RESIDENT I - A Colstoun Residency Group Exhibition
An exhibition at Colstoun House presenting the inaugural group of artists invited to the Colstoun Residency, each responding to the estate’s unique landscape, architecture, and history.
Over the course of their residency, selected emerging artists developed new works, exploring themes of nature, and nature. RESIDENT I captures the diverse outcomes of this immersive experience, offering a rare glimpse into creative processes shaped by time, place, and reflection. The exhibition underscores Colstoun’s commitment to fostering artistic growth while contributing to a distinctive collection that bridges contemporary practice,
Jen Hitchings: "Triquetra (Colstoun Water)" 91cm x 121cm
Jen Hitchings: "Lilith in 7 Phases" 50cm x 130cm
James Dearlove: "Fighting Pheasants" 91cm x 91cm
James Dearlove: "Mairches Landscape with Figures and Birds" 200cm x 160cm
James Dearlove: "Still Life with Revellers" 40cm x 30cm
Lara Cobden: "Echo Constellation" 121cm x 91cm
Lara Cobden: "Hermit" 21cm x 15cm
Lara Cobden: "Moonshadow Dreamweaver" 21cm x 15cm
Lara Cobden: "Tower" 21cm x 15cm
Lara Cobden: "Transition" 21cm x 15cm
Lara Cobden: "Venus Rising I 21cm x 15cm
Marina Renee-Cemmick: "Bathing in Liquid Light" 140cm x 180cm
Marina Renee-Cemmick: "There Are Colours in the Earth" 120cm x 100cm
Raffael Bader: "Purple Hills" 30cm x 25cm courtesy of Enari Gallery
Raffael Bader: "Path to the Hill Traprain Law" 50cm x 40cm courtesy of Enari Gallery
Raffael Bader: "Calm Lake in a Whistling Wind" 95cm x 110cm courtesy of Enari Gallery
Joe Grieve: "View of the Watering Hole" 77cm x 58cm
Raffael Bader: "The Hills Still Stretch Slowly (Diptych)" 110cm x 320cm courtesy of Enari Gallery
Suhaylah Hamid: "When Shall We Three Meet Again" 122cm x 91.5cm
Joe Grieve: "Drastic Detached" 80cm x 100cm
Suhaylah Hamid: "Colstoun Snow Melt Study" 59.5cm x 42cm
Joe Grieve: "The Mosquito Farm" 59cm x 81cm
Suhaylah Hamid: "River in Viridian" 91.5cm x 61cm
Angélique Nagovskaya: "Awakening WIthin" 120cm x 150cm
About The Exhibition
RESIDENT I brings together new works by Raffael Bader, James Dearlove, Lara Cobden, Suhaylah H, Marina Renée-Cemmick, Joe Grieve, Angélique Nagovskaya and Jen Hitchings. Each artist has undertaken time at Colstoun Arts as part of our annual residency programme, which welcomes 6–8 artists each year to live and work within the historic house and its surrounding landscape in East Lothian, Scotland.
The residency, which extends over a month or more, offers a space of contemplation and experimentation rather than a prescribed structure. Artists are invited to respond to the rhythms of the seasons and the particular character of Colstoun, shaping bodies of work that are at once personal and interconnected. The resulting practices are diverse in approach yet bound by an engagement with place, memory, and transformation.
For some, such as Lara Cobden, this has meant producing an extraordinary series of nocturnal studies that expand into a constellation of works rooted in the Scottish night. For others, including Marina Renée-Cemmick and Angélique Nagovskaya, the time has provided an opportunity for deep introspection and technical exploration, extending the language of their practices in unexpected ways.
Artist List:
Raffael Bader
James Dearlove
Lara Cobden
Suhaylah Hamid
Marina Renée Cemmick
Joe Grieve
Angélique Nagovskaya
Jen Hitchings
