Maggie Mowbray
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United Kingdom
http://www.artreview.com/profile/MaggieMowbray
category: Sculpture
technique: Mixture of materials
Style: Abstract
Bio / Resumee / Statement:
Maggie graduated from Printmaking at Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art in 1996.
Coastline Series
The Scottish Coastline, movement made solid by nature, force and our own interaction, is the current focus of Maggie Mowbray's works. The pieces are not intended as direct representations, but as a reaction and an intuitive connection to various observations and locations. The works are abstract, images are torn and overlapped, collaged and recreated, inscriptions of minimalist black and white fragile lines meet with mass and form. The continuous deterioration caused by the elements, persists in creating new forms, it is the fragility of this cycle which is echoed in the use of materials; paper, ink and graphite, natural products but which even after refinement are delicate and at risk of being damaged. The pieces are process driven; mark making and construction are central to the works, the energy which is bound in making a mark or form and in the spaces in between, help to create a non verbal discourse.
Another factor in making the works is that of the palimpsest. former works and objects are reused to create other works, often some of the previous work is still visible or integral to the new piece. Similarly, the coastline continually recreates itself washing or blowing away a surface layer and leaving traces of old with new images.
More recent work challenges our attitude to materialism and ceremony.
Activities:
SOLO
2009 Fragile Line, Royal Botanic gardens, Edinburgh
2007 PCAA �Penicuik
2006 Chambers gallery, Moffat
2005 PCAA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Salon, Embassy Members Exhibition, Edinburgh
2009 RGI Christmas Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute, Glasgow
Palimpsest, 3/3 Antigua Street, Edinburgh Art Festival, with
Sandy Hutton, Val Norris and Drew Wright (Wounded Knee)
Royal Scottish Academy Spring Exhibition, Edinburgh
Selected works, The Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder
2008 GENUS, PCAA
Allotments, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
RSA Annual Show 2008, RSA, Edinburgh
The Drum, The Penicuik Centre
Cuckoo at Penicuik Arts Festival, Town Hall, Penicuik
147th Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow institute, Glasgow
Selected works, Inchmore Gallery, Inverness
Selected Works, Artisanat, Perth
Christmas Exhibition 2008, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
Night of 1000 drawings, Artists Space, New York
RGI Annual Christmas postcard
Exhibition, Royal Glasgow institute, Kelly gallery, Glasgow
2007 Alumni Virtual Exhibition, University of Dundee
Artists Trail, Town Hall, Penicuik
2007 Gold Members, The Embassy, Edinburgh
2007 D21: Salon 2007, D21 Kunstraum Leipzig, Germany
2006 Annual Members Exhibition, PCAA, Penicuik
Annual Christmas Exhibition, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
Night of 1000 drawings, Artists Space, New York
1996 We All Have Hair, Francis Cooper Gallery, DOJ, Dundee
Fourth Year Student Exhibition, RSA, The Mound,
Edinburgh,
Blue Funk, The Levi�s Gallery, London
International Zeitgeist, International Festival of
Film
REVIEWS
Stefanie Lucci, Featured Artists, www.artists.de, April 2009
Laura Simpson, Assistant Curator at University of Dundee, August 2009
http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/557803
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