ARE THE WITCHES II: WE ARE, HEAR
The House of Smalls
103 Henderson Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh
1-30 August 2025
Spring Statement (TAX THE RICH), variation 1. Cyanotype, acrylic, and embroidery on linen and found fabric.
Opening exactly a year to the day since THOS’s first Edinburgh show, this exhibition showcases the textile artwork of 70 wise women artists using their craft to challenge, disturb and disrupt.
“The witch is at once female divinity, female ferocity, and female transgression. She is all and she is one.” ~ Kristen J Sollee
This show runs throughout the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe.
For more information please see the House of Smalls website.
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Tagged cyanotype, edinburgh fringe, embroidery, house of smalls, textile art
Solidari-T
Cyanotype and watercolour on Arches Aquarelle. 21cm x 29.7cm
Who doesn’t love a nice hot cup of Solidari-T?
I stand in solidarity with my trans siblings, always.
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Spring Statement (TAX THE RICH), variation 5
Cyanotype, acrylic, and embroidery on canvas, 36cm x 31cm framed (31cm x 26cm unframed).
I made this piece (and several similar pieces) in reaction to Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement earlier this year, in which she proposed to cut the money that disabled people need to survive rather than tax the rich. As I am disabled myself, and many of my friends are disabled, this issue is personal.
In my view, inequality is the single biggest driver of the permacrisis. Money in politics has led to lobbying against policies that would help the majority of the population. The richest 10% are responsible for half of global emissions. Houses being seen as investments rather than homes has led to a runaway property market which means that millions of people do not have a secure place to live. Water companies are diverting profits to shareholders rather than fixing infrastructure… and the list goes on.
Dandelions, for me, are highly symbolic. They are good for us, good for the soil, beautiful flowers, and yet they’re treated as the enemy by those who like their gardens sterile and manicured. Dandelions don’t give up though, they bloom through the cracks. They’re survivors. And they’re everywhere. Dandelions are like us, the people. The disabled, the struggling, the downtrodden, and all of us who feel that sacrificing the planet and its lifeforms is never justified in the race to increase profits. We persist despite the odds, and there are more of us than there are billionaires.
The Distance We Call Home
I’m very honoured to have been asked to work on this fantastic project by my friends at MGRM Malta.
I co-wrote the film score. (Full credits from 1:02:59)
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Thyme Flowers
Cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle HP paper. A4 paper size (21cm x 29.7cm).
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Feverfew Flowers
Cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle HP paper. A4 paper size (21cm x 29.7cm).
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Dandelion Flower
Cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle HP paper. A4 size paper (21cm x 29.7cm).
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Bee on Borage Flower
Cyanotype on Bockingford HP paper. A4 size paper (21cm x 29.7cm).
For sale at Edinburgh Printmakers.
Rosemary Flowers
Cyanotype on Bockingford HP paper. A4 size paper (21cm x 29.7cm).
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In Tension: Online Exhibition at Fife Contemporary
In Tension is an online exhibition produced in collaboration with 16 neurodivergent artists from Neuk Collective. Encapsulating the divide felt by many neurodivergent artists between multiple contradicting factors, the exhibition explores the balance between external pressures and the need to find space where a creative, neurodivergent brain can make work and flourish.
I’m thrilled to be involved in this brilliant online exhibition. Check it out here: https://onlineexhibitions.fcac.co.uk/exhibitions/in-tension/
Diagonal Nasturtium
Available at Edinburgh Printmakers: https://edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/artists/326-eleanor-buffam/works/categories/2-consignment/10818-eleanor-buffam-diagonal-nasturium-2025/
Eleanor Buffam 