We regularly hold exhibitions of the work of students and graduates.

Exhibitions are regularly held in the following locations on the Garthdee campus:

• Georgina Scott Sutherland Library, Level 3

• Faculty of Health and Social Care, Level 2

We also hold occasional exhibitions at the Gray's School of Art and the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment. Artwork from the Collections can be seen in most of the University buildings and can be tracked on our blog.

Details on directions to the locations and parking information can be found here.

The Art of Sylvia Wishart - the lamp in the seaward window

26th March - 20th April 2012

Located in Gray’s School of Art and the Georgina Scott Sutherland Library on the Robert Gordon University Garthdee Campus

This exhibition, at Gray’s School of Art and the Georgina Scott Sutherland Library presents the first complete survey of the work of Orcadian artist, Sylvia Wishart RSA (1936-2008). 

From one of her earliest drawings to the later large-scale paintings, the exhibition allows Sylvia Wishart’s work to be seen in a context that charts her artistic achievement over more than fifty years, and establishes her place as an important and influential Scottish artist.  Sylvia Wishart taught for many years at Gray’s School and was a beloved teacher, friend and inspiration to many students in the 1970s and 80s.  Retiring to her beloved Orkney in 1987, she continued to paint dramatic landscapes and seascapes, exploring the subtle changes in the seasons, the nuances of light and the textures of the land.  The range of her work is reflected fully in this exhibition of some 40 major pieces which, as is appropriate, was organised by the Pier Art Centre, Stromness, an institution which she was instrumental in founding. This long-awaited show at last honours this modest yet much-loved woman, and this artist, so firmly rooted in her remote island home, but whose significance and reputation is on a national and international scale.

Sylvia Wishart Exhibition Map

Enter the Dragon

12 April -
Faculty of Health and Social Care Level 2 Exhibition Space

 An exhibition featuring the work of professional artist and former Gray's School of Art tutor Ian Howard is now on display in the Faculty of Health and Social Care building. He became a lecturer in painting at Gray's School of Art between 1977 and 1986, subsequently becoming Head of Edinburgh College of Art. Ian Howard's work looks at symbols and imagery from medieval and Renaissance art, including dragon-like creatures.

This suite of prints was created in Aberdeen's own Peacock Visual Arts Centre in the Castlegate. The artist's work is shown widely in Europe and the USA, including solo exhibitions in Glasgow, Trondheim and Chicago. In 2007 he received an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Edinburgh, and was also elected Treasurer of the Royal Scottish Academy.

Drawings from the University Architecture Collection

Ongoing

Georgina Scott Sutherland Library, Level 5 Plan Chest

A changing selection of Architecture student drawings from the University Collections will be displayed in a glazed plan chest at Garthdee. The drawings date from the 1920s to the 1970s and many show a remarkable level of draughtsmanship.