Details

First Name

Madeline
Last Name

Mackay
Username

madelinemackay
Website

http://www.madelinemackay.com
Region

Greater Glasgow
Disciplines

Drawing, Film, Performance, Photography, Printmaking
Themes

Identity

Statement

Statement

Flesh is everywhere in my creative practice. Instead of considering the body as a self-contained whole, its gory mysteries neatly shrink-wrapped in skin, I open up the boundaries between inside and outside, body and not body, self and other, questioning the lines between internal and external environments and examining how our mental state affects our bodies and vice versa.Meat is a stand-in for the material body; I knot it, stitch it and arrange it, then incorporate it into photographs, videos, prints and drawings that are visual investigations of the overlaps and tensions between flesh, mind and sense of self.

Biography

Biography

Madeline Mackay is a Scottish visual artist, living and working in Glasgow and lecturing at UHI Moray School of Art. She completed her MFA in Printmaking at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and her BA (hons) in Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee. She has exhibited in juried, group and solo exhibitions in the UK, Canada, the US and Croatia, including at Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Martha Street Studios Gallery, Winnipeg and Harcourt House, Edmonton. Her work is held in collections including the Royal Scottish Academy, Northlands Creative, SGCI Archives, University of British Columbia and University of Alberta Art Collections.