Grace Browne: All Water Is Connected (2026)
Presented at The Hidden Gardens in Glasgow, this temporary public artwork explored ancestral and contemporary migration and belonging through water, earth, and story. Browne’s installations weave water, earth, and bronze, inviting visitors to become part of a living cartography. All Water is Connected considered our fluid relationship to land: how new lands welcome us and our homelands remember us. Earth holds memory in its layers, while water carries stories that shape and reform them.
The installations drew from non-Western mapping traditions, such as Ojibwe migration charts, Tuareg sand maps, Angolan Sona drawings, and Igbo chalk practices. All Water Is Connected was developed through a visit to Iona, which has one of Europe’s oldest geologies, is a place of peace and was once a centre of travel. There Browne gathered earth and inspiration before siting a series of temporary works in The Hidden Gardens, Scotland’s first garden of sanctuary.
Grace Browne is a multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow. Her fluid practice encompasses visual arts, film and socially engaged arts. Browne’s research-based practice roots in uli and inale, the ancient body and mural arts practiced by her Igbo and Idoma foremothers.
Commissioned by Scottish Refugee Council in partnership with The Hidden Gardens for Refugee Festival Scotland 2026
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland
Presented at The Hidden Gardens (Glasgow)
“Everything is connected; humans are 60% water after all. Right now the world can feel overwhelming, but I hope that the work and being in The Hidden Gardens provides a moment of peace.” Grace Browne
Photo: Jamie Simpson