Exhibitions

Current

The Graduates Show 2023
13 Jan - 18 Feb 2023 We begin the year and our 2023 programme with the return of our much-anticipated annual Graduates Show. As ever, the buzz and energy surrounding this show is incredible and we are very excited to introduce you to the works of the 10 talented young artists we have selected from the... Read more

Online

Tatha Selected works
In this exhibition we have selected work that is available both online and in the gallery to view and purchase now. These will be from artists who regularly exhibit with us along with our portfolio collection of wonderful unique pieces. Keep an eye on this exhibition for new works. Read more

Past

Where Once the Waters' comes to Tatha
David Cass 20 Nov - 22 Dec 2022 From Venice to Newport on Tay, Scotland. Tatha Gallery is thrilled that David Cass has made 12 works available to us following his successful show ' Where Once the Waters’ at the Venice Biennale 2022. Artist Statement During the opening months of this year’s Venice Biennale, I exhibited a... Read more

Finding the Wonder
19 Nov - 22 Dec 2022 As the days grow shorter and winter approaches bringing with it a challenging climate – in every sense! – it’s easy to forget the joy and magic that this season can bring. We want to find the enchantment and delight that resides within the season and our winter show, as... Read more

Hung Out to Dry Over the Tay
Christy Burdock 19 Nov - 22 Dec 2022 We are thrilled to offer you an extra special treat during the run of our winter show this year. Our prize winner from the SSA open exhibition 2021, multi-award winning Christy Burdock, will have a solo show of her extraordinary work in our smaller gallery. Christy’s work in the SSA... Read more

A Shared Passion
Norman Gilbert / Margot Sandeman 1 Oct - 12 Nov 2022 Our next, highly anticipated two-person exhibition sees the return of the much-missed and ever inspirational artist Norman Gilbert and, as always, we are over the moon to be hanging his work on the gallery walls again! In this, his fourth show with Tatha, Norman’s stunning work will be joined by... Read more

Go Figure!
27 Aug - 24 Sep 2022 We are thrilled to be bringing you “GO FIGURE”, gathering together four wonderful artists whose work we have long admired namely; Graeme Wilcox Joyce Gunn Cairns James Newton Adams Jennifer Watt Four very different artists working in their own unique styles to represent the human figure and tell the story... Read more

An Ode to Summer
2 Jul - 20 Aug 2022 Our summer show is always a highlight in our calendar and this year is no exception. This year’s show An Ode to Summer is a celebration - through art - of the warmth, vibrancy, colour and joy that summer brings. We offer you a visual ode to the luscious splendour... Read more

On Time
Delia Baillie / Georgia Rose Murray / Louise Ritchie 20 May - 25 Jun 2022 Bringing together Delia Baillie, Louise Ritchie and Georgia Rose Murray On Time presents an exhibition of work from three very different artists who use paint as an elastic medium, with an ability to transcend the maker to inhabit its own materiality and presence. The artists gathered originally in 2019 to... Read more

春 Haru : Spring & Night Music
Paul Furneaux / Barry McGlashan 9 Apr - 14 May 2022 A two person showcase of work by Paul Furneaux, winner of Tatha Gallery exhibition prize at the RSA open Exhibition in 2019 and Barry McGlashan winner of Tatha Gallery exhibition prize SSA/VAS open exhibition in 2019. Read more

Beyond Boundaries
Hannah Benassi / Naomi McClure / Sharon Quigley / Rhona Taylor 26 Feb - 2 Apr 2022 As always, we strive to share art that inspires passion in us and hopefully in you too. As regular visitors to the gallery and online followers will be aware, we love to keep things fresh and exciting and our aim is to showcase Scottish contemporary art across many genres and... Read more

The Graduates - A Bold Beginning
15 Jan - 19 Feb 2022 The Tatha Graduates Show returns with a bang and we’re delighted to say it packs a real punch once again this year.

Our seven selected Fine Art graduates of Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee are uncompromising in their approach to their art and their striking, bold and exuberant work is a welcome and exciting start to our programme for 2022.

