| Ross McNicol | |
| Born | 1979 London,England |
| Nationality | British |
| Field | Photography |
| Movement | Contemporary Art |
Ross McNicol (born 1979) was born in north London and raised in rural West Sussex. He is a photographer and contemporary artist, who lives and works in London. His work has been bought by Damien Hirst for the murderme collection and is sold by Hirst's publishing company, Other Criteria. [1] He co-founded The Wallis Gallery in 2007.[2].
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Life and work
Ross McNicol assisted photographers from the age of 16.[3]
He graduated from King's College London in 2002 after studying Philosophy and became a photographer and school teacher in Paris. [3]
McNicol's first group exhibition was in 2005 in Lyon, France, invited by Richard Wentworth as part of a project with the Ruskin School, Oxford University.
In 2005 he made a series of work photographed in Lithuania where he developed his current formal style. The photographs' compositions often allude to films by Directors such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders.[3]
| “ | The economy of his palette allies serenity with foreboding and as each of his scenes carries the weight of the unknown or the about-to-happen, they are lent a cinematic quality to their composure that seems all but interrupted.[4] | ” |
In 2007 he founded The Wallis Gallery, an artist-led project space, in Hackney Wick, London with Edward Fornieles and Vanessa Carlos. [4] [5]. With The Wallis Gallery, he curates exhibitions of other young artists and runs a nomadic performance evening, Making Mistakes[2]
Exhibitions
McNicol has shown work in group exhibitions including Masterdrive, The Wallis Gallery, London (2007), In Violet Night, The Wallis Gallery, London (2008), Wallis Dies, Paradise Row, (2009). All Back to Mine, WALL Contemporary Art, London (2009) [1]
External links
- Ross McNicol featured at Other Criteria
- The Wallis Gallery
- Artnet London Dispatch Review
- Ross McNicol featured at Artnet
- Artinfo - Ross McNicol works undervalued
- The Saatchi Gallery Magazine, Laura K Jones on Masterdrive
- The Guardian, Article on exhibition "Wallis Dies"
- The Independent, "Ambitious Young Galleristas"
- At Art Review's Power 100
Notes and references
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