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Artist
Details
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Jo McGonigal, Born: UK 1969.
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Education:
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BA [Hons] Fine Arts Bristol 1988 – 1991. Exchange Programme at Hochschule der Kunst Berlin. Post-grad Certificate of Fine Art University of Ulster 1996 - 1997.
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Employment
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Senior programme manager [FACT, Foundation for Art & Creative Technology] 2000 – 2005. Curator Liverpool Biennial 2002.
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Current
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Artist. Exhibitions: Ard Bia 2006, Transmission Glasgow Catalyst Arts Belfast Three Month Gallery Liverpool Annual Programme Manchester
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My current practice consists of pencil drawings on paper, both minimal and representational, with hard-edged facets of colour in enamel paint. My work investigates images gleaned from both iconic Modernist artists such as Donald Judd and Dan Flavin and other iconic representations of Modernism. My aim is to interrogate the modernist preoccupation with surface, line, form and function. I am looking at these elements as a major part of my preoccupation with the vocabulary of both modernism and it’s derivative minimalism. My interest is with the complex relationship between drawing and painting and the subjective mark, the human touch. My research process involves collection of images, from found cardboard boxes in random and accidental configurations to classic fonts and modernist iconic architecture.
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Exhibitions
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2006 - Ard Bia Gallery, Galway. Ireland.
2001 – 2006 - [FACT]
2001 - Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2000 - Static Gallery, Liverpool. MART
1999 - DUMMY [Hotel of the Rising Star New York / Belfast]
1999 - Bury City Art Gallery – “Paradise Street Incidents”
1998 - Annual Programme – “The Unstoppable Force of the Immovable Object “
1998 - Artranspennine98 – “Crystal State” Manchester
1997 - Transmission Gallery, Glasgow – “Olympic Village”
1997 - Street Level Gallery - Glasgow
1997 - “City Projects” - Bristol
1997 - "Stop Stop" Publication of British Artists
1997 - "Alternative Alternative Art Fair" - New York
1997 - Catalyst Arts, Belfast – “Under A Frog … “
1996 - Three Month Gallery, Liverpool – “Catching Flies”
1994 - The Bourse, Leeds. “Wish You Were Here"
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Publications and Reviews
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Life is Good in Manchester: Annual Programme
Ulster TV. Interview re: Dummy
ID magazine re: Dummy
Channel 4. Short Film on Crystal State / arttranspennine98 project.
Art Monthly 1998 – “Olympic Village” – Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.
Artist Newsletter 1997 – “On the Buses” Street Level gallery, Glassgow
Artists Newsletter 1997 – “Under A Frog” Catalyst Arts
Stop Stop Publication of young British artists 97
Live Life Publication of Young British Artists and artist run spaces 96 |