From painting to print, cutwork and copperwork, we’re looking forward to filling the gallery with the wonderful artworks of these seven talented artists and invite you to join us in celebrating the beginning of their journey and their certain successes in the future. Read more

Presence
13 Nov - 24 Dec 2021 Our final show of 2021 and its going to be a cracker

In this year's winter show we bring together a wonderful and varied collection of artworks from both established favourites of the gallery and some exciting new artists too

Claire Harkess Read more

Surge
9 Oct - 6 Nov 2021 An Open Call Exhibition to members of Visual Arts Scotland, selected by Lindsay Bennett & Clare Mackie of Tatha Gallery alongside VAS President Sarah Calmus and board members. Surge As the tide turns on the past year and we start to move into new rhythms we are delighted to be... Read more

Vision in Time & Changing Light
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham / Hetty Haxworth 4 Sep - 2 Oct 2021 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham / Hetty Haxworth Read more

Outside Inside
Ruth Brownlee / Helen Glassford / Dawnne McGeachy / Martyn McKenzie 31 Jul - 28 Aug 2021 Ruth Brownlee / Helen Glassford / Dawnne McGeachy / Martyn McKenzie Read more

Here and Now
26 Jun - 24 Jul 2021 At last, after being postponed in January, we are excited to be hosting a group show of selected SSA artists. Each artist will bring their own vision, ideas and ways of working, but collectively we are certain that this show will be filled to the brim with creativity, colour, sensitivity,... Read more

Textures Entwined
Christine Woodside RSW RGI / Charles McQueen RSW RGI 22 May - 19 Jun 2021 We are delighted to bring together the exuberant, highly atmospheric and richly coloured work of two artists linked not only in life, but also by the inspirations behind their work and by the use of texture in their paintings. Charles MacQueen and Christine Woodside have both found inspiration for their... Read more

Into the Landscape
Dominique Cameron / Anna King / Ian Kinnear / Heather McDermott 10 Apr - 15 May 2021 Spring is in the air as we welcome you to our second show of 2021 “Into the Landscape”. For many of us during the past year, contact with nature and immersing ourselves in the landscape near or around us has been a vital escape from the confines of home, an... Read more

The Graduates; Four Pillars
27 Feb - 3 Apr 2021 We are thrilled to be launching our 2021 programme with our Graduates Show. This year we have ventured beyond Dundee and have invited selected art graduates from the 2020 BA (Hons) degree shows at Edinburgh College of Art, The Glasgow School of Art, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen and, of... Read more

Bring in the Light
14 Nov - 23 Dec 2020 As 2020, a year which has brought us unprecedented challenges and changes, draws to an end and as the days get shorter and the nights draw in, we want to bring a little light into all of our lives with a winter exhibition filled with colour, warmth and joy. This... Read more

A Life in Colour
Norman Gilbert 3 - 7 Oct 2020 This five-week exhibition, A Life in Colour celebrates the life and works of Norman Gilbert (1926-2019) . Tatha Gallery’s 3rd solo show of Norman’s work. Norman Gilbert’s legacy lives on. Norman always said that he had spent a lifetime devoted to painting; people, places, patterns and plants. But his work... Read more

One Square Mile
Claire Harkess / Madeleine Hand / Michele Bianco 28 Aug - 26 Sep 2020 We are delighted to bring you a shared exhibition; One Square Mile by Claire Harkess RSW and Madeleine Hand with ceramics by Michele Bianco. This show had originally been planned for late spring and with some quick and fortuitous rearrangements we were able to postpone and not cancel due to... Read more

Looking Forward : Forward Looking
John Brown / Helen Glassford / Barry Stedman / Nerine Tassie 2 Jul - 22 Aug 2020 We are happy to present our first show post lock down entitled Looking Forward : Forward Looking. It is a statement of our intent and our wish for healthier more uplifting times. Everyone has had to adapt to unprecedented change and we too at the gallery have altered and moved... Read more

Untamed
Allan Macdonald / Eva Ullrich 28 Mar - 9 May 2020 Sit back and enjoy our new exhibition from the comfort of your living room. Of course it goes without saying that we would have loved you to have seen it in person with a glass of fizz surrounded by friends. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have... Read more

Close Interaction
Stuart Buchanan / Joseph Calleja / Catherine Ross 22 Feb - 21 Mar 2020 We welcome you to our second show of 2020. Close Interaction explores ideas of how artists react and interact with their subject matter. These three artists – each based in Scotland – have unique methods of interpreting the northern landscape. Close encounters, observing the details, capturing the vast by painting... Read more

The Graduates ; Restriction Free
18 Jan - 15 Feb 2020 We are delighted to kick start the year with an exhibition which will re-energise and refresh. We have crossed the Tay once again and invited Graduates from the 2019 BA Hons Duncan of Jordanstone Art College Degree show to share their brave new work with us. At Tatha we love... Read more

Ripple Effect
9 Nov - 23 Dec 2019 This exhibition brings together a wonderful array of small scale works from a number of your favourite artists and a selection of new artists. Throughout this year we have all had the pleasure of experiencing the knock-on positive effect that art brings into our lives. The ripple effect is the... Read more

