Elizabeth McGarry

BIO

Hey there I'm Elizabeth McGarry 'The Purple Moon' (b.2000) has a particular desire for learning about the past, specifically dress and social histories. As a practising artist, she has a love for experimenting and playing with different types of media. Her main focus is working with textiles, collage, printmaking, graphic digital art, painting, and illustration; often mixing together a range of media. McGarry is also passionate about creating references to culture, society, environmental and political issues whether that be now or looking back at political and historical events; which remain relevant today in either a satirical manner or with a sense of seriousness.

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If you like my work do feel free to drop me a message via any of my socials.

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Thank you!! 

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Education:

University of Cumbria

BA (Hons) Fine Art - Currently Studying

​Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies: Art & Design - 2019

A Level Textiles & Media Studies - 2018

Level 3 Diploma Certificate Popular Music - 2018

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

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Free Radicals United 

(Displaying Prints)

Carlisle, Cumbria

Tees Cottage, Pumping Station

Volunteer

University of Cumbria:

 Conservation Society 

Member and Intern Artist 

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Past experiences:

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Seconds Out (Art Exhibition)

(online 2021)

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'Take Two',

We Are Intro

7 Paternoster Row Carlisle, CA3 8TT

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17th - 24th May 2021

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'In The Nick of Time'

The Pharmacy Gallery, Carlisle

October 2019

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Light Owl, Darlington, Co.Durham

July-December 2019

Gas Contemporary,

North Shields, Tyneside

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June -  July 2019

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QE Art Foundation Show, 

Darlington, Co.Durham

June 2019

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Papers:

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“Are Women getting Boyish?” (2022)

The study of the influence of menswear upon womenswear 

from Ancient Greece to the present day.

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Application of Semiology and Satire:  

the North and the End of the Industrial Era. (2022)

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