Lot 118 - Siobhan McLaughlin - Run Off From the Mine

Earth pigment and oil paint on sewn remnant materials and thread
2024
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Marta Marsicka

About
Siobhan McLaughlin is an artist and freelance curator based between Glasgow and Penzance. Working with remnant textiles and gathered earth pigments, her practice connects experiences of the landscape, layered with memories and connections to people, the body, and time. Exploring themes of place, memory, and sustainability, she considers how past activities leave impressions on our ecologies.

Education
2014-2019
MA Fine Art, Painting and History of Art at Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

2013-2014
Portfolio Preparation, Tramway Visual Art Studio, Glasgow, Scotland.

Solo Exhibitions
2024
Pilgrimages, Hweg Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall

Group Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024
British Art Fair, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Make Yourself at Home, Hweg Gallery, Penzance, England
Residency Room, VAS Centenary, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
London Art Fair with Ruup & Form, Islington Business Centre, London, England

2023
Elemental, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scottish Landscapes: A New Generation, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland
Coast to Coast, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, England

2022
HERE: Between you and the World, POP Griffiths Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
50 X 50, The Auction Collective, London, England
Gilchrist-Fisher Award 2022, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England
On Paper, PAPER Gallery, Manchester, England

2021
Abstract Zeitgeist, Rafiki Gallery at the Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh, Scotland

2019
OPEN SSA+VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
July Exhibition, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
All, Entire, Whole, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, Scotland

2018
Guest Room in Sightseers, G39 Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
THE SALON, EMBASSY Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Awards
2023
Stephen Palmer Bursary Award, Engage Scotland
Art Trade Forum Bursary, Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, London
Henderson Bursary Award, Pittenweem

2022
VAS From One to Another: Cornwall x Scotland Exchange Residency, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust and Borlase Smart John Wells Trust
RSA Residencies for Scotland- Cromarty Arts Trust, Royal Scottish Academy

2021
Hospitalfield Graduate Residency Programme, Arbroath
Shortlisted for the Gilchrist-Fisher Award 2022, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Selected Member of PLACE Collective, UK’s Centre for National Parks, Cumbria

2020
Selected member of Emerging Curators Group, British Art Network, Tate, London

2019
SSA Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Award, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, RSA
Huntley MacDonald Sinclair Prize for Best Dissertation, Edinburgh University
Helen A Rose, Bequest for distinguished artwork, Edinburgh College of Art

2018
Research Grant, Conservation dept. at the Pompidou Centre, Paris, Edinburgh University
Astaire Art Prize, 2nd Place, Edinburgh College of Art

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
My practice starts by walking: slowing down to encounter the nuances of landscape, gathering spectrums of site-specific colours affected by light, weather and time. I prioritise care while gathering earth to grind into pigment, connecting to an ancient form of paint-making. Remnant materials – an old fisherman’s smock, childhood bedroom curtains – are gathered and sewn to create a patchwork canvas for painting. The gathering of these materials is important, from the landscapes I walk in and communities I meet, sewing the stories and histories of these textiles into the landscape of the painting.