aweys gaun

5th - 21st June 2026, open everyday from 11:00am to 6:00pm
Many Studios, 3 Ross Street , Glasgow G1 5AR

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

aweys gaun portals to a dream that drenches over and seeps through the stories of Western modernity, specifically the chapters leading up and dedicated to an enlightened Caledonia. Propelled by pleasure, curiosity, and ancestral rhythms, aweys gaun honours the longstanding ‘hereness’ of Black life in Scotland, calling and responding to, swaying with, the Black Atlantic hum.

Massaging the slippery matter of memory, Zoë Zo, Zoë Tumika & Zoë Guthrie presents a series of ceramic panels, vessels and works on paper along with an audio work made in collaboration with broadcaster, artist, and DJ Ashley Holmes and a newly commissioned text from curator, artist, and writer Żżo Charlery.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Zoë is a Glasgow-based multidisciplinary artist working under the name Zoë Zo, Zoë Tumika & Zoë Guthrie. They engage with ceramics and image (re)production alongside frameworks from Black Feminism, Black Geographies and Black Studies to critically approach listening, questioning, storytelling and liberation.

Currently in residency at Glasgow Sculpture Studios, their work has recently been exhibited at the Reid Gallery (2026, Glasgow); London College of Fashion (2026) and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (2025). Zo, Tumika & Guthrie’s artworks have been acquired into 20 major UK public collections, including Kettle’s Yard, The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery, and Glasgow Museums. Full CV viewable here.

CREDITS

Producer: Emmanuella Damptey

Contributing artists: Ashley Holmes and Żżo Charlery

Public Relations Officer: Nicole Ndlovu

Marketing: Nicole Ndlovu and Emmanuella Damptey

Installation Technician: Jen Martin

Operational support: Daniella Damptey, Żżo Charlery and Ruby Allen

Supporting organisations: National Lottery through Creative Scotland, Glasgow International, Many Studios, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Iniva and Stuart Hall Library.

Special thank you to Adebusola Ramsay, Fikayo Fayomi, Ima Jackson, Body Remedy, Project X, Govanhill Baths Ceramics and Glasgow Museums.

An [imperfect] list of signposters and references:

Katherine McKittrick
Firelei Baez
Ugonna Hosten
Emmanuella Damptey
Alvaro Barrington
Patricia Hill Collins
Adebusola Ramsay
Ladi Kwali
ebere agwuncha
Ebun Sodipo
Saidiya Hartman
Ashley Holmes
Sequoia Danielle Barnes
Teju Cole
Jayna Brown
Maud Sulter
Żżo Charlery
Arthur Jaffa
Khalid Warsame
Grace Browne
Dave
Koyo Kouoh
Ashanti Harris
Isabel Barfod
Fred Motten
Nicole Ndlovu
Godelive Kasangati Kabena
Joshua Segun-Lean
Patricia Noxolo
Sethembile Msexane
Miriam García García
Shenece Oretha
bell hooks
Camara Taylor
Issa Samb
Sylvia Wynter
Walter D. Mignolo
KJ Abudu
Mumbi Macharia
Alberta Whittle
Yvonne Mpwo
Joy Gregory
Rian Phin
Maria Magdalena Campos Pons
Mele Broomes
John Akomfrah
Hanif Abdurraqib

ztumika
tumikastudio[at]gmail.com

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