Intellect

Laurence Figgis is an artist and writer based in Glasgow and is Lecturer in Fine Art Painting and Printmaking at the Glasgow School of Art. Exhibitions include Flying/ Stealing, Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome (2006), The Great Macguffin, Transmission Gallery Glasgow (2005), and Franz Ferdinand, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (2004). Figgis works in collage, drawing, text-based media and sculpture using both visual and verbal elements to develop his own fictional and imaginative narratives. He has written and lectured on a range of subjects, including contemporary painting in Scotland and the interpretation of folklore in film.