Pinkie Maclure
Contemporary Stained Glass
"With their architectural and spiritual orientation towards heaven, the great cathedrals of medieval Europe are shining examples of visual storytelling. The divine beauty in Pinkie Maclure’s art is in taking this tradition of seeing and subverting it, presenting the viewer not with absolute truths, but eternal questions and challenging contemporary subjects.
Drawing on over 15 years’ experience working in stained glass construction and repair, Maclure enjoys ‘dropping these ancient images into a 21st century context.’ Her reclamation of traditional skills like painting and firing, serving the narrative, is a progressive shift away from decorative abstraction in contemporary stained glass.
In a world of appearances, Maclure holds up a mirror to shared histories and beliefs, bridging concept and craft with radiant joy. What resonates throughout her work is the celebration of unbridled creativity and inquiry that set us free. These attributes, often demonised in times of political and social unrest, are what make us human. Maclure’s vibrant imagination and humour transmit light in this Dark Age, reaffirming the importance of storytelling in questioning and knowing who we are."
Georgina Coburn,
December 2019
News
May 2022
Group show at Kilmorack Gallery Beauly April 2022 -
Group show at Gallery46, Whitechapel, London,
November 2022
Joint winner of the 2022 Sequested Prize for self-portraiture, exhibition, currently online.
'Green Man Searches for Wilderness' features in the new Stephen Ellcock book 'England on Fire' , out in June 2022, Watkins Publishing.
The National Museum of Scotland acquired 'Self-Portrait Dreaming of Portavadie' in 2020, just before lockdown.
This is my first acquisition by a national gallery.
Craftspace group exhibition continues at
The Civic, Barnsley: 5 February – 23 April 2022
National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford: 7 May – 10 July 2022
Previous Exhibitions
Michelangelo Foundation in Fondazione Cini, San Maggiore, Venice, Italy April 10 - May 1, 2022.
Collect, London 2022
An Tobar Arts, Isle of Mull, with Sam Ainsley and Eileen Cooper RA 2021
Northlands Creative, Caithness 2020
John Byrne Prize, Edinburgh 2020
Henry Boxer at Orleans House Gallery, London 2020
The John Ruskin Prize 2019 Exhibition, Manchester 2019
Henry Boxer Gallery at Outsider Art Fair New York 2019
UK National Centre for Craft & Design Sleaford 2018/19.
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh 2018
Henry Boxer at Outsider Art Fair New York 2018
Perth Museum and Art Gallery 2017
Henry Boxer at Outsider Art Fair New York 2017
Outside In, Pallant House, Chichester, UK, touring 2016 - 2017
Birnam Arts UK 2016
Scottish Glass Society Edinburgh 2015
Public Art Installations -
'Dwelltime', Dodworth Railway Station, 2020
Memorial Window to Charles Kennedy MP, Caol Church 2016
' Tree of Life' Windows, Muirhead Church, Dundee 2013
'The Family', Chalmers Sexual Health Clinic, Edinburgh 2011
Awards -
John Byrne Award for Skill & Artistry 2020
John Ruskin Prize, shortlist, 2019
Jerwood Makers shortlist 2018
Zealous Emerge Craft Prize 2018
Fergusson Art Prize shortlist 2014
Jerwood Makers shortlist 2013
TV
BBC Scotland 'Loop' 'Pictures That Tell a Story' April 2019
Radio
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour interview on crafts and mental health 2015
Press -
Hi-Fructose 2018
Glass Network 2017
Brut Force 2017
The Times 2017
Hyperallergic 2017
Craft Magazine 2017
Raw Vision 2017
Artnet 2017
Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review 2014
