Megan Rooney Explained

Megan Rooney
Nationality:Canadian
Education:Goldsmiths, University of London; University of Toronto

Megan Rooney (born 1987) is a Canadian-born, London-based artist who creates paintings, sculptures, installations, performances and poetry.[1] Rooney is known for integrating contrasting disciplines, such as painting, sculpture performance, into a single work.[2] She received her MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2011 and, prior to that, completed her BA at the University of Toronto in Canada.[3] Her work has been shown in solo museum exhibitions at the Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2020–21);[4] Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto (2020);[3] and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2019).[5]

Her performances include SUN DOWN MOON UP, as part of the Park Nights programme at Serpentine Galleries, London in 2018;[6] and EVERYWHERE BEEN THERE, created in collaboration with choreographer Temitope Ajose-Cutting and musician Paolo Thorsen-Nagel, at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in 2019 and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto in 2020.[7]

Peter Gabriel chose her painting And Still (Time) to represent his song "And Still", the eleventh single on his eighth album i/o, released in 2023.

Selected exhibitions

In 2019 she exhibited: Where water comes together with other water, in the group exhibition 15th Biennale de Lyon Art Contemporain, Lyon, France.[8]

Solo exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. News: McLean-Ferris . Laura . October 2019 . Openings: Megan Rooney . Artforum . 19 May 2022.
  2. News: Luke . Ben . 15 August 2018 . Megan Rooney interview: 'Things have to evolve, otherwise it means you've stopped looking' . Evening Standard . 19 May 2022.
  3. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto . 2020 . Megan Rooney: HUSH SKY MURMUR HOLE . 19 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Salzburger Kunstverein . 2020 . Megan Rooney: Green, I Want You Green . 19 May 2022.
  5. Web site: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf . 2019 . Megan Rooney: Fire On The Mountain . 19 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Serpentine Galleries . 2018 . Park Nights 2018: Megan Rooney, SUN DOWN MOON UP . 19 May 2022.
  7. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto . 2020 . Performances: Megan Rooney, EVERYWHERE BEEN THERE . 19 May 2022.
  8. News: Julian . Helena . 22 October 2019 . 'An Infected Landscape of Oozing Materials': The 15th Lyon Biennale . frieze . 19 May 2022.
  9. Web site: Megan Rooney, Bones, Fruits, Roots . Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery . 14 February 2024.
  10. Web site: Megan Rooney: Hush, Sky, Murmur, Hole . Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto . 14 February 2024.
  11. Web site: Megan Rooney: Fire on the Mountain . Kunsthalle Dusseldorf . 14 February 2024.
  12. Web site: Megan Rooney: Momma! Momma! . Tramway . 14 February 2024.
  13. Web site: Megan Rooney: Sun Up Moon Down . Freymond Guth Fine Arts . 14 February 2024.
  14. Web site: Megan Rooney: Piggy Piggy . Croy Nielsen . 14 February 2024.
  15. Web site: Megan Rooney: Okie Dog on Santa Monica . Almanac Projects . 14 February 2024.

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