BIO & CV
Callum Diffey (b.1997) is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Glasgow. Their practice utilises photography, sculpture, painting and video. Toeing the line between sensitivity and brutality, their work investigates dichotomies of pain and pleasure, the sacred and profane, collective memory and trauma. Themes of identity as well as the beauty found in the debased are a constant source of interrogation. When two opposing ideas or feelings are whole or experienced simultaneously.
“Diary,” an autobiographical, documentary project, draws on narratives of interpersonal relationships, hedonism and experiences with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Visually referencing motifs present within queer and internet subcultures, Callum’s work becomes a collage of different symbols aiming to challenge fixed interpretations, creating situations where everyday objects are altered or detached from their original context, where the personal becomes universal.
For enquiries of any kind please email: callumdiffey97@gmail.com
BA (Hons) Fine Art (photography), The Glasgow School of Art (2021)
The Society of Scottish Artists New Graduate Award (2021)
ABOUT://44 @ The Glasgow School of Art, 2017
Make Equality Happen for Stonewall @ Out of The Blue, Edinburgh 2017
IMG_021 @ 16 Nicholson Street, Glasgow 2018
Rooted @ Where People Sleep, Glasgow 2018
Grab the Beehive, Cut it in Half, Lick the Honey @ Wasps Artists Studios, Glasgow 2019
Film Screening @ CCA, Glasgow 2020
Goose Chase @ House for an Art Lover, Glasgow 2020
The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2021 (online) 2021
The Alternative Degree Show Festival @ French Street, Glasgow 2021
Vice x Photobook Cafe Student Open Call @ Photobook Cafe, London 2021
The Society of Scottish Artists 123rd Annual Exhibition @ RSA Upper Galleries, Edinburgh 2021
Hart Magazine
Babestation - Page 3
The Society of Scottish Artists
The Scottish Artists Union
Transmission Gallery
Streetlevel Photoworks
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