Act Seven: Paler, Blinder.
University of Leeds Gallery, 2019. Materials: punctured wall, exposed fixtures, concrete, neons, flicker box, vinyl, metal frame, bungee cord, mattress filling. Image: Jules Lister.
As Far as the Eye Can See
Jo McGonigal X Frank Bowling, Castlefield Gallery 2024. Materials: Gesso wall drawing with hand drawn chalk, brass, ground pigment with lapis lazuli. Image: Simon Pantling
Old Earth (v2)
Jo McGonigal X Frank Bowling, Castlefield Gallery, 2024. Materials: Gesso wall drawing with hand drawn element, marble, steel, ceramics. Image: Simon Pantling.
Lie Still in the Stress of that Storm (v2)
Jo McGonigal X Frank Bowling, Castlefield Gallery, 2024. Materials: Brass, bamboo, paint, latex. Image: Simon Pantling
Pale Ground, Studio2, Robinwood Mill, Todmorden, 2023. Materials: gesso wall with hand-drawn chalk line (marble dust & hide glue); gritstone silt with pigment; ceramics; leather cord; tulip wood; sheepskin coats; lycra; tights; goat hide; baling twine; muscovite/mica; gritstone pillars: siliceous sandstone containing calcite, clay minerals, quartz, feldspar, mica (accompanying exhibition catalogue with essays by Tim Ingold here and Kelly Loughlin here. Image: Simon Pantling.
Wallgroundpainting #1
BLANCO, Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow, 2024. Materials: gesso wall drawing with hand-drawn chalk, coral, bamboo, brass. Image Keith Hutchinson
Wallgroundpainting #2
BLANCO, Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow 2024. Materials: gesso wall drawing with hand-drawn chalk, lapis lazuli, bamboo, brass. Image Keith Hutchinson
Unsaid. So-said. Missaid
Edinburgh University 2019 (Fully Awake). Materials: Tights, lycra, flickering neon squiggle, flicker box, rope, metal trestles, graphite paint, black latex, plinth.
Lie Still in the Stress of That Storm
BLANCO, Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow, 2024. Materials: neon, flicker box, brass, bamboo, oil paint, concrete. Image: Keith Hutchinson
Trembles and Stutters
RaumX, London, 2017. Materials: painted brass rods penetrating wall, cord, neon lights. (Bl/Wh photography by Mary Maclean).
A Cloud, a Fog, a Blur.
Caustic Coastal, Salford. Materials: coloured smoke, pyrotechnic device, acetate, fringe curtain, tape, polystyrene, pink dust, neon’s, lycra, rope, copper, clay.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, 2020. Materials: Neon, metal, latex, timber, fabric, balloon.
Spatial Painting1 (Print Edition)
Disused building in central Manchester (2014). Materials: Ikea chair, acetate, striped fabric, tape, found plastic form. Image: Steven Iles.
APT Gallery, London, 2016