Ema Mckeown

Graduated from University of Ulster (Belfast) in 2010.
Currently working on some new works :)

Born in 1987.

My paintings explore the physicality and process of painting and I like the paintings to show that materiality when they are finished. When I work I have no pre-conceived plans of how the painting will look or what processes will be used to make it. I aim to make clear the material construction within the finished composition - I want this to be evident to the viewer. The paintings are almost like still images of a series of gestural moments - they invite the viewer to question the methods of mark making used. There is a fine balance between what I want the painting to do and what the painting wants to do - the resulting dialogue across those two positions is of continuous fascination to me. For me, my palette is the canvas where composition and colours are worked out on it. Whether the colour goes or doesn't go with the colour next to it is of little importance to me, it is the relations that are thrown up out of the random application of paint that creates the interest in the painting.

The history of the making process is revealed through layers which open the painting up physically to the viewer. I want to go...

2007 – 2010 – BA (Hons) Fine and Applied Art, University of Ulster- Belfast.

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2010 – University of Ulster Degree Show.
2009 – University of Ulster 160 years Anniversary Celebration.
2006 – True Colours exhibition.
2006 – GT Gallery, Arts Society of Ulster (ASU) 10th Annual exhibition.