Orla Stevens is a Scottish Artist working with painting and textiles.
Orla Stevens is a Scottish artist, whose painting and textile practice responds to multi-sensory experience of Landscape.
Translating her experiences of Scottish land, sea and soundscape into abstracted colours textures and marks. Orla’s work researches her local landscape of the Trossachs National Park, where her studio is based, and further afield; delving into the natural rhythms from the West Coast, Hebrides and North Atlantic. Orla frequently explores these remote locations with wild camping inspiration trips.
Trained in printed textiles and embroidery at Edinburgh College of Art, Orla discovered her love for expressive mark-making, graduating in 2018 with first class honours. Since, Orla has been developing her visual art practice, exploring conversation between painting and printing processes, exhibiting work across Scotland.
EXHIBITIONS
2020
'Over the Rainbow' Group Exhibition - The Tolbooth, Stirling
'Changing Tides' Exhibition - Scottish Society of Artists - Online
'Transparency', Bannockburn House - Group Exhibition
Artisan &, Aberfeldy - Group Winter Exhibition
Found Gallery, Dunbar - Group Winter Exhibition
The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello - Group Winter Exhibition
The Green Gallery, Dollar - Group Winter Exhibition
The Whitehouse Gallery, Kircudbright - Group Winter Exhibition
Sight & Sound - Solo Exhibition - Macrobert Arts Centre
Postponed to 2021
Artisan & - Group Exhibitions, January, March, April Online
2019
Drawn Threads - RogArt Studios - Curator & Exhibitor
Summerfest - Callander
The Woodhouse - Kippen
Perthshire Open Studios - Callander
Fife New Contemporaries - Online Exhibition
Teran Community - Online Exhibition
2018
ECA Degree Show, Edinburgh
New Designers Textile Fair, London
Summerfest, Callander
Tangible Sounds, Aural Textiles, Forres
2014 - 2018
The colony of Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
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EDUCATION
2018
Textiles BA (1st class Hons) Edinburgh College of Art
2014
Tramway Visual Arts Studio Portfolio Course
AWARDS
2020
VACMA - Graduate Award Forth Valley
2018
Worshipful Company of Dyers - Colour Award
Callander Hydro Trust Award
CIRKEL Home - Sustainability Award
RESIDENCY
2018 - 2020
Aural Textiles Design Research RSE / GSA (ongoing)
FEATURES
2020
Interview - Loch Ness Living
2019
The Great Outdoors Magazine - August
The Skinny - June
REPRESENTATION
The Whitehouse Gallery - Kircudbright
The Green Gallery - Dollar/Buchlyvie
The Velvet Easel Gallery - Portobello
STOCKED IN
BAM - Glasgow
Made In Stirling
Or Shop - Portree, Skye