OPEN CALL 2026 :: NOW LIVE!
Following the success of our previous Open Call exhibitions, &Gallery is delighted to announce that applications for our 2026 Open Call Exhibition are now live.
Applications are open from 18 May – 30 June 2026.
We invite artists from the UK and around the world to submit work for a curated group exhibition taking place at &Gallery, Edinburgh, in September 2026.
This year, gallery artist Karen Stamper joins the selection panel. Karen first exhibited with us in our debut Open Call exhibition in 2024, before returning for a successful solo exhibition in 2025.
As with previous years, there is no set theme. We welcome submissions across all mediums and disciplines, and encourage artists at all stages of their practice to apply.
Sign up to our mailing list for further information and application details.
#OpenCall #CallForArtists #OpenCallForArtists #Edinburgh #AndGallery
A deep love of place runs throughout Elfyn Lewis’ work, which he describes as being “layered time after time until the upper layer explodes and transforms from its volcanic creation into a vivid landscape.”
Curiad Calon, Acrylic on wooden panel, 23 x 24 cm.
For more information contact [email protected]
#andgallery #painting #edinburgh #vividlandscape
James Lumsden
solus bho Thuath | North Light
2 - 30 may 2026
Primarily interested in the creation of a sense of light, colour, depth and feeling – he builds multiple thin layers of translucent colour; layer upon layer, glaze upon mark upon glaze – concealing, revealing, action, reaction, until a sense of light and depth is achieved within the process. Each layer is dragged, pulled or manipulated with various implements – the process being repeated until the painting begins to emerge.
Contrapuntal Painting (2/26), Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 cm.
For more information contact: [email protected]
#andgallery #edinburgh #colour #light #depth
Future exhibition
Shared Material
Ceramics Showcase
6 June - 1 July 2026
Join us for the opening on Saturday 6 June from 2-4pm.
The exhibition brings together sculptural ceramic works by eleven artists. Using clay as a shared point of departure, the exhibition highlights the diversity of approaches, forms and ideas that emerge through individual practices. While united by material, the works reveal distinct sensibilities - ranging from precise and architectural to expressive and intuitive - demonstrating the breadth of contemporary ceramic practice.
Through this focused presentation, the exhibition invites viewers to consider how a single material can generate a wide spectrum of artistic responses, shaped by each artist’s process, perspective and relationship to clay.
Exhibiting artists:
A-S Rope
Dan Kelly
Derek Wilson
Frances Priest
Jane Cairns
Lorraine Robson
Matthew Chambers
Nicholas Lees
Rebecca Appleby
Roger Coll
Steven Edwards
📸 Roger Coll
Dark Blue Cobalt
50 x 25 x 25 cm
For more information contact [email protected]
#Contemporaryceramics #ceramicshowcase #sharedmaterial #edinburgh #andgallery
James Lumsden
Solus bho Thuath | North Light
2–30 May 2026
For the past decade, James Lumsden has worked between studios in Edinburgh and An Rubha (Point) on the Isle of Lewis. Solus bho Thuath | North Light brings together a series of paintings developed over the last two years, primarily in his Hebrides studio.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
#contemporarypainting #edinburgh #northlight #gallerywall
James Lumsden
Solus bho Thuath | North Light
2–30 May 2026
For the past decade, James Lumsden has worked between studios in Edinburgh and An Rubha (Point) on the Isle of Lewis. Solus bho Thuath | North Light brings together a series of paintings developed over the last two years, primarily in his Hebrides studio.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
#contemporarypainting #installationview #edinburgh #fineart
OPEN CALL 2026
Following the success of our previous Open Call exhibitions, &Gallery is delighted to announce our 2026 Open Call Exhibition.
Applications will be live from 18 May – 30 June 2026.
We invite artists from the UK and worldwide to submit work for a curated group exhibition taking place at &Gallery, Edinburgh, in September 2026.
This year, gallery artist Karen Stamper joins the selection panel. Karen first exhibited with us as part of our debut Open Call exhibition in 2024, before returning for a successful solo exhibition in 2025.
As with previous years, there is no set theme. We welcome submissions across all mediums and disciplines, and encourage artists at all stages of their practice to apply.
Sign up to our mailing list to receive more information.
#opencall #callforartists #opencallforartists #edinburgh #andgallery
Future exhibition
Shared Material
Ceramics Showcase
6 June - 1 July 2026
Join us for the opening on Saturday 6 June from 2-4pm.
The exhibition brings together sculptural ceramic works by eleven artists. Using clay as a shared point of departure, the exhibition highlights the diversity of approaches, forms and ideas that emerge through individual practices. While united by material, the works reveal distinct sensibilities - ranging from precise and architectural to expressive and intuitive - demonstrating the breadth of contemporary ceramic practice.
Through this focused presentation, the exhibition invites viewers to consider how a single material can generate a wide spectrum of artistic responses, shaped by each artist’s process, perspective and relationship to clay.
Exhibiting artists:
A-S Rope
Dan Kelly
Derek Wilson
Frances Priest
Jane Cairns
Lorraine Robson
Matthew Chambers
Nicholas Lees
Rebecca Appleby
Roger Coll
Steven Edwards
📸 A-S Rope
Tall Lidded Vessel with Stacked Planes
Height 360mm, Diameter 100mm
Columnar Lidded Vessel with Ridges
Height 412mm, Diameter 110mm
Rounded Lidded Vessel with Sphere
Height 93mm, Diameter 125mm
For more information contact [email protected]
#Contemporaryceramics #ceramicshowcase #sharedmaterial #edinburgh #andgallery
James Lumsden
Solus bho Thuath | North Light
2–30 May 2026
For the past decade, James Lumsden has worked between studios in Edinburgh and An Rubha (Point) on the Isle of Lewis. Solus bho Thuath | North Light brings together a series of paintings developed over the last two years, primarily in his Hebrides studio.
#contemporarypainting #installationview #edinburgh #fineart
Karine Léger draws inspiration from the interplay of lines and forms, with each piece evolving from the memory of a place, shaped by repetition, mark-making, and negative space. Through this journey, sketches and collages transform into paintings or wooden structures, revealing the organic progression of the artist’s vision.
Sky Watching II, Acrylic on wood panel, 86 x 72 x 3 cm.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
#skywatching #collage #sculpture #markmaking #lineandform
James Lumsden
Solus bho Thuath | North Light
2 – 30 May 2026
For over a decade, James Lumsden has worked between studios in Edinburgh and An Rubha (Point) on the Isle of Lewis. Solus bho Thuath | North Light presents a new body of paintings developed over the past two years, shaped by extended periods in his Hebrides studio.
Rooted in a close observation of place, these works explore light, atmosphere, and the ever-shifting conditions of the northern landscape.
Resonance (3/26), Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm.
For more information contact [email protected].
#andgallery #northlight #contemporarypainting #edinburgh
