Artist Statement
Lorna’s practice is directed by her experiences of awe in the natural
world, whether it is from everyday, local environments or far-flung
travels. Using a saturated and playful palette, Lorna creates fantastical
landscapes that are rooted in reality but reimagined and transformed
through her work.
Memories of travels to faraway dreamscapes merge with scenes from
her everyday life – rich botanical scenes, open windows and Lorna’s
sprawling communal garden in Glasgow spill from her canvas and
paper. Changing light and seasons within the landscapes Lorna is
immersed in moves her to paint.
Lorna’s most recent, focussed body of work explores the realms of night
gardens – where she’s interested in the liminal space between dusk and
nightfall – when nature and wildlife come alive, and forms appear
mysterious and otherworldly.
Bio
Lorna Sinclair (b.1994) is a Scottish artist currently living and working in
Glasgow. Graduating in Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
& Design (2017), Lorna has since exhibited work across Europe and the
UK, whilst recently completing Art Residencies in Costa Rica and
Portugal. Lorna’s most recent Solo Show ‘Where No Storms Come’
opened at Birnam Arts Centre, Perth in July 2026.
Education:
2014-2017: Fine Art BA(Hons) degree at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and
Design, University of Dundee
2016- History of Art at Radboud University, Nijmegen - Erasmus
2013-2014: Foundation Art course at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Residencies/ Awards:
Mauser EcoHouse Artist Residency, Costa Rica, Feb-Mar 2025, funded by VACMA
Jacksons Painting Prize Longlist 2021
GlogauAIR Art Residency, Berlin, Oct-Dec 2021
Grampus Heritage Traditional Skills Residency, Cyprus, Nov-Dec 2020, funded by Grampus
Press:
- Homes & Interiors Scotland | Artist Feature, Winter Edition
- New & Abstract | Five Questions to Lorna Sinclair
- ‘Plants & Paint – A Stunning Collaboration’, MHS Studio
Exhibitions:
- Upcoming: Spring Show, Tatha Gallery, Dundee, April 2025
- ‘Small Paintings Exhibition’, Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, 2025
- Winter Exhibition, Detail Gallery, Edinburgh, 2024
- 50 x £50 Selected Artist, The Auction Collective, London, 2024
- June Exhibition, Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, 2024
- 'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow', The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, 2024
- Decorative Art Fair with Catharine Miller Gallery, London, 2022, 2023 & 2024
- 'Visions of Healing' with Brushes With Greatness, Hallam Conference Centre, London, 2022-23
- 'Winter Lights' with TIN MAN ART, London, 2022
- Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, with RHODES Contemporary Art, London, 2022
- 'Lovely Life', Solo Exhibition at The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, 2022
- ‘Garden of Colour’ Installation, GlogauAIR, Berlin, 2021
- 'Abstract Zeitgeist', Rafiki Gallery, The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh, 2021
- 'WHELM', Leicester Contemporary, 2021
- 'CHROMA', joint exhibition with Alice Campbell, New Glasgow Society, 2021
- ‘Spring Awakening’, London Paint Club, Virtual Exhibition, 2021
- ‘The Era of Change’, Visionary Projects, Virtual Exhibition, 2021
- RSW Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2020
- ‘XMASHUP’, Upright Gallery, Edinburgh, 2019
- ‘Pepsi Collective’, Edinburgh Palette, 2019
- ‘Threads’, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, 2019
- ‘Small Works Exhibition’ with the Society of Scottish Artists, RSA, 2019
- Jeelie Piece, Solo Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2018
- Coast Gallery, Dunbar, 2018-2020
- Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show, 2017 & 2018
- ‘Young Art Collections’, LemoArt Gallery, Berlin, 2017
- ‘Sneaky Peaks’, DJCAD, Dundee, 2017
- ‘Selection Box’, Tin Roof, Dundee, 2016