Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2024
‘Uhtceare’ Series

(Content warning: mention of sexual violence)

This series of work titled 'Uhtceare' acts as both a euphemism and a confrontation of gender-based violence and misogyny and its lingering dissociative effects on one’s perception of reality. Ishbel paints the liminal space between 'healing' and 're-living' through the lens of object-oriented ontology, a philosophy that counters anthropocentrism and views objects with their own sense of independent reality separate from humans. Within these works, these inflatable lilo's become a site of catharsis, abstraction and transference of body and self, reflecting the complex emotional and physical processes of navigating trauma while maintaining an ambiguity to their conception.


‘Portrait #2’, oil and acrylic on canvas. 1 x 1.5m.
‘float or flight’, oil, pencil and acrylic on board. 100 x 70cm.
‘fight or float’, oil, pencil and acrylic on board, 100 x 70cm.
‘Two Pools’, oil, neon acrylic and pencil on MDF panel Board. Diptych, 170 x 85cm (individually)
Untitled, oil on canvas, neon acrylic on board, 35 x 40cm.