Elizabeth McGrath

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Elizabeth (Bloodbath) McGrath
Birth name Elizabeth McGrath
Born 1971 age 38
Hollywood, California
Nationality American
Field Oil on Canvas / Mixed Media / Sculpture
Training Self Educated
Movement Lowbrow / Pop Surreal
Influenced by Religion / Music Video / Edward Gorey

Elizabeth McGrath (born 1971 in Hollywood, California) is an artist based in California who works primarily in the fields of sculpture and animation. Her work is often evocative of the darker side of life, and she has been nicknamed Bloodbath McGrath after the subject matter of her works. Along with her career in art, McGrath also is the lead singer of the Los Angeles-born band Miss Derringer along with her husband/songwriter Morgan Slade.

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McGrath, age 38, was born in Hollywood and raised in Echo Park and Altadena, California. At the age of 13 she was sent to a Fundamentalist Baptist correctional institution called the Victory Christian Academy, and credits that for much of the inspiration for her artwork.[1] She later attended Pasadena City College.

She frequently uses different resins, oil and acrylic paints, wood, roofing tar, foam, old leather and fur jackets, cloth, feathers and armature wire to create her unique sculptures. Drawing influences from such diverse areas as organized religion, carnivals, Edward Gorey, Erte and the punk rock movement, McGrath's work is often morbid but always thought-provoking.

McGrath began her career in art by making flyers for her punk band Tongue and creating a fanzine called Censor This, a collective effort with several other artists. Local music video director Fred Stuhr was impressed by her work and hired her as an art director for stop-motion animated videos and commercials[2] . Through the techniques and knowledge that he imparted to her, she began to develop her own style of sculpture. Her first showing was at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Hollywood. She currently shows at their new gallery, Billy Shire Fine Arts in Culver City, California.

McGrath was one of the guests to attend the wedding of Jessicka and Christian Hejnal of Scarling. on October 13, 2007 in Los Angeles. Her wedding gift was a dozen little rabbit centerpieces, each ghoulish bunny elaborately attired in top hat, polka dots and pink lace collar.[3]

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Solo shows:

  • Everything That Creeps, July 5, 2002, La Luz De Jesus Gallery

Selected Group Shows:

  • "Characters by Design", July 7-July 31, a group art show at the Grey Matters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • 7th Annual Group Show, March 5, 2004, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood
  • "Toy Show", November 2003, MF Gallery, New York
  • "Experimental Toy Skeleton", April - May 2003, Covivant, Tampa, Florida
  • "Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists", November 9, 2002, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood
  • "Alive and Well AIDS Alternatives", November 9, 2002, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood
  • "Commercial Artists Doing Non-Commercial Art", March 2, 2001, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Hollywood
  • "Intoxication Show", April 2000, The Laboratory, Los Angeles
  • "Commercial Artists Doing Non-Commercial Art", March 2000, La Luz De Jesus Gallery
  • "Low Brow Art", February 2000, The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
  • "Leeteg Tribute Show", December 1999, Copro/Nason Gallery
  • "Best of the West", October 1998, 001 Gallery, Hollywood

[edit] References

  1. ^ Interview: Tastes Like Chicken
  2. ^ Interview: Faith in Art
  3. ^ "This bride definitely wears black"Los Angeles Times October 28, 2007
  4. ^ Elizabeth, McGrath, Everything that Creeps, <http://www.amazon.com/Everything-That-Creeps-Elizabeth-McGrath/dp/0867196386/>. Retrieved on 21 June 2007 
  5. ^ Juxtapoz, Interwoven, <http://www.juxtapoz.com/jux/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=62>. Retrieved on 13 February 2006 
  6. ^ Juxtapoz, Charity by Numbers, <http://www.juxtapoz.com/jux/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=698&Itemid=50>. Retrieved on 1 February 2007 
  7. ^ Juxtapoz, The Treasures of Long Gone John, <http://www.juxtapoz.com/jux/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=706&Itemid=62>. Retrieved on 9 February 2007 
  8. ^ Billy Shire Fine Arts, Alterwise by Owl Light, <http://www.billyshirefinearts.com/05mcgrath/4poodles.html>. Retrieved on 21 June 2007 
  9. ^ Group Showing in Santa Ana [1]

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