Bobby Niven was born in Fife in 1981 and is currently based in Glasgow. He holds a 1st class honours degree in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art and a masters degree from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
ISLAND is based around the strange architectural history of Inchgarvie whose now uninhabited ruins tell of past lives as a castle, a prison, a quarantine and a foundry and accommodation for the workers who built the Forth Rail Bridge under whose shadow it sits.
This print accompanied the exhibition by the same name at Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen in 2011. Niven produced a video showing the installation he made there:
ISLAND from Bobby Niven on Vimeo.
Paper Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm
Medium: Screenprint
Edition Size: 50
Year: 2011