Futureproof 2011 is the third in a series of exhibitions initiated by Street Level Gallery profiling up-and-coming photographic image-makers from Scotland's Fine Art and dedicated Photography courses. It aims to capture something of the full range of ways that younger and emerging artists engage with photography in analogue and digital forms. The exhibition includes 20 artists, whose images capture aspects of the multifaceted nature of 'the photographic image' and its relationship to fine art. The title 'Futureproof' is a pun on the definition of futureproofing – of finding ways of not becoming obsolete in the future, and also of the subtle ways of anticipating future developments in the field, of seizing opportunities, as well as the actual and intangible influences in ideas that feed the art of photography.

Included are graduates from Glasgow School of Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (Dundee), Grays School of Art (Aberdeen), Edinburgh College of Art, Napier University (Edinburgh) and City of Glasgow College.

'To Futureproof is to ensure that we keep in touch with as yet undeveloped technologies and exploit those already in the ether. It's an apt title for this exhibition of work by 16 graduates from the five Scottish university photography departments. That most are already future-proofing themselves is apparent in their diverse approaches to their work... But that leaves those who choose to walk backwards in time, away from the digital world and into the dark room, from phones, camera and pens, screens and keyboards to ancient image-recording methods and small laboratories where chemicals are mixed and lighting methods balanced. An overview of this exhibition mirrors the rich possibilities being pursued by these emerging photographers.'
Sue Steward - The Arts Desk - reviewing Futureproof 2010.

'The work on display in Futureproof demonstrates the variety of ways in which photography students today are trying to develop their own strategies. While the exhibition presents work which explores already established genres and traditions Futureproof is not a conservative show. Rather, it displays the dynamic ways in which the students are appropriating these established photographic practices and creatively reinvigorating them.'
Emma Grey - Source Magazine Issue 64 - reviewing Futureproof 2010

Futureproof 2011 is presented in collaboration with Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries.