Winner Announced | Crinan Residency 2025

The Federation of British Artists at Mall Galleries, the Crinan Hotel and the Kiosk are pleased to announce the winner of the Crinan Residency as Tafsia Muzib Dana.

Congratulations to Tafsia, a recent graduate from Leeds Arts University with a BA in Fine Art.

As the winner, Tafsia will receive:

• A week-long residency in Crinan, a beautiful fishing village situated on the remote west coast of Scotland

• Complimentary accommodation in the award-winning Crinan Hotel

• A large studio space at the Annex Art Centre, just 20 yards from the hotel

• Art materials from Michael Harding to the value of £500

• A stipend of £500 towards travel and other expenses

• The opportunity to exhibit work at the Kiosk (@kiosklondon), an art gallery in London's West End

For more information about the Crinan Residency, click here

The domestic spaces I paint are not literal recreations, but emotional reconstructions of home, silence, and reflection.

Tafsia Muzib Dana - Winner of the Crinan Residency 2025

In the artist's words:

My work centres on painting as a way of exploring and reconstructing memory. I often begin with quick drawings or sketches, where I attempt to strip memories down to their most essential visual and emotional components. These fragments - sometimes sparked by an everyday object like a fan or a curtain - become anchors to broader, layered recollections.

The Crinan Residency offers an exciting opportunity to step away from my usual environment and immerse myself in a place that feels both unfamiliar and inspiring. After spending the past three years working intensively in the same studio space at Leeds Arts University, I feel ready to break out of routine and let a new setting inform and challenge my work.