Stowaways 14th – 28th February 2026 Reid Gallery Stowaways is an exhibition of work by 2nd Year Painting and Printmaking students. The title reflects the exhibition as a dynamic, as well as the short movement of works from the studios in the Stow Building, and the shift embedded in this ‘away game’ or escape from the workshopping of ideas. Exhibiting …
Mother Curator 10th – 31st January 2026 Reid Gallery This exhibition, curated by 4th year Fine Art student Emma Scarlett, brings together existing and new work by GSA staff and students who are mothers. Conversations around gender roles and caregiving have been ongoing for generations, but the significance of motherhood is still frequently undervalued. The exhibition aims to transform this …
Saoirse Higgins and Jonathan Ford – SurvØY 20 September – 1 November 2025 Reid Gallery SurvØY was developed over four years as a contemporary artist ‘island almanac’, surveying and monitoring scales of change in the context of the island environment of Papa Westray, one of the most northern Orkney islands. Islands are highly sensitive to changing natural ecosystems, in relation …
Victoria Morton – Switch Track 27 June – 9 August 2025 Reid Gallery Switch Track is a survey show of selected works from 1995 – 2025. This period represents 30 years of painting since Victoria Morton graduated from the MFA course at The Glasgow School of Art in 1995. The exhibition carefully draws upon sketchbook materials, paintings and mixed media …
Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels 22 February – 12 March 2025 Reid Gallery Concern about knife crime and its effect on communities was the catalyst for this exhibition. These new artworks create positive outcomes from what might be thought of as negative materials. This touring exhibition, hosted by GSA School of Design, is curated by Norman Cherry and Dauvit …
Bet Low – An Island On Your Doorstep 11 January – 8 February 2025 Reid Gallery The centenary of the birth of the Scottish artist Bet Low (1924-2007) is to be marked in both Glasgow and Orkney through a collaboration between the Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art and the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney. This exhibition, celebrating the centenary of her birth will reflect …
Exhibition tour ‘Bet Low: An Island on Your Doorstep’ 11am 11th January 2025 Reid Gallery Free but ticketed – Book via Eventbrite Join the exhibition curators Jenny Brownrigg (Exhibitions Director, The Glasgow School of Art) and Andrew Parkinson (Curator, The Pier Arts Centre) for a 45-minute tour around the exhibition Bet Low: An Island on Your Doorstep. Image: ‘Calm Water (at …
Marlene Smith – Ah, Sugar 2nd November – 14th December 2024 The Reid Gallery Ah, Sugar is a new solo exhibition by Marlene Smith that brings together newly-commissioned photographic and sculptural work that demonstrate the artist’s ongoing interest in the material and bodily qualities of artistic practice. The works present act as inquiries into the cyclical nature of social histories …
Gallery tour with SMITH/STEWART 1pm Friday 4th October Free but ticketed – book via Eventbrite Come and join the artists Stephanie Smith & Eddie Stewart for an informal gallery talk on their exhibition PRESENT TENSE. This gallery tour will last for up to 45 minutes. Limited places so please book your free ticket via Eventbrite. SMITH/STEWART’s work has been exhibited nationally …
SMITH / STEWART – PRESENT TENSE 21 September – 19 October 2024 The Reid Gallery and Reid Ground Floor Corridor PRESENT TENSE is a new exhibition by artists and long-time collaborators SMITH/STEWART. Since the mid 1990’s Stephanie Smith and Eddie Stewart have been making work together as SMITH/STEWART. They work and live in Glasgow and both teach in The School of Fine …