Becca McCormack
instagram: @beccarosemccormack
RSA New Contemporaries 2024
Born in 1999, I grew up in Bristol where my interest in printmaking started by using objects around the house to print with, using small glass panels, bubble wrap and cotton scrim to create textures on paper. I also experimented with collagraph, lino, and mono-printing. In 2018 I completed my foundation at The Bristol School of Art where I broadened my ideas through the use of the inkjet printer, scanning materials and drawings and layering lino-prints to create abstract maps.
In 2018 I moved to Glasgow to study Painting and Printmaking at The Glasgow School of Art, where I found screen-printing. I loved the feeling of unveiling the paper and seeing something new, loving the quick pace of screen-printing, I explored this meduim for the duration of my time at art school. Then I started drawing geometric patterns, finding screen-printing a therapeutic process as well as an exciting way to experiment with my drawings. The Op Art movement has been a huge inspiration for me which has seeped into my work, exploring shape and space. My influences include artists such as Bridget Riley, Eduardo Paolozzi and Rachel Duckhouse.
Education
2018 - Bristol School of Art Foundation.
2022 - Glasgow School of Art, Painting and Printmaking BA.
Work
2023 - Volunteer workshop assistant at Print Clan.
2023 - Volunteer workshop assistant at M.A.R.S Print Studio.
Exhibitions
June 2022, Along these lines, Glasgow.
July 2022 - Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Glasgow
August 2023 - Print Clan Turns Five, Glasgow.
September 2023 - Offset, Glasgow.
July 2023 - PEATS display exhibition, Gorsko Slivovo, Bulgaria.
April 2024 - RSA New Contemporaries 2024, Edinburgh.
Other Memberships
2022 - Print Clan, textile printing studio, Glasgow.
2023 - Glasgow Print Studio
Projects/Residencies
September 2023/24 - M.A.R.S Studio.
July 2023 - Residency with PEATS Traditional Crafts and Skills, Bulgaria.
Events
June 2023 - SWG3 Art Car Boot Sale, Glasgow.
September 2023 - Glasgow Open Doors Festival, Glasgow.
December 2023 - Belle and Sebastian, Paisley.