Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Jamie Bolland

Colour photography of a man standing across from the George Square construction site, facing the camera. In the background, a pink banner reads "City of Culture."
Milngavie Columbo, 2026, courtesy of the artists

Colour photograph of a man walking away from the camera, towards the George Sqaure construction site. In the background, a pink banner reads "City of Culture."
Milngavie Columbo, 2026, courtesy of the artists

Colour photograph of a man with his back to the camera gesutring toward the George Sqaure construction site. In the background, a pink banner reads "City of Culture," and he holds an orange traffic barrier.
Milngavie Columbo, 2026, courtesy of the artists

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
    Colour photograph of a man walking away from the camera, towards the George Sqaure construction site. In the background, a pink banner reads "City of Culture."