Peter France: The SRI Gallery, April 2011
SRI Gallery
Exhibitions are held at the Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA. We are open 11-4 Tuesday to Friday, 1.30-4 Saturday. Free entry.
When we do not have our own exhibitions our gallery may be available for hire and we encourage interested artists to contact us. More information - Room Hire.
Our exhibitions programme April-December 2011 was sponsored by a generous grant from the Russkiy Mir Foundation.
Byzantium. Gateway between East and West
Sat 4 February to Sat 17 March 2012
This exhibition presents 1000 years of the Byzantine Empire’s history, from its establishment in 330 AD by the Emperor Constantine to its fall in 1435. It shows the creation of the first Slavonic and East European nation states, their organisation under the influence of the domineering Byzantine Empire and their eventual acceptance of Christianity and late Roman civilization as a model for the formation of their own states. Byzantium integrated the best of the Classical Hellenic and Roman civilisations but also adopted Oriental mysticism. It stretched far beyond the Old World borders into Asia, Arabia, Persia, North Africa and North Europe. The aim of the exhibition is to look at the influence on European culture of Byzantium’s multicultural heritage.
Curated by Vesna Petkovic, Pro Art & Co
We are also grateful for the support of MESP (the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace)
Associated events: see Events and Other Events
3 February:Byzantium: Splendour perfected. A short talk on the history of Byzantium, the role of women in society and the role of the court by Vesna Petkovic
18 February: Early Church Music. A course at Edinburgh University OLL
24 February: Icons in Early Christian and Byzantine world. A talk by Maria Andipa
3 March: An introduction to Russian church music. Glasgow
Previous exhibitions
Russian Theatre in Performance. Photographs by Ken Reynolds. 5 November 2011 – 28 January 2012. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir. Download exhibition brochure.
Poyekhali! Yuri Gagarin and the Dawn of Space Exploration. 17 September - 28 October 2011. An exhibition created by RIA Novosti and the Science Photo Library. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir. Download exhibition brochure.
KOZMOS: Man's first flight into space. 17 September - 28 October 2011. Pop up exhibition downstairs at SRI, curated by Margaret Cox and the KOZMOS collective.
My Never-Ending Friend: The Art of Alexander Voitsekhovsky. 6 August - 3 September 2011. An Edinurgh Art Festival exhibition, Sponsored by Russkiy Mir. Download exhibition brochure.
Reactions to Vysotsky. Scottish Artists Respond to the Russian Bard.12-18 August 2011. Exhibition website
Andrei D. Sakharov: Alarm and Hope, 11 June - 9 July 2011. With support from the Council of Europe and the Sakharov Museum. Exhibition brochure. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir.
Russia's Cities: War and Poetry, 7 May - 4 June 2011. Watercolours of Russia's Hero Cities and of Anna Akhmatova's home by Janet Treloar. Exhibition brochure and visitor comments. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir.
I Spy with my Mind’s Eye… An Exhibition of Paintings by Olga Geoghegan. 5-29 April 2011. Download the exhibition brochure. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir.
Poyekhali! Yuri Gagarin and the Dawn of Space Exploration. 17 September - 28 October 2011. An exhibition created by RIA Novosti and the Science Photo Library. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir. Download exhibition brochure.
KOZMOS: Man's first flight into space. 17 September - 28 October 2011. Pop up exhibition downstairs at SRI, curated by Margaret Cox and the KOZMOS collective.
My Never-Ending Friend: The Art of Alexander Voitsekhovsky. 6 August - 3 September 2011. An Edinurgh Art Festival exhibition, Sponsored by Russkiy Mir. Download exhibition brochure.
Reactions to Vysotsky. Scottish Artists Respond to the Russian Bard.12-18 August 2011. Exhibition website
Andrei D. Sakharov: Alarm and Hope, 11 June - 9 July 2011. With support from the Council of Europe and the Sakharov Museum. Exhibition brochure. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir.
Russia's Cities: War and Poetry, 7 May - 4 June 2011. Watercolours of Russia's Hero Cities and of Anna Akhmatova's home by Janet Treloar. Exhibition brochure and visitor comments. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir.
I Spy with my Mind’s Eye… An Exhibition of Paintings by Olga Geoghegan. 5-29 April 2011. Download the exhibition brochure. Sponsored by Russkiy Mir.
Armenia: The Literary and Visual Tradition. 11 February – 26 March 2011
Sergei Nikitin (airo) : Sketches inspired by Russian folklore. 18 January - 10 February 2011
Mikhail Lomonosov and his Role in World Science: an exhibition to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Lomonosov's birth. Exhibition from Rossotrudnichestvo. 8-23 December 2010
Tatiana Andreevna's Matryoshki. 27 November - 15 December 2010.
