ELLA MCVEIGH

Born 1992, London

Lives and works in London, UK

 

Ella McVeigh graduated in 2020 with an MA in Painting from The Royal College Of Art. McVeigh's paintings are webbed with art history, the role of nature in art-making and the possibilities and meanings of painting today. Starting primarily from found imagery of the natural world, McVeigh explores painting as a mental performance of visual decision-making. McVeigh’s purely abstract work is a persisting interrogation of line, colour and form through paintings and drawings that capture in great detail the complexities of looking at images, while also eluding any efforts to be read as stories. She sees her way of painting as a problem-solving process, creating harmony out of chaos while combining natural and artificial structures. Highlights of recent exhibitions include “Once, Then, Gone’, Newchild Gallery (2023, group); ‘NOW (curated by Romero Pimenta’, Museu Inima De Paula, Belo Horizonte (2023, group); ‘Each Glance Branching’, Newchild Gallery (2021, solo); Tomorrow: London, White Cube (2020). McVeigh will have a solo exhibition with Opdahl Gallery in Oslo in 2024. McVeigh is a recipient of the Chadwell Award. Her work is part of the University of the Arts London Art Collection.