Exhibitors

Gilly B.

Gilly B

Gilly is an artist, a designer, and an illustrator. She graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with a BA (Hons) in textile design. She moved to Shetland in 2016, and lives on a boat in Scalloway. She loves to sketch “en plein air”…

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Ruth Brownlee

Ruth Brownlee

Ruth graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA Hons in Drawing and Painting/Tapestry. She moved to Shetland in 1998 and has become renowned for her interpretation of the dramatic light and moods of Shetland…

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Joan Fraser

Joan Fraser

Joan Fraser was born in Walls on the West Side of Shetland, and is a graduate of Gray's School of Art. She designs luxury scarves and is inspired by the infinite variety of Fair Isle pattern: timeless, classic and ever absorbing the new.

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Hannah Hann

Hannah Hann

Hannah is undoubtedly our most "local" Shetland artist, having been born in Gutcher, which is only a mile down the road from the gallery, although she now lives in Norfolk. Her work brings a smile to the face of everyone who enters the gallery.

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Tom Mabon

Tom Mabon

Tom studied at Gray’s School of Art, and was a contemporary of Shona there. She has always admired Tom’s work and was very excited to discover that he had visited Shetland and done some pieces here. She immediately contacted him and asked whether he would consider…

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Sheila R. McDonald

Sheila R. McDonald

Sheila originally studied Textile Design at Glasgow School of Art, before studying Jewellery at The Royal College of Art in London. Sheila and her husband, the silversmith Rod Kelly, have a home and workshop in Muckle Roe…

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Chris Rigby

Chris Rigby

Chris Rigby is not a "Shetlander by Birth", but is definitely a "Shetlander by Adoption". You can tell that instantly, when you view his paintings of the Shetland landscape/seascape. His passion shines out and you know that he painted the scene from real life, with the wind tearing at his canvas, rather than from a photograph in the comfort of his studio.

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Bert Simpson

Bert Simpson

Bert is a true Shetlander, born and bred here, but now lives in Orkney. He studied at both Gray’s and Edinburgh Schools of Art. He started his career as a furniture designer, before becoming a full-time artist, focussing on painting and pottery.

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Shona Skinner

Shona Skinner

Shona has deep family roots in the North Isles and has been coming to Shetland for fifty years, before moving permanently in 2010, in order to become a full-time artist after being an art teacher for thirty years…

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Cecil Tait

Cecil Tait

Cecil is a born and bred Shetlander. He decided to pursue a career in furniture making at an early age and studied at Glasgow School of Building and Printing, before taking a BA (Hons) in Furniture Craftsmanship and Design at High Wycombe…

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Coleen Thomson

Coleen Thomson

Coleen Thomson is a member of the most creative and talented family we have ever met. She is a Yell lass, through and through, and lives in Aywick on the East Coast of Yell.

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Keira Thomson

Keira Thomson

Keira is a member of the most incredibly creative family we have ever met - jewellers, fashion designers, basket weavers et al…

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Aurore Whitworth

Aurore Whitworth

Aurore is French, and settled in Shetland in 2011. Although now living in the Highlands, she still returns to Shetland regularly. She was captivated by photographs of wrapped stones, using a little known…

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The Shetland Gallery
Sellafirth,
Yell,
Shetland
ZE2 9DG

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Open:
Easter until end-September, or by appointment (Tel: 01957 744 386)

Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday – 11am to 5pm
Sunday – 2pm to 5pm
Closed Mondays