Artist Statement/ Biography

Fiona McGurk is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores notions of accumulation, connection, perception, context and space through a range of practical strategies; painting, photography, text, objects. Her scientific background heavily influences her methodology and making process; she works intuitively, reacting to work as it is being produced, ‘testing’ it in different environments and in relation to other works. Her work is site-sensitive, the placement of these works or images, one in relation to another is significant, suggesting equivalences between one fragment next to another, rather than one thing after another.

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After completing a BSc Chemistry, Fiona McGurk worked as a development chemist for 12 years before completing a BA Painting Edinburgh College of Art in 2012. Fiona has been the recipient of a number of awards; Creative Scotland Open Project Fund Award 2019, The Hope Scott Trust Visual Arts Award 2016, RSA: New Contemporaries 2013 and The Andrew Grant Bequest Scholarship, 2012 and 2010. She has exhibited in the UK and further afield; Japan, Greece, Singapore and Germany and has undertaken residencies nationally and internationally; 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan (2016), Pharmaceutical Research Centre, CMAC, University of Strathclyde (2014), Snehta|Athens, Greece (2012). Fiona is currently a studio holder and member of the board at Glasgow Sculpture Studios.