Here is our Arcadia & Orbiteering
Audrey Grant / Alasdair Wallace 5 Oct - 2 Nov 2019 Here is our Arcadia by Audrey Grant and Orbiteering by Alasdair Wallace Two artists Two Shows. A new way to mix Oil and Water. A two person show case of work by Audrey Grant and Alasdair Wallace winners of the Tatha Gallery Exhibition prize at The Scottish Society of Artists... Read more

Discovery
Angie Lewin / Alex Malcolmson / Jane Keith 31 Aug - 28 Sep 2019 The start of our Autumn programme brings a change of focus to the gallery. We are stepping away from paint for the time being and bringing a new trio to our riverside gallery. We are delighted to be exhibiting the works of Angie Lewin, Alex Malcolmson, and Jane Keith. On... Read more

Immerse
Helen Glassford 22 Jun - 24 Aug 2019 Immerse is an Exhibition of over 45 oil paintings by artist Helen Glassford. Helen has been working towards this solo show for over a year and shares with us her vision and experiences of the more secluded parts of the Scottish landscape. Immerse is inspired by the fascination she has... Read more

Passion, Vision & Spirit II
Norman Gilbert 18 May - 15 Jun 2019 Norman Gilbert returns to Tatha in May after a hugely uplifting and successful show 18 months ago in January 2018. Norman Gilbert's work inspires and enlightens and is a joy to behold. His highly coloured and sensitively rendered oil paintings depict place, people, patterns and plants. His work crosses boundaries... Read more

Sea Escape
Ruth Brownlee / Sarah Carrington / Dawnne McGeachy 30 Mar - 11 May 2019 We are pleased to bring you our first exhibition dedicated to the seas. The three painters in this show are committed to their art and to the character, beauty and mystery of our waters. Being an island nation, British painters have been fascinated with our relationship with the sea for... Read more

Strangely Familiar
Ben Risk / Calum McClure / Cate Newton 23 Feb - 23 Mar 2019 The art of Ben Risk takes place in a surreal arcadia and rainbow coloured imagined lands where you might see dreamlike and ambiguous figures and faces. Risk's colours create emotions that are hard to be put into words. There is a story to be found in each painting, which strangely... Read more

Resolute
19 Jan - 16 Feb 2019 It’s a new and exciting distinctive phase of Contemporary Art and creativity in Dundee. While Duncan of Jordanstone for generations has nurtured new talent the 2018 master graduates are making new and exciting ground as a collective group. Having already exhibited their work together in an ambitious and entrepreneurial exhibition... Read more

Even More Alchemy
11 Nov - 24 Dec 2018 Look no further the perfect gift awaits. We believe that art can have a positive influence on lives. Our winter show is a celebration of the magic and the joy that can be experienced when surrounding ourselves with the things we love. The conscious and subconscious enjoyment of art can... Read more

Tay Projects
29 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 We want to celebrate the pride and the passion that the people of Tay Country have for the region which is truly engaging and infectious. We hope to convey this in our Tay Projects exhibition which features diverse and innovative work by a select group of invited Scottish Artists. This... Read more

Current
28 Aug - 22 Sep 2018 An Open Call Exhibition to members of Visual Arts Scotland, selected by Tatha Directors Lindsay Bennett & Helen Glassford alongside VAS President Andrew Mackenzie and board members. ‍ CURRENT • belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now. • A body of water or air moving... Read more

Depth of Field
Kate Downie / Paul Furneaux / Helen Glassford / Tanya Gomez 23 Jun - 18 Aug 2018 Read more

Encounter
Susie Leiper / Liz Douglas 19 May - 16 Jun 2018 This exhibition explores the subtle and shy and often intense and thought provoking experiences of being in the landscape. Inspired by the book The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd, artists Susie Leiper and Liz Douglas take us on a journey of appreciation beyond the wholly visible and describe their own... Read more

Courting the Muse
31 Mar - 12 May 2018 Courting the Muse #Landscape #Seascape #Cityscape #Mindscape #Skyscape #Mountainscape #Cloudscape Five artists Dominique Cameron, Kim Canale, David Cass, Matthew Draper, Henry Kondracki. Our third exhibition showcases work by five Scottish artists and offers a generous insight into the inspiring relationship artists have with their muse. Artists like Picasso or Lucian... Read more

Not as it seems
Ian Kinnear / James Lumsden / Jai Llewellyn / Sharon Quigely 24 Feb - 24 Mar 2018 This exhibition of Abstract work features the work of James Lumsden, Jai Llewellyn, Ian Kinnear and Sharon Quigley. “Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes.” ―Arshile Gorky Quite simply, viewing Abstract art makes my heart beat faster. I have an emotional... Read more

