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Six Foot Gallery is a volunteer-run alternative art and design space, supporting emerging creative practitioners.

"My artwork evolves in a non-linear combination of loops. An item, a thought, a material, or a process may be the trigge...
16/10/2026

"My artwork evolves in a non-linear combination of loops. An item, a thought, a material, or a process may be the trigger. I tend to delve into the past, pull it into the present to breathe in the future. There tends to be a constant that holds different branches of my work together, although this may not initially be apparent. "

📸 Trace by Riel Noir | multiple exposure analogue Kodak 127 film, encaustic wax, clay dust 30.5x30.5cm £610

Riel is a Glasgow-based artist whose process-led conceptual practice explores relationships between history, place, material and circumstance. Working across photography, textile weaving, painting, printmaking and artists’ books, she allows material, process and enquiry to shape the development and form of each work. Riel graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 1998 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Photography. Her work has been exhibited across the UK, Copenhagen, and India, including with the Scottish Society of Artists at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, and Urmila Art Gallery, Ahmedabad. Her residency experience spans Scotland and India, with her relationship to India beginning through a residency in Tamil Nadu in 2017 and continuing through further residencies, exhibitions, workshops, and invited talks. Most recently, she undertook a three-month studio programme at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad.

Read more about Riel's work and practice on our website (link in bio).

"A lot of my work starts with things I notice around me, particularly everyday objects, shared spaces and the funny or s...
15/10/2026

"A lot of my work starts with things I notice around me, particularly everyday objects, shared spaces and the funny or strange side of ordinary life. I like using humour, but there’s often something a bit darker or more uncomfortable sitting underneath it."

📸 Backcourt Liz Commemorative Plate by Elizabeth Riddell

Elizabeth Riddell's practice spans sculpture, installation, and digital media. Drawing upon personal experience and social observation, her work explores the intersections of class, place, memory, and everyday life. Rooted in Glasgow and its histories, she examines how individual narratives are shaped by broader social and cultural forces. Her practice is informed by an interest in the overlooked and familiar, often focusing on domestic environments, communal spaces, and the rituals of daily existence.

Read more about Elizabeth on our website (link in bio) and see her work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until tomorrow, Friday 16th October.

"Something I’ve realised over time is the importance of giving yourself time and space to experiment. Trying out as many...
15/10/2026

"Something I’ve realised over time is the importance of giving yourself time and space to experiment. Trying out as many techniques as you can and exploring something new can bring interesting surprises that can lead to a whole new pathway of creativity and outcomes. Use whatever you have around you, art can be made from nothing and anything."

📸 Caointeach by Fiona Beveridge | monoprint, ink, watercolour 32x24cm £600

Fiona Beveridge is a visual artist living and working in Leith, Edinburgh. She works across printmaking, painting, sculpture and textiles. One of the main themes present within her work is myth and folklore. Her interests and inspirations are the mystical and supernatural, imaginative experiences within the everyday, craftmanship of the Victorian era, medieval architecture, animal behaviours, plant lore, ghost stories and colour. Fiona collects small and visually stimulating items varying from a peculiarly shaped shard of plastic old pieces of jewellery, to photographs and homemade cassette tapes, and uses such findings to piece together a narrative. The stories evolve into a visual language within the studio environment through mainly object placement, collage and drawing to become works which contain pieces of everyday life, history and mysticism.

Read more about Fiona and her practice on our website (link in bio) and see her work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until tomorrow, Friday 16th October.

"On a personal level I often feel a certain disconnection from 'reality', as though I have been spliced in awkwardly - j...
14/10/2026

"On a personal level I often feel a certain disconnection from 'reality', as though I have been spliced in awkwardly - just a beat out of sync - or haven't yet fully woken from a dream. The Selkie, in her ill-fitting life on land, was a figure I felt I could convey. "

📸 Thy Home was the Sea by Melissa Hugo | oil on canvas 28x35cm £465

With work focusing on human connection and disconnection, unreality and dreamlike states, Melissa is a portrait painter who studied classical oils and charcoals in Florence and Salisbury. Taking inspiration from the magical held within the mundane, her use of disjointed, often unlifelike colours and the sfumato offered by oils mirrors the blurring of memory and reality. Currently based in Edinburgh, Hugo has exhibited previously with the Society of Women Artists in London, the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and the Scottish Portrait Awards, winning their Members’ Choice prize in 2022. She is shortly to show with them again at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and will appear on series 13 of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year.

Read more about Melissa and her practice on our website (link in bio) and see their work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until Friday 16th October.

"The banner can be used as a story telling device along with a similar structure found in Tarot cards or music. There is...
14/10/2026

"The banner can be used as a story telling device along with a similar structure found in Tarot cards or music. There is a slightly dreamy quality to the story as both the tale and the memory that passes through history from the old to the modern current era. Myths can encapsulate human experience through symbols, stories and tall tales. "

📸 The Hagriders by Mimi Butler | calico, paint, embroidery 54x56cm, £740

Mimi Butler is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brighton, Sussex. Her fields of interests are ancient landscapes, mythical beasts, folk and country lore. She is currently looking at the relationships of the land with historic uses through stories. She has layered the fabric to create a feeling of time passing on the telling of the folktale.

