Ross McNicol

Ross McNicol (born 1979) is a photographer and contemporary artist, who lives and works in London. His work has been bought by Damien Hirst for the murderme collection and is sold by Hirst's publishing company, Other Criteria.^[1] He co-founded The Wallis Gallery in 2007.^[2]

Life and work

Ross McNicol assisted photographers from the age of 16.^[3]

He graduated from King's College London in 2002 after studying Philosophy and became a photographer and school teacher in Paris.^[3]

McNicol's first group exhibition was in 2005 in Lyon, France, invited by Richard Wentworth as part of a project with the Ruskin School, Oxford University.

In 2005 he made a series of work photographed in Lithuania where he developed his current formal style.^[3]

In 2007 he founded The Wallis Gallery, an artist-led project space, in Hackney Wick, London with Edward Fornieles and Vanessa Carlos.^[4][5] With The Wallis Gallery, he curates exhibitions of other young artists and runs a nomadic performance evening, Making Mistakes^[2]

Exhibitions

McNicol has shown work in group exhibitions which include Architectural Playgrounds, Barbican, London (2010), Shoebox (for Kids Co.), Haunch of Venison, London (2010), All Back to Mine, WALL Contemporary Art, London (2009), Wallis Dies, Paradise Row, (2009),In Violet Night, The Wallis Gallery, London (2008), Masterdrive, The Wallis Gallery, London (2007).,^[1]

External links

• Ross McNicol at Other Criteria
• The Wallis Gallery
• Artnet London Dispatch Review
• Ross McNicol on Artnet
• Artinfo - Ross McNicol works undervalued
• The Saatchi Gallery Magazine, Laura K Jones on Masterdrive
• The Guardian, Article on exhibition "Wallis Dies"
• The Independent, "Ambitious Young Galleristas"

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