Billy Brown was born in 1963 in Glasgow and graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2023 with a BA (Hon.) in Sculpture. Billy undertook a residency in the Isle of Skye in 2019.

 

As a natural hoarder who relishes collections and gathering objects to use in my art practice, I re-adapt discarded items into sculptures. This led me to focus on sustainable art and looking for a material that did not ‘cost the earth’. I researched the use of industrial hemp and the possibilities of how it could be used in a sculptural context. Breathing Space integrates two of my passions: using sustainable materials and incorporating the hutting community to my exhibit.  This is a small collection of huts to represent a Scottish hutting community.

 

Past exhibitions:

  • Anatomy of a Museum @ Anatomical Museum, Edinburgh, March 2022 (Wild West Will’s).
  • ECA Sculpture Court, March 2022 (Build your own Hut).
  • Wee Red Bar, 2022 (Could the NHS be Broken).
  • ECA Sculpture Court, Nov. 2022 (Changes)
  • Edinburgh Gallery Society, Jan. 2023 (wee Hut).
  • Wasps Patriothall, Feb.2023 (Mouldings)