Read more about Mimi and her practice on our website (link in bio) and see her work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until Friday 16th October.

"My process often does not follow a linear path. I'll go back and redraw the same thing over and over with slight adjust...
13/10/2026

"My process often does not follow a linear path. I'll go back and redraw the same thing over and over with slight adjustments or simply to gain a sense of familiarity with whatever it is I'm creating."

📸 Ghille Dubh in the Woods by Jenni Sheward | gouache 21x29.7cm £150

Jenni Sheward is a visual artist and illustrator who creates work influenced by all things Scottish. This includes the local folklore and mythology, history and her personal connection growing up and living here. She enjoys the story-telling aspect of illustration, how she can encourage curiosity in her audience with the subjects she chooses to portray. She wishes to spark an excitement in others for folklore, history and knowledge that she herself holds. As an illustrator, she also creates a variety of design work including murals, package design, motifs and characters to add visual interest to every project.

Read more about Jenni and her practice on our website (link in bio) and see her work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until Friday 16th October.

"Living in Scotland as a Ukrainian, I noticed that both cultures share an old, almost mythical sense of the forest. The ...
13/10/2026

"Living in Scotland as a Ukrainian, I noticed that both cultures share an old, almost mythical sense of the forest. The land isn't passive. It keeps stories, and the line between the seen and the unseen feels a bit thinner there. My work draws on both."

📸 Spirit of the Wood by Natalia Babych | porcelain on driftwood 46x22 cm £300

Natalia Babych is a ceramic artist working primarily with porcelain. Originally from Ukraine, Natalia relocated to Edinburgh in 2022 and is rebuilding her creative practice within the Scottish context.

Read more about Natalia and her practice on our website (link in bio) and see her work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until Friday 16th October.

"Cù-Sìth, the fairy hound, was the form “the creature” took that day. The unsettling nature of its smile and long toes, ...
12/10/2026

"Cù-Sìth, the fairy hound, was the form “the creature” took that day. The unsettling nature of its smile and long toes, and the way it contorts itself into an unnatural shape is how it demanded to be known."

📸 Cù-Sìth by Henri K. Reid | Ink, 21x29.7cm, £250

Henri is a non-binary mixed-media illustrator based in the West Lothian area, graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. They specialise in exploring the concept of the “creature”, and how it has manifested itself in thousands of years of human expression. They use the unpredictability of ink to relinquish perfectionism, creating fine linework which is then destroyed using water. In an age where artwork itself is losing its claim on reality - the humanity of storytelling, and the creaturae that come with it, create their own form through this destruction. Their other means of artistic expression include zine-making, print-making and writing for comics and short stories.

Read more about Henri and their practice on our website (link in bio) and see their work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until Friday 16th October.

"I hope my work reawakens a sense of belonging in people, to their land and sense of self. We cannot truly know ourselve...
10/10/2026

"I hope my work reawakens a sense of belonging in people, to their land and sense of self. We cannot truly know ourselves without knowing who and what walks the land, perhaps on different timescales to us."

📸 Gyre Carlin, of the Pentlands by Tessie Humble | pen and paper, 29.7cm x 42cm, £150

Tessie is from the Scottish borders and her creative connection is through the lore and spirits of the Lothians and the Borders. She reaches into this through walking the land and sleeping in it; learning about the myths and tales; and seeing what emerges when she goes out into the hills. Tessie's art looks to weave back intimacy and belonging with where we are from. Tessie works in climate change and social justice and sees this work as entangled to our stories of where we are from and our intimate relationship with the land and everything that comes before and after us.

Read more about Tessie and her practice on our website (link in bio) and see her work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until Friday 16th October.

"Growing up in the Highlands, I was surrounded by bodies of water and dramatic landscapes. My parents, coming from both ...
08/10/2026

"Growing up in the Highlands, I was surrounded by bodies of water and dramatic landscapes. My parents, coming from both Irish and Swedish backgrounds, introduced me to a lot of Celtic and Nordic influences, and my Stepfather was as brilliant storyteller. He would tell us tales of Kelpies and Faeries. A lot of which, I feel, are inspired by these landscapes and engrained in the culture of the Highlands and Islands."

📸 Kelpie 01 by Shona McDermott | mixed media, 21x31cm £NFS

Shona is a Glasgow-based photographic artist, originally from the highlands. Inspired by folklore and relics of the past, her work aims to create a sense of myth, magic and an air of the divine. Often using photography as a narrative tool and experimenting with ways to present it beyond the usual expectation of what a photographic work can be.

Read more about Shona and her practice on our website (link in bio) and see her work in our annual autumn open call, We Fear Nae Evil, running at SFG until Friday 16th October.

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Pentagon Business Centre, 36 Washington Street
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G38AZ

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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

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