Lucy McKenna

Lucy McKenna's work is concerned with the observation and constant structuring/restructuring of information systems that attempt to explain the universe and our place in it. Through various mediums she traces different forms of data extraction, collection and communication developed by humans to understand existence; including methods of scientific experiment, technology, language, symbols, storytelling, intuitive belief, or myth. Using her visual art practice as a tool of information collection and data distillation, her works seek to unfold the information hidden in those spaces where the analytic and the intuitive concur. Her practice is a multidisciplinary one consisting of drawing, photography, film, installation, audio and sculptural works.

Selected exhibitions include Subliminal | Sublime, Park Project IV, Boyle, Roscommon; The Otherworld Hall, Solstice Art Centre, Navan, Co Meath; Future Proof, The Lab, Dublin; The Space Between, OPW touring exhibition; The Golden Record, Galway Arts Centre; Astronomical Mashup, Cube Space, The Lab, Dublin; Periodical Review #5, Pallas Projects/ NCAD Gallery, Dublin; Process Space, VISUAL Carlow; The Lacuna In Parallax, Source Arts Centre, Tipperary; The Darker Wood, GalleryWest, Toronto; Residencies include ISCP New York, The Artist Observatory- Catalyst Arts & Armagh Observatory, Facebook AIR Program, Kilkenny Arts Office, Artscape Toronto, NES Iceland, and Vermont Studio Center.