Spring 2016 Exhibitions Shop CafĂŠ Events
VISITOR INFORMATION
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Bonhoga Gallery
Weisdale
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Lerwick Scalloway
Bonhoga Gallery is owned and run by Shetland Arts Development Agency. A programme of 7 exhibitions is
Opening Hours Gallery, Café & Shop
organised each year for the Upper Gallery, featuring local, national and international contemporary visual
Low Season
art and craft.
28 Oct 2015 – 24 Apr 2016
Downstairs are smaller scale
Wed – Fri: 11.00 – 3.00
exhibitions by Artists and
Sat & Sun: 11.00 -4.00
craftmakers from both Shetland and
High Season
the rest of the UK.
25 Apr – 1 Nov 2016
Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale Mill,
Mon – Sat: 10:30 – 5.00
Weisdale, Shetland ZE2 9LW, UK
Sun: 11.00 – 5.00
Tel: +44 (0) 1595 745750 Fax: +44 (0) 1595 830444
Admission: Free of charge
E: bonhoga@shetlandarts.org
Accessibility: Disabled parking,
facebook.com/BonhogaGallery
wheelchair ramp, disabled toilet 2
CONTENTS 02 - Visitor Information 04 - David Mach: Commando 06 - Artist Talk: David Mach 07 - Avril Thomson Smith: Aald
Boats & Boannie Lanes
08 - Marc Wilson: The Last Stand 10 - The Last Stand Public opening 11 - Jo Chapman: Fish Van Collection 12 - Tony Humbleyard &
Jack Webb: Bone & Shadow
A Mythology Of Place
14 - Bone & Shadow A Mythology
Of Place Public opening
15 - Weisdale Mill 15 - CafĂŠ 16 - Shop 18 - Mareel 18 - Art at Mareel 19 - Eye Can Draw 19 - Life Drawing Workshop 20 - Exhibitions 2016
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David Mach, COMMANDO COLLAGE, 2015.
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16 January - 28 February
DAVID MACH
RA
Internationally renowned artist & former Turner Prize nominee
Commando David Mach is a Scottish sculptor
M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh
and installation artist of international
and Out of Order, a line of tumbling
renown, best known for his flowing
telephone boxes in Kingston, Surrey.
assemblages made from mass-
David Mach also works extensively
produced objects such as coat hangers,
with collage and recently started
magazines, matchsticks and tyres.
using graphics from D.C. Thomson’s
His large-scale public artworks
comic series Commando War Stories in
include Big Heids on the side of the
Pictures to create new stories: He explains, “Collage has always been a major part of my studio practice. I would use it to show ideas for sculpture in the same way other artists might sketch out a design... My designs would include a cut out figure to demonstrate scale. That one little figure would grow into work featuring a cast of thousands and the range of source material I would use would grow from photographs to magazines and would extend to comics.
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16 January - 28 February The Commando collage was easy for me to get into, the original comics being part of my own personal art history. Their stories and their drawing inspiring me to construct mini epics charged with the energy of the original Thompson drawings.” Mach studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, graduating in 1979, then at the Royal
David Mach, COMMANDO COLLAGE, 2015.
College of Art, London from 1979–82. He was nominated for the Turner Prize
Royal Academy in 1998 and in 2000 was
in 1988, was elected a member of the
appointed Professor of Sculpture.
Artist Talk - David Mach Thursday 4 February, 7pm Mareel £7 / £5 David Mach will give an illustrated talk
Mareel & Islesburgh Community Centre
about his work.
01595 745555 • www.shetlandboxoffice.org
David Mach, OUT OF ORDER.
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Bonhoga Lower Gallery Shetland-based artist
AVRIL THOMSON SMITH
Aald Boats & Boannie Lanes 16 January 28 February Lower Gallery, Bonhoga and Feature Space, Mareel. We are pleased to be supporting local artist Avril Thomson Smith with an exhibition split between the Lower Gallery at Bonhoga and the Feature Space at Mareel.
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Avril Thomson Smith, YELLOW BOAT LYES STILL ON A LICHTSOME DAY
Marc Wilson, SAINTE-MARGUERITE-SUR-MER, UPPER NORMANDY, FRANCE, 2012.
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5 March - 17 April
MARC WILSON
The Last Stand Over four years photographer Marc
143 locations along the coastlines of
Wilson documented the physical
Northern & Western France, Denmark,
remnants of war in the 20th century
Belgium, Norway and the UK, including
in the UK and Northern Europe. By
Orkney and Shetland. These beautiful
photographing man-made military
large-format photographs, often
defence structures imbued with recent
ghostly and melancholic, capture
history he has created a permanent
crumbling archaeological relics, resting
photographic record of the past.
like classical ruins in the landscape to
He travelled over 23,000 miles to
remind us of the weight of war.
