At Dundee Ministry of Crafts last October however, I was reminded that events like these are such a great opportunity to meet people with unexpected consequences. I had a stall opposite Suzanne Scott of WhimSicAL LusH, a local artist I had known of but who I had never met before. We got chatting and a week or so later she got in touch offering me the chance to put on an exhibition at Freedom Hair Experience on Dock Street. Suzanne has been curating exhibitions at Freedom for a few years now and I was so grateful for the opportunity to be involved in the project.
Irving at Freedom gave me total creative control of the exhibition, so I got to design the poster, choose what work to include and produce a window display. I titled the exhibition Rinse and Repeat, as all of the prints I included had elements relating to water and pattern, and I liked the idea of the title referencing the unconventional setting. I installed the exhibition on Thursday night with help from Suzanne and Irving. It was so satisfying getting to fill the space with my work.
I felt really supported throughout the process of planning the exhibition and felt there was a real effort made to promote the exhibition. Suzanne did some filming with me which I'll blog about later and also interviewed me which you can read here.
The opening was last night and it went really well - Irving was so generous providing refreshments for the evening and I was really pleased with the turnout and feedback I got from people.
The exhibition is up until mid March. It's a great feeling knowing that so many people will be looking at my work! I'll post more pictures of the work on display and the process of creating the window display soon.
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