Amy Winstanley

Amy Winstanley, Photo by Alan Dimmick. Amy Winstanley (b. 1983, Dumfries, UK) is based in Scotland. She received a BA (Hons) in Sculpture from the Edinburgh College of Art (2005) and an MA from the Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (2019). Recent solo exhibitions include: Life Hum, Margot Samel, NY (2025); Focus, Workplace Gallery, London, UK (2025); Homing, Ginsberg Galeria, Lima, Peru (2024); Soft Spot, A_Place gallery, Glasgow (2024); Lost Hap, Margot Samel, New York, NY (2023); Slim Glimpses, Cample Line, Thornhill, UK (2023); Moral Limb, Stallan-Brand, Glasgow, UK (2021); Grief Bruise, Lunchtime Gallery, Glasgow, UK (2021); Inscapes, AndCollective Gallery, Bridge of Allen, UK (2016); Interconnections, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, UK (2015); Detritus and Other Stories, iota Gallery, Glasgow, UK (2014); and Wanderings, John Muir Birthplace Trust, Dunbar, UK (2011). Recent group exhibitions include: Tiefkeller -6, Tiefkeller, Bonn, Germany (2025); Open Return, A_Place, Glasgow, UK (2025); Myriad, Ocean’s Apart, Manchester, UK (2025); Out of Earth, The Approach, London (2024), Opening, A_Place, Glasgow (2023); Strangers, Rongwrong, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2022); tangible/intangible, The Haberdashery, Glasgow, UK (2022). Winstanley was nominated for the Sluijter prize for painting 2019 (Netherlands), and has been the recipient of the Hope Scott Trust award (2014) and the Creative Scotland Visual Arts Award (2010 and 2014). Along with the artist collective ALKMY she has published short stories and images in What Ties Ties, Ties (2020) and What Thoughts Think Thoughts (2021) both through Print Art Research Centre, Seoul, Korea. Amy Winstanley, Beautiful and Delicious, 2025, Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in | 66 x 61 cm Amy Winstanley, Gifts, Omens, 2025, Oil on canvas, 70 7/8 x 59 in | 180 x 150 cm Amy Winstanley, They Are Just in the Other Room, 2025, Oil on canvas, 59 x 70 7/8 in | 150 x 180 cm