The Annual Open Exhibition is a highlight of the Centre’s programme and offers a chance to showcase the work of artists from across Orkney.
Exhibition celebrating the centenary of the birth of artist Ian MacInnes
The Rock Cycle (Yamaguchi) is a cross-disciplinary exhibition connecting Yamaguchi, in Japan, and Orkney featuring new works by Glasgow based artist Ilana Halperin, developed both in Japan and Scotland, alongside works by Yamaguchi based artists Yoshihisa Nakano and Keijiro Suzuki.
This display includes work from the Pier Art Centre’s Collection by the pioneering Orcadian film-maker and poet Margaret Tait (1918-1999), alongside works by Katy Dove (1970-2015), and a recent commission by Rosalind Nashashibi (b. 1973).
Three films by artist Rosalind Nashashibi made between 2018-2022 across different time scales and locations in Eastern and Northern Europe.
This exhibition includes a series of striking new drawings, paintings and prints that reflect Laura Drever’s experience of locations in Orkney including Hoy, Hobbister, Ophir and Scapa.
This exhibition focuses on Barns-Graham’s travels in Europe over a 50-year period, including the importance of her trips to Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Lanzarote and the time she spent in Orkney in 1984 and 85.
This display of artwork was created in response to Orkney Island Council’s community wide consultation across the County.
This exhibition brings together a group of paintings by Alan Johnston from the 1980s with a series of new works, as well as a drawing made directly on the gallery wall.
A British Museum touring exhibition Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now illustrates how artists experiment with the power of paper to express their ideas pushing the medium in new directions.
Exhibition featuring work by: Kevin Harman; Kat Gollock; Bill Drummond; Lomond Campbell; Jenny Soep; Mira Knoche; Jamie Reid; Ross Hogg; Iain Gardner; Ryan McGoverne; Jonathan Freemantle & more.
Drawing off the Page includes works from the Pier Arts Centre permanent collection, curated by Orkney College UHI Level 3 BA Fine Art degree students
This exhibition will bring together the work of the latest group of Orkney artists to have graduated from art schools and universities around the country.
The Pier Arts Centre will be closed to carry out annual winter maintenance from 1 January - 11 February 2022.
