Image: Danny Holcroft, Kelp Farmers (detail), 2026
Passing Place is thrilled to present its third exhibition, celebrating artworks by a wide range of artists which invite us to consider how we show our own identities, here in multicultural west Scotland.
The artworks by Calum Colvin, Kate Davies, Lorna Freytag, Alan Grieve, Rory Hamilton, Danny Holcroft, Rudy Kanhye + Lauren La Rose, Thomas Keyes, Knockvologan Studio, Kevin Maringer, Cate McKillop, Leena Nammari, Charlie Prodger, Christine Sloman, Mary Trodden, Zine-Amalia and Miek Zwamborn explore a wide range of issues and narratives which have the potential to both unite us and separate us.
Conceptually, the process of deciding upon our ‘identity’ stimulates us to question who we are and consider the choices we make when displaying our individual identities, sense of belonging and personal agency.
In today's diverse worlds, each of us is a curator. We curate our ‘look’ by selecting emblems, symbols, colours and codes as signifiers of our identity, and modify these every day as we decide what to wear or edit out of our daily wardrobe; traditional, experimental, old-Scots, new-Scots, Celt, Gael, heteronormative, queer, urban, rural, islander, sea-farer, climate-caring, conventional, iconoclastic… …these are all ways of showing our allegiance to the intangible beliefs, cultures and nationalities of the societies and communities we want to belong to.
Curated by Deirdre MacKenna and Rory Hamilton, the exhibition continues Passing Place's exploration of the themes of Belonging, Place and Identity to invite dialogues toward more insights and collaborations between our visitors, the artists and Passing Place.
Please get in touch for more information and visit www.passingplace.org for upcoming events, and join in the chat about our unique identities!