Exhibitions are open Wed - Sun (10am-5pm) Summerhall Arts presents a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the sculptural practice of Gareth Fisher, tracing a career that spans over five decades. Born in Cumbria in 1951, Fisher studied at Edinburgh College of Art, earning a Diploma in Sculpture in 1976, followed by postgraduate study. Throughout the late …
Commemorating five years since the beginning of UK lockdown.
A showcase of up-and-coming artists and creatives reflecting on their COVID-19 pandemic experiences, with presentations from local mental health charities.
Lets face what we went through.
Exhibition open 10am-5pm. The University of Edinburgh Photography Society is thrilled to announce their annual exhibition at the Sciennes Gallery in Summerhall. The society, founded in 1890, has more than a century of cultivating and promoting student photography. This exhibition highlights some of the most impressive student photography from the University of Edinburgh, displaying almost …
Open 12-7pm daily. Book your slot using the link below. When you arrive to the exhibition, you will be welcomed individually and we can check in with any additional access requirements you may have, as each visit is bespoke to the visitor. Feeling You explores the relationship between visual arts, performance and dance. The exhibition …
Open 10am-5pm Catharsis: A Grief Drawn Out is an artist memoir that explores the visualization of loss; the relationship between the creative act and healing by interrogating the drawings and paintings of artist Janet McKenzie made since the diagnosis of her husband Michael Spens’s Stage 4 cancer in 1996. The inscrutable works create a visual narrative …
You and Me and Everyone is an exhibition of portraiture exploring identity, representation and connection through the artwork of learning-disabled, autistic and neurodiverse artists.
Scotland is now experiencing relative 'Sea-level Rise'. All future projections expect the rate of this rise to speed up due to climate change /rising ocean temperatures This art installation represents the sea level in the Summerhall Edinburgh area around 20,000 years in the future.
Broken Silence is a multidisciplinary exhibition that brings together art, activism, and academic reflection to explore women’s bodies, voices, and choices. The exhibition invites audiences to engage with themes of autonomy, safety, and freedom of expression through a diverse array of creative contributions.
Comedian-turned-artist Sam Kissajukian creates bold, emotionally charged works that explore the intersections of mental health, creativity, and self-perception. In ‘Paintings to Sleep On’, Sam experimented making paintings while in specific emotional states to see how they translate visually.
Summerhall Arts launches its inaugural group show, celebrating professional visual artists working across all mediums. This vibrant exhibition showcases the breadth of contemporary artistic practice.
Four painters, all inspired by and responding to the idea of landscape in different ways. It is a constant. A thread running through their artistic practices which joins us together for this exhibition.
Jar in Action is an ongoing project undertaking research into perceptions around sustainability, produced by fusionartsci.co.uk With engagement at its core the project asks artists, scientists and communities to create artworks, encapsulated within a jar, in response to the question: What does sustainability mean to you?
