Lucy Mckenzie
°1977, Glasgow (UK) – lives and works in Brussels and Oostende (BE)
Lucy McKenzie approaches subjects of social and historical engagement, drawing inspiration from 20th-century avant-garde painting, fashion history, decorative arts, music, literature and popular culture. Another important part of her extended oeuvre is her scale models of iconic architectural structures, synthesizing existing architectural design elements.
Lucy McKenzie – Giving Up The Shadows On My Face, exhibition view at Cabinet, London, 2019 (Photo by Mark Blower)
Lucy McKenzie – Giving Up The Shadows On My Face, exhibition view at Cabinet, London, 2019 (Photo by Mark Blower)
Lucy McKenzie – Giving Up The Shadows On My Face, exhibition view at Cabinet, London, 2019 (Photo by Mark Blower)
Lucy McKenzie – Fountain and Portrait of Mannequin, 2019
Lucy McKenzie – Rebecca, 2019, Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection (Photo by Mark Blower)
Lucy McKenzie – Global Joy II, 2001
Lucy McKenzie – Slender Means, exhibition view at Galerie Buchholz, Cologne in 2010
Lucy McKenzie – exhibition view at Lafayette Anticipations, Paris in 2016 (Photo by Isabelle Giovacchini)
Lucy McKenzie, Quodlibet XXI (Objectivism), 2012
Lucy McKenzie has had numerous solo exhibitions, including shows at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; MoMA (Projects), New York;; and Tate Britain, London. Her work has also been shown in several group exhibitions, such as Painting Now: Five Contemporary Artists at Tate Britain; Drawing Now at Albertina, Vienna & S.M.A.K., Ghent; and she exhibited at venues such as Tate Modern, London; MoMA, New York; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. She participated at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.
Her work is present in many important public collections, including MoMA, New York; Tate Collection, London; and MOCA, Los Angeles.
Lucy McKenzie is represented by the following galleries;
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