Martin S. Laird

Artist | film-maker | animator

Tag: Northlight Gallery

  • Portraits for Peace

    Fair Saturday 2025 – Portraits for Peace For the 2025 Fair Saturday event at Northlight gallery in Stromness I will be contributing to a joint exhibition called Portraits For Peace. This event takes place in association with The Orkney News and has received funding from The Arts and Humanities Council via the University of Glasgow.…

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    Poster for the 2025 Fair Saturday exhibition at Northlight Gallery in Stromness in association with the Orkney News, Glasgow University and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The poster shows a blank canvas on an easel which has been desaturated and inverted so that the image is largely white. Exhibition runs 1am-pm daily except Sundays and Mondays from 29th November 2025. Featuring work by Carolyn Dixon, Robinson RR, Susy Shearer and Bryce Wilson

  • Kindness

    Fair Saturday Scotland 2024: Kindness For Fair Saturday 2024, Northlight gallery, The Orkney News and the Fair Saturday Foundation are once again teaming up to host an open exhibition on the theme of Kindness. All artists whether young or old, professional or amateur, are invited to bring small cards and artwork to the gallery by…

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    Poster for the 2024 Fair Saturday Scotland open exhibition running from 28th to 30th November at Northlight gallery in Stromness. Poster shows artwork made from torn paper, courtesy of Orkney Rape and Sexual Assault Service.

  • Rebel Orkney Fair Saturday exhibition

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    Rebel Orkney, St. Andrews Fair Saturday exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Stromness. For the past few years Fiona Grahame (editor of The Orkney News), Cary Welling (curator of Northlight Gallery) and I have held events in association with St. Andrews Fair Saturday, which exists as an antidote to the rampant consumerism of Black Friday. For 2021…

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    Rebel Orkney, St. Andrews Fair Saturday 2021 exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Stromness, from 27th November to 9th December 10am-4pm daily except Sunday. Poster shows Alexander Graham, Janet Fea and Peter Maxwell Davies.

  • Post-Ironic Salmond Love

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    Post-ironic Salmond Love From Saturday 13th to Friday 26th March, Northlight Gallery in Stromness will be showing (in the windows only) work for The Great Big Art Exhibition 2021, on the themes of Animals, Portraits, Colour and Humour. This exhibition, organised by https://firstsite.uk/, aims to be the largest art exhibition ever held. It is open…

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    "Post-ironic Salmond Love." Hot pink portrait of Alex Salmond, derived from a photograph taken moments after he had uttered the words "I love you."

  • The Rousay Clearances

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    The Rousay Clearances – Exodus from the Egypt of the North For the 2020 St. Andrew’s Fair Saturday, Fiona Grahame and myself will be holding an exhibition of text and images concerning the Rousay Clearances. The exhibition is held in association with Cary Welling and Northlight Gallery, and we will be taking donations in aid…

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    The Rousay Clearances - Exodus from the Egypt of the North. Exhibition on at Northlight Gallery Stromness Orkney from Saturday 28th November to Friday 4th December

  • Exhibition – Njuggles

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    Njuggles (aka Kelpies) at Northlight For two weeks commencing 1st November 2020, an exhibition of Njuggles (aka Kelpies) can be seen at Northlight Gallery in Stromness. As the gallery is currently not open to the public due to Covid-19 restrictions, work is showing in the windows. The exhibition can be viewed from the street. In…

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    Njuggles (aka Kelpies) - an exhibition taking place in the windows of Northlight Gallery, Stromness, from Saturday 31st October to Friday 13th November 2020.