Jack McGarrity b.(1995) is a Scottish artist based in London. He completed his BA at The Glasgow School of Art and postgraduate degree at The Royal Drawing School in 2021 where he was awarded the Sir Denis Mahon Award.
In 2023 McGarrity exhibited his second solo show, Theatre as Studio, Studio as Theatre, at Messums London. He has had residencies at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, having been awarded the Richard Ford Award, and in Florence for the John Kinross Award.
McGarrity creates new narratives that explore notions of the absurd, stillness and alienation in the modern world. Embodying a wry sense of humour, McGarrity’s collaged enactments present scenarios that are, at times, idiosyncratic and mordant whilst retaining an essential sentimentality.