AJ Duncan is a multidisciplinary artist and creative facilitator whose practice centres around creating work that reflects the everyday lives of women and queer folk; getting ready, at the bar, having a cuppa or simply laying on the couch. Representation is at the core of her practice, particularly with regards to gender, disability, queerness and mental health. She strives to make art for people who are so often left out of the visual arts feel seen by and resonate with.
She has worked on illustration projects with clients such as Engender, Bloomsbury Publishing, Closet Brewing, Somewhere: For Us Magazine, F-Bomb Theatre and Shaper Caper. Outwith her illustration work, AJ co-directs feminist creative collective Agora Studios, runs the bi-annual big gay market and facilitates weekly queer life drawing class.
You can shop her work on this site, in person at upcoming markets or here on her Etsy.
EXHIBITIONS
2021 - International Women's Day Group Exhibition, The Carousel, Nottingham
2022 - Winter Show, Group Exhibtion, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow
2023 - 'Feminism Has Gone Too Far', Solo Exhibition, The Haberdashery, Glasgow
2024 - 25th Annual Open Call, Group Exhibition, Women Made Gallery, Chicago
2024 - Interrupt, Queerfest Norwich 2024 Art Exhibition, The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich
2024 - Heart Centered, Group Exhibition, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk
2024 - Conversations, Six Empty Tables Group Exhibition, Glasgow
2024 - International Women's Day, Group Exhibition curated by me, Strangefield, Glasgow
2024 - Tea & Friendship, Group Exhibition, The Space, Hackney
2024 - ‘The Queer Agenda’, group pride exhibition curated by AJ Duncan, Ushis Coffee Corner, Glasgow
2024 - The Big Art Show, group exhibition curated by Outspoken Arts, Paisley
2024 - ‘Queer and Now’, group exhibition curated by Shaper/Caper, touring Scotland
2025 - ‘International Women’s Day 2025’, group exhibition curated by AJ Duncan, Mono Café Bar, Glasgow
2025 - ‘Girl Talk’, Solo exhibition, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow
2025 - ‘Glasgow 850’, group exhibition, Project Ability, Glasgow
2025 - ‘ENYA 3.0’, group exhibition curated by Flos Collective, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2026 - ‘Food for Thought - A Tasting Menu’, group exhibition, Norman Rea Gallery, York
2026 - ‘International Women’s Day 2026’, group exhibition curated by Agora studios, Burns Street Studios, Glasgow
2026 - ‘Resisting Power: Feminist Rage As Practice’., group exhibition curated by RAGE ZINE, Ovenpå, Copenhagen
2026 - ‘Flatmates’., group exhibition curated by Agora Studios, Glasgow
EDUCATION
The University of Glasgow / MA Politics
September, 2018 - May, 2022
Graduated with honours of the first class.