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Jill Skulina c.v.

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I am an artist, designer, facilitator, and writer with a long-established, interdisciplinary practice spanning fine art, ceramics, textiles, theatre, design, and community engagement. Working professionally since 2007, I bring together material knowledge, lived experience, and a strong ethic of care. Alongside studio practice, I have extensive experience in exhibitions, workshops, writing, public-facing projects, and collaboration. My work is rooted in curiosity, generosity, and making meaningful connections between people, objects, and stories.

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Current focus

  • MLitt Museum and Heritage Studies, University of St Andrews - starting September 2026

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Education

  • MLitt Museum and Heritage Studies – University of St Andrews (Starting September 2026)

  • Master of Fine Art (MFA) – Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

  • BDes (Hons) Interior & Environmental Design (First Class) – DJCAD, University of Dundee

  • HNC Production & Technical Theatre Skills (Merit) – Telford College, Edinburgh

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Solo Exhibitions

  • 2026 Peekaboo - Studio window installation, 28 Tay St, Newport on Tay, DD6 8AL

  • 2019 Wholly Expletive, Nomas* Projects, 9a Ward Rd, Dundee

  • 2019 Together To Grow, WASPS Gallery, Meadow Mill, West Henderson Wynd, Dundee.

 

Residencies

  • 2022 Hospitalfield, Courthouse Studio Program, Arbroath.

  • 2022 Magnetic North, SPACE/TIME Residency at Cove Park.

  • 2020 Lockdown Home Residency - Teapots of Sanity. 

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Selected Exhibitions

  • 2025 A Book Of Dreams, A New Primer, Annual Group Exhibition, St Margarets House, Edinburgh.

  • 2025 + 2024 Open Studios North Fife.

  • 2024  SSA 126th Annual Exhibition, RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh.

  • 2024  What In The World, A New Primer  Annual Group Exhibition, St Margarets House, Edinburgh.

  • 2024 Royal Scottish Academy 198th Annual Exhibition, RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh

  • 2024 Misshapen Narratives: Stories of Play and Metamorphosis Group Exhibition, Coburg House, Edinburgh..

  • 2023 Exhibition - 10-20 August, A New Primer, Inaugural Festival Exhibition, St Margarets House, Edinburgh.

  • 2023 Spilt Milk Gallery, In Unison, Dunfermline Carnegie Library and galleries, Fife

  • 2023 Vital Spark, ESBAT Art Collective, Dundas St Gallery, Edinburgh

  • 2023 Artist/Parent, AIR Gallery, Altrincham.

  • 2022 Pentalogia Femenina a group exhibition at Patriothall, Edinburgh.

  • 2021 SSA 123rd Annual Exhibition, RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh.

  • 2021 Here and Now SSA Professional Members Exhibition, Tatha Gallery, Newport,Fife

  • 2019 Meffan Winter Exhibition, Meffan Gallery, Forfar

  • 2019 Rebirth, Spilt Milk Gallery, members exhibition, St Margarets House, Edinburgh

  • 2019 SSA Members Show, RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh

  • 2018 Current. Visual Arts Scotland Members Show, Tatha Gallery, High St, Newport on Tay, Fife

  • 2018 40/40 Vision, 40 Years of WASPS studios, Kirkcudbright Galleries

  • 2018 Open - SSA and VAS Together 2018, Members Show, RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh.

  • 2018 GENERATORprojects Members show. GENERATORprojects, Mid Wynd, Dundee

  • 2017 Dundee Ceramics Workshop GENERATORprojects Takeover, GENERATORprojects, Mid Wynd,

  • 2017 Verdant @ Verdant, site specific group exhibition, Verdant Works Museum, Dundee

  • 2017 SSA Members Show, RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh

  • 2014 + 2015 + 2016 Meffan Winter Exhibition, Meffan Gallery, Forfar

  • 2008 – 2022 Regular participant of WASPS Open Studios, Meadow Mill, Dundee

  • 2015 Procreate Project Photozine Archive, Women´s Art Library - Goldsmiths University, Lace Gallery - Nottingham and Manhattan College Annual M.O.M. Conference.

  • 2012 Only Women Women Only, Summerhall, Edinburgh

  • 2012 I Am Woman, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh.

  • 2011 Out and In, Cupar Arts Festival, N. Union St, Cupar.

  • 2011 Anonymous Was A Woman, Outbye Gallery, Ovenstone by Pittenweem.

  • 2011 Telling Tales_Speaking Truths, Hannah Maclure Centre, Dundee.

  • 2009 Cupar Arts Festival, Old St Columba’s School, Millgate and Inside Out, N. Union St, Cupar.

