Back in February the Glasgow Film Festival asked us to create a removeable stencilled red carpet based on this cool illustration by Lesley Barnes for their posters. Sadly we worked through the night to create it using chalk paint, only for it to start snowing at 4am when we left and the entire thing was mush by the morning. Gutted. Nice while it lasted though.

Back in February, 3 Team Recoaters, Elph, Rue Five and FiST, created a beauty of a show at the Southside Studios. Sorry this has taken a wee while but go see some photos of the quality show they created here.

Our good chums, Erlend and Pamela Tait are exhibiting in Glasgow in May at the RGI. Their work is super cool, and even better when they collaborate so make sure to get along and check it out!

Mark Lyken is just back from The Canals Project organised by The Legacy List in London where he's been creating a huge mural with our old pal, Moneyless. This is the second time they've worked together and it is just as succesful as their first. They'll be working together again in September when we all head out to Italy for Forms and Spaces II. Exciting times! His work also features in the Futurism 2.0 book that was recently released and you can grab it over at Gamma Proforma. Last but not least, we're taking Mark down to Pleasure Principle this weekend, a collaborative Weekender from Numbers and Dedbeat, where he'll be painting one of his stand-out murals for all the revellers. Busy boy!

Westend Bestiary- Solo Exhibition- Kirsty Whiten from Recoat on Vimeo.

Westend Bestiary has been extended and will now close on 14th April. Kirsty Whiten's centaurs snd sphinxes have been so popular, we decided to give you an extra week to come and be amazed by these man (and woman)-beasts. Here's a link to the Facebook event.

Last weekend we opened Westend Bestiary, a beautiful solo show from Kirsty Whiten. Thanks so much to everyone who made it down, was a quality launch event. The show has been featured on loads of blogs and in bothe the Herald and the Scotsman so thanks so much for all the support!
The show consists of paintings, drawings, paste-ups and a mural. We also have all the artwork as Limited Edition Giclee prints at various sizes. You can see all the photos of the launch, the artwork, Kirsty prepping the space and hanging her paste-up at the Bier Halle in Glasgow on our Flickr or Facebook. You can also view all work still available in our online shop or of course visit the gallery, we're open 12-6pm Tues to Sun and the show runs till the 14th April. See you soon....

We're excited about Kirsty Whiten's solo show 'West End Bestiary' opening on 8th March. We've been busy preparing the gallery and having a bit of paste-up action in Glasgow city centre - film footage of Kirsty and Amy clambering on bins in the alleyway next to Bier Halle to follow ...


Preview at 7pm on 8th March and the show will continue until 8th April. Here's a video interview of Kirsty speaking to TLG last month.


Follow us on Twitter for more updates, we're using the hashtag #manbeast !

The amazing solo show, Wee, from David Galletly closes today. We're open 12-6pm so get yourself down to see the collection of intricate drawings, a whole wall of collaged drawings and sketches and the huge "Twees" murals throughout the space. See you in a bit.....

Hey Folks, Last night we worked in the bitter cold to get a commission finished, only in bed at 5.30am so afraid Recoat will not be open today and we'll be zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....see you tomorrow.

Just loaded up photos from the launch of Wee with most of the artwork and the exhibition. Go enjoy them depending on your preference on FB or Flickr.

We have a group of amazing volunteers who make Recoat what it is, we couldn't do what we do without them and we are eternally grateful. Volunteers work with with us to run the space, hang exhibitions, facilitate projects and whatever goes on in between. In return for their time we try to reward folks with opportunities to network and meet artists, take part in projects and shows, learn new skills, learn about how our business works and generally join in on the ride that is Recoat. At present we are having to rely on a small pool of people and it's just not fair. If you would be interested in volunteering or learning more about what it involves please get in touch at info@recoatdesign.com. Cheers.

Gamma Proforma just released "Wetland" from the Terrestrial Sea EP that Mark Lyken created for the IOTA Sublime residency he did last year. Go listen and enjoy!

Wee from David Galletly opens tonight folks 7-10pm. Shaping up to be an amazing show so get oan down here.

Sublime from Emma Dove on Vimeo.

On the 1st of Feb we open "Wee", a solo exhibition from David Galletly. This weekend we popped over to his studio to take a look at how he is getting on. To see more photos check out this page. To find out more about the opening visit the event page.

David's Bio-

On the 8th of March we’re excited to be opening a solo show from one of our Team Recoat members, Kirsty Whiten. She’s revisiting her Schemie Centaurs Imagery to create a new series of drawings, paintings, and paste-ups.
“West End Bestiary- Half-human beasts of legend, collected and dissected for your amazement.”
She’s reconstructing myth and imagining awe-inspiring creatures of old in a modern context; centaurs - half man, half horse, heroic and muscular, caught up in the trenches of WW1, or even the backstreets of Glasgow, where they sport baseball caps, down bottles of beer and flick the V's at us.
Kirsty has exhibited all over the world from London to New York and Melbourne. Her last show, Breeder Badlands, was at Stolespace in London and led to a series of lithographs co-published by Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop in 2012. Her warped imagery has been featured in magazines such as Juxtapoz and Hi Fructose and art blogs worldwide. Her massive paste ups were an important part of the Rough Cut Nation installation at the National Portrait Gallery and at their recent Freedom Versions in Stirling.
We'll be open 12-6pm Tues to Sun till the 7th April.
http://www.kirstywhiten.com/

TLG just did a wee interview with Kirsty Whiten, go check it out and share it. Kirsty is exhibiting with us next month.

We've been invited to talk at the next Pecha Kucha, its at the Lighthouse next Wed at 6pm. Hope to see you there. Event here.

Facebook event here.