Megan Mc Namara
About Me.
Megan McNamara is an interdisciplinary artist based in Cape Town, South Africa, working predominantly in sculpture installation and video art. With a background in Fine Arts, she is interested in working in a conceptually evocative manner with other artists who have a keen eye for collaboration as well as a dedicated approach to interdisciplinary practices. Looking at found objects and systems she uses these objects to change their intended purpose and provide an alternative perspective for the viewer, usually in order to critically question pre-existing systems. Her practice often points to tackling bigger questions of access, historical injustice, and how to create a space for conversation using visual interventions.
Education
2009-2012
Michaelis School of Fine Art
University of Cape Town
BA Fine Art (Sculpture)
Exhibitions
2011- Gross Examination, group show Curated by Julia Rosa Clark, UCT
2012- Mistakes, group show, curated by Kerry Chaloner & Chris van Eeden
2013- Greatest Hits 2012: If the walls could talk, Group Show, AVA Gallery
2013- Absa L’Atelier Top 100, Johannesburg Gallery
2015- Proposal, Group Show, Spin Street Studio, curated by Rosie Mudge
2016- Falling into each other, Ruth Prowse, curated by Brett Charles Seiler
2016- Metropolis, Upstairs on Bree, curated by Kelly Johnson
2017- H O L D, Ruth Prowse, curated by Brett Charles Seiler
2016- AKAA Paris, France, Artmeets, representing South African artist Nobukho Nqaba
2017- AKAA, Paris, France- ArtThrob, speakers panel
2018- Sunday Service, group show curated by Brett Charles Seiler and Heinrich Groenewald GUS Gallery
2018- Penumbra, group show curated by Wendy Fredriksson
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2020- Tuning in: Other ways of seeing residency, Livingstone, Zambia
2021- The Sun Will Always Shine, Livingstone, Zambia curated by Stéphane Kabila Kyowa and Mwape J. Mumbi 2021- Pear shaped- group show curated by myself and Brett Seiler
2022- V E R S E, AVA Gallery, curated by myself
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