2025 GHAT Graduate Exhibition Award
The Suttie Arts Space
4 July – 27 September 2026
This exhibition highlights the work of two artists selected by Grampian Hospitals Art Trust from the 2025 Degree Shows. Representing Moray School of Art in Elgin and Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, Annie Scott and Emily McLatchie bring fresh perspectives to The Suttie Arts Space.
Now in its sixth year, the Graduate Exhibition Award supports emerging artists in Grampian and Moray, offering two new graduates the opportunity to develop their work for display in a hospital setting. Funded by Creative Scotland, this initiative fosters meaningful creativity while enhancing the hospital experience.
To see previous recipients exhibitions visit our Graduate Awards page.
Annie Scott (Moray School of Art) is a textile artist whose work is inspired by the materials, patterns, and shapes found within the built environment. She explores the connections between the structure of cities and the process of weaving, drawing parallels between architectural features and the warp and weft of textiles. Elements such as straight lines and right angles create a sense of order, stability, and balance in both buildings and woven artworks.
Through drawing and weaving, Annie uses a gradual and thoughtful process that mirrors the way urban environments are constructed over time. Her creative practice is built layer by layer, encouraging careful observation and reflection. A key focus of her work is the way environments change. She is particularly interested in how weather and natural forces, such as rain, frost, and ice, alter surfaces and structures. These changes create unexpected textures, patterns, and marks that can transform familiar spaces and reveal new forms of beauty.
Annie’s work celebrates the evolving nature of the world around us, highlighting how places, materials, and designs are continually shaped by time and the environment. Through her textiles, she invites viewers to appreciate both the structure of the built world and the subtle changes that give it character and interest.
Emily McLatchie (Gray’s School of Art) sees nature and the earth as a quiet yet powerful companion. Although silent, she experiences the natural world as a deeply comforting and inspiring presence.
Her artistic practice combines painting, photography, and sound. Using foraged and earth-based materials, she creates work through slow and thoughtful processes that encourage reflection and connection. The use of earth pigments allows her to engage closely with the textures, colours, and rhythms of the natural environment.
Based in Dumfries and Galloway, Emily gathers pigments, sounds, and imagery directly from the landscape. She often returns to the same locations, building an ongoing relationship with the land and developing a deeper understanding of place, time, and memory. For Emily, painting is both a physical and spiritual practice. Her work explores how people connect with the natural world and how creative processes can foster mindfulness, presence, and care. Rather than viewing nature simply as a subject, Emily sees it as a collaborator in her creative process. Through this relationship, her work reflects themes of change, continuity, and renewal, celebrating the interconnected cycles that shape both the landscape and human experience.
Photography by Mike Davidson
Funded by Creative Scotland