Moray School of Art to transform classrooms and studio facilities for fine art exhibition

FOURTH year fine art students will showcase over 40 works of art including towering structures and large-scale paintings and installations in Elgin next month.

The work, which will be displayed at Moray School of Art, will be open to an invited audience on the evening of June 7.

The exhibition will then run from June 10 until June 15 for members of the public to view from 9.30am until 4.30pm everyday.

A spokesperson for UHI Moray said: “Classrooms and studio facilities will be transformed into escapist installations and exhibition spaces incorporating textiles, paint and sculptures.

“Students will showcase up to twenty new paintings of varying styles including gothic portraiture and colourful abstractions.

“The eight fine art students have covered an impressive range of themes from healing through making, the power of touch, rewiring our relationships to ecology, Gaelic culture and identity, social norms around gender, imagery’s evocation of memories, a unique blend of classical portraiture with punk culture and the challenge posed by artificial intelligence to art.”

The students’ work takes its creative inspiration from a range of artists such as Kiki Smith, David Lynch, Rembrandt, Jean Michael Basquiat and many more.

The exhibition is the culmination of a four-year Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art programme.

Featuring artists include: Claire Davenport, John Ferguson, Beverley Fox, Emma Justice, Duncan May, Kiara-Isabella Mackenzie, Gizela Trzmiel and Jen Upson.

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