About
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M-J Archibald​
Hello! I'm Marion, a visual artist who incorporates photography, print-making, found objects and artist books into my practice. I'm particularly interested in using everyday objects, which were once wanted and have now been discarded - altering them to create new works that comment on the throwaway attitude and consumerism that affects society today. My photographic work often reflects the things and spaces people leave behind.
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A graduate in Fine Art Photography, I also use the alternative photographic process of cyanotype to create a range of beautiful books, cards and prints. The traditional process creates deep blue images, each one a unique piece of art ensuring that no two images, books or cards are ever the same.
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I regularly deliver book binding workshops from my studio in Perth or on behalf of other organisations and galleries around Scotland.
CV
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Guest Tutor (Book Binding):
Visiting lecturer at Glasgow School of Art since 2016 (Fine Art Photography).
The Fruitmarket Gallery
Artists' Book Market - Workshop Tutor
2023, 2022, 2019, 2018 and 2016
University of St Andrews
Creative Writing Dept
"From Pen and Paper to Book"
2022 and 2016
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
December 2015
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour 134th Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
January 2015
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Selected Exhibitions:
Under a Crowded Sky
Rothes Halls, Glenrothes
21 Nov 2019 – 25 Jan 2020
THIS: The Life and Work of Jim Stewart
Book artist and co-curator
Dundee University
11 Oct 2019 – 15 Dec 2019
Palimpsest
Society of Scottish Artists
An Lanntair, Stornoway
18 May - 28 Jun 2019
RGI Open Exhibition
Royal Glasgow Institute for Fine Arts
Mitchell Library, Glasgow
11 Nov – 26 Nov 2017
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Kinghorn Artists' Annual Exhibition
Kinghorn, Fife
2015, 2016 an d 2017
Education:
2023 – 2024
MLitt in Creative Writing (with Merit)
University of Stirling
2009 - 2013
BA (Hons) with Distinction - Fine Art Photography
Glasgow School of Art
2007 - 2008
SHNC Photography
West Lothian College, Livingston
RSA Open Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
22 July - 2 Oct 2017
MAX A5 Syllables of Salt -
(book collaboration with Theresa Moerman Ib)
KONTOR Galleri, Copenhagen
24 November 2013
FutureProof
Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
29 June - 27 July 2013
Images - Scottish Photographers
FotoSpaceRothes Halls, Glenrothes
5 December 2011 - 11 January 2012