12 April, 2020 - 12 June, 2021

Life Under Lockdown

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One Pandemic. Seven Artists.

Seven Generations. One Exhibition

In June 2020 Tonic Arts created a  series  of micro-residencies  for  visual  artists, one of  a  range  of responses to  the dramatic  changes  brought  about  by  the  global  pandemic. 

Artwork by David McCulloch as part of the Life Under Lockdown exhibition
Artwork by David McCulloch as part of the Life Under Lockdown exhibition

Artists from seven generations were selected from 130 applicants, and invited to create new work which  creatively  captured their experiences  of lockdown:

  • Jodie Campbell (under 20s)
  • Emelia Kerr Beale (20s)
  • Dan Sambo & Hannah Brackston (30s)
  • Virginia Hutchison (40s)
  • David McCulloch (50s)
  • Olivia Irvine (60s)
  • David Rushton (70s)

This diverse body of artworks captures a creative  breadth of experience and a unique snapshot of these extraordinary times. They form a new group exhibition and film which are showing at Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital and will be touring across Edinburgh and Lothian Hospitals and beyond.

Take a walk through our Virtual Exhibition

Artwork by Dan Sambo & Hannah Brackston as part of the Life Under Lockdown exhibition
Artwork by Dan Sambo & Hannah Brackston as part of the Life Under Lockdown exhibition
Artwork by Jodie Campbell as part of the Life Under Lockdown exhibition
Artwork by Jodie Campbell as part of the Life Under Lockdown exhibition