Whitney McVeigh

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Installation and sculpture

Glass Stress White Light/White Heat - 55th Venice Biennale - Palazzo Franchetti - 2013 curated by James Putnam

1.solitude a breath away, 2013glass breast pumps, found object56 x 64 x 42cm

2.solitude a breath away (detail), 2013glass breast pumps, found object

Plato in LA: Contemporary Artists' Visions, Getty Villa, Los Angeles April-September, 2018 curated by Donatien Grau

1.Divine Rules, Library, 2018Found books182.88cm x 533.4cm

2.Divine Rules, Library, 2018Found books182.88cm x 533.4cm

3.Divine Rules, Library, 2018Found books182.88cm x 533.4cm

4.Divine Rules, Library, 2018Found books182.88cm x 533.4cm

Self-Portrait, 18,088 Days, 'Not a Single Story', Nirox Foundation, South Africa, Wanas Konst Foundation, Sweden, 2018 curated by Elisabeth Millqvist and Mattias Givel

1.18,088 Days (Self-portrait)Concrete, black oxide, found stones 600cm x 400cm

Inventory: Invisible Companion, Kettle's Yard - Cambridge - 2015 curated by Andrew Nairne

1.Inventory: Invisible Companion , 2015Installation View, St Peter's Church(press release in exhibitions)

2.Inventory: Invisible Companion, 2015Installation View, St Peter's Church

3.Inventory: Invisible Companion, 2015Installation View, st Peter's Church

4.Inventory: Invisible Companion, 2015Installation View, st Peter's Church

Hunting Song - 55th Venice Biennale - Gervasuti Foundation, 2013 curated by James Putnam

1.Installation curated by James PutnamSite Specific Installation, Gervasuti Foundation, Venice

2.Installation viewSite Specific Installation, Gervasuti Foundation, Venice(see exhibitions for press release)

3.Installation view Site Specific Installation, Gervasuti Foundation, VeniceSee exhibitions for press release

4.Installation view Site Specific Installation, Gervasuti Foundation, VeniceSee exhibitions for press release

Language of Memory - Summerhall Arts - Edinburgh - 2015-16 curated by Holly Knox Yeoman

1.Model Engineer, 2016Found object, Installation

Paintings / Drawings / Collections

'A Foundation' paintings

1.Untitled, 2009acrylic on paper, monoprint, painting122 x 153cm

2.untitled III, 2009acrylic on paper, monoprint, painting122 x 153cm

3.untitled IV, 2009acrylic on paper, monoprint, painting153 x 122cm

4.untitled IX, 2009acrylic on paper, monoprint, painting150 x 150cm

5.untitled VI, 2009acrylic on paper, monoprint, painting122 x 153cm

6.Dialogue VI, 2009acrylic on paper, monoprint, painting153 x 122cm

7.untitled VIII, 2009acrylic on paper, monoprint, painting122 x 153cm

Notes on Language

1.Notes on Language, 2012ink on paper150 x 105cm

2.His Memory, 2012ink on paper 150 x 105cm

3.Foreign Lands, 2012ink on paper150 x 105cm

4.Duality of body, 2012ink on paper105 x 75cm

Central Africa Settlement

1.central africa settlement, 2010acrylic on found paper 24.5 x 18cm

2.connecting surface, 2010acrylic on found paper22 x 14cm

3.untitled, 2010acrylic on found paper20.3 x 12.5cm

4.diplomaat, 2010acrylic on found paper22 x 14cm

Found objects

1.home, 2012writing case, engraved plate26 x 18 x 7cm

2.I reserve this text for you, 2012typewriter, text 40 x 49 x 24cm

3.ambrotype, 2012found object with hand painted necklace8 x 16cm

4.Exceeding great and precious promises, 2012found object, scrolls

5.the mystery of your voice, 2011knife sharpening block, engraved text20 x 12 x 6cm