Passion Vision & Spirit
Norman Gilbert 13 Jan - 17 Feb 2018 We open 2018 with a solo exhibition of extraordinary paintings by 91 year old artist Norman Gilbert. When we first set eyes on these paintings they sparked something in us that can only be described as excitement and after having visited Norman is his bright Glasgow Georgian studio we have... Read more

More Alchemy
4 Nov 2017 - 6 Jan 2018 Alchemists and visual artists have many things in common, gold, silver, pearls, pigments, visions and ideas of the future. Both artists and alchemists are fascinated by the mystery of transformation. The artists in this show are no exception. We are offered stories, scenes, moments through paint, ceramic and print that... Read more

Generations of Colour
Calum McClure / David McClure / Gordon Lochhead 30 Sep - 28 Oct 2017 This exhibition features the work of David McClure and his grandson Calum, two artists for whom the use of bold, strong colour became a key factor in their work Generations of Colour serves as a precious reminder to us all that the use of bold, colourful and freely handled paint... Read more

Allusion: Clutha to Tatha
25 Aug - 23 Sep 2017 Allusion: Clutha to Tatha is an exhibition of work by thirteen of the elected RGIs (elected members of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts), whose vision could be considered part of the narrative tradition. Usually the “narrative” is implied, and the works in ‘ALLUSION - Clutha to Tatha’... Read more

Elements
Dawnne McGeachy / Matthew Draper / Helen Glassford 23 Jun - 19 Aug 2017 Tatha Gallery presents an exhibition featuring the unique work and inspiring combination of three contemporary Scottish artists Dawnne McGeachy, Matthew Draper and Helen Glassford on 23rd June. Elements will feature 40 paintings and pastels celebrating the Scottish Landscape. The Scottish land and sea runs freely through the work and lives... Read more

Connections
22 Apr - 17 Jun 2017 As a celebration for our 3rd Anniversary we bring to you an engaging mix of established and emerging artists, showcasing the best in Painting and Sculpture. Introducing seven artists with work so diverse yet there is a weaving thread to entice and enlighten. They all, in their own way help... Read more

Roots and Wings
Ade Adesina / Kirsty Lorenz / Freya Payne 4 Mar - 15 Apr 2017 ‘Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards’ Soren Kierkegaard This exhibition introduces three new artists to the Tatha stable. Its central theme revolves around the idea of the marking of time and our natural contemplations of our past, present and future. It is said that... Read more

Cause and Effect
Hetty Haxworth / Andrew Mackenzie 21 Jan - 25 Feb 2017 To what extent is our outlook on life influenced by the things we see around us, by the ideas we read in books, by the news, by poems, music and by Art? Over many centuries Artists and Poets have taught us to find something new in life and nature, something... Read more

Alchemy: Winter Collection
12 Nov 2016 - 14 Jan 2017 Alchemists and visual artists have a lot in common; gold, silver, pearls, pigments mixing colour, visions and ideas of the future. Both artists and alchemists are fascinated by the mystery of transformation. The artists in this show are no exception. We are offered stories,scenes, moments through paint ceramic and print... Read more

Yours Sincerely
Joyce Gunn Cairns / Alan Macdonald / James Newton Adams / Ruth Steven 1 Oct - 5 Nov 2016 30th September 2016- 5th November 2016. Dear Art Lover We connect in many ways, a look, a smile, a hug, a social media thumbs up, e-mail, letters, music, painting the list is endless. When we do, we reveal a little more of ourselves sharing a thought or a feeling. Although... Read more

Ghostlands
Robbie Bushe / Kate Downie / Ronald Ploughman 26 Aug - 24 Sep 2016 Each of us finds reason to stop, stare and linger. Our visual world can be so familiar we look right through it, letting our gaze flicker between the external and internal. The immediate visual topography becomes overlaid with intimate reflections, occurrences and notions; transient, ghostly, and often eluding depiction. ‘Ghostlands’... Read more

Promised Land
Doug Cocker / Catherine Davison / Helen Glassford / Calum McClure 25 Jun - 21 Aug 2016 The idea of the Promised Land, isn’t just a religious dream or physical place in existence: it is a state of being that a person achieves at the end of a journey or even a soul searching endeavour, a place that isn’t found easily but one which is reached with... Read more

Perpetual Discovery
Janet Melrose / Frances Walker / Jennifer Watt 30 Apr - 18 Jun 2016 We at Tatha are thrilled to have played a significant role in brokering a living bequest from Frances Walker to The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum. Perpetual Discovery runs at the same time as The Antarctic Suite is being shown in The McManus exhibition ‘Charting New Waters: Recent Acquisitions... Read more

