Erin McQuarrie is an artist based in the Scottish Highlands. She believes ancient methods of making provide an innovative means of interpreting and responding to contemporary life. Through textiles McQuarrie reacts to the everyday - the language of warp and weft is her vocabulary, providing an antithesis to our fast-paced consumerist society and a platform for historical recovery.
She completed her MFA in Textiles at Parsons School of Design, NYC (2021) and her BFA at The Glasgow School of Art (2018). Her work has been exhibited internationally, including Jane Lombard Gallery, Mana Contemporary, The Royal Scottish Academy, Urban Zen Foundation, New York Textile Month and NYPL. McQuarrie was awarded a UK/US Fulbright Scholarship (2019/20), Carnegie Trust - St. Andrew’s Society of The State of NY Scholarship (19/20), The Dorothy Waxman International Textile Prize – Finalist (2021), NYFA Public Engagement Grant (2021), the Lenore G. Tawney Scholarship at Peters Valley School of Craft (2021), Inches Carr Trust Award (2022) and Cove Park Funded International Residency (2023).
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