LifeSpace
Science Art Research Gallery
LifeSpace is Scotland’s first dedicated art-science research gallery.
Our mission at LifeSpace is to engage artists and scientists in exciting new collaborations. We aim to foster long-term cross-disciplinary activity.
We believe this will give these communities and the public greater insight into life sciences research.
This research-driven gallery space is curated as a collaborative partnership.
Researchers lead it from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and the School of Life Sciences.
LifeSpace enables an exciting opportunity for interdisciplinary art and science interactions.
We also provide a location for curatorial exchange between staff, students and the general public.
Current exhibitions
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Tuesday 7 July 2020, 00:00 - Tuesday 8 July 2025, 23:59
The online iteration of a printed column of the same name in Cooper Gallery’s occasional periodical &labels.
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Thursday 25 February 2021, 19:30 - Wednesday 31 December 2025, 00:00
A major five-chapter exhibition and event programme creatively re-imagining and co-constituting radical blueprints for a socially transformative art education
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Saturday 6 July 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 28 September 2024, 16:00
An exhibition of black and white art demonstrates a range of techniques to create depth and contrast in ways that can only be found with the absence of colour
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Saturday 10 August 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 2 November 2024, 16:00
An exhibition of the work of photographer Alex Coupar, charting the faces and places of Dundee and beyond
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Friday 20 September 2024, 11:00 - Friday 4 October 2024, 14:00
Rhizoma uses video games technology, sound engineering and AI to explore how we connect as humans and with the natural environment.
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Friday 27 September 2024, 09:00 - Friday 20 December 2024, 17:00
Dundee’s history is inextricably woven into the story of Empire and colonialism
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Friday 27 September 2024, 09:00 - Friday 20 December 2024, 17:00
Display of graphic panels showcasing Dundee’s story as part of the Empire and its connections with the Caribbean and South Asia
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Saturday 5 October 2024, 09:30 - Friday 20 December 2024, 19:00
View an exhibition of Alan Watson's work
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Wednesday 9 October 2024, 18:00 - 20:00
Gastromancy is a new exhibition of works by Katherine Fay Allan.
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Monday 14 October 2024, 13:15 - 13:45
Display of graphic panels showcasing Dundee’s story as part of the Empire and its connections with the Caribbean and South Asia
Past exhibitions
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Friday 3 September 2021, 11:00 - Saturday 23 October 2021, 16:00
We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be and It’s Not Too Late to Change
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Friday 3 December 2021, 11:00 - Saturday 19 February 2022, 16:00
An exhibition and event project navigating experiments in art education and alternative pedagogical initiatives from the early 20th Century to the present.
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Monday 21 March 2022, 11:00 - Saturday 16 April 2022, 16:00
Cooper Gallery hosts the 2021 edition of prestigious annual open call drawing exhibition
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Friday 20 May 2022, 09:00 - Thursday 16 June 2022, 17:00
An exhibition of works and ideas in progress by Masters students from the new MFA: Art, Science & Visual Thinking programme
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Monday 4 July 2022, 09:30 - Saturday 1 October 2022, 16:00
How do you make a comic? This exhibition is designed to strip away some of the mysteries surrounding the process.
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Monday 8 August 2022, 09:30 - Saturday 29 October 2022, 16:00
An exhibition of creative responses to the University's archive and museum collections for Scotland's Year of Stories
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Friday 30 September 2022, 12:00 - Saturday 10 December 2022, 17:00
An exhibition of new and existing works by Nashashibi/Skaer – the joint practice of Turner Prize nominated artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer.
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Saturday 8 October 2022, 11:00 - Friday 16 December 2022, 19:00
An exhibition telling the story of Nelson Mandela’s relationship to Scotland and the role played by the Scottish people in the global struggle to end apartheid
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Saturday 12 November 2022, 11:00 - Saturday 4 February 2023, 16:00
Bacchanal explores the history of carnivals. How did a harvest celebration for slaves become the world’s most iconic street party?
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Saturday 7 January 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 1 April 2023, 16:00
An exhibition of work by women artists and scientists who have explored the natural world
Archive
LifeSpace was founded in 2014 with a steering group from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and the School of Life Sciences. Until 2019 the programme was led by Sarah Cook. The website was redesigned in 2023. Access the archive to learn about our previous exhibitions and the artists we worked with: