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Education
2021 Creative Entrepreneurship Short Course | Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
2012-2015 BA Fine Art (First Class Honours) | Falmouth University, Cornwall
Dissertation Title: ’A Handful of Dust: An exploration of today’s artists’ use of the sublime in response to contemporary ruination’
2011 UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Distinction) | Lincoln College, Lincolnshire
UAL Certificate in Drawing, Lincoln College
Exhibitions
2022 The Art of Dressing, Da Briggiestanes, Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, November 8th - January 31st 2023
Working with Wool, Speldiburn Cafe, Bressay, Shetland, September to October
Casting On Shetland Wool Week, Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick, 24th September - 31st October
Wild Land, part of Art in Shops for Art Walk Porty Festival, 1 - 30th September, two sisters Gift Shop, 218 Portobello Road, Edinburgh
Creative Entrepeneurship Showcase, 26th March to 23rd April. Look Again Project Space, 32 St Andrew Street, AB25 1JA.
2021 Hidden Flowers Bloom Most Beautifully, 31st July to 27th August, Kafi 55, Dorfstr 22, 9055 Bühler, Switzerland.
Figurative Art Now, Online Exhibition, 7th July to 20th September, available to view here (on Page 9).
2020 Wells Art Contemporary, Online Exhibition, from 1st October.
International Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, 11th January - 1st February
2019 Plastiglomerate, Feature Space, Mareel, Lerwick, November - January 2020
Bressay Artists Exhibition, Speldiburn Cafe, Bressay, Shetland, July
International Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, 12th January - 2nd February
2018 Materials and Methods, Speldiburn Cafe, Bressay, Shetland, 22nd - 30th September
2017 Home and Away, Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum, 25th November - 22nd December
Studies at a Mill (II), Speldiburn Cafe, Bressay, Shetland, 25th September - 31th October
Studies at a Mill (I), Speldiburn Cafe, Bressay, Shetland, 19th May - 30th July
Traces, Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, Shetland, 28th April - 11th June
International Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, 14th January - 11th February
2016 'Black & White', The Shetland Open 2016, Bonhoga Gallery, 17th September - 30th October
War Ruins of Shetland, Shetland Museum, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick, 15th - 29th February
International Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, 15th January - 13th February
2015 Rising Stars, Coombe Gallery, Dartmouth, 11th September - 11th October
Best of the South West, Pound Arts, Wiltshire, 17th July - 29th August
Falmouth Fine Art Showcase, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, 3rd - 5th July.
Selected by Sacha Craddock and curated by Jesse Leroy Smith.
Falmouth Fine Art Degree Show, Falmouth, 5th - 8th June
Sketch House at Penryn Arts Festival, Penryn, 23rd May
Studio Works, Hair Today, Falmouth, 16th March - 20th April
2014 1+2=2, The Poly, Falmouth, 29th April - 3rd May
Inside Out, Part of the Confluence Art Programme, Penryn Campus, Penryn
Memento Mori - Remember That You Are Mortal, Falmouth Art Gallery, 15th - 17th May
Culmination of collaborative project with Graphic Design students.
Part of the MOTH research project, Falmouth University
Sketch House 8th Night, Penryn, 2nd May
Slide/Show, The Poly, Falmouth, 11th March
2013 Definition, Wellington Terrace, Falmouth
The BAMS Student Medal Project XX, The Goldsmiths Centre, London, 17th April - 16th May
2011 CfBT Education Trust Exhibition, Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln, 10th January - 6th February
Residencies
2015 Artist-in-Residence, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Shetland, Scotland, 2nd – 29th August
AWARDS
2021 Look Again Create Networks Grant, to support creative networking activity during May
2020 Visual Art and Craft Award. Shetland Arts in partnership with Creative Scotland and Shetland Islands Council
2020 Artist Bursary. a-n The Artists Information Company. Award for research trip to Orkney, WWII-ruins in Scotland's Northern Isles project.
2018 Visual Art and Craft Award. Shetland Arts in partnership with Creative Scotland and Shetland Islands Council
2016 Prizewinner, The Shetland Open 2016, Bonhoga Gallery
COLLECTIONS
Shetland Museum and Archives Collection
Memberships
workshops
UPCOMING Exploring Objects through Drawing, for Adult Learning Shetland, January 2023, date TBC.
