Exhibitors
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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Sophie studied fine art and architecture, and enjoyed a very successful career as an architect in the UK, Asia and Australia. However, fine art has always been her real passion, and it has become her full-time occupation…
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Peter Davis was a much-loved art teacher in Shetland for many years, but has been acknowledged as one of Scotland's leading watercolourists in recent years, by his election to the RSW in 2023…
View Peter's Profile »Sam Dennis
Doctor Samantha Dennis is a highly respected archeologist, but her alter ego, Sam Dennis, is a passionate basket maker…
View Sam's Profile »Connie Dickie
Connie Dickie is studying jewellery making at Glasgow College, but started her business, Eleiah, in 2023. She makes jewellery pieces using sterling silver, precious stones and sea glass, which she collects from the beaches around her home in Shetland…
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Hubert Dickie is an autodidact master craftsman. He came to furniture and objets d'art late in life, after a very successful business career…
View Hubert's Profile »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…
View Joan's Profile »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…
View Hannah's Profile »Gill Owen
Gill has recently moved to Shetland, after having fallen in love with the place over several years. She makes hand-thrown ceramics, produced with locally sourced materials…
View Gill's Profile »Kerry Phippen
We are delighted to welcome Kerry Phippen as a new exhibitor this season. She is Scottish, and fell in love with Shetland when she did a residency in Scalloway two years ago…
View Kerry's Profile »James Rogerson
James is a naturalist and award-winning wildlife photographer. He lives in Shetland…
View James's Profile »Nicola Rose
Nicci studied Illustration and Fine Art Printmaking, and has taught art for several years…
View Nicola's Profile »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…
View Shona's Profile »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…
View Cecil's Profile »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…
View Coleen's Profile »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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