De Galerie Den Haag will be showcasing a selection of Soo’s work at this year’s Amsterdam Affordable Art Fair from the 9th of October until the 12th of October.
AT THE ONSEN. This collection celebrates the rich traditions of public bathing within Japanese culture.
De Galerie Rotterdam are delighted to announce that, starting Wednesday 1st of October until Sunday the 5th October they will be presenting a selection of Soo Burnell's latest series, AT THE ONSEN. This collection celebrates the rich traditions of public bathing within Japanese culture.
OPENING | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
De Galerie Den Haag are delighted to announce that, starting Saturday, September 27, they will be presenting Soo Burnell's latest series, AT THE ONSEN. This collection celebrates the rich traditions of public bathing within Japanese culture.
From the serene, historic hot springs high in the mountains of Gunma Prefecture to the hidden traditional streets of modern Tokyo, this collection explores the rituals of the onsen (a hot spring bath using mineral-rich water from deep within the earth) and the sento (a public bathhouse in urban areas that also serves as a community gathering place).
This journey is not just about the places, but also about the people: the meals shared, the stories told, and the warmth and hospitality experienced along the way.
The serenity and architectural contrasts within these spaces evoke the silence and deep sense of tranquility found in these places—where people come to bathe, rest, connect with others, and reconnect with their own inner stillness.
Meet Soo at the opening and learn more about this series!
De Kunstuitleen & Galerie Den Haag
Noordeinde 69-71
2514 GD Den Haag
Artist Soo Burnell’s photographic collection is a love letter to Edinburgh, the city she grew up in, and the city she still calls home. As she says: “I wanted to capture an Edinburgh that locals would know; the familiar places that perhaps people have forgotten about.
Curated as a sensory plunge into the elemental, DIVE explores the liberating essence of water through a wide range of interpretations: from lidos and wild swims to the female form, the shared and solitary experience, community, introspection, and connection with nature.
At the Onsen, A journey to stillness
The heat is the first thing you feel, the intense warmth enveloping you, drawing you in. The sound of the water, easing your senses. It’s as if you’ve left the weight of life outside, beyond the door, as you breathe into the quietness, sinking into the water, the heat seeping through your skin.
At the onsen is the new collection of artworks by Scottish fine art photographer Soo Burnell. Following on from her highly acclaimed poolside collections that feature historic and contemporary swimming pools across the UK and Europe, Soo’s new series takes the viewer on a journey to Japan.
SPLASH! A Century of Swimming and Style.
A major exhibition celebrating our enduring love of the water over the last 100 years. Explore the full spectrum of the design of swimming — from sports performance and fashion, to architecture. Including Marshall Street Swimming pool by Soo Burnell.
Soo Burnell is going to The Hague!
This autumn, Soo Burnell will be exhibiting as an artist in residence at the brand new De Plesman Hotel in The Hague.
Dates and times still to be confirmed.
We are very excited that Soo Burnell is returning to Paris and the beautiful Molitor after last exhibiting here in winter 2021/22.
‘Into the Blue’ will showcase Soo’s new photographic collection of poolside images, taken at six stunning pools across Paris.
“There is something abut the stillness of these spaces. Light dancing on water, reflections shimmering as you gaze up into the vaulted roof space high above, you breathe into the stillness and glide into the blue.”
Opening Night: 7th December 2023 at Molitor.
Soo Burnell @ The Ostend International Photo Biennale 2023
Artist Soo Burnell’s new photographic collection is a love letter to Edinburgh, the city she grew up in, and the city she still calls home. As she says: “I wanted to capture an Edinburgh that locals would know; the familiar places that perhaps people have forgotten about.”
We are delighted to share with you that Soo Burnell will be the first Artist to exhibit in Edinburgh’s brand new Gleneagles townhouse on St Andrew Square, The first expansion from the iconic Gleneagles hotel in Perthshire.
The exhibition, Bodies of Water is intended to challenge the building’s once conservative past, Soo will be exhibiting her collection of poolside imagery throughout August at Gleneagles Townhouse.
We are SO excited to share with you that Poolside is going to New York this summer!
'To the Water’ will run between the 17th and 30th of June 2022 in Whalebone Gallery on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village.
The exhibition features a collection of Swimming pool photographs from across the UK and Europe, offering a stripped-back insight into how these buildings appear in their purest architectural form. Soo will be there in New York chatting to our friends at Accidentally Wes Anderson and signing copies of her book. Please get in touch for more details.
A Photographic Exhibition Presented By The Old Bank Vault
Private View: 5 May, 6-9 pm
The Old Bank Vault presents SERENITY, a group exhibition of photographic works by Soo Burnell, Jo de Banzie and Kate O’Neill, highlighting alternative processes and celebrating the poignant, devoted relationship of the artist and their practice.
This exhibition weaves together separate bodies of work by three different artists, illuminating themes of transience, nostalgia, and story-telling while praising their individual techniques and various approaches to the print process. From digital photographic prints to polaroids, silver gelatin prints to cyanotypes - this is a showcase of beautifully constructed concepts and images by artists immersed in their processes.
Works on show include To The Water by Soo Burnell, May by Jo de Banzie and [RE]CONDITION by Kate Ormond O’Neill.
The viewer is invited to enjoy the individual artworks on display, as well as take in the whole exhibition as a means of drawing their own stories under the common narratives.
SERENITY opens at The Old Bank Vault Gallery on May 5th 2022 and runs until May 29th with a programme of online and in-person events happening throughout, stay tuned to TOBV website and social media for dates and events.
Soo Burnell will be at Lifestory in Edinburgh on Sunday the 27th of February between 1400 & 1600. You can see the prints that should be hanging on the wall of the Scottish Royal Academy were it not for the pandemic.
Molitor Piscine
'p o o l s i d e' va toujours à Paris. Cela aurait dû se produire maintenant, mais 2020 s'est mis en route!
‘p o o l s i d e’ is still going to Paris. It should have happened by now but 2020 got in the way!
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Soo Burnell will be launching her first book during an exhibition featuring new work at Saorsa Art Gallery, Stockbridge, Edinburgh in July.
This book contains a collection of Swimming pool photographs from across the UK and Europe. Each offers a stripped-back insight into how these buildings appear in their purest architectural form: when they are quiet and the water is still. They are a window into a hidden world, a glimpse into the past, and invite us to return to the water
We look forward seeing you there.
Open 12:00 till 17:00 each day.
A great chance to come and see Soo's new work in the wonderful setting of the Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh.
