Siobhan Healy

Siobhan Healy
Born	1976 (age 48–49) Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Education	Edinburgh College of Art 2002-2005
Known for	Glass Art, Goldsmith, Precious metal and diamond dust art prints.
Awards	Swarovski Design Award 2016 The International Glass Prize 2012 Public Prize Creative Development Award, Creative Scotland 2010
Website	www.healyarts.com

Siobhan Healy (born 1976) is a Scottish artist and designer of glass art, goldsmithing and figurative sculpture. Her work is held in the collections of The Scottish Parliament Art Collection, ^[1] Harvard Museum of Natural History/Herbarium, ^[2] Glasmuseum Lette, Germany, ^[3] The Heritage Collection, Clackmannanshire Council, UK and the Perth Museum and Art Gallery, UK. ^[4]

Biography

Healy is an alumna of Edinburgh College of Art. ^[5] She was part of the 2018 Edinburgh Art Festival with Biodiversity in collaboration with Glasgow artist and writer Alasdair Gray. ^[6] She has had two more collaborative exhibitions with Gray including and developing the theme of biodiversity.

Her work is often inspired by rare species of flora and fauna, some from the Galápagos Islands where Healy made a research trip to Charles Darwin Research Station in 2017. Another strand of Healy's research is highlighting obscure museum collections such as the Illuminating Letters exhibition at The Lighthouse, Glasgow Centre of Design Excellence, in which Healy highlighted the personal letters of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and combined and collaged text and imagery with personal correspondence that Healy had received from David Attenborough.

For the Amazon series Outlander she was commissioned to make specialist glassware.^{[ citation needed ]}

Healy currently works at Glasgow Sculpture Studios. ^[7]

Publications

• Myth/Reality. Contemporary Artists from Scotland. Imago Mundi. Antiga Edizioni 2017. ^[8]
• New Glass Review 33. Corning Museum of Glass 2012. (pages 21 & 70). ^[9]
• Migrate: 30yrs of Scottish Glass. 2009 (page 18). Exhibition catalogue for 2009 annual exhibition of the Scottish Glass Society. ^[10]

Awards

• Public Prize of the International Glass Prize, Belgium, in 2012, a triennial competition for arts, design and crafts. ^{[11] [5]}
• Creative Scotland Open Project, Development Award, 2018. 'Biodiversity' - production & presentation costs Edinburgh Art Festival & Pollok House, Glasgow ^[12]
• Swarovski Design Award, 2016. ^[13]
• Scottish Government New Arts Sponsorship Grant: Arts and Business Partnerships, 2012. ^[14]

Artwork

• Unique glass artwork commissioned by Clackmannanshire Council and made in collaboration with Alasdair Gray. This artwork was lost. ^{[15] [16]}
• 'Champions' - glass sculpture for Contemporary Glass Society 'Glass Games' exhibition for London 2012 Olympics. ^[17]

Selected solo and group exhibitions

Source ^[4]

Solo exhibitions

• ‘Illuminating Letters’ The Lighthouse, Glasgow Centre for Design & Architecture, 2017–18.
• ‘Botanics’ at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums, Glasgow, 2016.
• ‘Ghost Orchids’ Touring show – Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Nov 2011- April 2012.
• Harvard Museum of Natural History, USA, Dec 2011-March 2012.
• Glasgow Botanic Gardens. April-Sept 2011
• ‘Intae Space’, City Art Centre, Art/Science Collaboration with ASCUS, Edinburgh, 2012.
• Medical Illustration Services, Glasgow Royal infirmary, 2008.

Collaborative exhibitions

• with Alasdair Gray – 'Biodiversity' at Edinburgh College of Art also concurrently at Pollok House, National Trust for Scotland, 2018.
• with Alasdair Gray – 'Apothecary' at Gracefield Arts Centre, Scotland, 2019. ^[18]
• with Alasdair Gray – Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow by Orkidstudio, Scotland, 2019.

Group exhibitions

• ‘Inside Out’ Coburg Gallery, Edinburgh, 2015.
• Johanasfors Gallery. Sweden, 2013.
• ‘New Acquisitions Exhibition’ Glasmuseum Lette, Germany, 2013.
• International Glass Prize Exhibition, Lommel, Belgium, 2012.
• The British Glass Biennale. Stourbridge, UK, 2012.
• Glass Games: International Exhibition of Glass Art. Curated by Contemporary Glass Society. London, UK. 2012.
• ‘Unite’ Curated by Craft Scotland at Collins Gallery, Glasgow, UK. 2011.
• ‘Trove’ Perth Museum and Art Gallery. UK, 2011.
• ‘Migrate’ Broadfield House Glass Museum, Stourbridge, UK, 2010.

References

1. "Scottish Parliament Art Collection, 'Ghost Orchid', 2012". The Scottish Parliament. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
2. "Harvard Museum, exhibition in the Glass Flower gallery". Harvard Museum of Natural History. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
3. "Glasmuseum Lette, new acquisition 2012". Glasmuseum Lette. Germany. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
4. "Artist's CV and website". Artwork by Siobhan Healy. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
5. "Edinburgh College of Art graduate profile". University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
6. "The Guardian newspaper, Top 5 exhibitions 20th July 2018" (Website of newspaper). The Guardian. UK: Guardian News & Media Limited. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
7. "Glasgow Sculpture Studios". Glasgow Sculpture Studios. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
8. Myth/reality : contemporary artists from Scotland (Hard cover) (First ed.). Italy: Antiga Edizioni. 2017. pp. 120–121. ISBN   978-8884350190.
9. "New Glass Review" (PDF) (33). USA: The Corning Museum of Glass. 2012: 21, 60–61, 70. ISBN   978-0-87290-187-2. ISSN   0275-469X . Retrieved 8 July 2019.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
10. , Scottish Glass Society.
11. "International Glass Prize announcements". International Glass Prize. Lommel, Belgium. Private Foundation Charlotte van der Seijs. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
12. "Creative Scotland Awards Listings". Creative Scotland. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
13. "Siobhan Healy: Inspired by Mackintosh" (PDF). The Glasgow Art Club. Glasgow, Scotland. 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
14. "Clydespace grant award" (PDF). Arts & Business Scotland. p. 2. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
15. Horne, Marc (17 October 2021). "Glass masterpiece by Alasdair Gray lost from council shed". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
16. "Unique glass artwork by Alasdair Gray has been 'lost' by local authority". The Herald. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
17. "GLASS GAMES – A DESIRE, A DREAM, A VISION- LONDON JUNE 2012". Contemporary Glass Society. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
18. "Apothecary Exhibition". DG Culture. Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 8 July 2019.