Whitney McVeigh
| Whitney McVeigh | |
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 Whitney McVeigh | |
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1968 New York, USA |
| Education | Edinburgh College of Art |
Whitney McVeigh (1968) is an American multimedia artist living and working in London. Born in New York, she grew up in London from the age of seven.
Early life
McVeigh is the daughter of Pamela Osborn and Charles McVeigh III, an American banker.[1] She attended Bedales School from 1980-1985. Whilst studying for a BA at Edinburgh College of Art from 1995 - 1998, McVeigh ran a funk, reggae and rare groove night club named 'Chocolate City' with her then boyfriend Jamie Byng,[2] publisher and Managing Director of Canongate Books, who she married in 1996 and with whom she has two children.[3]
Life and Work
McVeigh considers herself an autobiographical artist.[4] She has travelled extensively to carry out her practice and has held residencies in India, Mexico and the Nirox Foundation in South Africa. She was a client of Abraham Lubelski's 'World Art Media' and has worked in residency at NY Arts in their Beijing space as well as participating in a group show at their 'Broadway Gallery'.
Other exhibitions include a solo project at the Gervasuti Foundation Hunting Song.[5] and Identity Theft at Mimmo Scognamiglio, Milan. McVeigh made a film-based artwork during a trip to Syria to create Sight of Memory, screened in Icastica Arezzo 2013.[6] and exhibited New Work at the A Foundation, London (2009).[7]
In 2015, McVeigh produced a film in collaboration with Pulse Films.[8]In 2015, McVeigh showed 'Birth': Origins at the end of life' at the Reynolds Room, Royal Academy [9] as part of an annual event with St Christopher's Hospice and held solo exhibition Inventory: Invisible Companion at St Peter's Church, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.[10] In July 2015 she exhibited film and performance Rocking History at Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Japan. A solo exhibition of McVeigh's work was held in 2015-16 at Summerhall Arts Centre, Edinburgh entitled Language of Memory.[11]
From 2014 - 2016, McVeigh was part-time Fellow in Creative Practice at London College of Fashion.
References
- ↑ Charles McVeigh III
- ↑ The Real Byng. The Scotsman, 2 June 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2014
- ↑ "Canongate...I liked it so much I bought the Company". The Scotsman. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2014
- ↑ "Whitney McVeigh may have Social Cachet and an Illustrious Client List, but There's Nothing Superficial about Her Commitment to Self-Exposure on Canvas". Evening Standard. Emily Bearn. Oct 16 2009.
- ↑ "Whitney McVeigh. Hunting Song". Wall Street International. 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Icastica, 2013".
- ↑ Sherwin Skye. "Exhibitionist: The best art shows to see this week" The Guardian, London, 16 October 2009. Retrieved on 10 May 2013.
- ↑
- ↑ Royal Academy of Arts
- ↑ Kettle's Yard
- ↑ Lost Objects find a Universal Message - The Times (Scotland), December, 2015