Royal College of Art (group residency) / Pagan McKenzie

photo Simon Beckmann

Royal College of Art (group residency) / Pagan McKenzie / sculpture

Pagan McKenzie is a Scottish interdisciplinary, abstract, conceptual sculptor and immersive installation artist from Glasgow, Scotland. She is predominantly interested in the mediums of found/discarded materials, natural material, metal, wood, light and moving image. Her work explores a range of themes shaped by her sustained engagement with the abstract reimagining and physicalizing of conceptual ideas. Being of both Scottish and Irish descent, Pagan is currently interested in reconnecting with her diasporic Celtic heritage through her art, addressing this in a modern context and creating works in response. She longs to connect with the ancient symbols, traditions, folklore and plant uses of these forgotten cultures and is currently incorporating/reimagining aspects of these practises into her own works. Her practise is also responding to the fragmentation and displacement of Celtic culture and identity in the UK today. She addresses these discourses in her work, through conceptual and borderline-surrealist aestheticism.

In partnership with the Royal College of Art, this group residency at Joya: AiR was curated by guest artist Annie Edwards (GBA 26, MA RCA, BFA) www.annieedwards.com