Georgie Fay is an artist based in the Scottish Borders after recently relocating from London to set up an inclusive community print studio. Her practice is primarily print based and often inspired by her noteworthy career as an Arts Educator. At the core of her artistic vision is a search for place and connections, in landscape and history. She explores critical themes like the mounting tensions between humankind and nature, and the importance of memory, place and our loss of imagination. Her work captures a visceral energy and stitches together the sometimes ephemeral. Fay’s areas of investigation derive from her personal experiences whether that be the mundane city pavements, migrating flight patterns or journeys undertaken; she engages in the everyday. 

Within the structural framework of traditional printing techniques, she expresses these narratives. Fay utilises photography, digital imagery and found materials in the production of her etchings and monoprints. She layers imagery with drawing and mark making to create contrived landscapes, in which the viewer can find personal connections. Her most recent body of work looks at how humankind has interacted and changed the landscape. She specifically analyses our use of the elements throughout time from Neolithic farming to power stations that dot our horizons today.

Georgie Fay is a participatory artist and printmaker based in Scotland. At the core of her artistic vision is a search for place and connections, in landscape and history. She explores critical themes like the mounting tensions between humankind and nature, and the importance of memory and place. Her work captures a visceral energy and stitches together the sometimes ephemeral. Fay’s areas of investigation derive from her personal experiences whether that be the mundane city pavements, migrating flight patterns or journeys undertaken; she engages in the everyday, and seeks to connect with others through these observations and journeys.

EDUCATION

MA Museum and Gallery Education, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK

Higher Education Diploma in Art and Design, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK 

MA History of Art and Architecture (Hons), The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND RESIDENCIES 

2023

‘Collector’ Final public art installation in Bunhill Burial Ground, in association with Islington Heritage and City of London, UK

2022

Bunhill Heritage Project, A yearlong Artist-Educator-in-Residence, St. Luke’s Community Centre and Islington Council, London, UK. 

Printmaking Residency, Art Print Residence, Barcelona, Spain

2021

Printmaking Residency, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland

2019

Printmaking Residency, Art Print Residence, Barcelona, Spain

Printmaking Residency, Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, UK

2018

Halfway Home; A Collection of Prints and Photographs, Half Moon Theatre, London, UK

Something Called Home, Kingsgate Studios, Lancaster, UK

2016

Lost & Found: An Exploration of Immigration and Imagination, October Gallery, London, UK

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Winter Showcase 2022, Found Gallery, Dunbar, Scotland, UK

The Art of Printmaking, Artizan Gallery, Torbay, UK

Galvanise, Spitalfields Studios, London, UK

2020

The Design Room, Artizan Gallery, Torbay, UK

Winter Exhibition, Artizan Gallery, Torbay, UK

2019

Poetry and Prints Exhibition, Midwales Art Centre, Newtown, UK

Derby Print Open, Derby, UK

Salon des Refuses, Happenstance Gallery, Margate, UK

Pioneer Place, October Gallery, London, UK

2018

Dulwich Festival, Open House Dulwich, Ian Dunn Woodwork Studio with 3tenCollective, London, UK

3tenCollective Print Show, Brockley Max Festival, London, UK

Bainbridge Open; An Exhibition of Contemporary Print, ASC Gallery, London, UK 

Concatenate, RK & Burt Gallery, Union Street, London, UK

Windows, GX Gallery, 43 Denmark Hill, London, UK

Woolwich Print Fair, London, UK

Christmas Exhibition, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, UK