Emerging Artist Award 2021
Festival 2020
Festival 2020
This piece channels the frustrations of the numerous cancelled festivals and live events from this past summer and the uncertainty for the future of this type of entertainment. I wanted this piece to reflect the idea of missed experience and what opportunities the COVID pandemic has taken away from so many people. I feel like this time will be an experience that everyone will reflect on throughout the coming years and into the rest of their lives not only for the things that did happen but for the things that didn’t.
Oil on Canvas
135 x 95cm
Abi McGourlay
I am a Sheffield based Fine Artist and currently study Fine Art at The University of Leeds where I work across both painting and sculpture. My work explores themes of materiality, fragility, imposition and a sense of personal empowerment. My piece Brewing won The Arts Societies Isolation Competition and the global pandemic has massively impacted my relationship with the painting medium and how I see myself within the artistic community. I am also a Wellbeing rep within Leeds University and always advocate for the arts within wellbeing.