Gabrielle Gillott
Exhibitions / Projects /// Residencies /// Education /// Press
Exhibitions / Projects
RSA New Contemporaries [February - March 2020] Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Trading Zone Shanghai [November 2020] West Bund Art Centre, Shanghai
Extinction Rebellion [July - August 2019] Summerhall, Edinburgh
Trading Zone [May - June 2019] Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Degree Show [May 2019] Edinburgh College of Art
John [March 2019] Edinburgh College of Art
54321 [March 2019] Edinburgh College of Art
Cross My Heart (RCA x ECA) [March 2019] Edinburgh College of Art
Sculpture Party [December 2018] Fire Station, Lauriston Place
In Plane Sight [November 2018] David Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Cured Meat [March 2018] Fire Station, Lauriston Place
Sculpture Party [December 2017] Fire Station, Lauriston Place
Running Up That Hill [April 2017] Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret’s House
Hand In [March 2017] DoubleYolk Collective, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle
Sculpture Party [December 2016] Edinburgh College of Art
Guns On The Run [September 2016] Edinburgh College of Art
Drawing Seagulls Into Orbit [March 2016] Edinburgh College of Art
Guns On The Run [September 2015] Edinburgh College of Art
Art Tasting [April 2015] Space Club, Edinburgh
Washed Up [February 2015] Minto House, Edinburgh
Fresh Meat [December 2014] Edinburgh College of Art
Residencies
Glenfiddich Artist in Residence, Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown [September 2021 - December 2021]
Inshriach Bothy, The Bothy Project x ECA [November - December 2019]
Education
MA Fine Art (Sculpture) [2014-2019] Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh (first class honours)
Selected Press
The Northern Scot, Artist's life-size bunker on display at Glenfiddich Distillery, December 2021
BBC News, Doomsday bunker wins young artist prize, February 2020.
Edinburgh Evening News, Turning Brexit into art wins Gabrielle top prize [print version only], February 2020.
'Professor Juan Cruz, ECA Principal commented: ... "Gabrielle's work very ably demonstrates the capacity of contemporary art to address issues of enormous significance, as well as peoples' most pressing concerns, with mordant wit. Her work gets under the skin of these issues and exposes us to our own equally problematic reactions." '
The Scotsman, Safe Haven: Artist wins £10,000 prize as Brexit fears inspire creation of doomsday bunker [print version only], February 2020.
The Sheffield Telegraph, Sheffield-born artist Gabrielle Gillott's Brexit-inspired work wins major award, February 2020.
'Andy Fairgrieve, co-ordinator of the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence programme, said: ... "“Gabrielle creates environments reminiscent of Cold War era bunkers, reimagined through an aesthetic of 3D computer modelling, perfectly encapsulating a zeitgeist of uncertain times.” '
The Skinny, Personal is Political: RSA New Contemporaries 2020, February 2020.
'In Gabrielle Gillott’s exhibition, she draws on his [sic.] research in stockpiling forums to create a series of sculptures of sparse interiors in which the forms of tins and dry goods spill out from unexpected places. For Gillott, the hoarding is one of the most distinctive physical expressions of general social insecurity surrounding Brexit.'
The New York Times, At Edinburgh Festivals, Climate Awareness Comes at a Cost, August 2019.
'The exhibition includes Gabrielle Gillott’s “Safe Haven,” a droll satirical installation about hoarding for the apocalypse'
The List, Rebels With a Cause, August 2019.
The National, New residency's mission is matter of life and death, July 2019.
'She’s commenting on the logic, the ethics behind that apocalyptic standpoint. Who knows what’s going to happen in 80 years’ time? We don’t know how bad it’s going to be. But some people think it will be fine if they just stock up, that they can weather this storm.'
The List, Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show , June 2019.
The Scotsman, Art review: Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2019, June 2019.
a-n, Degree Shows 2019: paranoia-inducing installation, non-binary paintings, and good things in small packages, June 2019.
'Named for the soothing, saccharine shade of lilac paint used throughout, the winding corridors, bare lightbulbs and hollow stacks of tin cans inside the installation replace comfort with paranoia.'
The National, Seven good ideas for seven days in Scotland, June 2019.
The Guardian, Purple Patch [print version only], May 2019.
The Telegraph, Pictures of the Day: 31 May 2019, May 2019.
The Herald, Degree shows showcase Scotland’s art school talent, May 2019.
Daily Business Magazine, Putting on a show: Edinburgh College of Art, May 2019.
The Journal.ie, Here's What Happened Today: Thursday, May 2019.