Edward Summerton RSA is a critically-acclaimed artist whose work has expanded from the practice of painting into photography, sound works, prints, objects, collaborations and the organisation of events and exhibitions.
Eddie Summerton’s conscious decision to base his studio and practice in rural Scotland for the past 40 years has enabled an exploration of a fragile folkloric relationship with the non – human and natural world that is sympathetic and relational. His works ,informed by an improvisation of materials moving between painting, object, print, film and neon ,to the organisation of events, appear as mediums, giving voice to an otherly pastoral.
He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and South Korea. He has work in private collections throughout the world and in public collections that range from The BBC to The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
He has received critical acclaim for his collaborative works that explore alternative formats for the dissemination of his practice. These have included: Delayed by Storm, with the writer Don Paterson; Bird of the Devil, a publication featuring seventeen writers including Michael Marra, Robert Crawford, Jenny Brownrigg and James Robertson; Diary of an Egg Collector, a collaborative publication with the artist Graham Fagen; Fluid on a Druid, a collaborative exhibition and publication with Alan Grieve.
As a curator he has produced innovative exhibitions and projects that have included Dr. Skin, Blind Sight, Digital VD, Prints of Darkness, Between the Late and Early and Shelter Stone – The Artist and The Mountain.
He is currently working with Michael Marra archive to produce A Can of Mind and A Tin of Think So, a boxed set including publications, unreleased recordings and related ephemera celebrating the creative life of Michael Marra, to be exhibited in The McManus Museum Dundee.
