Jocelyn McGregor
b. 1989 in Boston, Lincolnshire; based in Cumbria
Education
MFA Sculpture, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
BFA in Fine Art, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
2015 - 2017
2007 - 2010
Solo Exhibitions
UPCOMING 2022 Mantle at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
2021 Hybernate at VITRINE Gallery Project (curated by Olena Kasperovych), Kharkiv, Ukraine
2019 Home Sick (as part of A Centre For Attention led by Kate Genever), Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, UK
2019 Magpie, Museum of Natural History, Kharkiv, Ukraine (as part of the British Council SWAP UK/Ukraine 2019 residency programme)
2018 Mei Yahn Yu (joint exhibition with Jiyoung Yoo), Kaitak Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong
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2015 Sock Pocket, Platform 1 Gallery, London, UK
2014 Glass Nose, The Merz Barn, Langdales, UK
2011 CarbonSelves, Where Where Project Space, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
2021 Hyper Limbo (online) (curated by Come Quick Disaster), Yeah Totally, London, UK
2021 Around the Table, No.20 Arts, London, UK
2020 Trespassers will be detected (British Council SWAP UK/Ukraine 2019 exhibition), Dnipro Centre for Contemporary Culture, Dnipro, Ukraine
2019 Rain Wetting Thirst (Curated by Seamus McCormack), Lewisham Arthouse, London
2019 Self Seeder, Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, Cumbria
2019 Work in Progress, Semiradsky Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (as part of the British Council SWAP UK/Ukraine 2019 residency programme with Yermilov Centre)
2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018, Liverpool Biennale & South London Gallery (touring)
2018 A Field Guide to Getting Lost, T.A.F (The Art Foundation), Athens
2018 She Performs, London Gallery West Project Space, London
2017 Risky Attachments (curated by Like a Little Disaster),FOOTHOLD, Polignano a Mare (Bari), Italy
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2016 Eller Beck, Suck It And See Projects at The Brick Cube, London
2016 Cumbrian Artist of the Year, Rheged Centre, Cumbria
2016 XXL, Hotel Elephant, London
2015 Business As Usual (curated by Perce Jerrom), Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Leeds; & Turf Projects, London (touring)
2014 Time Pieces, Caustic Coastal @ Rogue Project Space, Manchester
2011 Pop-up Povera, MoCA London, London
2011 Safe As Houses, No. 2 Bedford Place, London
2011 Floor Plan, Beigao's Demolished Village, Beijing, China
2009 The Warp and the Weft, Botanical Gardens, Oxford
Awards & Residencies
Arts Council England - Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) - Round 9
British Council SWAP UK/Ukraine 2019 Residency Programme
CVAN North West Artist Bursary 2019
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Shortlist 2019
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 Artist
2018 Artist-in-Residence at Hong Kong Baptist University
Lee Alexander McQueen: Sarabande Foundation Emerging Artist Award
Finalist for Cumbrian Artist of the Year 2016
Westbridge Primary School Artist-in-Residence (in partnership with ACAVA)London, UK
The Derek Hill Foundation
The Eaton Fund
The Merz Barn Artist-in-Residence (Cumbria, UK)
Creative Routes 2013, arts depot (London, UK)
Red Gate Residency Artist-in-Residence (Beijing, China)
Where Where Project Space Artist-in-Residence (Beijing, China)
Diocesan Boys' School Artist-in-Residence (courtesy of the Lam Foundation) (HongKong, China)
Selected Press/Publications
2021 'Faunal Rearrangements' by Felix Farwick, The Writers' Residency on The Artists Contemporary (https://www.theartistscontemporary.com/interview/the-writers-resdiency-felix)
2021 Podcast: Jocelyn McGregor in-conversation with Mariama Attah (https://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/event/podcast-jocelyn-mcgregor-in-conversation-with-mariama-attah/)
2020 'Ryan Gander: DIFFICULT TRUTHS TO LIVE INSIDE - TROUBLE WITH TIME' (https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/podcast)
2020 'Elvers', stop-motion and fictional diary entry by Jocelyn McGregor on Commonage Projects (https://www.commonageprojects.com/projects/elvers/)
2020 'Will Artists be Discovered?' by Elizabeth Herman for Your Art (https://supportyourart.com/columns/artists-discovered?fbclid=IwAR0emFSpy4bP6YwJFqVUbp9rdkTCpip-pzZXCiAvoI15Hs80psG-iHUrGac)
2020 Interview for ОТВ Днепр (https://youtu.be/faF7eEeWuCE)
2019 About 'Residents of the Universe: Jocelyn McGregor' (https://youtu.be/SgdcXeLWxv0)
2019 'Rain Wetting Thirst' Guide by Seamus McCormack (http://seamusmccormack.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/RainWettingThirst_Guide.pdf)
2018 HKBU AVA Magazine, 'Jocelyn McGregor: Artist in Residence' (http://ava.hkbu.edu.hk/academy/publication/)
2018 New Contemporaries, ‘Blog Post: JocelynMcGregor’ (https://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/news/blog-post-jocelyn-mcgregor)
2018 Lewisham Arthouse, ‘Jocelyn McGregor: AnInterview’, by Lucienne Cole (http://www.lewishamarthouse.org.uk/news/jocelyn-mcgregor/)
2018 She Performs, interview with Curator ofInterpretation, Nicola Waterman (https://www.sheperforms.com/blog )
2017 Elephant Magazine ‘Eight Artists to Watch: MAand MFA Degree Shows 2017’ by Emily Steer and Rosalind Duguid (https://elephantmag.com/eight-artists-watch-graduate-shows-2017/)
2017 Elephant Magazine ‘Degree Show Hightlights:Slade School of Fine Art’ by Emily Steer (https://elephantmag.com/degree-show-highlights-slade-school-fine-art/)
2017 The Whisper Gallery ‘Slade School Emerging Artist strikes a discordant note using the fragmented female form’ by ElspethEdmonson (https://thewhispergallery.com/slade-school-emerging-artist/)
2017 UCL Graduate Research 2016 – 2017 (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/research/slade-research-centre-archive/graduate-research-2016-17)
2016 C-Art ‘Cumbria Artist of the Year: Focus on Jocelyn McGregor’ (https://cartstories.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/cumbrian-artist-of-the-year-shortlist-focus-on-jocelyn-mcgregor/)
2016 UCL Graduate Research 2015 – 2016 (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/research/slade-research-centre-archive/graduate-research-2015-2016)