Treading Softly

Solo exhibition in Grantown on Spey at the OPENSPACE ART GALLERY.

On from 1 – 23 May and also during the Grantown Open Studios.

Jana will be present in the gallery on the 1, 3 and 4 May, and her friends will stand in for her on 2 May.
Open from 10am – 4pm on these four days.

Artist talk: Sunday 3 May at 11am. 
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Linking her work to time and place, this exhibition investigates the artist’s relationship with the woodland of the Cairngorms National Park, her memories of the forests and mountains of her homeland and a great, beloved pine tree in her parents’ garden.

Stripped back but simultaneously complex, the works reflect her time in this world. Jana’s drawing and making is often laborious, focused, slow; a form of meditation. It quietly studies and questions our way of being, thinking, moving, our varied realities.


"Hold a petal, a leaf, a blade of grass, a bug, some lichen or a pine needle in your hand. Spend time with your chosen miraculous thing. Feel the textures, observe the colours and shape, note the scent. Take a photograph. Or even better, draw it. It doesn’t matter how well. The invisible will become visible, our sense of wonder and gratitude will grow.

This woodland, quietly breathing and whispering under the night’s sky."

Jana Emburey
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Photography by Catriona Parmenter

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​Very happy to have this piece selected to be shown at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.

The 200th RSA Annual Exhibition | 9 May - 14 June 2026

Two centuries on, our landmark show and Scotland’s largest and longest running exhibition of contemporary art reflects on its history, while presenting art and architecture in the heart of Edinburgh. Convened by Annie Cattrell RSA and Fergus Purdie RSA, the Annual Exhibition will explore time, geology and our own layered history.
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Cosmic Void, 2025
30 x 40 cm
Ink, acrylic and salt on Kozo paper on board