CV
Lives and works in Bathgate
Co-Founder of Tragicom Collective
Master of Fine Art – Contemporary Art Practice, with Merit
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Bachelor of Fine Art – Sculpture, with Distinction
Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alfter, DE
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Sustainable Design
ecosign – academy of design, Cologne, DE
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
Upcoming exhibition: 05/2022 Project Room, Glasgow
2021 Streaming: Collective Conversations, online exhibition, click here to visit
2021 Home: A Performative Space, participatory performance, online, part of Scottish Mental Health Art Festival (SMHAF)
2020 Locked Out, Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Slugs and Snails, West Barns Arts, Dunbar
2019 Tragicom, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 bada bing, bada BOOM, The Numbershop, Edinburgh
2018 bada bing, bada BOOM, #24hourwindow, Glasgow
2018 Bring Back The Mountains, South Block, Glasgow
2017 Editions, South Block, Glasgow
2017 Silly Rabbit, Whitespace, Edinburgh [part of Embassy Annuale]
2017 MFA Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art [Catalogue]
2017 Challenge, Trinity Apse, Edinburgh
2016 ULIRAT-HA, ECA, Edinburgh
2016 Aufenthalt in künstlicher Landschaft, Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus, Bonn, DE
2016 Interim, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 HCM, Providing The Now, Embassy Gallery
2016 Leave no trace, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 Do You Believe in Life after Love, ECA, Edinburgh
2015 Have Fun..., Sculpture Court, Edinburgh
2015 Studienausschlussabstellung, Künstlerforum, Bonn, DE [Catalogue]
2015 Die Fabrik.Die Kirche.Das Schloss., Sk. Helena, Bonn, DE [Catalogue]
2015 Max Ernst Stipendium, Rathaus, Brühl, DE
2014 durcheinander, Künstlerforum, Bonn, DE
2014 Haus auf Zeit, Lebenshaus, Cologne, DE [Catalogue]
2014 Thermokoitides, Passage la Piazza, Thessaloniki, GR
2014 Blickwechsel, Alanus, Alfter, DE
Grants | Scholarships
2021 Edinburgh Thrive Arts Grant, Edinburgh Thrive
2019 Hope Scott Visual Art Funding, Hope Scott Trust
2017 Marion Cameron MacKenzie Scholarship, Edinburgh
2016 Andrew Grant Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
2014 Studien.Kunst.Fonds Scholarship, Alanus Foundation, DE
2014 Karin Halft-Grant, Karin Halft-Foundation, DE
2013 Studien.Kunst.Fonds Scholarship, Alanus Foundation, DE
Projects | Residencies
2020 Plastic Follies Instagram Takeover - See the profile of Plastic Follies, a platform for Scotland's emerging creatives
2019 Artist in Residence, Gracemount High School, Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh
2017 Archaeology of Italy's Wild West: Field trip to and around Naples researching archaeological and underground structures, Naples, IT 🖇
2016 Beta-Beta | Common Ground Residency, Beta-Beta Org., Braemar 🖇
2016 WALK: Orkney, Field trip to the Orkney islands and its chambered tombs, Orkney 🖇
2016 WALK: Highlands, Trekking field trip to the Scottish Highlands 🖇
2014 Lebenshaus, Art project in a former hospice for AIDS + HIV patients in Cologne, DE 🖇
2014 Thermokoitides | Thermische Räume, Urban art project during the economic crisis in Thessaloniki, GR 🖇
2013 Bildungsrunde, Student-led initiative discussing the commodification of education, Alfter, DE
Workshops | Art Education
2019 Discover!, Artist in Residence and Workshops at Gracemount High School for Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh
2019 Discover!, Workshops for Edinburgh Council at Gilmerton Primary School, Edinburgh
2018 Discover!, Workshops for Edinburgh Council at Liberton High School, Edinburgh
2018 Thinking through making: Assembling, Workshop for 4th year BA & MA students, Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Newcastle
2013 Teaching Assistant for Art Therapy and Education, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alfter, DE
2012-2013 Art Tutor, Jugend-Kunstschule Rodenkirchen e.V. (Art College), Cologne, DE
2008 Art Educator, new talents – biennale cologne, Cologne, DE
Publications
2018 Scotland: Myth/ Reality Catalogue, Imago Mundi, IT/UK 🖇
2017 The Plaza – The Living Archive, Peel Eezy & Mutual Press, Edinburgh 🖇
2017 Issue No 7, Foci Magazine, UK 🖇
2017 Surge, Yellerzine, Edinburgh 🖇
2016 Metamorphosis, Canvas, Edinburgh 🖇 (#3)
2016 Student Spotlight: Stefanie Blum, Spindle Magazine, London 🖇
2016 Von den Highlands nach Bonn. Mailinterview mit der Künstlerin Stefanie Blum, leFlash, Bonn, DE 🖇
2015 Studienausschlussabstellung, Alanus University, Bonn, DE 🖇
2015 Die Fabrik.Die Kirche.Das Schloss., Alanus University, Bonn, DE 🖇
2014 Haus auf Zeit, Aidshilfe Köln e.V., Cologne, DE 🖇
Co-Founder of Tragicom Collective
Master of Fine Art – Contemporary Art Practice, with Merit
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Bachelor of Fine Art – Sculpture, with Distinction
Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alfter, DE
+
Sustainable Design
ecosign – academy of design, Cologne, DE
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
Upcoming exhibition: 05/2022 Project Room, Glasgow
2021 Streaming: Collective Conversations, online exhibition, click here to visit
2021 Home: A Performative Space, participatory performance, online, part of Scottish Mental Health Art Festival (SMHAF)
2020 Locked Out, Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Slugs and Snails, West Barns Arts, Dunbar
2019 Tragicom, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 bada bing, bada BOOM, The Numbershop, Edinburgh
2018 bada bing, bada BOOM, #24hourwindow, Glasgow
2018 Bring Back The Mountains, South Block, Glasgow
2017 Editions, South Block, Glasgow
2017 Silly Rabbit, Whitespace, Edinburgh [part of Embassy Annuale]
2017 MFA Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art [Catalogue]
2017 Challenge, Trinity Apse, Edinburgh
2016 ULIRAT-HA, ECA, Edinburgh
2016 Aufenthalt in künstlicher Landschaft, Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus, Bonn, DE
2016 Interim, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 HCM, Providing The Now, Embassy Gallery
2016 Leave no trace, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 Do You Believe in Life after Love, ECA, Edinburgh
2015 Have Fun..., Sculpture Court, Edinburgh
2015 Studienausschlussabstellung, Künstlerforum, Bonn, DE [Catalogue]
2015 Die Fabrik.Die Kirche.Das Schloss., Sk. Helena, Bonn, DE [Catalogue]
2015 Max Ernst Stipendium, Rathaus, Brühl, DE
2014 durcheinander, Künstlerforum, Bonn, DE
2014 Haus auf Zeit, Lebenshaus, Cologne, DE [Catalogue]
2014 Thermokoitides, Passage la Piazza, Thessaloniki, GR
2014 Blickwechsel, Alanus, Alfter, DE
Grants | Scholarships
2021 Edinburgh Thrive Arts Grant, Edinburgh Thrive
2019 Hope Scott Visual Art Funding, Hope Scott Trust
2017 Marion Cameron MacKenzie Scholarship, Edinburgh
2016 Andrew Grant Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
2014 Studien.Kunst.Fonds Scholarship, Alanus Foundation, DE
2014 Karin Halft-Grant, Karin Halft-Foundation, DE
2013 Studien.Kunst.Fonds Scholarship, Alanus Foundation, DE
Projects | Residencies
2020 Plastic Follies Instagram Takeover - See the profile of Plastic Follies, a platform for Scotland's emerging creatives
2019 Artist in Residence, Gracemount High School, Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh
2017 Archaeology of Italy's Wild West: Field trip to and around Naples researching archaeological and underground structures, Naples, IT 🖇
2016 Beta-Beta | Common Ground Residency, Beta-Beta Org., Braemar 🖇
2016 WALK: Orkney, Field trip to the Orkney islands and its chambered tombs, Orkney 🖇
2016 WALK: Highlands, Trekking field trip to the Scottish Highlands 🖇
2014 Lebenshaus, Art project in a former hospice for AIDS + HIV patients in Cologne, DE 🖇
2014 Thermokoitides | Thermische Räume, Urban art project during the economic crisis in Thessaloniki, GR 🖇
2013 Bildungsrunde, Student-led initiative discussing the commodification of education, Alfter, DE
Workshops | Art Education
2019 Discover!, Artist in Residence and Workshops at Gracemount High School for Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh
2019 Discover!, Workshops for Edinburgh Council at Gilmerton Primary School, Edinburgh
2018 Discover!, Workshops for Edinburgh Council at Liberton High School, Edinburgh
2018 Thinking through making: Assembling, Workshop for 4th year BA & MA students, Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Newcastle
2013 Teaching Assistant for Art Therapy and Education, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alfter, DE
2012-2013 Art Tutor, Jugend-Kunstschule Rodenkirchen e.V. (Art College), Cologne, DE
2008 Art Educator, new talents – biennale cologne, Cologne, DE
Publications
2018 Scotland: Myth/ Reality Catalogue, Imago Mundi, IT/UK 🖇
2017 The Plaza – The Living Archive, Peel Eezy & Mutual Press, Edinburgh 🖇
2017 Issue No 7, Foci Magazine, UK 🖇
2017 Surge, Yellerzine, Edinburgh 🖇
2016 Metamorphosis, Canvas, Edinburgh 🖇 (#3)
2016 Student Spotlight: Stefanie Blum, Spindle Magazine, London 🖇
2016 Von den Highlands nach Bonn. Mailinterview mit der Künstlerin Stefanie Blum, leFlash, Bonn, DE 🖇
2015 Studienausschlussabstellung, Alanus University, Bonn, DE 🖇
2015 Die Fabrik.Die Kirche.Das Schloss., Alanus University, Bonn, DE 🖇
2014 Haus auf Zeit, Aidshilfe Köln e.V., Cologne, DE 🖇