{"product_id":"ellie-macgarry-ties-ii","title":"178. Ellie MacGarry - Ties ii","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on panel \u003cbr\u003e17.8 x 12.7 x 2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking across drawing and painting, the artist’s practice explores transitional moments of silence, intimacy, and interiority — touching, dressing, dancing, and the subtle exchanges that occur between bodies and spaces. Through recurring motifs such as hands, bows, windows, and shirts, the work examines everyday gestures of connection, distance, and touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOften employing cropped, close-up compositions that verge on abstraction, the paintings draw attention to texture, light, and the psychologically charged space between figures and objects. Boundaries and thresholds recur throughout the work, with windows, openings, and fragments of domestic space acting as metaphors for emotional proximity and separation. Through restrained imagery and heightened attention to surface, the paintings create moments of suspended tension and quiet reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist completed an MFA in Painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, London (2016–2018), following a BA in Fine Art at the University of Leeds (2010–2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eDrawing Biennial\u003c\/em\u003e at Drawing Room, London (2024 \u0026amp; 2026); \u003cem\u003eMilk Punch\u003c\/em\u003e at Connelly Martin Gallery, Austin, USA (2026); \u003cem\u003eWhat Remains of the Day\u003c\/em\u003e at General Assembly, London (2025); \u003cem\u003eHold Tight\u003c\/em\u003e at Haricot Gallery, London (solo, 2025); \u003cem\u003eGame Time\u003c\/em\u003e at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Los Angeles (2025); \u003cem\u003eSeem Both Distant and So Close\u003c\/em\u003e at Warbling, London (2025); \u003cem\u003eXXS\u003c\/em\u003e at Brintz + County, Palm Beach (2025); \u003cem\u003eBorrowed Drawings\u003c\/em\u003e at Cubitt Artists, London (2024); \u003cem\u003eEcho\u003c\/em\u003e at Cedric Bardawil, London (solo, 2024); \u003cem\u003ePacific Breeze II\u003c\/em\u003e at White Conduit Projects, London (2023); \u003cem\u003eFull House\u003c\/em\u003e at Canopy Collections, London (2023); \u003cem\u003eCure3\u003c\/em\u003e at Bonhams, London (2023); \u003cem\u003eStage Effects\u003c\/em\u003e at Kate MacGarry, London (2022); \u003cem\u003eDisappearing Act\u003c\/em\u003e at Steve Turner, Los Angeles (solo, 2021); and \u003cem\u003eYour Hand is a Warm Stone\u003c\/em\u003e at Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards and residencies include an Artist Residency at the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong (2018), the Melville Nettleship Prize and Felix Slade Scholarship at the Slade School of Fine Art (2018), the Berkofsky Arts Award at the University of Leeds (2014), the Ben Read Graduate Acquisition Fund with Leeds City Art Gallery (2014), and the East Street Arts Graduate Residency (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733104501110,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013672833398,"sku":null,"price":615.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987680829814,"sku":null,"price":625.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987680862582,"sku":null,"price":635.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork178.jpg?v=1779804819","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/ellie-macgarry-ties-ii","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}