- Various Artists
The Behrens Family
The Behrens Family is accompanied by a beautifully illustrated publication which offers a rare and intimate portrait of a remarkable artistic family. Their work shares a deep-rooted commitment to imagination, craftsmanship, and the natural world.
About Reinhard Behrens
Reinhard Behrens is a German-born artist who has lived and worked in Scotland since the late 1970s. He studied Drawing and Painting at Hamburg College of Art from 1971–78 before receiving a German Academic Exchange Grant to undertake postgraduate studies in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art in 1979. Between 1982 and 1986, he lectured part-time at Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art and Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen.
About Margaret Smyth (Behrens)
I hope that my paintings elicit curiosity, allowing the viewer to fill them with their own narratives, with their own memories real or imagined, like fairy tales. My aim is to try to evoke that moment of anticipation in a theatre, when the curtain lifts on the stage and reality is suspended.
About Kirstie Behrens
Kirstie Behrens (b.1991) is an award-winning artist and printmaker based in Pittenweem, Fife. A graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2019, she has quickly established herself as one of the most distinctive young voices in contemporary Scottish printmaking. In 2021, she received the Roy Wood Prize for Printmaking, the Art in Healthcare Award and the W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordon Smith Award from the Royal Scottish Academy.
About David Behrens
David Behrens is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans kinetic sculpture, music composition, and film. Raised in the artistic community of Pittenweem, Fife, he grew up immersed in the imaginative world of his father Reinhard Behrens’ Naboland and began exhibiting early works during the annual Pittenweem Arts Festival. After studying music at the Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art, David worked on creative outreach projects in The Gambia and Greece, and spent four years with the East Neuk Festival. He is currently undertaking a Master’s in Composing for Film at the National Film and Television School in London. For The Behrens Family exhibition at The Scottish Gallery, David Behrens will present a new series of kinetic sculptures accompanied by original music and a short film reflecting on his family’s creative legacy.
