Exhibitions

The Flows And The Flora

New Works By Magi Sinclair 13 May - 14 Jun 2025 Inverness My family have farmed in and around the same area of Latheron, Caithness for hundreds of years. The earliest mention of the farm name of Nottingham comes from the 12th century - Nottigan possibly Norse origin Nauta (cattle) and Engjar (meadow), around the same time the Sinclairs came to this... Read more

ANTA at 40 years

Form & Colour 30 Nov 2024 - 25 Jan 2025 Inverness Read more

Limro

New Works by Laura Drever 26 Oct - 23 Nov 2024 Inverness For our Gallery Director, Gordon Brown, Orkney has become a favourite escape — “It is a joy to visit Orkney, regardless of the weather or time of year. I have always known it to be an inspiring place.” So inspiring, that in October 2023, the Gallery welcomed thirteen Orcadian Artists... Read more

Tàmh

Works by Amelia Humber 19 Oct - 23 Nov 2024 Inverness Amelia Humber has been showing with Browns Gallery for more than 10 years, after joining us whilst she was living and working in the Cairngorms National Park. She has now relocated to London, but her work remains deeply inspired by the landscape of Scotland. She escapes to Scotland whenever she... Read more

Patterned Land

By Wendy Sutherland 14 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 Inverness In September 2024, Wendy Sutherland will become the first Artist to embrace the full scale of Browns Gallery’s expansive new space in Inverness, with an uncompromising and glorious exhibition of new works entitled ‘Patterned Land’. Based in Brora, roughly an hour north of Inverness, Wendy is situated in the heart... Read more

The Road To Arisaig

Artworks by Matthew Draper 27 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 Inverness Matthew Draper is an Edinburgh based Artist, who trained at Walsall College of Art and Falmouth College of Arts. Draper is influenced by the dramatic imagery of late eighteenth and nineteenth century painting. His landscapes are romantic in spirit, echoing the works of Casper David Friedrich and subliminal painters like... Read more

Touching Distance

New Works by Allan MacDonald 15 Jun - 21 Jul 2024 Inverness As always, it is a pleasure to introduce Allan MacDonald and his work to a new audience, in a journey that I began with him in 1993. In fact, it was a joint show with his sister, Shona. Little did we know then, he’d go on to become one of... Read more

Sweet Dreams and Sunbeams

Jennifer Houliston and Keiti Forbes 25 May - 30 Jun 2024 Tain Last year was a busy year for Browns Gallery Inverness, but this year we plan to shine some of that spotlight back onto Browns Gallery Tain . We'll be presenting a number of exhibitions in Tain throughout 2024 and we're delighted to present 'Sweet Dreams and Sunbeams' as the first... Read more

Fine Lines

New Works by Andrew Miller 4 May - 9 Jun 2024 Inverness Andrew Miller is a Glasgow based artist working across a variety of media – drawing, sculpture, photography, and site-specific installations. Through a process of altering, transforming, and making, his intention is always to gain an understanding of the ambiguity between notions of form and function. This also sits with a... Read more

In Form

A Group Show of Objects 16 Mar - 28 Apr 2024 Inverness A collection of functional and fine art works by Alan Baillie, Michele Bianco, Rowena Brown, Fiona Hutchison, Anne Marquiss, Leon Patchett, Tommy Rowe, Janene Waudby and Lucy Woodley. For artwork purchases and enquiries, please contact info@browns-gallery.com for further assistance. Read more

Our Usual Suspects

Group Show 9 Dec 2023 - 2 Mar 2024 Inverness Browns Gallery is proud to present, 'Our Usual Suspects'. This group exhibition will comprise a collection of new and archived artworks, by both established and emerging artists. Read more

Melencolia

Mapping Dürer in a Time of Crisis 23 Nov - 14 Dec 2023 Inverness The installation is a response to Dürer's etching 'Melencolia I' and consists of 18 framed collaborative works by Raymond Arnold and Ian Westacott, situated between a framed individual response by each of the Artists. The installation is avaliable to purchase in it's entirity for £9,500.00 and is currently on show... Read more

Orcadia

Artists of Orkney 14 Oct - 11 Nov 2023 Inverness I can still recall my first visit to Orkney, although I am embarrassed to admit that if it hadn’t been for extended family members I might have chosen to head South as usual. Nonetheless, over the years, the last ferry to Stromness on a Friday has become one of my... Read more

Fabricated Land

Kieran Dodds 15 Sep - 7 Oct 2023 Inverness In the new body of work 'Fabricated Land', Kieran Dodds takes a radical approach to photographic print-making by physically cutting and hand-weaving together images, based on standard tartan and tweed weave patterns. The resulting prints allow for new historical, cultural and geographical connections and expose the gaps between the perception... Read more

The Great Bog of the Winds

Magi Sinclair 26 Aug - 9 Sep 2023 Inverness ‘The Great Bog of the Winds’ or ‘Boglach Mor Nan Gaothan’ showcases a body of work by Magi Sinclair. The work explores the landscape of Northern Scotland, through a series of large-scale drawings. Such landscapes can be typified by an abundance of peat bog and a seeming endlessness. Magi translates... Read more

Ultima Thule

Lucy Woodley 19 Aug - 9 Sep 2023 Inverness ‘Ultima Thule’ is a body of work by Lucy Woodley, a mixed-media sculptor from the Scottish Highlands. Woodley employs recurring motifs to explore themes related to Migration, encouraging empathy for migrants through story-telling. Significance is placed on the boat, representing a vessel for journeying between known and unknown territories. Often... Read more

Some Bright Young Things

Emerging Artists 15 Jul - 12 Aug 2023 Inverness It is with great pleasure that I take the opportunity to introduce our latest show ‘Some Bright Young Things’, or as they have been fondly referred to at times ‘Those Pesky Kids’. The exhibition showcases works by Jodi Le Bigre, Emma Caldow, Jack Dunnett, Katie Forbes, Mairearad Green, Lizzie Lilley,... Read more

Meetings with Trees

Ian Westacott 5 May - 17 Jun 2023 Inverness Ian Westacott was born and raised in Mytrleford, Australia. He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts, where he graduated as the recipient of an International Fellowship. This inspired Westcott's original wandering to Scotland. However, it was romance which held Westacott in Scotland. And for this, we are indebted... Read more

Ahead of the Clouds

Gemma Petrie 25 Mar - 27 May 2023 Inverness, Tain Gemma Petrie graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Drawing and Painting. She is a Scottish Artist, now based in Portmahomack where she can be found trawling the beach in search of new worlds, microscopic environs and curious creatures. Petrie applies her talents as... Read more

Beneath the Surface

Pat Semple 5 - 17 Dec 2022 Tain Browns Gallery is privilidged to showcase the final series of works that Pat Semple produced before passing. This series will be the focus of 'Beneath the Surface' and will highlight a selection of intimate water colour landscapes. Read more

Welcome to Inverness

Inaugural Group Exhibition 1 Sep - 31 Dec 2022 Inverness Read more