Kirsty Lackie (b.1989) was brought up in Edinburgh and then moved to Glasgow thirteen years ago. Her degree in Psychology (2011) from the University of Glasgow went some way to helping her understand the mechanics of a mind, and since graduating in Communication Design from the Glasgow School of Art (2018) she’s been finding a mode of articulation and expression for these thoughts and observations. Lackie has exhibited across the U.K. with her most recent being a solo exhibition with Exhibit Auctions. She was shortlisted for GSA’s Newbery Medal and was awarded the Cromarty Arts Trust Student Residency Prize in 2018.
“ 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. I keep coming back to the dark poetry of Selima Hill, Stevie Smith, the soft and loose drawings of Jockum Nordström, the films of Věra Chytilová, but I want to form and reform my interests too. A sense of my womanhood often appears, although I almost never set out to make it about that, as does routine, as does indulgence, 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. I keep coming back to the dark poetry of Selima Hill, Stevie Smith, the soft and loose drawings of Jockum Nordström, the films of Věra Chytilová, but I want to form and reform my interests too. A sense of my womanhood often appears, although I almost never set out to make it about that, as does routine, as does indulgence, decadence too. But the work can only be really understood by the work, it says what it is, in the most succinct way possible. ”
EDUCATION
2014 - 2018
First Class BA (Hons) Communication Design, The Glasgow School of Art
2008 - 2011
MA Psychology, The University of Glasgow
EXHIBITIONS
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
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