Kirsty Lackie (b.1989) is a Glasgow based artist. She completed her BA (Hons) in Communication Design at The Glasgow School of Art in 2018, and since graduating has been developing her painting practice. Lackie has exhibited across the U.K. with her most recent being a solo show at The Alchemy Experiment.
“ A touch of the surreal, a poetic sharpness, often simply a thought inspired by the awkwardness of everyday encounters. Over the years I’ve found my work moving into those sorts of areas most. A sense of my own guilt hangs over many pieces, and I try and rail against it with humour or temper or something rebellious. A sense of my womanhood often appears, as does routine, as does indulgence and decadence too. But the work can only be really understood by the work, it says what it is, in the most succinct way possible. ”
“ A touch of the surreal, a poetic sharpness, often simply a thought inspired by the awkwardness of everyday encounters. Over the years I’ve found my work moving into those sorts of areas most. A sense of my own guilt hangs over many pieces, and I try and rail against it with humour or temper or something rebellious. A sense of my womanhood often appears, as does routine, as does indulgence and decadence too. But the work can only be really understood by the work, it says what it is, in the most succinct way possible. ”
EXHIBITIONS
Current
2022 The Garden of Eden, The Artists Contemporary, Arc, Painswick
Previous
2022 Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, solo exhibition, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2022 Art for Ukraine: A Charity Auction, Exhibit Auctions, The Glasgow Art Club
2021 Exhibit Auctions, solo exhibition and auction, Serenity Now, Glasgow
2021 Small Pleasures Part Two, All Mouth Gallery, online exhibition and auction
2021 In Reverie: Part 1, Acava Maxilla Walk Studios, London
2021 Bigger Pleasures, All Mouth Gallery, online exhibition and auction with The Auction Collective
2021 Small Pleasures, All Mouth Gallery, online exhibition and auction with The Auction Collective
2021 Life on Venus II: The Human, The Tub, Hackney, London
2020 Curated for Christmas, Bowes Parris Gallery, London
2020 Art on a Postcard, online auction
2020 All Mouth Gallery, solo online presentation
2019 For 2 Hours, The Project Café, Glasgow
2018 Cromarty Arts Trust Student Residency Award, solo exhibition and talk, The Stables, Cromarty
2018 So, What Now? GSA Degree Show, The Glasgow School of Art
2018 KHIO-GSA, The Glasgow School of Art
2017 Communication Design WIP Show, The Glasgow School of Art
2017 A Poster for a Poster Exhibition, The Glasgow School of Art
2016 Epilogue 3/4, Barras Art and Design, Glasgow
2015 Peep Show, The Glasgow School of Art