Elizabeth Warner: The Russian village through British eyes. Photographs of rural north Russia 2004-2009. 11 September - 30 October 2010. Download exhibition brochure
Alison Milner-Gulland: Russian Memories. 7 August - 4 September 2010. Download exhibition brochure
St. Petersburg: Reflections of a Floating Life. Photographs by Craig Brandist. 1 June - 2 July 2010 (Scotsman review here)
Paintings from St Petersburg, 1950-2000. 10 April - 22 May 2010
Shelagh Atkinson - A Walk along the Fontanka. Prints and pastel drawings of street scenes of St.Petersburg. 13 March-4 April 2010
Georgia - a Country of Ancient Writing.13 February – 6 March 2010
UK Charities in Russia and neighbouring countries. 26 January - 6 February 2010
William Carrick: a Scottish Photographer in Nineteenth-Century Russia.4 December 2009 – 22 January 2010
St Petersburg Schools Celebrate Homecoming 09: paintings by school pupils. 31 Oct – 28 Nov 2009
Quiet Russia: Photographs by Shamil Khairov. 26 Sept - 17 Oct 2009
Russian Costumes: watercolours by Evgenia Gradova. 8 - 19 September 2009
Gennadii Gogoliuk: Recent Work. 8 August – 5 September 2009
Ballets Russes Anniversary Exhibition. 1-31 July 2009
Painters from Feodosia: Vasyl' Floreskul and Vladimir Astaf'ev. 23 May to 12 June 2009
Exhibition of Turkmen art. 28 April - 15 May 2009
Russia and Scotland in the work of Kirill Sokolov, 1930-2004. 21 March - 17 April 2009
Splendour Perfected: Trade Relations Between Byzantium and the Countries along the Silk Road. 2-28 February 2009
Zerkalo|Mirror: Exhibition of photographs by Ukrainian artist Alina Kisina. 4 Dec 2008 - 15 January 2009. (2010 article about the artist's work here)
“Russia-Britain” Exhibition. From the archives of RIA-Novosti. 4 - 22 Nov 2008
Paintings by Olga Yukhtina-Geoghan. 27 Sept - 24 Oct 2008
Sergei Nikitin (airo) : Sketches inspired by Russian folklore. 18 January - 10 February 2011
Mikhail Lomonosov and his Role in World Science: an exhibition to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Lomonosov's birth. Exhibition from Rossotrudnichestvo. 8-23 December 2010
Tatiana Andreevna's Matryoshki. 27 November - 15 December 2010.
Elizabeth Warner: The Russian village through British eyes. Photographs of rural north Russia 2004-2009. 11 September - 30 October 2010. Download exhibition brochure
Alison Milner-Gulland: Russian Memories. 7 August - 4 September 2010. Download exhibition brochure
St. Petersburg: Reflections of a Floating Life. Photographs by Craig Brandist. 1 June - 2 July 2010 (Scotsman review here)
Paintings from St Petersburg, 1950-2000. 10 April - 22 May 2010
Shelagh Atkinson - A Walk along the Fontanka. Prints and pastel drawings of street scenes of St.Petersburg. 13 March-4 April 2010
Georgia - a Country of Ancient Writing.13 February – 6 March 2010
UK Charities in Russia and neighbouring countries. 26 January - 6 February 2010
William Carrick: a Scottish Photographer in Nineteenth-Century Russia.4 December 2009 – 22 January 2010
St Petersburg Schools Celebrate Homecoming 09: paintings by school pupils. 31 Oct – 28 Nov 2009
Quiet Russia: Photographs by Shamil Khairov. 26 Sept - 17 Oct 2009
Russian Costumes: watercolours by Evgenia Gradova. 8 - 19 September 2009
Gennadii Gogoliuk: Recent Work. 8 August – 5 September 2009
Ballets Russes Anniversary Exhibition. 1-31 July 2009
Painters from Feodosia: Vasyl' Floreskul and Vladimir Astaf'ev. 23 May to 12 June 2009
Exhibition of Turkmen art. 28 April - 15 May 2009
Russia and Scotland in the work of Kirill Sokolov, 1930-2004. 21 March - 17 April 2009
Splendour Perfected: Trade Relations Between Byzantium and the Countries along the Silk Road. 2-28 February 2009
Zerkalo|Mirror: Exhibition of photographs by Ukrainian artist Alina Kisina. 4 Dec 2008 - 15 January 2009. (2010 article about the artist's work here)
“Russia-Britain” Exhibition. From the archives of RIA-Novosti. 4 - 22 Nov 2008
Paintings by Olga Yukhtina-Geoghan. 27 Sept - 24 Oct 2008