My practice examines the persecution of witches, the creation of the hag myth - crone, outsider - as a site of resistance and reclamation. I explore how place holds memory and how contemporary practice can respond to histories of erasure, persecution & silence.

Shirley Archibald (She/her) Lives and works in Brighton, UK

b.1968 Scottish

EDUCATION

2021-2023 MA Fine Art, (Distinction), University of Brighton

1987-1990 BA Fine Art, University of Liverpool

EXHIBITIONS

December 2025, States of Assemblage, Unit 2, St Leonards

November 2025, Cancelled, Sussex Innovation, Brighton

October 2025, Battleaxe, Unit 2, Hastings

September 2024, Collapse, The Observer Building, Hastings

July 2024 Summer Exhibition, Crawley Library, Screening of Collaborative performance work

July 2023 Group Exhibition, Bermondsey Project Space, London

July 2023 MA Fine Art Final Exhibition, Grand Parade, Brighton

Dec 2022 Now Is the Time, Brighton CCA, Grand Parade, Brighton

Oct 2022 Between the Surface, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton

July 2022 MA Fine Art Summer Exhibition, Grand Parade, Brighton

Oct 2022 10 x 10 x 10, Edward Street Gallery, Brighton

Feb 2022 Betwixt, Edward Street Gallery, Brighton

RESIDENCIES

May 2025 Common Ground Residency, Rupturexibit, London

September 2024 Residency, Lock In, Brighton

Jan –Feb 2024 Phoenix Winter Residency, Phoenix Artspace, Brighton

Mar 2023 Under construction, Edward Street Gallery, Brighton

Nov 2022 Fine Art, Work in progress - Edward Street Gallery

August 2022 Open Plan Residency, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne