‘We are delighted to announce the representation of the Scottish artist Wendy McMurdo.
Dr Catriona McAra describes McMurdo’s practice as ‘subtly site-specific’ with a ‘shimmery tilt into the marvellous’. Over the last four decades McMurdo has been exploring the intersection between autographic photography and the digital image.
Two bodies of work by … Continue Reading
In 2024, I was commissioned by Dior to produce a portfolio of new work responding to their 2025 Cruise Collection. This collection was designed by Dior’s Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri and inspired by Mary Queen of Scots, female empowerment and Scottish culture.
The commission was inspired by the Scottish topiary … Continue Reading
IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
Christine Borland, Michele Fletcher, Wendy McMurdo
Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow
‘If Not Now, When?’ Is an invitation to explore the work of three established women artists, Christine Borland, Michele Fletcher and Wendy McMurdo. Together they remind … Continue Reading
I am exhibiting new work commissioned by the RBGE Creative as part of Silent Archive curated by Emma Nicholson.
‘Pollinators’ was shot in situ in the glasshouses of the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and shown for the first time here as part of a major group show exploring the social, economic … Continue Reading
‘Fledglings is a project funded by Museums Galleries Scotland as part of ‘The Wild Escape’ supported by Art Fund. The project is inspired by work from our extensive collection; an archive of prints cataloguing the evolution of Scottish Art since Edinburgh Printmakers’ inception in 1967. Our collection contains a fascinating … Continue Reading
The Somnambulist (1995) is shown as part of L‘Enfance dans la collection Agnès B at La Fab, Paris from 24th Feb – 30th June 2022.
‘As the Media Wall gasps its last pixelated breaths, selected works from its 10 years of life will flash across its screen at the Photographers’ Gallery from 11th January – 23rd February 2022. Collectively these projects explore themes of identity, representation and commodification from the aftermath of Web 2.0 to … Continue Reading
Chat Room (2019) was included as part of curator Hining Ye’s ‘Imaging our Futures‘ exhibit for the Insights programme at the 2021 Shangahi Photofair (3-6th Nov).
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‘Imaging Our Futures featured the works of twelve brilliant artists and collectives include Discipula (Italy), Fernando Montiel Klint (Artbaena, Mexico), Shun Li (China), Wendy … Continue Reading
Computer Class i & ii – acquired for the Foto Museum collection from the show Unheimlich curated by Urs Stahel are included in the 2021 publication ‘Nachbilder – Eine Foto Text Anthologie’ published by Spector Press.
What is photography? Can the question be explored using literary means? When the … Continue Reading
David Hopkins Dark Toys – surrealism and the culture of childhood, including the coda ‘The Toy’s Disappearance. A Note on Wendy McMurdo’ is published by Yale Books in March 2021.
‘We all have memories of the object-world of childhood. For many of us, playthings and images from those days continue to … Continue Reading
A new commissioned work entitled ‘Night Garden’ was shown as part of Florilegium – a gathering of flowers’ at Inverleith House.
Florilegium was curated by Emma Nicholson and is the inaugural biennial exhibition marking the re-opening of Inverleith House at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh. It marks Inverleith House’s new status … Continue Reading
I am delighted to offer this new limited edition of Girl with Bears, Royal Museum of Edinburgh with HI-NOON Editions.
Print size 30cmH x 30cmW
Image size 23cmH x 23cmH
Edition 16
£300
+ About the work
When, at the dawn of a new digital age, McMurdo started photographing children in the context of the museum, … Continue Reading