Rachel Petrie
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My practice aims to pose questions about the way land is represented visually, exploring tensions between occupancy and ownership, and inviting others to reflect on the ways that they experience and engage with land and landscape

Currently based in Edinburgh, I am interested in the many complexities between nationhood and place that appear acutely in Scotland. This is both from a professional perspective as an artist, and on a personal level as a Scot who, due to economic pressures, grew up outside of Scotland. I love experimenting with the medium of screenprinting to seeing how different effects on the page can communicate an idea or open up a discussion. My practice involves spending many a happy hour at the Edinburgh Printmakers Studio.

When I’m not making things, I love watching films and tv. I like to think about the ideas put forward through the stories they tell, and what techniques are used to persuade us of those ideas. When I can, I also love to get out of the city and make my way along woodland paths or up a gravelly slope and get a good look at some moss!