[1] It primarily shows the work of young early career artists and is run by a changing voluntary committee of six people.

[2] Among the artists who have served on its committee are Douglas Gordon, Claire Barclay, Roderick Buchanan, Christine Borland, Jacqueline Donachie, Martin Boyce, Simon Starling, Lucy Skaer, Adam Benmakhlouf, Alberta Whittle, Ashanti Sharda Harris and Katherine Ka Yi Liu 廖加怡.

[13] In 2018 Transmission Gallery was dropped from Creative Scotland's portfolio of regularly funded organisations (RFOs) for its 2018–2021 cycle.

[16] The first committee of Transmission, from 1983 to 1986, was Alastair Magee, Lesley Raeside, John Rogan, Michelle Baucke and Alistair Strachan.

[17][7] The second committee, from 1986 to 1988, was Gordon Muir, Malcolm Dickson, Carol Rhodes, Peter Thompson, Simon Brown and Douglas Aubrey.

[18] From 1988 to the present the following people have been among those on the committee: Douglas Gordon, Christine Borland, Claire Barclay, Roderick Buchanan, Jacqueline Donachie, Katrina Brown, Martin Boyce, Simon Starling, Eva Rothschild, Tanya Leighton, Toby Webster, Lucy Skaer, Adam Benmakhlouf, Alberta Whittle, Ashanti Sharda Harris and Katherine Ka Yi Liu 廖加怡.