Monica Findlay
Monica Findlay is a Glasgow-based maker creating tactile objects and jewellery inspired by a curiosity for the material past. Designing based on a nostalgic response to archived artefacts, Monica uses a variety of techniques to emphasise the interrelation between memory and object. Etched textures and delicate wirework replicate and emulate inscribed memories while embossed traces convey the absence of passing objects that once were in contact with the surface. Bringing together storytelling and archaeology, her body of work explores tangible remains and their surface qualities as important signifiers or touchstones of memories both ancient and modern.
2022- NORTH, Visual Arts Scotland, Inverness
2022 - Sentient, Cluster Jewellery, The Koppel Project, Piccadilly Circus, London
2022 – Return, Remake, React, The Artist in Residence, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2022 – Easter Showcase: Six foot gallery, Glasgow
2021 – Elements Graduate Showcase, in association with Lyon and Turnbull and The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, online
2021 - New Designers, online
2021 - Graduate Showcase, Glasgow School of Art, online
2020 – ZOOMask, in collaboration with Ruudt Peters, online
2020 - Play: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Reid Building, Glasgow
2019 - Splendour: symposium, exhibition and performance, Queen's House, Greenwich, London
2019 – Splendour: exhibition in Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, and publication by Glasgow School of Art in collaboration with Queen's House, Royal Museums of Greenwich
2019 - How Do We Live: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Reid Building, Glasgow
2018 - GSA Silversmithing & Jewellery Christmas Sale, Glasgow School of Art
2018 - Facets, The Art School, Glasgow
2018 - Bodies, Identities, Action, Engagement: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Reid Building, Glasgow
2018 - Cross School Course Exhibition: Our Utopia (Glasgow 2118), The Art School, Glasgow
2017 - End of Year Show, Tramway Visual Art Studio, Glasgow
2016 – Creative Industries Festival, West College Scotland, SWG3, Glasgow
2022 - Sentient, Cluster Jewellery, The Koppel Project, Piccadilly Circus, London
2022 – Return, Remake, React, The Artist in Residence, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2022 – Easter Showcase: Six foot gallery, Glasgow
2021 – Elements Graduate Showcase, in association with Lyon and Turnbull and The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, online
2021 - New Designers, online
2021 - Graduate Showcase, Glasgow School of Art, online
2020 – ZOOMask, in collaboration with Ruudt Peters, online
2020 - Play: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Reid Building, Glasgow
2019 - Splendour: symposium, exhibition and performance, Queen's House, Greenwich, London
2019 – Splendour: exhibition in Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, and publication by Glasgow School of Art in collaboration with Queen's House, Royal Museums of Greenwich
2019 - How Do We Live: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Reid Building, Glasgow
2018 - GSA Silversmithing & Jewellery Christmas Sale, Glasgow School of Art
2018 - Facets, The Art School, Glasgow
2018 - Bodies, Identities, Action, Engagement: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Reid Building, Glasgow
2018 - Cross School Course Exhibition: Our Utopia (Glasgow 2118), The Art School, Glasgow
2017 - End of Year Show, Tramway Visual Art Studio, Glasgow
2016 – Creative Industries Festival, West College Scotland, SWG3, Glasgow
Residencies
September 2021- present- Artist in Residence at the Glasgow School of Art
Education
2017-2021 First Class BA (Hons) Silversmithing and Jewellery Design: Glasgow School of Art
September 2021- present- Artist in Residence at the Glasgow School of Art
Education
2017-2021 First Class BA (Hons) Silversmithing and Jewellery Design: Glasgow School of Art
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