South Block

South Block South Block is a 50,000 sq.ft, four storey studio and creative office complex in Glasgow's Merchant City. South Block is a project by Wasps Studios.

South Block is a 50,000 sq.ft, four floor studio and creative office complex in the heart of Glasgow's Merchant City. The building is home to around 150 architects, designers, and other creative practitioners. South Block hosts a year-round programme of art, architecture, and design exhibitions and events in its street-facing gallery space, alongside the beautiful espresso bar All That Is Coffee. South Block is part of Wasps Studios.

Offices available at South Block from 1 November! Join this incredible creative community in Glasgow City centre.
15/10/2025

Offices available at South Block from 1 November! Join this incredible creative community in Glasgow City centre.

Next up at South Block is Matt Sillars' solo photography exhibition, 'Fragments: The Rainforest and the Ghost Wood' whic...
10/10/2025

Next up at South Block is Matt Sillars' solo photography exhibition, 'Fragments: The Rainforest and the Ghost Wood' which opens on Friday 17 October (5pm–8pm). 🌲🌲🌲

The show is a reflection of time spent in the ancient woodlands in the North and in the West of Scotland during the Winter, Spring, and early Summer of 2025.

In recent years, the Atlantic Oak Forests, which run from the north of Scotland down its west coast, and through England and Wales, have become known as the Scottish Temperate Rainforests. They are pockets of wet and warm woodland, whose climatic conditions allow for rich biodiversity and abundance of highly specialised species of lichens, liverworts and ferns.

‘Ghost Woods’, is also a recent term coined in Scotland to describe an ancient wood with less than 20% of its canopy remaining, reducing the chance of natural regrowth in the face of predation by deer and sheep. They are some of Scotland’s most at risk ancient woodlands.

From Matt: 'This project did not set out to develop an ecological argument for the restoration and maintenance of these woods. I simply wished to experience them and to photograph them in that moment. However, as I was working in the hottest, driest Spring and Summer in 60 years, with climate change high in the news agenda, it became inevitable that as I explored and experienced these fragile and isolated fragments of ancient woodland, that I reflected upon their predicament.'

We hope to see you at the opening next Friday, otherwise you can catch the show Mon–Fri (9am–5pm) until 8 December.

Matt's exhibition is supported by the VACMA scheme and High Life Highland.

Next up at South Block, The Briggait-based artist Karolina Franceschini's solo exhibition 'Flow' opens on 22 August. 🌸〰️...
15/08/2025

Next up at South Block, The Briggait-based artist Karolina Franceschini's solo exhibition 'Flow' opens on 22 August. 🌸〰️

From Karolina: 'A glimpse into my artistic mind – this exhibition reveals the creative journey through finished and experimental works, inspired by nature and connected through process and intuition.

'Flow' is an invitation to step inside my creative world – a space where nature, intuition, and imagination move together in an ongoing dialogue. This exhibition brings together a collection of new works, both finished and experimental, to offer an intimate glimpse into my process and how ideas take shape in my mind before they become paintings.'

Catch Karolina's solo show at South Block Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm until 10 October, and find out more about it all by clicking the link: https://linktr.ee/waspsstudios

Next up at South Block: 'The Wonder Wall: Printmaking sans frontiers' led by Langstane Place-based artist Jonathan Comer...
13/06/2025

Next up at South Block: 'The Wonder Wall: Printmaking sans frontiers' led by Langstane Place-based artist Jonathan Comerford

Opening on Friday 27 June (5pm-8pm), the exhibition is a showcase of linocuts by 50+ artists across four continents, collaboratively printed by Jonathan Comerford, exploring identity, culture, and connection through 30+ years of printmaking.

A passionate advocate for collaboration and inclusion, Jonathan founded the program in 1991 as part of his workshop, Hard Ground Printmakers, in Cape Town, South Africa. Born during the final years of apartheid and expanding internationally over time, the project has always championed the idea of art without borders - art that is not limited by geography, medium, identity, or ideology.

The linocut - long valued for its directness and affordability - serves here as an egalitarian means of visual expression. Whether in the hands of an experienced printmaker or a first-time block carver, the medium offers immediacy and impact. The artists represented in the exhibition range widely in background and approach: some are seasoned printmakers, while others are better known as painters, sculptors, photographers, or designers. Each was invited to respond freely to the open-ended concept of art sans frontiers - art beyond boundaries.

Stop by South Block Gallery to be among the first to see the show on 27 June (5pm-8pm), or visit Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm until 16 August.

Click the link for more on this Wasps' arts programme event: https://tinyurl.com/mud2ypj9

The Wasps team is excited for this evening’s opening at South Block, organised by Pim Pam Creative. Join us from 6pm til...
10/04/2025

The Wasps team is excited for this evening’s opening at South Block, organised by Pim Pam Creative. Join us from 6pm til 9pm in the gallery space for a first look at TOPSP!N, an exhibition fusing art, sport and community. 🏓➿➿🏓

This is the third instalment from Pim Pam, after hosting BACKSP!N and SP!N in previous years. It’s a charitable exhibition that brings together leading and emerging artists to reimagine table tennis paddles as unique works of art. The paddles are sold through a silent auction, will all funds raised being donated to the Drumchapel Table Tennis Club.

We’ll see you tonight!

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60 Osborne Street
Glasgow
G15QH

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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