Bethany Reid

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Bethany Reid is an artist mainly focused in sculpture and puppetry performance work, she graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2024 with a first class honours in Contemporary Art Practice. Since graduating, she received the Gray’s School of Art ‘Socially and Environmentally Engaged Creative’ Award, the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) New Graduate award and she was selected for the 2024 RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition.

She also completed a year residency at Gray’s School of Art where she was able to assist with classes/workshops and contribute to meaningful student crits and discussions. Through this residency she also received funding from Creative Scotland’s Open Fund and through the Aberdeenshire Councils VACMA funding.

Her practice explored the complexities of human-animal relationships, addressing contemporary societal issues concerning non-human animals. Bethany sees her position in the art world as a necessary point in time to question how we use non-human animals and to conceptualise work that can encourage an educational focus as well as sparking a meaningful dialogue between the consumer and the consumed.

Work

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'Hideous Creatures' (2025)

Sculpture/Performance

'Where'd You Get Those Peepers' (2025)

Sculpture

'And One For Me' (2024)

Biro pen on paper

'When You're Big' (2025)

Sculpture/Installation

'Looking Through Your Eyes' (2025)

Sculpture

'Friends for Dinner' (2023)

Sculpture/Video