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5 March - 17 April Born in London in 1968, Marc Wilson
Art 2001 and Photo2005, London;
has been working as a photographer
The Association of Photographer’s
for over 15 years. His projects
Gallery and at the Focal Point gallery
document human interaction in
in Southend. Wilson has also shown
the landscape, through subjects of
work with Hotshoe International
memory, history and society. He has
Magazine, and was part of the recent
exhibited his work widely, including
PDN Photo-annual 2006 “A year in
a group show at the Photographer’s
pictures”. In addition to working as an
Gallery, London; international shows
artist and commercial photographer he
in Milan, Grenoble and New York,
often teaches photography as a visiting
the inaugural shows at the Back Hill
lecturer at degree level. He now lives in
and Now Showing Galleries, London;
Bath, England.
Marc Wilson, LAMBA-NESS, (Unst, Shetland)
Public opening Friday 4 March
A chance to preview both exhibitions in a relaxed and informal setting with a glass of wine.
6pm - 7.30pm Everyone welcome 10
Bonhoga Lower Gallery
JO CHAPMAN artwork containing the objects made in workshops, as well as photos, memories and stories collected and donated to the project. Text and imagery from the ‘Fish Van Collection’ will appear on the final sculpture, which it is hoped will be installed by summer 2016 subject to the relevant permissions being in place. This project was made possible through sponsorship from LHD, Lerwick Port Authority, Shetland Catch and the
Part of the Pelagic Sculpture Project
Shetland Fish Producers’ Organisation in association with Shetland Arts, with match funding from Arts & Business
5 March - 17 April
Scotland through their New Arts Sponsorship Grants Scheme.
During 2015, artist Jo Chapman was commissioned by four Shetland businesses to design a sculpture for Lerwick’s harbour front. As part of the design process, Jo spent ten weeks in Shetland from October - December delivering workshops and meeting with people about the pelagic fishing industry’s rich culture and heritage
The history of the project can be
here. The ‘Fish Van Collection’
followed on:
emerged from this engagement with
www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/pelagic-sculpture-pr
the community and is a travelling
www.facebook.com/www.fishvancollection.co.uk
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Tony Humbleyard, MYTHOLOGY
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23 April - 5 June
TONY HUMBLEYARD & JACK WEBB
Bone & Shadow A Mythology Of Place Tony Humbleyard uses the found
and choreographer based in Edinburgh,
object to explore place and the ways
as part of a developmental opportunity
in which we interpret the world
supported by Shetland Arts. Jack will
around us. Abandoning guidebooks,
work alongside Tony at his studio in
maps and signs in favour of random
Unst for 10 days prior to the exhibition
journeys and direct experiences, he
to create a companion performance
has been collecting materials from
piece in response to Tony’s work. The
Unst where he has lived since 2005. His
piece will be performed in the gallery
sculptures and prints incorporate and
at the exhibition opening and filmed for
are inspired by animal bones and found
screening thereafter alongside as part of
objects. For this exhibition Tony will
the show.
collaborate with Jack Webb, a dancer
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23 April - 5 June Tony Humbleyard is a sculptor and installation artist. He studied art Halifax College and completed a Fine Art degree at University of the Highlands and Islands. He is a full-time artist and runs a studio at the Shore Station in Unst, hosting visitors/artists/writers from around the world during the summer months.
Jack Webb is one of Scotland’s leading choreographers and dancers and has worked with major dance companies throughout the world. He is associate artist at Tramway, Glasgow during 2016 and has recently returned from Iceland taking part in the NordDance International Exchange.
Tony Humbleyard, SCAPULA I
Public opening Friday 22 April
A chance to meet the artists and see the live performance of Jack’s dance piece in the gallery alongside Tony’s work - a world premiere.
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Bonhoga Gallery
WEISDALE MILL
CAFÉ
Bonhoga Gallery is situated in Weisdale
Café is a popular spot all year round for
Mill, on land cleared for large-scale sheep
locals and visitors alike.
In the south-facing conservatory overlooking the Weisdale burn the Mill
farming in the 19th Century. It was a meal and barley mill from 1855 until the
The menu features locally-sourced
early 1900s, then used as a butchery and
produce and specialities, all prepared
tannery before falling into dereliction
daily on the premises. As well as
in the middle of the 20th century. The
options for children, the café caters
building was renovated and opened as
for those with special dietary
Bonhoga Gallery in 1994, and since then
requirements.
has been welcoming large numbers of both Shetland residents and visitors to
Our menu changes daily - check our
the isles. Bonhoga means ‘my spiritual
specials board to see what we have on
home’ in Shetland dialect.
offer today.
