Patricia McCormack
- Work
- Biography
patricia is a fine artist and exhibition photographer currently based in glasgow, scotland.
in 2011 she graduated from the dún laoghaire institute of art, design and technology in dublin with a first class honors degree in visual arts practice. in 2012 she completed a certificate in photography and digital imaging at the national college of art and design, dublin. in 2016 completed a masters in contemporary art practice / photography at the edinburgh college of art, scotland.
her fine art projects have concentrated on industrial landscapes and covered topics which hint at a constant fascination with our continuous growth, destruction and frequent uncertainty. in 2014 she spent eight months looking at meteorology and the forecasting of weather in ireland with intimate access to the irish meteorological service, met éireann.
in edinburgh she began focusing on the influence of our atmosphere in the production of landscape and astrophotography. this project has seen her spend time on the isle of lewis standing in the wind and rain with three cameras and a tripod.
in 2014 she began working in collaboration with astronomers and astrophysicists at the royal observatory, edinburgh. through this collaboration her practice had dived into a domestication of the astronomical sublime where nebulae become 'connected' to light switches, galaxies become unreadable maps, interstellar dust clouds become 'removable' and a park bench becomes a viewing platform for the approach of our nearest galaxy - andromeda.
recently she has been exploring the cosmic microwave background with a transistor radio and a flock of starlings.
in 2011 she graduated from the dún laoghaire institute of art, design and technology in dublin with a first class honors degree in visual arts practice. in 2012 she completed a certificate in photography and digital imaging at the national college of art and design, dublin. in 2016 completed a masters in contemporary art practice / photography at the edinburgh college of art, scotland.
her fine art projects have concentrated on industrial landscapes and covered topics which hint at a constant fascination with our continuous growth, destruction and frequent uncertainty. in 2014 she spent eight months looking at meteorology and the forecasting of weather in ireland with intimate access to the irish meteorological service, met éireann.
in edinburgh she began focusing on the influence of our atmosphere in the production of landscape and astrophotography. this project has seen her spend time on the isle of lewis standing in the wind and rain with three cameras and a tripod.
in 2014 she began working in collaboration with astronomers and astrophysicists at the royal observatory, edinburgh. through this collaboration her practice had dived into a domestication of the astronomical sublime where nebulae become 'connected' to light switches, galaxies become unreadable maps, interstellar dust clouds become 'removable' and a park bench becomes a viewing platform for the approach of our nearest galaxy - andromeda.
recently she has been exploring the cosmic microwave background with a transistor radio and a flock of starlings.
solo exhibitions
2021: interior and exterior exteriors, custom house gallery and studios, westport, county mayo, ireland
selected group exhibitions
2022: summer show 2022, custome house gallery and studios, westport, county mayo, ireland
2018: the view from earth. the view from space, eastside gallery, northern ireland science festival, belfast
2017/18: rua red winter open exhibition, dublin
2017: 'flux' at fringe arts festival 2017, bath, uk
2017: open contemporary young artist award 2017, the biscuit factory, newcastle
2017: edinburgh student arts festival, DOK artist space, edinburgh
2016: royal glasgow institute for the fine arts annual open exhibition, glasgow
2016: edinburgh college of art masters degree show, august 2016.
2016: royal scottish academy, RSA open exhibition 2016, the mound, edinburgh
2016: 'interim '16', talbot rice gallery, edinburgh
2015: 'water on mars', the number shop gallery and studios, edinburgh
2015: 'lost in space', R.O.E. open doors day, the royal observatory, edinburgh
2015: 'a world of ego close to the gods', embassy gallery, edinburgh
2012: 'fourteen12', the little green street gallery, dublin.
2012: 'fourteen12', national college of art and design, dublin
2011: rds student art awards travelling exhibition, dublin
2011: rds student art awards, royal dublin society, dublin
2011: visual arts practice graduate show, dun laoghaire institute of art, design and technology, dublin
2010: ‘casual/causal', dun laoghaire institute of art, design and technology, dublin
2010: ’50 birds 1 stone' , d-light studios, dublin
2009: ‘ever since’. joint show with adrian colwell, cavan county museum
2009: ‘barely legal’. the mill gallery, dublin
2008: but why?’. dun laoghaire institute of art, design and technology, dublin
2007: ‘miscellaneous’, cavan county museum, county cavan, ireland
2021: interior and exterior exteriors, custom house gallery and studios, westport, county mayo, ireland
selected group exhibitions
2022: summer show 2022, custome house gallery and studios, westport, county mayo, ireland
2018: the view from earth. the view from space, eastside gallery, northern ireland science festival, belfast
2017/18: rua red winter open exhibition, dublin
2017: 'flux' at fringe arts festival 2017, bath, uk
2017: open contemporary young artist award 2017, the biscuit factory, newcastle
2017: edinburgh student arts festival, DOK artist space, edinburgh
2016: royal glasgow institute for the fine arts annual open exhibition, glasgow
2016: edinburgh college of art masters degree show, august 2016.
2016: royal scottish academy, RSA open exhibition 2016, the mound, edinburgh
2016: 'interim '16', talbot rice gallery, edinburgh
2015: 'water on mars', the number shop gallery and studios, edinburgh
2015: 'lost in space', R.O.E. open doors day, the royal observatory, edinburgh
2015: 'a world of ego close to the gods', embassy gallery, edinburgh
2012: 'fourteen12', the little green street gallery, dublin.
2012: 'fourteen12', national college of art and design, dublin
2011: rds student art awards travelling exhibition, dublin
2011: rds student art awards, royal dublin society, dublin
2011: visual arts practice graduate show, dun laoghaire institute of art, design and technology, dublin
2010: ‘casual/causal', dun laoghaire institute of art, design and technology, dublin
2010: ’50 birds 1 stone' , d-light studios, dublin
2009: ‘ever since’. joint show with adrian colwell, cavan county museum
2009: ‘barely legal’. the mill gallery, dublin
2008: but why?’. dun laoghaire institute of art, design and technology, dublin
2007: ‘miscellaneous’, cavan county museum, county cavan, ireland
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