Passing the torch. [Exhibition] (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Passing the torch. [Exhibition]. Exhibited 25 November - 2 December 2022, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen.

The "Fired Up" event on the 30th October 2022 was the first communal firing of the on-campus wood-fired kiln that had been jointly constructed by both staff and students. The works resulting from this firing were then presented at the "Passing the To... Read More about Passing the torch. [Exhibition].

Dirty hands, fine work. [Exhibition] (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
CAMPBELL, A., CONNOR, F., MACPHERSON, J., MCKIE, M., MILNE, J., MORRIS, K.A., MUNDAY, M., PARTRIDGE LOVE, H., RILEY, C., SHEARER-ANDERSON, A., VAN LOON, J. and WILKINSON, C. 2022. Dirty hands, fine work. [Exhibition]. Exhibited 4-11 November 2022, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen.

This exhibition featured works by support staff at Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University. The works represent a wide variety of artforms: painting, photography, illustration, cartooning, ceramics, jewellery, costume, textiles, film and sound... Read More about Dirty hands, fine work. [Exhibition].

Fired up: the ancient art of ceramics celebrated at Gray's first communal wood firing. [Blog post] (2022)
Digital Artefact
MAURILLON, C., MORRIS, K. and WILCOCK, M. 2022. Fired up: the ancient art of ceramics celebrated at Gray's first communal wood firing. [Blog post]. Posted on RGView [online], 12 October 2022. Available from: https://bit.ly/3Y5yHVX

This post was created in order to promote the first communal firing of an on-campus wood kiln that was jointly built by staff and students. In the post, staff members Kevin Morris and Matthew Wilcock talk about their practice and research in ceramics... Read More about Fired up: the ancient art of ceramics celebrated at Gray's first communal wood firing. [Blog post].

Towers. [Film] (2021)
Digital Artefact
SMITH, S. 2021. Towers. [Film]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyn0ATjNP3Q

Aberdeen is home to eight brutal modernist tower blocks. Within them are the lives of people who are often wrongly categorised and overlooked. In his first short film, photographer Steve Smith was commissioned by Look Again (RGU) to explore the lives... Read More about Towers. [Film].

Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film] (2020)
Digital Artefact
KELLIE, C. 2020. Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWfCebO5AVA

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the adaptation of Gray's School of Art annual degree show into a digital format. This short film uses interviews with staff, students and other key stakeholders who lived through that experience to explore... Read More about Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film].

Out of the woods. [Solo exhibition] (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
MORRIS, K.A. 2020. Out of the woods. [Solo exhibition]. Exhibited 25 September - 25 October 2020, [virtual exhibition]. Hosted on itch.io [online]. Available from: https://mobile-art-school.itch.io/look-again-out-of-the-woods

This virtual exhibition was part of the Gray's School of Art (RGU) Postgraduate Showcase in 2020. The showcase featured works by GSA masters students, as well as works by 31 creative practitioners who had successfully completed the Look Again "Creati... Read More about Out of the woods. [Solo exhibition].

Glaze spectrum. [Website] (2020)
Digital Artefact
LOVE, H. 2020. Glaze spectrum. [Website]. Available from: https://www.glazespectrum.com/

This website was developed as the result of a commission by Aberdeen Art Gallery in 2017, in which the artist was tasked with creating a library of ceramic glaze test tiles. The spectrum was developed with the aim of being as bright as possible, usin... Read More about Glaze spectrum. [Website].

Embedding. [Exhibition] (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Embedding. [Exhibition]. Exhibited 19 October - 10 November 2019, Look Again Project Space, Aberdeen.

The partnership between Gray's School of Art (Robert Gordon University) and RockRose Energy has been one of unexpected outcomes. By placing students within the workplace and challenging them to respond to the threads that connect the people who make... Read More about Embedding. [Exhibition].

Heritage is the context for all that happens. [Solo Exhibition] (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
MORRIS, K.A. 2018. Heritage is the context for all that happens. [Solo Exhibition]. Exhibited 15-26 October 2018, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen.

Working within heritage-based projects has been central to Kevin Morris' work and practice. Prior to this exhibition, the artist had recently been engaging with concepts of craft, material and place - initially motivated by an investigation of his ow... Read More about Heritage is the context for all that happens. [Solo Exhibition].