Deljeem Rai: Cearns
Main Gallery
Exhibition opening: 5pm, Fri 28 August 2026
Exhibition run: 29 August – 10 October 2026
Uprooted from his home, community and wider family in Nepal as a teenager, then transplanted halfway across the world, it was not until Deljeem found himself in the Cearns, a small housing estate in Stornoway, that he rediscovered the sense of community and belonging. There, he and his family were welcomed into a close-knit community where members supported and looked out for one another.
This body of work is born from a twofold desire: firstly, through portraiture and environmental photography, to express the sense of community and belonging he found there; and secondly, to give the people of the community an opportunity to express themselves, their story and their home on their own terms, rather than through the assumptions and expectations of others.
The project offers a view of an island community that challenges traditional ideas of life in the Outer Hebrides, cementing the Cearns community as a vibrant and valid part of island culture.
Deljeem is a Nepali photographer based between Glasgow and his home of the Isle of Lewis. His work has been exhibited throughout the UK and has been awarded the British Journal of Photography Portrait of Britain Award for 2022, 2023 and 2025. He was a finalist in the Scottish Portrait Awards in 2023 and his selected work was exhibited throughout Scotland in prestigious galleries such as the Scottish Art Club Edinburgh, Kirkcudbright Gallery in Dumfries and Galloway and The Glasgow Art Club.
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Gluasad Gun Sguir: Perpetual Motion
Main Gallery
Exhibition opening: 5pm, Fri 16 October 2026
Exhibition run: 17 October – 5 December 2026
An Lanntair and Scottish Society of Artists (SSA)
In this collaboration between the SSA and An Lanntair, artists from across Scotland, and beyond, reflect on the migration of people, animals, objects, systems and ideas. Movement is intrinsic to Scottish history, our planet and our species. Prominent in current humanitarian and political crises, from international conflict to immigration and asylum-seeking, from colonialism to population-shifts in response to a climate change. Conversely, migration has been essential in the development of complex global cultures and knowledge exchanges. Movement is the only constant in an ever-changing planet; woven into ecosystems, shaping the world we live in, the flora and fauna we share it with, the food we eat, the land we stand on and the oceans that regulate our climate.
It is important that this exhibition is located in a place where movement, and migration, is fundamental to the culture and landscape, from contemporary depopulation to historical emigration and clearance; from the migration of herring shoals to the constant movement of water and weather that has shaped the landscape and culture of the Outer Hebrides.
Alongside a display of thirty-six diverse artworks, we are also pleased to feature the invited work of contemporary printmaker Ade Adesina, whose complex relief prints depict dreamlike spaces filled with symbols, objects, artifacts and entities that create a fluid reflection on identity as something fundamentally anchored in the contexts that surround us.
Exhibiting artists:
Ade Adesina, Alex Allan, Anne Brodie, Lin Chau, Alastair Clark, Gair Dunlop, David Faithfull, John Finlay, Rhona Fleming, Jemima Hall, Julita Hanlon, Paul Holmes, Fiona Hutchison, Naomi Huq, Olivia Irvine, Lucy Jones, Linda Kosciewicz, Jannette MacDonald, Madeline Mackay, Claire Mackenzie, Susan Mains, Sarmed Mirza, Liz Moffat, Mary Morrison, Robby Ogilvie, Gorden Picken, Derek Robertson, Lavinia de Rothschild, Martha Schlegel, Joanne Soroka, Pernille Spence, Bill Taylor, Deborah Boyd Whyte, Lada Wilson, Alan Wyllie and Denise Zygadlo.
The Scottish Society of Artists (SSA) is the largest artist-led organisation in Scotland with members based all over the world, providing a well-established platform for artists working across all disciplines and artforms, at every stage of their careers. For further information please visit www.s-s-a.org “
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