Ian McConaghy

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[email protected] http://ianmcconaghyartist.com Torquay digital, drawing, installation, mixed media, painting, paper, printmaking, sculpture Torbay

Ian McConaghy Bio

After a career in architecture, I started my art practice in 2012, in Bristol working in various mediums and inspired by music, the environment and literature.
Moving back to my home county Devon in 2018, I experimented with digital painting, sampling my own paintings and photographs, taking my process in a new direction, and a new subject, exploring mankind’s future.

During lockdown, I wrote a novel Neuworld about a post-apocalyptic future, with genetic engineering, organic computers and intelligent buildings.

As a result, in 2020, I created a wall sculpture, Neuworld, for an exhibition at the Torre Abbey, Torquay. The novel Neuworld has remained a major inspiration.

A wall sculpture combining painting, collage and recycled materials. CrashCity, was exhibited at the SWAc Open 2024, in Sidmouth.

I have been a regular contributor to the Cockington Sculpture Trail, in Torquay. This year’s contribution is Lion man, inspired by the first known sculpture over 40,000 years old found in a cave in Germany.

Besides making sculpture, I still create collage and acrylic artwork. These works have been exhibited at Artisan in Torquay, with Torbay Guild of Artists at the Spanish barn in Torquay, and with Brixham Artists Society at the Scala Hall in Brixham.

Ian McConaghy Work