Morag Myerscough | |
Birth Date: | December 1963 |
Birth Place: | Holloway, Islington, London, England |
Education: | Grafton Primary School, Holloway, Islington. Highbury Hill High School, Islington |
Known For: | Art |
Partner: | Luke Morgan (Civil Partner) |
Morag Myerscough is an artist and designer known globally for creating installations and immersive spatial public artworks that transform places and champion community and public interaction..[1]
Myerscough was born 1963[2] in Holloway London and studied at Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art.[3] She is a 2023 Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Art and 2020 Honorary Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects UK. She was the exhibition designer for Designer Maker User, the Design Museum's first permanent display[4] and founded Studio Myerscough in 1993.[5]
Myerscough's first permanent installation, was Power for the Grosvenor Arch, entrance to Battersea Power Station’s Circus West Village.[6] her awards include the Design Week award and the New London Architecture Award.
Myerscough's name appears in the credits for Danny Boyle's 1994 film Shallow Grave, for which she was the title designer. She appeared as a judge in the 2022 TV series The Big Design Challenge, Sky Arts.[7]