Summerhall Arts announce applications for Second Annual Group Show and reveal winner of Annual Exhibition Collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art
Summerhall Arts is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Second Annual Summerhall Arts Group Show, taking place in spring 2026.
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Last Updated: 9 February 2026 11:26
Reflecting the ethos of Summerhall Arts, the exhibition offers local, national and international visual artists, working in any medium, the opportunity to exhibit one artwork as part of a curated group exhibition. The show will be presented across the Sciennes, War Memorial and Lab Galleries at Summerhall.
The exhibition will run from Saturday 18 April to Sunday 24 May 2026, open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am–5pm, with a public launch on Friday 17 April, 6pm–8pm. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Made possible through the support of Creative Scotland, there are no fees associated with either applying to or participating in the exhibition.
Application to the 2026 Summerhall Arts Group Show will close at midnight on Sunday 8 March 2026.
Susanna Sergison announced as winner of Annual Exhibition Collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art
Summerhall Arts is also delighted to announce Susanna Sergison as the recipient of its Annual Exhibition Collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art.
Delivered in partnership with ECA, the project invites Year 4 Painting students to submit proposals for a solo exhibition to be realised in In Vitro Gallery, Summerhall Arts. Selected through an open call and panel review process, the initiative supports emerging artists in developing and delivering an exhibition within a professional public gallery context.
The collaboration encourages ambitious, critically engaged approaches to contemporary painting, exhibition-making, and the relationship between artwork, space and audience.
Susanna Sergison’s proposal was selected for its thoughtful engagement with painting and exhibition form, and its clear articulation of how the work will inhabit the In Vitro Gallery space. This annual collaboration continues to provide a vital platform for graduating artists as they transition from academic study into professional practice.
The exhibition will take place at In Vitro Gallery, Summerhall Arts, from 19–22 February 2026, open 11am–5pm, with a public launch on 18 February, 6pm–8pm.
Happy House Happy Hole by Susanna Sergison explores themes of absence and presence within the domestic interior.
Sergison’s practice is centred on the home as a site of the uncanny, drawing on psychoanalytic theories of the heimlich and unheimlich. Bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens become psychological stages where intimacy and unease coexist. Through sculptural processes combining translucent fabrics, pins, latex and wood, Sergison “paints” materially.
Repeated holes, burns and punctures mirror bodily vulnerability, rendering emotion physical and language wound-like. Domestic objects are subtly personified, oscillating between lightness and gravity, sentimentality and detachment.
Themes of femininity, repression, nostalgia, repetition, religion and consumption intersect with personal memories of growing up in the North-West of England. Sergison invites viewers into a liminal, reflective space suspended between the conscious and unconscious, unsettling the familiar and opening it to quiet transformation.
Also upcoming exhibition Conversation With Our Ocean by Elizabeth Ogilvie and Robert Page is scheduled for the Dissection Room in October 2026 (dates TBC).
Conversation With Our Ocean is an ambitious environmental art project exploring ocean-based carbon-sequestering ecosystems and human-made solutions to the climate emergency.
Set within the historic Dissection Room at Summerhall, Ogilvie and Page will create an immersive installation combining poetic film, live water events and subtle print works. The project reflects the empirical nature of the space while inviting reflection, hope and dialogue.
Ogilvie and Page have worked together for over a decade on internationally recognised commissions, films and artworks rooted in shared environmental convictions. Their first major collaborative project, Into the Oceanic, developed in collaboration with international marine scientists, was presented at COP26 in Glasgow, followed by exhibitions in Germany and Japan.
In 2025, the artists were invited to become the first Artists in Residence in the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of St Andrews.
The project is supported by Creative Scotland, with additional support from Summerhall Arts through its Creative Scotland-funded programme.
Samantha Chapman, Head of Visual Arts at Summerhall Arts, said: “I am delighted that this upcoming work reflects the breadth of what Summerhall Arts exists to support: ambitious creation, meaningful collaboration, and the offering of space where artists, at all stages of their careers, can push boundaries and take risks. From the second annual Group Show—an open, accessible platform bringing together local, national and international voices—to our continued partnership with Edinburgh College of Art supporting graduating artists at a pivotal moment, and the deeply researched environmental work of Ogilvie & Page, this programme demonstrates our commitment to experimentation, dialogue and engagement. We are proud to deliver this programme with the support of Creative Scotland and our wider community, and to continue creating opportunities that support artists and excite audiences.”
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