  • 2009 Visual Arts Scotland Annual Open Exhibition, The City Arts Centre, 2 Market St, Edinburgh

  • 2008 Cupar Arts Festival, Inside Out, N. Union St, Cupar.​

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Publications & Writing

  • The Effervescent – featured artwork and poetry (online magazine)

  • (Re)Production: Parenthood and the Art World – commissioned zine

  • Home-works: online exhibition and zine. Spilt Milk Gallery

  • Substack – ongoing writing on art, care, process, and lived experience

  • Blog and published interviews/articles with:

    • Spilt Milk Gallery

    • Creative Dundee

    • Flock Magazine

    • Creative Entrepreneurs Club

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Workshops & Facilitation

  • V&A Dundee – The Stitch Up / Visible Mending workshops

  • Dundee Ceramics Workshop – handbuilding and sculpting workshops (adults, youth, home-educated groups)

  • Perth Museum & Art Gallery / National Museums of Scotland – community robe project

  • UNESCO City of Design / Dundee Design Festival – community parade workshops

  • Say It Ain’t Sew – Workshop Leader & Creative Facilitator

  • Kindred Clothing – sewing workshops with young parents

  • Amina Muslim Women’s Resource Centre – sewing workshops

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Selected Projects & Collaborations

  • Costume and set design for Scottish Dance Theatre and independent dance companies

  • Feature film Schemers – Set Design & Head of Art Department

  • Theatre, puppetry, and costume commissions for Dundee Rep Theatre

  • Community, participatory, and site-responsive projects across Scotland and internationally

  • Dundee Ceramics Workshop – Workshop Technician (2018–2022)

  • Freelance costume maker, wardrobe supervisor, and technician – Dundee Rep Theatre & Scottish Dance Theatre

  • Curatorial Panel Member – WASPS Exhibition Programme (2013–2018)

  • Early career experience in retail, box office, and customer-facing roles

 

Artist Talks

  • IGTV Live with Carli Adby - Notley for AIR Gallery

  • Artist talk accompanying Pentalogia Femenina, Patriothall, Edinburgh.

  • Artists talk accompanying Wholly Expletive exhibition, Nomas* Projects, Dundee. 

  • Artist talk in conversation with Rebecca Sharp, accompanying Together To Grow exhibition, WASPS, Dundee

  • a-n Assembly Dundee, Vision Building, Dundee

  • GENERATORprojects, Members show, Dundee

  • Artist Rooms: Louise Bourgeois Exhibition, Perth Museum and Art Gallery

  • Dundee Ceramics Workshop take over GENERATORprojects, Dundee

  • Verdant @ Verdant, talk on creative practice, Verdant Works Museum, Dundee

  • Creative Dundee, Make/Share – Turning Points

  • Craft in Conversation: Added Value, symposium.

  • Pecha Kucha, Creative Dundee

 

AwardS AND FUNDING

  • 2024  Crowdfunder - Newport On Tay Art House.

  • 2023 Long-listed for V&A Adobe Creative Residency in Ceramics. 

  • 2022 Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals

  • 2022 The Eaton Fund.

  • 2021 Longlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Award

  • 2020 Shortlist for Ceramics Category of the Mother Art Prize

  • 2016 Fife Visual Artist and Craft Makers Award, Development Programme.

  • 2013 Finalist- Most Promising New Business, Women Ahead, Dundee

  • 2013 Craft & Visual Artists Opportunities Grant Scheme, Fife Regional Council

  • 2012 Dundee Visual Artist Award, Dundee City Council & Creative Scotland

  • 2010 Creative Scotland Funding for a project on women and self care. (Two Dolls)

  • 2009 Fife Visual Arts Award, Fife Council & Creative Scotland​

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PROUD MOMENTS

  • 2025 Waved my daughter off on a great big travelling adventure for 13 months.

  • 2025 Casting Call for The Great Pottery Throwdown.

  • 2024 Sold work during the SSA annual exhibition for the first time. 

  • 2024 Watching my daughter graduate and feeling pride for her and myself for bringing her up completely on my own.

  • 2024 Crowdfunder Launch - Once again I created a warm and welcoming event, this time with food, a colouring wall and an opportunity to see the rewards in the flesh. 

  • 2023 Official Studio Opening - I created a warm and welcoming event including musicians, gift bags, cake and a celebrant to bring a focus for the afternoon. 

  • 2022 Bought my studio.

  • 2007 Completing my MFA with a 2/3 year old.

  • 2005 Bringing my daughter up on my own since she was 1.​

 

favourite jobs

  • 2022 Zine Commission (Re) Production: Parenthood and the Art World. 

  • 2019 Making the wedding dress for the finale of the Scottish Dance Theatre production, Ritualia.

  • 2015 YAMA, Scottish Dance Theatre - The reward of seeing this on the stage was worth all the repetitive strip cutting and the blessed horse hair all over my living room. 

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Current & Future Opportunities

I am open to opportunities including:

  • Artist and ceramics mentoring

  • Art hire and placement for interiors and public spaces

  • Window installations and site-responsive work

  • Drawing and collage for publications and printed work. 

  • Exhibition copywriting and interpretive texts

  • Editorial and reflective writing

  • Canva-based design for posters, publications, and social media

  • Workshops, talks, and collaborative projects

  • Museum, heritage, and public engagement contexts

I particularly enjoy work that values care, accessibility, warmth, and meaningful connection.​

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