BEA LAST – Artist and Mentor

GALLERY

THE RED BAGS

Sculptural drawing installation/ Repurposed Recycled waterproof canvas/Bamboo/Bullet Holes /Size variable/ Location- Gracefield Arts Centre Dumfries

The Red Bags Sculptural Drawing Installation 22-26.

THE RED BAGS-Oxo Tower Southbank London UK 2023

The Oxo Bargehouse Southbank London 2022

Laguna Arte Prize Venice 2024

Aesthetica Art Prize Finalist 2023

THE RED BAGS – YORK ART GALLERY ENGLAND UK 2023

VAA OPEN Finalists Exhibition 2024

THE RED BAGS – VAA OPEN FINALISTS EXHIBITION 2024-

Exhibition Proposal /Work in Progress 2026

The One Hundred and Twenty Four 2025-2026-

Recycled Hessian sacks, red satin, bullet perforations, ropeSculptural Drawing Installation

This work takes its title from conflict data recorded in 2024, when 124 active conflicts were documented globally. By 2026, that number has continued to rise, reflecting an increasingly volatile and fragmented geopolitical landscape.The One Hundred and Twenty Four responds to the escalation, scale, and persistence of contemporary conflict.

“In the past thirty years over 2 million women and young girls have been r4ped, as part of a systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon of w4r during the ongoing genocide in Eastern Congo, perpetrated by Rwanda – supported by western powers .”@hopehealing.rdc”R4pe is used as a weapon of mass destruction. It is designed to destroy the “Social Bedrock- “The Mother”@teamcongo.rdc

The installation considers the far-reaching consequences of sustained violence: humanitarian crisis, forced migration, poverty, and generational trauma. It reflects on the erosion and, in some cases, erasure of cultural identity under prolonged conditions of instability.

Gracefield Arts Centre 2022 – 2024 Dumfries Scotland UK

Bullets and Bandages 2024 /Recycled Materials/Galvanised steel mesh/Bullet holes/Open Studio

THE RED BAGS : Gracefield Arts Centre Dumfries Scotland UK 2022

Exhibition Proposals 2026

DESCENT OF MAN- 2016-2026

Descent of Man, created in response to the global issues dominating headlines at the time 2016: Syria, Brexit, the Scottish Referendum, the rise of a U.S. presidential candidate, terrorism, corporate influence, and more.. Across the world, divisions were deepening—fueling anger, hatred, and unrest.Ten years on, in 2026, I return to re-work the Descent of Man for an upcoming exhibition in the Netherlands (2026) Dante’s Inferno: Contrapasso.

DESCENT OF MAN 2016– 2026/Recycled newspaper broadsheets (2016 & 2026) / Emulsion / Graphite / Gold trim

Themes of gluttony, greed, fraud, heresy, and wrath feel no less urgent today, as lies, corruption, conflict, and excess continue to shape our collective reality.: