'Daniele Sambo – T.(--------) Pressure, Light, Fire’ Exhibition Preview

You are warmly invited to join us for the preview of our new exhibition 'Daniele Sambo – T.(--------) Pressure, Light, Fire', which opens in the Garnethill Gallery at 5pm on Friday 16th January 2026.

T.(--------) ‘Pressure, Light, Fire’ is a new body of work by Daniele Sambo, which will be exhibited first at the Garnethill Gallery at the Glasgow School of Art, before being shown at NHS Lothian later in 2026.

The exhibition consists of a series of blind embossings on paper, photograms and small terracotta sculptures created using tidewrack (manmade marine debris) collected on the Scottish coastline and made during a residency at Hospitalfield. The precarious nature of our coastal habitats mirrors the fragility of our bodies. This work is responding to a lexicon learned in the past four years, following Sambo’s own diagnosis and subsequent recovery from a rare congenital illness. In the title of the exhibition, ‘T’ is short for both Teratoma and Tidewrack. Pressure, light and fire refers to the conditions required to make elements of the work.

Daniele Sambo is a visual artist from Venice, Italy, living and working in Glasgow. His work often uses specific elements and material qualities found in the landscape and responds to it using primarily photography and prints. The process sometimes involves engaging with small groups of people to re-interpret daily life and the hidden distinctiveness of places.

Sambo studied at the IUAV Institute of Architecture of Venice (2008) and GSA (M.Des, 2011). He works at GSA in the Library and as a Visiting Lecturer. He presented work at the Venice Biennale, Malmo Fotobiennal, Copenhagen Photofestival, NGCA Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, MMSU Rijeka Museum of Contemporary Art, Stills Gallery, Street Level Photoworks, BLM Bevilacqua la Masa Foundation, among others. He has been the recipient of residencies at The British School at Rome, Viborg Kunsthall, Pepinieres Europeennes, Cardiff Contemporary, Fine Art School of the University of Porto, the Glasgow City Council creative communities programme (2019-2023) among others.

Sambo undertook an interdisciplinary residency at Hospitalfield, Arbroath, in October 2024, which offered an opportunity to create a new body of work that reflected upon the fragile nature of health and well-being.

The exhibition is on show in the Garnethill Gallery until 14th February 2026.
Image: © Daniele Sambo, courtesy of the artist.

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