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Cathy Wilkes The Modern Institute 5 June–19 August 2026 Aird's Lane
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Cathy Wilkes’ exhibition is comprised of new sculptures and paintings installed at The Modern Institute, Aird’s Lane.

Cathy grew up in a working-class area of East Belfast and moved to Glasgow aged 19, in 1985. Her art and writing are introspective and sometimes at the edge of legibility. At the same time, out of Cathy’s non-dualist world emerge figures and objects which are potently direct and seditious.

This exhibition is part of a larger group of new works which will be shown at The Model in Sligo, Eire, in September 2026.

Cathy won the Maria Lassnig Prize in 2017, represented Scotland at 51st Venice Biennial in 2005 and Britain at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019. Cathy was a founding member of Castlemilk Womanhouse, Dalriada Gallery and Glendale Women’s Cafe Pollokshields.

Courtesy The Modern Institute.

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About the Artist

Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Cathy Wilkes trained at Glasgow School of Art and is part of the generation of artists who emerged in the mid-1990s. Wilkes is primarily known for her large-scale installations of seemingly disparate objects, many of which are distressed, damaged, altered or adapted.

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The Modern Institute was founded in Glasgow in 1997. The gallery works with 45 internationally established and emerging artists including Martin Boyce, Jim Lambie, Richard Wright, Anne Collier, Cathy Wilkes, Simon Starling, Urs Fischer, Luke Fowler and Nicolas Party.

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The Modern Institute contemporary art gallery in Airds Lane Glasgow United Kingdom
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