Emily McGhie Jackson is a Scottish artist exploring liminal space and our perception of reality. In her introspective painting practice, she aims to show how our mood and experiences of space can shape how we physically view the world. Using an illustrative style, her paintings exist as physical objects containing portals which invite the viewer to step into another world. Jackson’s practice explores scenes from her everyday life. Painting empty liminal spaces, within the busy city and the open countryside, she explores the relationship between physical space and atmosphere, how nature can feel endless yet welcoming and how architecture can feel endlessly barren. Particularly inspired by video game engines, she usesphysical perspective to incorporate the viewer into a space which allows room for their own contemplation.

‘Thinking Space’


25th October- 2nd November 2024, The Keiller Centre Dundee

After graduating from the University of the Arts London, Emily McGhie Jackson’s first solo exhibition ‘Thinking Space’, explores the transition though university before coming back to revisit Tayside. Vibrant landscapes showcase her daydreams of home from the city. With greyer scenes showing how isolation colour our view of the world, causing us to draw further into ourselves.