Whitney McVeigh

Whitney McVeigh
Born 1968
New York, USA
Education Edinburgh College of Art

Whitney McVeigh (1968) is an American artist, living and working in London.

McVeigh is the daughter of Pamela and Charles McVeigh III, an American banker.[1] She attended Bedales School from 1980-1985. Whilst a student at Edinburgh College of Art, 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] Byng and McVeigh separated in 2001.[4]

McVeigh considers herself an autobiographical artist.[5] She has travelled extensively to carry out her practice and has held residencies in India, China, Mexico and South Africa. She was a client of Abraham Lubelski's public relations agency 'World Art Media' and was one of the artists in residence at their Beijing space as well as participating in a group show at their 'Broadway Gallery'. In 2010 she participated in Identity Theft curated by James Putnam at Mimmo Scognamiglio, Milan. McVeigh made a video during a trip to Syria to create Sight of Memory, screened in Icastica Arezzo 2013. In 2009 McVeigh exhibited New Work at the A Foundation, London, curated by Sotiris Kyriacou.[6]

In 2013, McVeigh contributed work to a group show Glasstress - White Light/White Heat [7] as part of the parallel programme of the 55th Venice Biennale as well as a solo project at the Gervasuti Foundation Hunting Song, curated by James Putnam[8]

References

  1. ↑ Charles McVeigh III
  2. ↑ The Real Byng. The Scotsman, 2 June 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2014
  3. ↑ "Canongate...I liked it so much I bought the Company". The Scotsman. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2014
  4. ↑ 'Posh and Books', Libby Brookes. The Guardian. 1 November 2002.
  5. ↑ "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. Retrieved 15 December 2014
  6. ↑ Sherwin Skye. "Exhibitionist: The best art shows to see this week" The Guardian, London, 16 October 2009. Retrieved on 10 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Artlyst. "Whitney McVeigh: Glasstress - White Light/White Heat". Artlyst London.
  8. ↑ "Whitney McVeigh. Hunting Song". Wall Street International. 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.

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