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The Sapient Pig

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The Sapient Pig · 9M ago

News and exhibition

I’m very pleased to share the news that in September I will be relocating from Edinburgh to London to do an MA in Printmaking at the Royal College of Art. This is such an exciting opportunity to be part of an amazing creative community for two years and I can’t wait to get started. In [...]
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The Sapient Pig · 1Y ago

Surface

Just back from two weeks in New York (and a visit to Cleveland too), I’m right back into things today with the setting up of a new exhibition with CurioGallery who will be transforming the old cricket pavilion in Edinburgh’s Meadows park into a space for showing the work of four artists (myself incl
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The Sapient Pig · 1Y ago

If I was in London…

…on the 9th of February then I would most certainly be going along to Roxana Halls’ exhibition opening at Lauderdale House. If you’re able then I highly recommend you get yourself along to it and feast your eyes on her wonderful work.
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The Sapient Pig · 1Y ago

A jaunt around Europe

For most of this month I’ve been off travelling around Europe, visiting friends and making new ones, as well as spending a bit of time on my own. I packed a lot in; Granada, Barcelona, Verona, Athens, Berlin and Budapest – and consequently my senses have been overwhelmed with sights and sounds. I sa
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The Sapient Pig · 1Y ago

November in Edinburgh

This weekend, the lovely folks from Craft Reactor will be selling their wares along with other crafty people at Edinburgh’s Earthy Foods on Ratcliffe Terrace which is hosting its very own Earthy Craft Fair on Sunday 7th November. With lots of events, including a members exhibition planned for Decemb
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The Sapient Pig · 1Y ago

Windy city

When my mum was a kid she used to swing on the lamp post at the corner of the road that I now live on myself and play a game called Windy Cities. That pretty much *was* the entire game from what I can gather. Well Edinburgh is still just as windy but thankfully there [...]
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The Sapient Pig · 1Y ago

New gallery and new ideas

I’m very pleased to say that I now have work in the Sarah Wiseman Gallery in Oxford. It’s a lovely gallery, and I’m delighted to be represented there alongside many artists that I admire, one of whom is my very dear friend Clare Tottem. I stayed with Clare while I was down there and finally [...]
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The Sapient Pig · 1Y ago

Featured artist at Edinburgh Printmakers

I’m this month’s featured artist at the lovely shop which is part of Edinburgh Printmakers… on until July21st.  Pieces from my series of screenprints depicting learned animal performers are on the walls and my performance related mini-prints are also available.
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The Sapient Pig · 2Y ago

Openings and closings and in-betweens

For the past few weeks I’ve been quite pre-occupied with preparing to set up the exhibition at Artsdepot, but now that it’s up and the private view has happened I’m slowly getting my life in order again and starting to process all of the other stuff that’s been happening and is happening soon. The o
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The Sapient Pig · 2Y ago

Exhibiting in London in May

The learned animals go on show again in May for my exhibition at ArtsDepot in London. The full series will be exhibited along a single wall in this busy theatre/arts space in North Finchley – it’s a great place, lots going on and some good entertainment on offer, so why not take in a play [...]
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