Photo Credit: Esther Carlin (2018)
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Rowan McGinness is an emerging contemporary artist born and residing in Canberra, Australia. She graduated with Honours from the Australian National University School of Art and Design in 2018. She won awards at her Graduating Exhibition through the Emerging Artist Support Scheme (EASS), including an acquisition award and a exhibition award at Alliance Français. She has since also been awarded a Emerging Artist Grant from Capital Arts Patrons Organisation (CAPO).
McGinness is interested in how merging painting with other mediums such as textiles, ceramics and installation can open up possibilities for making paintings that invite the audience to have an expanded experience of viewing. She aims to achieve this by creating works that place an emphasis on the sense of touch and bodily engagement. Her studio research takes form as paintings that balance and contrast colour, pattern, materiality, representation and abstraction. Through automatic processes she is able to create distinct compositions with every work. Please feel free to email Rowan McGinness about any enquires via: mcginnesrf@gmail.com |