Artist’s Statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist with a predominant focus on sculpture. Using the human form as a starting point for creative development. The connecting relationships between Mother Nature and the environmental impacts of humans is reflected heavily in the atmosphere of my works.

Sustainability and climate change lie at the core of my practice and underline my work’s research and development. The location and placement of my work is important as it represents the ‘bridge’ that direct us back to nature from the constraints of society.

I enjoy dancing on the fine line between scientific reality and lucid imagination. The intentions of my works are not to lead viewer’s perception, but instead to encourage viewers to sit down with their demons. Learn to understand their emotions, primal actions and societal perceptions.

As an artist, I am a walking contradiction sent to question, juxtapose and provoke raw and untamed emotions from my viewers. Born and bred within the majestic Scottish Highlands currently playfully rooted within industrial Glasgow. My artwork is designed to create space, give a voice to the voiceless, encourage change concerning the climate crisis, demand ownership of anatomy whilst facing the realities of being working class within the creative industries.

As a child I would be regularly told off for ‘daydreaming’ and ‘not paying attention’, both at home and in school. Today it is my passion to pull those ‘daydreams’ out of my head and painstakingly forge them into a physical reality for others to view and interpret.

Biography

Poppie Wood is a Scottish multidisciplinary artist and researcher, born in the Highlands and based in Glasgow. She has recently graduated in Fine Art (Sculpture and Environmental Art) (BA Hons. 1st Class) from Glasgow School of Art in 2025. At her Degree Show, she was awarded the Healy Arts Charity Prize for Excellence in Sculpture, 2025.

Exhibitions include:
‘Contemporary Art Practice Show’, The Biscuit Factory, 4-6 Anderson Place, Edinburgh, EH6 5NP, 5th April, 2016.
‘Cudbear’, French Street Galleries, Glasogw, G40 M4EH, 24th – 31st April, 2023.
‘Trash Children’, independent exhibition, FreeWheelNorth, Glasgow Green, 31st April – 23rd May, 2023.
‘Hands Off, Straps On’, Salt Space Co-operative, Glasgow, G3 8AZ, 8th – 10th March, 2024.
‘Human Vices and Weaknesses’, Project Space 2, Reid Building, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RJ, 17th – 19th April, 2024.
‘Blood Lines’, 15 Burns Street, Glasgow, G4 9SA, 28th November, 2024.
‘Weird Studies’, The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TS, 31st Jan – 6th Feb, 2025.

Curatorial experience:
‘Trash Children’, independent curation, FreeWheelNorth, Glasgow Green, 31st April – 23rd May, 2023.
‘Hands Off, Straps On’, group curation, Salt Space Co-operative, Glasgow, G3 8AZ, 8th – 10th March, 2024.
‘Human Vices and Weaknesses’, partnered curation, Project Space 2, Reid Building, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RJ, 17th – 19th April, 2024.