Art & Heritage Collections presents regular curated exhibitions. These aim to introduce our collections to diverse audiences and provide a platform for current students, alumni, educators, guest artists and members of the community to showcase their creative work. Our ambition is to select themes which are current, engaging and thought provoking and make our collections widely accessible by using a variety of venues across RGU’s campus.
Past Exhibitions
Dome
Sir Ian Wood Building, September 2024
Gray's School of Art alumnus Ade Adesina RSA presents Dome, an exhibition taking viewers on a journey of exploration and imagination. Finding inspiration for his work through politics, Ade considers the over-consumption of world resources and reflects upon the need for a shift towards sustainable solutions.
DRAWn-INg
Sir Ian Wood Building, February 2024
The exhibition of drawings by Scott Sutherland School and Gray’s School of Art alumni presented a selection of inspirational work highlighting the beauty and utility of the hand made drawing – still an invaluable skill for an architect.
Passing the Torch
November 2022
Passing the Torch embraced the legacy of Gray’s School of Art ceramics department and showcased an integral part of the cultural vibrancy of the University, being the only institution to offer ceramics provision in Scotland.
Silenced Voices
Concourse Gallery, Sir Ian Wood Building, September 2022
Exhibition displayed during the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association conference, selected with the input of Sarah Pederson (Creative and Cultural Business School) to reflect the theme of the 2022 MeCCSA conference, 'Silenced Voices'.
Emergent
Look Again Project Space, June 2022
Exhibition of artworks and artefacts from RGU Art and Heritage Collection displayed alongside contemporary works created by Gray’s Graduates in Residence. The GIRs selected an item from the collection to draw inspiration from and produced an artistic response to it in this project supported by RGU Art and Heritage.
Higher elevation
Concourse Gallery, Sir Ian Wood Building, August 2022
Showcase of work from RGU Art and Heritage Purchase Award winning graduates of the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment.
Passing the Torch
Gray’s Gallery, ground floor, November 2022
Featuring contemporary ceramics side by side with pieces from the RGU Art and Heritage Collection, this exhibition celebrates the timeless nature and enduring techniques of ceramics and wood firing.
Gray’s degree show exhibition
Gray’s School of Art, level 2, June 2022
Showcase of RGU Art and Heritage Purchase Award winning works by Gray’s School of Art graduates, 2019-2021.
Crossings
Gray’s School of Art Gallery, March 2022
An exhibition selected to celebrate the journeys of Gray’s School of Art Alumni, featuring award winning works created by recent graduates and former graduates and professional artist/tutor compositions. Educational crossing points presented in a kaleidoscopic snapshot of wonderful Gray’s School of Art talent through time.
Impressio
May 2024
A collaborative exhibition curated by Gray's School of Art alumnus Ade Adesina RSA, celebrating his passion for printmaking with his personal selection of art works held within RGU's Art & Hertiage collections.
Communicate, Conceive, Connect
September 2023
A thought-provoking exhibition curated and organised by student Sára Irlanda. The audience was invited to view parenthood through the eyes of the midwife, father, mother and the new-born child with the aim of breaking taboos about pregnancy and maternity care.
ICAF - Augmented Fashion
November 2022
The International Conference on Augmented Fashion was a collaboration between the Computing and Fashion and Textiles departments from RGU, University of Aberdeen and Donghua University in China. RGU Art & Heritage supported by loaning work by Fashion and Textiles graduate Beth Davidson as part of their drop in exhibition at the conference.
Developing the Negative
February 2020
Developing the Negative documents a search for a mothers’ lost family. Gray’s School of Art MA Photography student, Jennie Milne explored the journeys of people affected by displacement, trauma and loss in a series of portraits.
Exhibition Spaces
We want our collections to be seen and enjoyed by all. We use a range of locations across the RGU campus as exhibition spaces for showcasing our collections and the work of guest artists. These are open to the RGU community as well as to members of the public, subject to individual building opening hours.
Loans
We are committed to making our collections widely available and welcome informal enquiries from other museums to discuss practicalities. Find out more in our policies and procedures for external loans: