Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Jamie Bolland

Installation view of the entrance to Govan Project Space, its white doors and walls spray-painted with protest-style graffiti reading "Glasgow Life or Death, Scotland Free or a Desert...", "From Urdaibai to Milngavie the Guggenheim must die" and "Glasgow", with handmade placards reading "Artists Against the Arsehole" and "All Hail Cultural Economic Development" propped against the wall beside a Govan Project Space sign.
Milngavie Columbo, 2026

Matthew Arthur Williams
Sculptural installation of a black coat with a blue lining and cuff, hung on a broom propped against a white gallery wall, its bristles resting on the floor.
Milngavie Columbo, 2026

Matthew Arthur Williams
Framed illustrated artwork on a white gallery wall, styled as a spoof film poster titled "Milngavie Columbo: Glasgow Life or Death", depicting a figure in a mustard coat holding a key beside a clock tower, with the tagline "Jamie Bolland is".
Milngavie Columbo, 2026

Matthew Arthur Williams

Jamie Bolland was born in Aberdeen and now lives in Glasgow with their partner and twin daughters. They are a primary school teacher specialising in additional support needs and activism within the trade union movement. They founded slo-mo books in 2013 and have been publishing poetry and other writing there and elsewhere including The Burning Sand, 2013-2016, and Dostoyevsky Wannabe 2021 with Denise Bonetti. They have more forthcoming in an anthology by Very Bon Books. Jamie makes performance work as the tin-foiled alter ego Mercuro-Chrome, exploring their experience as a survivor of the mental health system. Notable gigs include Supernormal festival, 2019, and the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, 2023.

Projects

  • Programme
    Jamie Bolland
    Milngavie Columbo
    Govan Project Space Unit 1 249 Govan Road G51 1HJ
    Installation view of the entrance to Govan Project Space, its white doors and walls spray-painted with protest-style graffiti reading "Glasgow Life or Death, Scotland Free or a Desert...", "From Urdaibai to Milngavie the Guggenheim must die" and "Glasgow", with handmade placards reading "Artists Against the Arsehole" and "All Hail Cultural Economic Development" propped against the wall beside a Govan Project Space sign.