LIFE WITH WATER | SSA AT AN TOBAR
We are delighted to be collaborating with An Tobar, Isle of Mull for the first time on a new exhibition with the theme of Life With Water: A wave of creativity in response to the Ocean.
On the Hebridean Isle of Mull, where land and water evaporate into one another, we gather to create, to question, to reimagine.
Life With Water is a call to witness and to wonder at the depth of our love for the sea. In response to UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water, artists converge to explore the vast, fragile world beneath the waves.
The ocean cradles life and drowns cities. It has fed us, carried us, connected us since before humans were humans. Yet, it suffers—overfished, polluted, acidified, dissolving at the edges. What is the role of the artist in this tide of change?
Through painting, sculpture, installation, digital media, and interdisciplinary works, Life With Water invites artists to immerse themselves in imagining a different future filled with the quiet and wild poetry of the sea.
Anchored at An Tobar (Gaelic for The Well), a creative sanctuary shaped by the Atlantic, this gathering places Mull at the heart of a global conversation—where art meets urgency, where creation becomes conservation, where the sea itself is invited to speak.
The exhibition includes work by invited artist Kyra Clegg, as well as work from SSA Professional Artist Members selected from the open call.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
David Adam, Rowena Comrie, Rachel Duckhouse, Agnes Eperjesy, Rhona Fleming, Andrea Geile, Alison Grant, Jane Hunter, Sarah Kudirka, Jodi Le Bigre, Madeline Mackay, Mary Morrison, Gillian Murray, Sandor Nagy, Valerie O’Regan, Lorraine Robson, Catherine Sargeant, Joanne Soroka, Christine Sloman, Angela Taylor, Bill Taylor, Gill Tyson, Miriam Vickers, Luke Vinnicombe, Alasdair Wallace, Denise Zygadlo,
Exhibition : 18 August – 24 October 2025
Private View: Saturday 16 August 2025, 6-8pm
Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm
An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, PA75 6PB
LIFE WITH WATER 30 X 30 ONLINE EDITION
To accompany the exhibition, we are pleased to be presenting an online exhibition of 30 x 30 works by the wider SSA Membership.
Artist, Student, Graduate and Professional Members were invited to submit works no larger than 30 x 30 cm which responded to the same theme Life With Water : A wave of creativity in response to the Ocean.
All works will be presented digitally on a dedicated online gallery launching on Friday 15 August 2025. A selection of these works will also be available to view in person at An Tobar.
Further information and the link to view the online exhibition will be announced in due course.