Art House 8
Address: 30/3 Bath Street
Open: 7/8 and 14/15 September
A celebration of connection to self, to nature and to the present moment, Solen will be showing an exhibition of photographic self-portraiture, writing and works made with the sun and sea.
Solen uses creative play as a way of processing difficult experiences and turning them into spirit-full exploration. This art house features an exhibition journeying through digital and analogue photographic self-portraiture, along with risograph prints and poetry. Solen has been a commercial photographer for over a decade but began making self-portraits as a way of coming to terms with becoming a single parent in 2016. Her ‘Red Room’ series was born with a self-portrait made in 2019 as a way of discussing her experience of living with Poland Syndrome, a rare congenital birth defect. Since then, self-portraiture has become a language for exploring autonomy, grief, love, desire and has opened up a world for connecting with self, with others and building a world to get lost and found within.
Solen will also show a selection of giclee seascape prints and one-off handmade cyanotypes created on the beach with found flotsam, exposed by the sun and fixed by the sea.
Solen has been a fulltime commercial photographer for 12 years, since studying photography at Edinburgh College 2010 – 2012. She is based at Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Leith and regularly takes part in group resident exhibitions and events there.
Exhibitions:
Nature 2024, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow 2024
Rolling It Back, Sett Studios, Leith 2024,
Spring Pop Up, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Leith, 2024
NOW LOVE solo exhibition, Agitate Gallery, Edinburgh 2024
A Closer Look, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Leith 2023
Website: solencollet.com
Instagram: @solencollet
Contact: hello@solenphotography.co.uk
