OWTSIDE #4: AMY KIM GROGAN, ELLEN DIXON & BETHAN HARRIS
Artist: AMY KIM GROGAN
Title: ‘I dropped my ham on the stairs, then I picked it up and ate it ’ (2016)
Info:
My name is Amy Kim Grogan, I am a Scottish sculptor that graduated from the MFA programme at the Glasgow School of Art with Distinction in 2022. Prior to my MFA I gained a BA (hons) in Sculpture from the Glasgow School of Art in 2017. My workregularly stems from disrupting and/or emphasising overlooked objects and acts – all arise from a fundamental interest or an occasional discomfort on my behalf. I relay my curiosity through increased scale, multiples and material. Collectively, all pieces exert absurdity and often humour.
Artist website: www.amykgrogan.com
Artist instagram: @amykimgrogan
Artist: ELLEN DIXON
Title of work: ‘Us and All Surrounding’ (2 works from the series)
Info:
Ellen Dixon is a North East-based photographer whose eclectic work combines portraiture, documentary and landscape forms in analogue media to produce an intimate, ongoing journal of Newcastle’s LGBTQIA+ community and finding beauty in the mundane. As a gender fluid person that has witnessed first-hand the restricted opportunities for marginalised artists that have long plagued the medium of photography, Ellen’s images and exhibitions are motivated by an urgency to uplift those around them. They chronicle untold stories of everyday happenings, queer collectivity, pleasure and care, joy and silliness.
Artist website: https://www.ellendixxon.com
Artist instagram: @ellendixxon
Artist: BETHAN HARRIS
Title of work: ‘Low Branches’
Info:
Bethan Harris (b.2000) is a drawer and painter who lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne. She graduated in 2022, achieving a degree in Fine Art from Newcastle University. Since graduating, she has participated in artist residencies in Northumberland and Wales. Her work has been showcased in exhibitions across the UK, including the Mall Galleries, Oxo Tower, and Willesden Gallery in London, as well as The Hatton Gallery, Gallagher and Turner, and The Bridge Gallery in Newcastle. Bethan was awarded the Young Persons Award for the Derwent Art Prize in 2024 and has currently been shortlisted for the North East Emerging Artist Award 2025.
Artist website: https://thenewbridgeproject.com/artist/bethan-harris
Artist instagram: @bethanharrisart
