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CRYPT RESIDENCY 2026: Maurice Andresen
20-23 August 2026 Gallery open 1-5pm daily Maurice Andresen presents Object Agency, an ongoing, ever-growing project that revolves around a fictional government agency which maintains equilibrium between the corporeal and the ethereal. In its current form, the project takes shape as an interactive video game world. The project’s inception took the form of exhibitions, club nights and ritual workshops based around virtual recreations of derelict, disused and under-appreciated urban environments in Glasgow. Filling these virtual approximations with digital creatures…
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RESIDENCY 2026: FRANCIS SOLVEZ-WILSHAW
20-23 August 2026 Gallery open 1-5pm daily Instagram: @francisolvezwilshawartist Website: www.francisolvez-wilshaw.com During my residency at the Crypt Gallery, I will explore the relationship between sound, moving image and the architecture of the crypt. My practice is concerned with memory, ritual, labour, power, environmental catastrophe within the complexities of my mixed Filipino–English identity. Often bringing personal experience, cultural histories and contrasting environments into dialogue. I will develop a new video collage using Super 8 footage filmed during my most recent visit…
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CRYPT RESIDENCY 2026: HOLLIE MILLER & SAMANTHA SWEETING
20-23 August 2026 Gallery open 1-5pm daily This proposal is for a new collaborative project between performance artists Hollie Miller and Samantha Sweeting who make work about the female body politics through a mythological framework, and who have both recently become mothers. They are interested in exploring the space of The Crypt Gallery through the open framework of Womb/ Tomb to capture imagery of birth/ death/ rebirth cycles. Image credits Hollie Miller, Splitting and Doubling (2026) WIP Samantha Sweeting, La…
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CRYPT RESIDENCY 2026: Özgül Arslan & Gözde Altun
CRYPT RESIDENCY 2026 Özgül Arslan & Gözde Altun Site-Specific: A State of Becoming 20-23 August 2026 Gallery open 1-5pm daily During the residency at The Crypt Gallery, artist Özgül Arslan and curator Gözde Altun will work together to develop a site-specific project shaped by the space itself. Through ongoing dialogue, observation and experimentation, they will explore how the gallery’s architecture, light, airflow, surfaces and atmosphere can become part of the creative process. Arslan will work with large scale paper and…
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VOICES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Exhibition title: Voices from the Underground Artist: Shuanglin Zhu 24 August: 11:30am–6:00pm 25–27 August: 10:00am–6:00pm Voices from the Underground is an exhibition of hand-hammered copper works by Shuanglin Zhu, exploring faith, persecution, resilience and hope. Drawing on the experiences of underground Christian communities in China, the exhibition reflects on faith lived under pressure and voices that are often hidden from public view. The exhibition also expresses gratitude for the legacy of Western missionaries who served generations of people in China through education, healthcare…
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VOICES FROM THE CRYPT
28 August – 3 September Open: 12-8pm daily An exhibition where twelve artists transform an historical burial vault into a living dialogue of form, memory and imagination.
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MATTER
19-28 September Open: 11.30am-6.30pm daily Private view: Saturday 19 September 6-9pm MATTER brings together the sculptural practices of Jason Mulligan, Guy Stevens and Paul Vanstone in an exploration of material, form, and the enduring language of stone. The exhibition unfolds through three distinct sculptural voices — imagined, artifactual, and observed. Set within the chambers and vaults of the Crypt Gallery, MATTER considers weight, resistance, luminosity, and time through the physical act of making. ‘Stone remembers’ Instagram: mattersculptureexhibition
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ABSURDITIES
29 October – 2 November Opening times: 29 Oct: 5pm – 9pm (private view) 30 Oct: 1pm – 9pm 31 Oct: 11am – 6pm 1 Nov: 11am – 6pm 2 Nov: 11am – 1pm Free entry Absurdities brings together a series of conceptual works by Angus Irvine, exploring the relationship between value, spectacle, and consumption in contemporary culture. Spanning sculpture, installation, painting, print, and interactive pieces, the exhibition looks at how meaning is created, shared, and transformed through…
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