Boyd & Grogan

11/10/2022

Orkney artists have until 5pm Saturday 12 November to enter work into our Annual Open Exhibition

The exhibition will be on display 26 November until 24 December 2022.
Full details and entry form can be downloaded from our website or collected from the gallery

www.pierartscentre.com

Open Tuesday - Saturday 10.30-5. Admission Free

04/10/2022

Check out what our friends have been up to!

MÓTI

moticollective Móti's next exhibition 'Roots' Opens for preview next Friday, 14th of October at 7pm and will be open from the 15th 26th of October at the Northlight Gallery in Stromness

With 2022 being Scotland's Year of Stories and The Orkney Storytelling Festival starting soon after our exhibition, the Móti artists have been exploring their roots and the various folklore tales of both Orkney and around the world.

Over the next couple of days we will be sharing. some of their works in progress so keep an eye out.

Exhibiting artists: Jamilla Garret, Kristyn

Grieve, Mary Grieve, Sarah Wylie, Megumi

Barrington, Sigurd Smith, Sophie Elizabeth

Mitchell Macdonald & Tomas Hermoso

11/08/2022

A wonderful opportunity for a unique visit to the pier arts centre and a chance to raise money for an incredible cause. The auction is live until the end of the month!

13/04/2022

Artists in , and 🚨

OuterSpaces has free short to medium-term spaces for artists to use in office blocks, shopping centre retail units and other commercial property.

They are inviting expressions of interest from people to make non-commercial use of their spaces free of charge.

Find out more ⤵️
https://sca-net.org/job/free-studio-and-project-space-for-artists-collectives-and-arts-workers/

30/03/2022

Our latest work as part of Móti at the Museum in the opens today with work from artists - Norna Sinclair, , , & us… B O Y D & G R O G A N]!
Explore the work nestled in amongst the archives until the 30th of April.

📸 B O Y D & G R O G A N]

22/03/2022

Móti members have been busy collaborating with Stromness Museum over the past few months & are excited to announce our exhibition, Móti at the Museum, running from 30th March until 30th April! Louise Barrington, Boyd & Grogan, Made by Mary Grieve, Tomas Hermoso Photography & Norna Sinclair will be showing work in the museum itself, nestled amongst some of the beautiful and intriguing artefacts that inspired them.

25/02/2022

Our blog is now online!

New blog post!

Read the guest blog from Artist Duo Boyd & Grogan of the Móti Collective on their collaboration with Stromness Museum.

We are really looking forward to seeing how their work develops.

https://www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/blog/havent-you-heard-isabel-gunn-mon-07022022-1029

Image credit: Boyd & Grogan

03/11/2021

ANNUAL EVENTS | ARTISTS IN THE STUDIO

Accompanying the SSA 123rd Annual Exhibition is a series of free online and in person events. ⠀

Join us next Wednesday evening, when three of the artists exhibiting in this year’s Annual will provide an informal insight into their work via Zoom.

We will hear from Louise Barrington in Orkney, Molly Kent in Edinburgh and Thomas MacGregor in London about their individual practices, followed by a conversation with one another and questions from the audience.

Wednesday, 10th November, 6.30-7.30pm.
Register for the free online event here: https://buff.ly/3GKekWT

Image: Louise Barrington, courtesy of the artist

25/10/2021

‘Outline One’ and ‘Outline Two’ by BOYD & GROGAN. Ink pen applied to old family portraits with images heat pressed onto canvas.

‘Once upon a time the only filter on people’s faces, were the ones created using an old biro pen and your grandmother's TV times to doodle on while you waited to hear about her day.

Worryingly there is now an increase in what has been coined ‘snapchat Dysmorphia’ a result of the accessibility to manipulate images online.’

Susan Boyd & Kristel Grogan met in 2011 whilst studying BA Fine Art Textiles at Orkney College UHI. They have worked in collaboration on each other’s work ever since.

In 2019 they decided to combine their artistic approach, creating art in a single effort where all their pieces are made through a process of partnership, allowing equal input and development.

Although based on separate Islands within Orkney the lockdown restrictions solidified and encouraged the notion of duality in their approach to their art. Their similar upbringings from Sanday & Stronsay aiding an understanding of where each other’s ideas come from.

Working with a multidisciplinary fine art approach, Boyd & Grogan’s first focus is on the subject, second is medium, and third is space.

It is always Boyd & Grogan’s aim to create work that is provocative and informative, and the subject matter is what focuses their outcome.

22/10/2021

B O Y D & G R O G A N always strive to make work that Instigates inquisitiveness in our viewers and we use our art to share what we feel are important and relevant issues.
We were delighted that our last exhibition had encouraged people to research elements from the show on topics they had not necessarily engaged with or knew much about, it also allowed for reflection on their own lives and experiences.
You may have noticed in the Orcadian this week that our work was described as ‘have fun drawing on old photographs’ which sadly missed the emphasis on the ‘Snapchat Dysmorphia’ that was mentioned as part of our bio.
Almost all social media platforms have created filters that can manipulate facial aesthetics to the point where people no longer look like themselves.
The images of family members we used were of huge importance to us.
We chose old photographs as they are unedited and the layers of ink (both heat pressed and drawn on to the canvas) is representative of the modern day filters on social media.

14/10/2021

"I felt the Barbie dolls were a representation of how much women lose themselves in Thier responsibilities in society. We are expected to fulfil so many roles in life, a wife, a mother, a carer, a career a homemaker etc that we can lose ourselves. Even through all these roles we expected to always look beautiful and always have a smile on our face. I felt the broken dolls with flawless faces represented this perfectly"

Thank you Sarah Stevenson for encapsulating our concept in her words.

02/10/2021

Today (Saturday 2 October) is the last chance to see the exhibition of new work by Orcadian artists Boyd & Grogan, exploring aspects of a woman’s position within our society.

Open 10:30am-5pm. Admission is Free. No booking is necessary but we would like to remind our visitors that face coverings must be worn throughout the centre. We are supporting NHS Scotland’s Test & Protect service by collecting visitor contact details. Thank you for your cooperation

Boyd & Grogan