Edward in his studio (Falmouth University, 2021)
Edward Scott is a freelance artist currently living and working in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Born in Salisbury in 1998, Edward moved to Falmouth, Cornwall in 2018 to study Fine Art. Upon graduating from Falmouth University with a first in his BA(hons), Edward joined Wiltshire Creative as an associate artist; co-developing a programme of events platforming young creatives as part of Salisbury International Arts Festival 2022. Later that year, Edward took the position of Visual Arts & Pottery assistant at Salisbury Arts Cetre where he trained under Mirka Golden-Hann. Whist working in the pottery, Edward developed a keen interest in ceramic practice and began to seek out opportunities for conversation within his own practice between ceramics, painitng and print.
In January 2023, Edward joined Messums Studios, Chilmark as Studio Coordinator and Drawing Tutor. Throughout this time, Edward oversaw much of the day to day administration and technical duties of the studio as well as taking on more teaching responsibilities across Messums Studios’ Painting, Drawing and Ceramics Weekly Classes and Short Courses.
Born in Salisbury in 1998, Edward moved to Falmouth, Cornwall in 2018 to study Fine Art. Upon graduating from Falmouth University with a first in his BA(hons), Edward joined Wiltshire Creative as an associate artist; co-developing a programme of events platforming young creatives as part of Salisbury International Arts Festival 2022. Later that year, Edward took the position of Visual Arts & Pottery assistant at Salisbury Arts Cetre where he trained under Mirka Golden-Hann. Whist working in the pottery, Edward developed a keen interest in ceramic practice and began to seek out opportunities for conversation within his own practice between ceramics, painitng and print.
In January 2023, Edward joined Messums Studios, Chilmark as Studio Coordinator and Drawing Tutor. Throughout this time, Edward oversaw much of the day to day administration and technical duties of the studio as well as taking on more teaching responsibilities across Messums Studios’ Painting, Drawing and Ceramics Weekly Classes and Short Courses.
Exploring his subject matter through a range of mdeiums and processes such as oil painting, printmaking, collage and ceramics; Edward’s work seeks to represent with honesty, something of the ineffable aspects of being. His painterly approach to practice is primarily concerned with representing the way he sees his world and is fascinated with materiality. Underpinned by a perculiar tension between the realities and romantics of a past and future in flux, Edward’s work hangs in suspense and stands testament to the haptic rawness of life- mythologising the ordinary.