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© Chloe Garrick
SHOP In addition to the main gallery there are also dedicated spaces for the exhibition and sale of art and craft in the lower gallery and shop. Collections of prints, textiles, jewellery and ceramics are featured by artists, designers and makers both from Shetland and across the UK. The shop also stocks a wide selection of design-led goods and cards.
SARAH YOUNG Sarah Young is a Painter, Printmaker,
Bonhoga is currently selling her
Illustrator and maker. Her work is often
Silkscreen printed teatowels. These are
narrative, inspired by and referencing,
100% cotton, can be used as tea-towels,
myth, folk tales, circus and burlesque
or cut, simply sewn and stuffed to make
imagery. Sarah Young has worked as an
lovely toys or cushions.
illustrator for many years and recently illustrated Michael Morpurgo’s book ‘Running Wild’. Sarah is also founder and director of Brighton Art Fair and MADE – Brighton’s Design and Craft Fair.
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MARGARET HAMILTON MODER DY is Shetland dialect for a type of underlying reflected ripple created from waves rebounding back out to sea from the shoreline. Old fishermen are said to have been able to detect and interpret the strength and direction of these ripples and used their effect to guide them home from the distant ‘far haaf’ fishing grounds. Living by the sea, Hamilton finds its changing moods,
JOAN FRASER
colours and shapes, influenced by the weather, endlessly fascinating.
Local textile designer Joan, graduated with an MA in Art & Design at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University. She worked for a number of years at the University of Aberdeen, leading learning technology design projects. On returning to Shetland she studied knitwear design at Shetland College
The flotsam and jetsam of objects
and is currently setting up her textile
washed up on the shore turn Hamilton’s
business and developing a range of
walks with her dog Cassie into a
accessories in lambswool, cashmere and
delightful treasure trail of inspiration
Shetland wool.
and ideas. The photographs and objects gathered on these walks are the
Fair Isle patterns influence her designs
starting blocks of her designs.
for the infinite variety of its potential combinations. Her favourite patterns are the old fillers, such as seeds and peerie’s which were traditionally used between the rows of larger motifs. Bonhoga Gallery is delighted to exhibit this sophisticated collection of scarves.
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OPENING HOURS
Sun - Thu: 10am - 11pm Fri - Sat: 10am - 1am
Situated in a prominent quayside area in Lerwick next to the Shetland Museum and Archives, Mareel has a live performance auditorium, two cinema screens, rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, education and training spaces, a digital media production suite, broadcast facilities and a café bar with free high speed wi-fi internet access.
Mareel provides a year round programme of film, live music, education and other performance events. It is a hub and a focus for the creative communities not just in Shetland but beyond, and a catalyst for the creative industry sector in Shetland.
WWW.MAREEL.ORG 01595 745500
ART AT MAREEL In addition to Bonhoga, space in the Upper Café Bar at Mareel is programmed on an annual basis for large scale work or specific projects. Smaller exhibitions are also displayed in the Feature Space in the cinema foyer. We also run regular workshops and development sessions throughout the year. Keep your eye on our websites for updates.
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Drawing Workshop at Mareel
Eye Can Draw Jackie Smith & Dawson Murray RGI, RSW, ARE
Upper Café Bar, Mareel
Eye Can Draw
This exhibition brings together the work of two artists, Jackie Smith and
technology can enable artists with
Dawson Murray, as part of a research
physical disabilities to maintain and
project at the Print Studio at Dundee
develop their printmaking practice.
Contemporary Arts. The aim of the
Both Jackie and Dawson have Multiple
project is to develop, explore and
Sclerosis, resulting in restricted motor
publicise how low-cost eye-tracking
function.
WORKSHOP
UNTUTORED CLASSES Mareel, Wednesdays, 7 - 9pm £10 - (From 20 January) An untutored life drawing workshop with a nude model. These classes are suitable for over 16s of all abilities. Please bring your own materials, including paper, charcoal, 2B or above pencil and putty rubber.
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EXHIBITIONS 2016 JANUARY
DAVID MACH
Commando 16 January - 28 February PUPLIC OPENING 15 January, 6 - 7.30pm MARC WILSON
The Last Stand 5 March - 17 April PUPLIC OPENING 4 March, 6 - 7.30pm TONY HUMBLEYARD & JACK WEBB
Bone & Shadow 5 Shetland Schools
The Art World
June 11 - July 24
The Shetland Open
Black & White
September 17 - October 30
DECEMBER
A Mythology Of Place April 23 - June 5 PUPLIC OPENING 22 April, 6 - 7.30pm
Peter Davis
Elemental
July 30 - September 11
Bert Simpson
Noup & Noost from November 5