Eleanor Macfarlane

I am an artist making and exhibiting moving image, installation, sound and art contraptions. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and currently living and working in London, I originally trained in classical music. Using video, photography, recordings, drawing and low-tech construction, my work distils abstract and scientific notions into beautiful insights. I have an MA in fine art (Open College of the Arts 2014) and a BA first-class in fine art (Middlesex 2006). Research interests and a fascination in psychology has currently led me to undertake an Msc in the subject (Hertfordshire 2017). I make gallery-based work and often set up projects for myself. I run theViewergallery pop-up for artist projects and moving image screenings, and work as a covert artist in residence. I mentor and tutor, and review and write about books, exhibitions and culture.

Mcs psychology, Hertfordshire, 2017 current
MA fine art, Open College of the Arts, UCA, 2014
BA fine art first-class, Middlesex, 2006

The Archive Project II, London, online, 2016 ongoing
Voice of a Statue, The Listening Booth, Collection 2, online 2016
Abridged, Covert Artist Residency, Royal College of Music, London 2015-16
Facsimile, Covert Artist Residency, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2015
Embedded, Q-Art 14, APT Gallery, London 2014
Embedded, TheNine, MA fine art show, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield 2014
Construction, Myriad, The Future Past Tense, Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2014
Absolute Magnitude II Earth, touring, UK, international 2014
Which alters when it alteration finds, Displaced, The Wiener Library, London 2014
Crucial Pursuit! The Financial Planning Game for Artist,s 2013 ongoing project
The Future Past Tense, Construction, Q-Art, Wimbledon College of Art, London 2013
The Future Past Tense, Picture This, British Dyslexia Association, Bracknell 2013
Myriad, Slaughter & May Art Fair, London 2013
Transition, Personification, University of the Creative Arts Gallery, Kent 2012
Multitude, The Art Shed, The Art Street, London 2012
Seep, The Body Sublime, Parlour Arts, London 2012
Vessels, Secret portraits in bottles, Gallery of Wonder, Newcastle University 2012 solo exhibition
Contraption Lightworks, Grimsby Minster 2011
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