Bressay Big Draw, a series of sessions for both adults and children, in association with The Big Draw, 8th to 24th October 2022
Formations, in association with Gaada, 29th May 2022.
Exploring Organic Forms through Drawing, for Adult Learning Shetland, 14th & 21st May 2022.
Lookout Drawing Sessions, in association with Shetland Arts and Culture Collective, supported by Creative Scotland, throughout April.
Da Voar Draw, online drawing activities @a.labourne, supported by Look Again, part of the Create Networks programme, 15th - 28th May 2021
Shapes in Nature, interactive online sessions for Adult Learning Shetland, 1st, 8th & 15th May 2021.
Gradations, An Introduction to Tonal Drawing, interactive online sessions for Adult Learning Shetland, 26th April & 3rd May 2021.
Bressay Drawing Group, informal group drawing exercises, begun Summer 2021
Elements, online drawing activities @a.labourne in association with The Big Draw, 20th January to 28th February 2021
Timelines, interactive online session centred around ideas of drawing and time, part of the Mind Your Head Wellness Activity Programme, 19th October 2020
Lines of Enquiry, interactive online sessions to introduce some of the fundamentals of drawing, for Adult Learning Shetland, 3rd, 10th & 17th October 2020
Art in the Garden, a wellbeing and creativity afternoon to help support the Bressay community during Covid-19, Saturday 15th August 2020
Shadows and Light, at Bressay Former School, Bressay, Shetland, 13th - 20th January 2020
Introduction to Drawing, for Adult Learning Shetland, Mondays 6.30 - 8.30, 4th November to 2nd December 2019 & 17th February to 16th March 2020
Drawing Activities, part of the Mind Your Head Wellness Activity Programme, Islesburgh, Lerwick, 25th September to 9th October 2019
Creative Lab - Near and Far: Drawing Landscape Journeys, Bonhoga Gallery, 8th September 2019
Family Art Session, inspired by Shetland’s flora, part of Shetland Nature Festival, Shetland Museum and Archives, 12th July 2019
Drawing Taster Session, for Adult Learning Shetland, 30th June 2019
Drawing Club, at Bressay Former School, Bressay, Shetland, March 4th - April 1st 2019
Drawing Sumburgh, part of Shetland Nature Festival, Sumburgh Head, August 2nd 2018
Lines Made By Walking, a Drawing and Walking Workshop, Bressay, Shetland, June 2018
Drawing Club, at Bressay Former School, Bressay, Shetland, February 6th - 27th February 2018
Talks
2020 Guest Lecture, for Shetland College UHI, 26th October, Online.
2018 Motherhood, Loss and The First World War, Bressay Heritage Centre, Shetland, 22nd November
An evening remembering Shetland women and mothers from the First World War. Part of a centenary commemoration project led by Big Ideas and funded by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), with a National Lottery grant from Big Lottery Fund to work in Home Nations.
www.big-ideas.org
2015 Artist Talk and Open Studio, 23rd August, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Shetland. Part of Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Residency.
TEXTS
2019 The Artists Write: Plastiglomerates. Art North Magazine. Issue 4, Winter
2017 ‘Studies at a Mill’. Accompanying text for exhibition at Speldiburn Café.
2015 ‘Ruins of War’. Accompanying essay for Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Residency.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 ‘Artist’s work goes on show at historic Wells Cathedral’, The Shetland Times, 2nd October
Riddel Neil. ‘Aimee Selected for Contemporary Art Exhibition’. Shetnews.co.uk. 30th September.
2019 Davenport, Claire. ‘Hidden Landscapes’. Shetland Life. Issue 470. December.
2017 Hamilton, Alastair. ‘Artists and Makers Show Superb Work’. Shetland.org 60°North Blog. November.
Mackenzie, James. ‘Lasting treasure at Home and Away’. Shetnews.co.uk. 27th November
Gordon, Stephen. ‘Intricate works draw on weaving industry’. The Shetland Times, 6th October
Davis, Peter. ‘Open winners come together at Bonhoga’. The Shetland Times, 5th May
2016 Davis, Peter. ‘Local artists find plentiful ways to interpret monochrome theme’. The Shetland Times
Hamilton, Alastair. ‘Local artists express in Black and White’. Shetland.org 60°North Blog. September.
2015 Gordon, Stephen. ‘Wartime bunkers stir the emotions for Labourne’. The Shetland Times, 14th August.