Pulling the Print
Paul Furneaux / Hetty Haxworth 19 Mar - 23 Apr 2016 Today printmaking offers a voice for all contemporary artists to communicate their ideas and to express their identities and their cultures with a foot firmly rooted to past traditions. ‘Pulling the Print’ celebrates both the creativity of the printmaker whilst acknowledging the role that print was the first form of... Read more

Unburdened Realities
Joy Arden / Rosalind Lawless / Christopher Wood 29 Jan - 10 Mar 2016 This exhibition offers another glimpse of the best of Abstract painting taking place in Scotland today. Following the success of our Abstract show last year we hope to bring you another refreshing take on reality. Real paint, real colour, real reactions in real time offer us new visions and communications... Read more

The Wonder Room
7 Nov 2015 - 23 Jan 2016 A wonderful spectrum of small scale works showing a rich abundance and diversity of talent from Figuration to Abstraction. The gallery will be filled with paintings to recreate and encourage the sense of wonder that the old ‘cabinets of curiosity’ once aroused. To inspire the imagination and enrich the soul... Read more

Confluence: Marian Leven and Will Maclean
Marian Leven / Will Maclean 2 - 31 Oct 2015 Marian Leven / Will Maclean Read more

Lost Colonist
Derrick Guild / Christopher Orr / Edward Summerton 28 Aug - 26 Sep 2015 Derrick Guild / Christopher Orr / Edward Summerton Read more

For the Love of Summer
27 Jun - 22 Aug 2015 For the love of Summer Saturate the senses with our mixed summer exhibition showing exciting new works by Janet Melrose Julie Goring, Claire Harkess, Helen Glassford, David Cass and ceramicist Nancy Fuller. The show is a selection of works chosen to celebrate the breadth and depth of contemporary Scottish art... Read more

Imagine
James Castle / Lennox Dunbar / Joe Fan 23 May - 20 Jun 2015 The Tatha Gallery is proud to be showing work by James Castle, Joe Fan and Lennox Dunbar. This fascinating mix of work will inspire the imagination and enchant the soul. Read more

The Newport Circle
3 Apr - 16 May 2015 Grant Clifford / Ronnie Forbes / Joyce Cairns / Will Maclean / Marian Leven / Doug Cocker / Richard Demarco / Frances Walker / Alan Robb / Dawson Murray / Arthur Watson Read more

Seeing Through the Abstract
Delia Baillie / Paul Furneaux / Philip Reeves 28 Feb 2015 - 28 Mar 2014 In association with the Compass Gallery in Glasgow, Tatha Gallery brings together three of Scotland’s most creative artists with the clear intention of exposing the power of the abstract. Delia Baillie RSA, Philip Reeves and Paul Furneaux RSA make a unique combination of historical traditions and techniques, which reflects the... Read more

Take Me To Another Place
17 Jan - 21 Feb 2015 Tatha Gallery presents a selection of works from our collection. This showcase exhibition reflects the gallery ethos of celebrating the power of art. Amongst many things art can: move us, make us laugh, bring people together, develop understanding of ourselves and others, add depth to our existence, trigger our imagination... Read more

Winter Delights
1 Nov - 24 Dec 2014 A mixed winter show of work by eight artists all new to Tatha. We are excited to be able to present paintings by local artists Liz Murray RSW SSA and Morag Muir, and Helen Glassford , Edinburgh based artist Henry Kondracki, Tom Mabon who lives on the black Isle, Rowena... Read more

Coastlines
Frances Walker 27 Sep - 25 Oct 2014 Frances Walker scottish landscape printmaker Read more

Portable Landscapes
Richard Demarco / Dawson Murray / Ann Oram 2 Aug - 6 Sep 2014 Richard Demarco Dawson Murray Read more

Life Cycles
John Grant Clifford / Ronnie Forbes / Alastair Ross 14 Jun - 25 Jul 2014 Tatha Gallery is delighted to present our second exhibition entitled 'Life Cycles' On display will be a selection of contemporary works by Royal Scottish Academicians, John Grant Clifford, Alastair Ross and Ronald Forbes. The exhibition will run from the 14th June to 25th July 2014. Lifecycles exist all around us,... Read more

Beginnings
Joyce Cairns / Doug Cocker / Alan Robb 25 Apr - 7 Jun 2014 TATHA Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition entitled ‘BEGINNINGS’ The idea for ‘beginnings’ as the title for of our inaugural show might seem an obvious choice but it has roots that go a little deeper than the simple definition of the word. Here the gallery is bringing together three... Read more

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