Tammy Mackay

My work is often a journey of feelings linked to an object, moment or past memory. Images have become both layered in process and layered in meaning. Animals and birds have become central to my current work and convey a subtle symbolism within their depiction.

I exhibits my work in the UK and abroad. Recent exhibitions and art fairs include: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2019, 2015, 2014 & 2013), Royal West of England Academy, The London Original Print Fair, The Affordable Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, The Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition.

My work is held in many important private and public collections including the Scarborough Museum Trust, MTN print collection (South Africa), Rhodes University Alumni collection (South Africa).

I have always had a passion for printmaking, which has always been my main form of expression. Although I have used etching and monoprint as my primary mediums, I have always experimented with new techniques. More recently I have used photopolymer plates (solar plates) and drypoint. These techniques are often combined with hand drawn or hand coloured chine collé. Exploring and developing new techniques opens up new possibilities which I feel is ...

I grew up on a farm in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and studied at Rhodes University in South Africa graduating with an Honours Degree in Fine Arts, majoring in Printmaking. Although I now live in the UK, my work still reflects the imagery of where I grew up.

2020 December: Exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy, The 168 Annual Open
2020 November: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair online edition
2019 December: 40x40 A Celebration of Print, Barbican Library
2019 October: Affordable Art Fair Battersea, with Greenwich Printmakers
2019 September: National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery
2019 September: EARTHBOUND: Lingwood Samuel Gallery, Godalming
2019 July: Greenwich Printmakers at 40, Watts Gallery
2019 June: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2019 May: Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, with Arc Fine Art
2019 March: Journeys, Printmakers Council, London Print Studio, Jack House Gallery, Oxmarket
2018 December: Lustre 18, Old Big School Gallery
2018 November: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
2018 October: Affordable Art Fair Battersea, with Greenwich Printmakers
2018 October: Wandsworth Artists Open House
2018 August: Memory, Royal Over-Seas League, with Printmakers Council
2018 March: The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London
2018 February: Featured Artist at Greenwich Printmakers Gallery, Greenwich
2017 October: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
2017 October: Affordable Art Fair Battersea, with Greenwich Printmakers
2017 Oc...