6.encounters, 2013found object, cigarette cards36 x 83 x 4.5cm

7.the wall with a window, 2010found book, pressed leaves23 x 30cm

8.scarifier, 2013found object

9.Contemporary death-grapplewood and found paper22 x 4 cm

Elegy to Nature

1.Untitled Ink on paper56 x 76cm

2.Another Country Ink on paper, 2014105 x 75cm

3.Summoned by a distant call Ink and watercolour on found paper28 x 38cm

4.Summoned by a distant call IIInk and watercolour on found paper28 x 38 cm

Transition - South Africa Ink Series

1.Transition #2, 2013ink on paper 101 x 66cm

2.Transition #3, 2013ink on paper 101 x 66cm

3.Process #3, 2010ink on paper76 x 56cm

4.Process #2, 2010ink on paper76 x 56cm

Archaeology of Memory

1.conversation VI, 2010acrylic on paper76 x 56cm

2.conversation I, 2010acrylic on paper76 x 56cm

3.dialogue I, 2010acrylic on paper152 x 122cm

4.archaeology of memory VI, 2010acrylic on paper150 x 150cm

5.archaeology of memory VIII, 2010Nirox Foundation, South Africa v 150 x 150cm

6.archaeology of memory II, 2010acrylic on paper150 x 150cm

7.archaeology of memory IV, 2010acrylic on paper150 x 150cm

8.archaeology of memory V, 2010acrylic on paper150 x 150cm

Rain

1.#1, 2011ink and rainwater on paper18 x 13cm

2.#3, 2011ink and rainwater on paper18 x 13cm

3.#4, 2011ink and rainwater on paper29.5 x 21cm

4.#5, 2011ink and rainwater on paper59.5 x 42cm

Domestic Collage

1.#6 domestic drawing, 2013collage on paper38 x 28cm

2.#5 paper making, 2013collage on paper38 x 28 cm

3.#7 domestic drawing, 2013collage on paper38 x 28cm

4.#8 domestic drawing, 2013collage on paper38 x 28cm

Studies of Women

1.portrait of a saxon princess, 2010oil on found paper 25 x 18cm

2.double portrait, 2010oil on found paper 25 x 18cm

3.reverse of double portrait, 2010oil on found paper 25 x 18cm

4.portrait de jeune femmeoil on found paper 201025cm x 18cm

Bases Strung Around the World

1.The Future of Teacher Education, 2009acrylic on paper 28 x 21.5cm

2.bases strung around the world, 2009oil and acrylic on paper 28 x 21.5cm

3.The Things they Say, 2009oil and acrylic on paper28 x 21.5cm

4.World Marxist Review, 2009oil and acrylic on paper 28 x 21.5cm

Identity Theft

1.Identity Triptych (Panel 1), 2010, Mimmoscognamiglio, Milanink on paper38 x 28cm

2.Identity Triptych (Panel 2), 2010ink on paper38 x 28cm

3.Identity Triptych (Panel 3), 2010ink on paper38 x 28cm

Machinery's Screw Thread

1.does the wind blow, 2009collage on found paper25 x 18cm

Anchor Work

1.god's hand had taken away the seal, 2009collage on found paper21 x 13.5cm

2.chain earing, 2009collage on found paper21 x 13.5cm

3.how beautiful the world is, 2009collage on found paper21 x 13.5cm

4.night life buoy, 2009collage on found paper21 x 13.5cm

5.native woods, 2009collage on found paper21 x 13.5cm

6.knots and splices, 2009etching ink on found paper 200921 x 13.5cm

7.rope yarn knot, 2009etching ink on found paper 200921 x 13.5cm

8.bends and hitches (chapter III), 2009etching ink on found paper 200921 x 13.5cm

Film and Performance

'Birth': Origins at the end of life, 2015 - Collaboration with Pulse Films, St Christophers, Royal Academy of Arts and UAL

1.Birth is a moving image oral history enquiry into how women have embraced the physical and psychological changes that come with carrying and the birth of children. The work invites women at the end of their lives to recount their memories to the camera. The piece was adapted by the Guardian, produced by Pulse Films and UAL. Screened at the Royal Academy of Arts and St Christophers Hospice, London, 2015

Sight of Memory, Damascus, 2009

1.The film depicts civilian life in Syria in 2009 and is a reflection on the intimate exchanges which comprise everyday life in Damascus at the time of recording - Exhibited , Icastica Biennale, 2013 and Gallery MOMO, South Africa2009

Performance - Rocking History, - Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Japan, 2017

1.Rocking History is a performance work that invites men and women of all ages to hold and rock their arms as an act of and invitation for peace and to reflect on what it means to contribute to today's world. Through the body and movement of space in time, the viewer and those taking part, are invited to think about our collective people and planet, as well as future responsibility to bring about change and positive energy to the next generation.

Photographs

Okayama, Japan (construction site) 2015

1.Okayama site, 2015archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper - Edition 642 x 59.4cm

2.Okayama Site, 2015Okayama site, 2015 archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper - Edition 642 x 59.4cm

3.Okayama Site, 2015Okayama site, 2015 archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper - Edition 642 x 59.4cm

4.Okayama site, 2015archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper - Edition 642 x 59.4cm

Kyrgyzstan (homes and remains), 2012

1.#1 landscape

2.#2 landscape

3.#3 home

4.#6 home

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2012

1.tree of wishes (Kyrgyzstan), 2012archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper42 x 59.4cm

2.pram (Kyrgyzstan), 2012archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper42 x 59.4cm

Damascus, Syria, 2009

1.#1 Home, Damascus, 2009archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper59.4 x 42cm

2.#2 houses, 2009archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper 42 x 59.4cm

3.#3 delapidated house, 2009archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper42 x 59.4cm

4.#4 foreign body, 2009archival pigment print, hahnemuhle paper42 x 59.4cm

Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2016

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2.Corrugated Homeedition of 5Digital print on 180gsm Fine Art paper