At Beacon Arts Centre we host a constantly changing programme of inspiring and thought-provoking exhibitions in our light and airy Gallery space. Guest Curator Fraser Taylor presents a year-round programme by local, national and international artists - some exclusive to the Beacon.
by Daisy Richardson
On display 17 Jan - 14 Feb
We were all made in Burning Stars takes in twelve years of works on paper by Daisy Richardson. The recurring concerns in the work are time, space, the formation of the Earth and our place within it, human society and history. The title hints at distant beginnings when almost every element and atom now found on Earth (and in us) was formed in supernovae. Daisy’s work is an attempt to understand and domesticate these ideas with tables and chairs representing people, many of the works located in stripped down interiors and meteorites doubling for the unknown.
Daisy will also be presenting a large sculpture Yellow Bunker at the Wyllieum to coincide with the exhibition at Beacon Arts Centre.
Image: Rutilation (DOMESTIC)
by Joan McKeeman
On display 21 Feb - 25 Apr
Joan McKeeman was born in Greenock and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1977-81. Her practice is inspired by Scotland’s West Coast, with her work capturing the shifting qualities of light, weather and season - themes that resonate equally in rural and urban settings.
Since returning to Greenock, she has been drawing and painting familiar locations known by the local community to be beautiful, restorative and awe-inspiring. Inverclyde enjoys a place in the landscape that can hardly be beaten for coastal views and watching the changing seasons on the hills and mountains of Argyll. However, her work also shows those corners around town that are surprising for their beauty too.
by Joanie Jack
2 May - 27 Jun 2026
Daisy Richardson - Artist Talk, 2026.
Fiona Robertson - Artist Reception, 2025
At Beacon Arts Centre we host a constantly changing programme of inspiring and thought-provoking exhibitions in our light and airy upstairs gallery space. Guest Curator Fraser Taylor presents a year-round programme by local, national and international artists – some exclusive to the Beacon.
Fraser studied at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art. His internationally exhibited work includes large-scale sculptural installations, set design, print media, filmmaking and painting. From 2001 to 2017 he was a Visiting Artist and Adjunct Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 2017 was awarded an Honorary Professorship from Glasgow School of Art.
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