Whitney McVeigh

Whitney McVeigh
Whitney McVeigh

Born 1968
New York, USA
Education Edinburgh College of Art

Whitney McVeigh (1968) is an American multimedia artist living and working in London. Born in New York, she grew up in London from the age of seven.

Early life

McVeigh is the daughter of Pamela and Charles McVeigh III, an American banker.[1] She attended Bedales School from 1980-1985. Whilst studying for a BA at Edinburgh College of Art from 1995 - 1998, 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]

Exhibitions

Whitney McVeigh considers herself an autobiographical artist.[5] She was a client of Abraham Lubelski's 'World Art Media' and has worked in residency at NY Arts in their Beijing space as well as participating in a group show at their 'Broadway Gallery'. She has travelled extensively to carry out her practice and has held residencies in India, Mexico and South Africa. In 2015, McVeigh showed 'Birth': Origins at the end of life' at the Reynolds Room, Royal Academy [6] as part of an annual event with St Christopher's Hospice and held solo exhibition Inventory: Invisible Companion at St Peter's Church, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.[7] In July 2015 she exhibited film and performance Rocking History at Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Japan. She is currently a Fellow in Creative Practice at University of the Arts London College of Fashion.[8]

Other exhibitions include Glass Stress - White Light/White Heat [9] as part of the parallel programme of the 55th Venice Biennale (2013) as well as solo project at the Gervasuti Foundation Hunting Song.[10] curated by James Putnam and Identity Theft at Mimmo Scognamiglio, Milan. McVeigh made a film-based artwork during a trip to Syria to create Sight of Memory, screened in Icastica Arezzo 2013. .[11] and exhibited New Work at the A Foundation, London (2009).[12] A solo exhibition of McVeigh's work was held in 2015 at Summerhall arts centre, Edinburgh.[13]

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.
  6. ↑ Royal Academy of Arts
  7. ↑ Kettle's Yard
  8. ↑ University of the Arts
  9. ↑ Artlyst. "Whitney McVeigh: Glasstress - White Light/White Heat". Artlyst London.
  10. ↑ "Whitney McVeigh. Hunting Song". Wall Street International. 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Icastica, 2013".
  12. ↑ Sherwin Skye. "Exhibitionist: The best art shows to see this week" The Guardian, London, 16 October 2009. Retrieved on 10 May 2013.
  13. ↑ Lost Objects find a Universal Message - The Times (Scotland), December, 2015

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