Artists statement.
Gosia Walton is a Polish born, Edinburgh based artist working across drawing, printmaking, painting and installation. Since completing a Masters in Contemporary Art Practice at Edinburgh College of Art (2015), Walton has exhibited internationally with shows in Paris, Poland, London and Edinburgh. For the past 10 years, Walton's practice has involved an interrogation of traditional fine art techniques alongside contemporary technology, which challenge the idea that knowledge is rooted in cognitive thinking. The work is colourful, abstract and intimate, providing a visual example for tacit knowledge within contemporary art practice. Walton’s practice is rooted in ritualistic drawing, as a tool to access hidden forms of knowledge which often allude to our consciousness in everyday life. Since the aftermath of the 2020 pandemic, Walton's practice has shifted focus into slower, quieter ways of working, which give precedence to embodied knowledge. Through a relationship between material practice, illness, the body and nature, Walton has developed unique ritualistic drawing methodologies in order to process lived experience. Currently, Walton is fixated on trees and is trying to figure out how to become one.
Solo exhibitions include Laser Erotic at Galerie Pact, Paris (2016); BLISK at Galeria Sztuki, Legnica, Poland (2018). Recent group exhibitions include Dark Night of the Soul at Lewisham Art House, London (2019); Society of Scottish Artists 130th Annual Exhibition at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2022); Then and Now, 100 years of Visual Art Scotland at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2024).
By Neo Hanna
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MFA in Contemporary Art Practice, Edinburgh College of Art, 2015
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture, First Class honours, Edinburgh College of Art, 2012
BTEC Diploma Art & Design, First Class, Edinburgh Telford College, 2009
Previous Solo Exhibitions
One Night Only, Site-specific exhibition curated in an empty flat on the final day of tenancy, presenting machine-made paintings alongside intimate monotypes, Flat 34, 6 Wharton Square, Edinburgh, UK, 2022
Blisk, Solo exhibition in the artist’s hometown, featuring large-scale plexiglass paintings composed of intricately laser-cut, hand-assembled elements. Blending digital precision with personal emotion, the work explored identity and transformation, uniting architectural training with a painterly process, Galeria Sztuki Legnica, Poland, 2018
Laser Erotic, First solo exhibition following an MFA, featuring luminous acrylic sheets mounted within aluminium walk-through structures inspired by half-built stud walls. The works responded dialogically to Mesures à prendre (1969) by Piotr Kowalski, a major figure in 20th-century French sculpture, Paris, 2016
Prelude, A series of printed abstractions exploring digital mark-making and the tension between algorithmic logic and human intimacy, Gallery 1, Edinburgh, UK, 2016
Recent Selected Group Exhibitions
Remedium, Hidden Door Art Festival, The Paper Factory, Edinburgh, UK, 2025
Szkic Ma Moc, Nominated for Artist Book Prize, Ring Gallery, Legnica (artist’s hometown), Poland, 2025
199th Annual Show, Royal Scottish Academy of Arts, Edinburgh, UK, 2025
Super, Art Rooms, Funded by the Polish Consulate, Pittenweem, Fife, UK, 2025
Then and Now: 100 Years of Visual Arts Scotland, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy Upper Galleries, Edinburgh, 2024
Life Lines curated by Fife Contemporary, 2023
Changeable, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2023
Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, 2023
124th Annual Exhibition, Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy Upper Galleries, Edinburgh, UK, 2022
Combine, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2022
Dark Night of the Soul, Lewisham Art House, Three-artist exhibition with Charlotte Edey and Emma Talbot, curated by Martha May Ronson, London, UK, 2019
Alight, Visual Art Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, 2019
121st Annual Exhibition, Society of Scottish Artists, Four works from the HVMANI fluorescent series awarded The Deloitte Prize, Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh, UK, 2018
Converge, Annual Exhibition Visual Arts Scotland, Graduate Showcase, Royal Scottish Academy, Upper Galleries, Edinburgh, UK, 2016
Laser Erotic, MFA Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, UK, 2015
S&D, Out of the Blue, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2015
Print Portfolio, Embassy, Edinburgh, UK, 2015
C02, Edinburgh College of Art, UK, 2015
Awards
Artist Book Prize nomination, Szkic Ma Moc, Ring Gallery, Legnica, Poland, 2025
Society of Scottish Artists, The Deloitte Prize for an artwork of merit, Edinburgh, UK, 2018
AVA Academia, Interior Educators Award for best presentation and drawing, London, UK 2012
Edinburgh College of Art Andrew Grant Award for Best Interior Design Project, UK, 2012
Best Artwork in the Graduate Show, awarded by Richard Demarco, UK, 2008