Based in Glasgow, Jemimah Vaughan’s practice concerns an obsession with colour, texture and form. She is intuitively guided by her enjoyment of surface through the act of collage. By hammer and hand, Vaughan moves nimbly between mediums, with a deep investment in the physical qualities and histories of labour evident in each. This lively action of collaging mirrors the act of setting a table for a meal. Each work laying the tablecloth for the next visual feast.

By giving a power to the craft of small rituals and proponents of daily life, objects of the mundane; a coffee pot, stool or pan become regular characters through their pertual appearances. Vaughan takes a tactile approach to materiality through a revised formalist layering of paper, steel or fabric. With simplified shape structures, she examines her reoccuring subjects inside playfully controlled boundaries. Composition is central to the work, with the playful action of collaging mirroring the act of setting a table for a meal. Each fabric work laying the table for the next visual feast.

EXPERIENCE

2022
New Practice, Streets for All Project - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Selected Mural Artist, Sauchiehall & Garnethill District Regeneration Framework

2022 - 2023
The Glasgow School of Art Students’ Association
Class Representative and Elected Member of Academic Council

2/4/2022
W139, Artist-run Institution - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Host of “How To Set Your Signs On Fire”, Fundraiser for Ukrainian Artists at the W139

19/11/2021
Hyndland Secondary School - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Workshop Leader of “Rising Up: Learning to be a Climate Activist!”, with the University of Glasgow

9/2019 - 2020
Kunstinstituut Melly, - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fellowship / Collective Learning Programme / Museumnacht 010 Host

2/2019 & 2/2020
Mondriaan Fonds - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Crew Member at Art Rotterdam

1/2015 - 9/2015
West End Gallery - Leicester, United Kingdom
Gallery Assistant / Children’s Workshop Coordinator

1/2015 - 4/2015
St. Thomas More Academy - Leicester, United Kingdom
Primary Education Workshop Leader with Feltings

EXHIBITIONS

06/2023 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
‘Setting the Table’, The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show

2/2023 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
‘It’ll Be Alright’, Annual Open Call, The Alchemy Experiment

5/2022 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
‘All in Bad Taste’, New Glasgow Society

3/2022 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Solo Exhibition, Gusto & Relish

12/2021 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
‘Sat Down’, Life Room, The Glasgow School of Art

AWARDS

06/2023
The John Calcutt Critical Writing Prize
Awarded for BA Hons Dissertation: ‘On the Post-Internet Displacement of Art Criticism’.

06/2023
The Royal Scottish Academy: New Contemporaries 2024
Upcoming Exhibition in 2024

06/2023
Visual Arts Scotland: Graduate Showcase 2024
Finalist
Upcoming Exhibition in 2024