Central Station

Central Station: Rosemary Head

Dundee-based sculptor of clay

16 Apr 2012

Now based at Tin Roof Arts Collective in Dundee, Rosemary Head moved to Scotland from Derbyshire to attend Dundee University, where she studied art, philosophy and contemporary practices. Inspired by the interdisciplinary focus of this course, and…

Central Station: Elliott Burns

ECA graduate fascinated with contemporary landscapes

14 Mar 2012

After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2011 Elliott Burns returned home to Hertfordshire so that he could gain experience working for London art galleries. Alongside these commitments he has continued to exhibit, showing pieces in London and…

Central Station: Laura Barnard

UK-based illustrator specialising in detailed, quirky cityscapes, intricate patterns and maps

17 Feb 2012

Laura Barnard is a UK-based illustrator who specialises in detailed, quirky cityscapes, intricate patterns and quirky maps. She’s lived in Edinburgh (twice) and is still very fond of the city despite now living down south. The combination of a…

Cassandra Harrison

Artist's works feature architecture, textiles, fabrics and stitching

9 Dec 2011

Cassandra Harrison is a print and textile artist based in Edinburgh. Born in a small farming town in Nebraska, graduating with honours from a university that no longer exists, Cassandra eventually arrived in the UK where she is currently attempting to…

Central Station: Charlie Anderson

Provocative rising artist with an eye on contemporary culture

21 Oct 2011

Since graduating in 2009, Charlie Anderson has pissed off art collectors, curators, graffiti writers, three world-renowned artists, been threatened by a leading London gallerist, and has been punched in the face by an Edinburgh artist. He has also won…

Central Station - Laurie Hastings

16 Sep 2011

Laurie Hastings is an illustrator and printmaker, striving to produce images that capture and communicate the imagery and narrative of a text. People are often central to the images Laurie creates: she enjoys conveying an emotion or a certain tension…

Detours film project at 2011 Edinburgh Art Festival

Responses to work by Aidan Moffat, Josie Long and Ross Sutherland

24 Aug 2011

While everyone might know about the Edinburgh Art Festival, a series of collaborations have been quietly reflecting the works exhibited in the various exhibitions around the city. Suzy Glass (behind the creative social network Central Station) and Angie…

The best Scottish websites

The top 30 websites made for and by Scots

21 Jul 2011

When putting together this list, we weren’t necessarily looking for the biggest or the best-known cultural websites in Scotland. We were looking for unique and interesting ideas, cleverly realised and lovingly maintained on the web. This might mean that…

Profile: Paul Mowat

This is Central Station

21 Jul 2011

Paul Mowat is predominantly a figurative painter, his concern being with the human condition and how we live. He initially studied graphic design and printmaking, and after a brief spell in London as what he describes as ‘a very bad graphic designer’ he…

Central Station: Lesley Barnes

Profile on the former Glasgow uni and GSA student

23 Jun 2011

Lesley Studied Film and English at Glasgow University before attending Glasgow School of Art to study 2D/3D Motion Graphics. Lesley’s graduation film Herzog and the Monsters has shown in competition at film festivals all over the world and has won a…

Central Station: Angharad McLaren

A profile of the Glasgow-based textile designer

27 May 2011

Angharad McLaren designs and makes contemporary woven textiles in her studio at the Briggait in Glasgow. A lover of sailing, rock climbing and windsurfing she sources unusual sports-related materials such as climbing ropes, sail materials and neoprene…

Central Station: Rachel Maclean

20 Apr 2011

Rachel Maclean is a Glasgow-based artist and recent graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art. She is currently on a six-month residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, working on a short film, as well as concurrently producing a series of prints with the…

Ryan Hays attempts less humanistic perspective

Multi-disciplinary artist working towards his first solo show

21 Mar 2011

Ryan Hays graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone in 2006 then shortly afterwards relocated to Glasgow where he began exhibiting and curating larger shows such as the multi-medium art event A Wee Tasty in 2009. Two years ago he relocated to Berlin and…

Morag Macdonald's work involves repetitive mark making

Artists from North Uist and her exploration of shape and line

24 Feb 2011

Originally from North Uist in the Western Isles, Morag Macdonald graduated with a degree in Drawing and Painting from Edinburgh College of Art in 2008. Since then, while developing her own projects, she has tutored a range of English and Gaelic visual…

Artist Laura Duncan explores themes in sexuality

Aberdeen artist aims to show sex in a more positive manner

11 Feb 2011

Laura Duncan is currently working towards her BA in Photographic and Electronic Media at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. At the moment she is exploring themes in sexuality and how to show sex in a more positive manner. She is also interested in…

Central Station - Anne Doble: Artinkulate

Intricacies with healthy Scottish/nautical flavour

14 Jan 2011

Anne Doble is a self-taught artist/designer-maker, running her own business, Artinkulate, from her home in Portknockie in the North East of Scotland. Prior to this she had a long career in retail management and latterly qualified as an anaesthetic…

Central Station: Fraser Sim

Artist uses digital processes combined with handcrafted techniques

16 Dec 2010

Fraser Sim graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1999, winning the Royal Scottish Academy Student Prize for Printmaking in the same year. Having worked in the UK and internationally as a graphic designer and web designer for several years he…

Coronation Street stars immortalised

TV Gossip

24 Nov 2010

A number of legendary 'Coronation Street' stars have been immortalised in art. Veteran characters Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander), Elsie Tanner (Patricia Phoenix), Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear) and Ken Barlow (Bill Roache) - who is the longest-serving…

Martin Campbell - Central Station

Glasgow artist's workshops encourage instinctive and quick decision making

23 Nov 2010

Originally from Benbecula in the Western Isles, Martin Campbell now lives in Glasgow and is currently in his final year of the product design course at Edinburgh College of Art. As part of his final year project he is looking at ways of getting people…

Central Station - Enda O’Donoghue

Irish artist explores themes found in photographs found online

15 Nov 2010

Enda O’Donoghue is an Irish artist who has been living and working in Berlin since 2002. He originally studied computer programming before changing to visual art and has worked professionally as a web designer, internet developer and in various dotcom…

Liana Moran at Central Station

6 Oct 2010

Liana Moran graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2010 with a BA Honours in Drawing and Painting. Her current work looks into modern technology within mass communication: she’s interested in the notion that people nowadays have a fear of not being…

Alex Tobin

Central Station

10 Sep 2010

Alex Tobin is a recent graduate from Edinburgh College of Art. In 2008, he lived and studied as a foreign resident in the city of Kyoto: an experience that has shaped his work since. Alex’s practice is multi-disciplinary, encompassing performance…

Emma Wilson: Pumpkinsputnik

Central Station

1 Sep 2010

Pumpkinsputnik is the creative outlet of Emma Wilson, designer-maker. Emma graduated from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen in 1995 and became a jeweller, making silver and enamel jewellery, before taking a career break to raise her young family.

Steph Marsden launches exhibition space this August

Magpie Design Industries creator opens shop in Edinburgh

22 Jul 2010

Working mainly in wood, Steph Marsden produces handmade contemporary, sculptural furniture and design-led accessories. Steph studied design and cabinetmaking at Adam Smith College, Kirkcaldy and in 2007 was awarded the Haldane UK Design Scholarship. She…

Central Station: Roderick Buchanan

2 Jul 2010

As well as providing a platform for emerging artists, Central Station is also proving a useful resource for established practitioners. The global creative hub has now unveiled two new works by filmmaker and photographer Roderick Buchanan, produced in…