Malachy McCrimmon (born in Madison, Connecticut) is a recent graduate from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design with a First Class degree in Fine Art. Upon graduating, they received the Nomas Projects Prize and have been focusing on producing work for various exhibitions since then.
McCrimmon’s creative practice focuses on exploring the elaborate dynamics between the ecological and technological worlds. This often manifests on canvas as a collision where traditional methodology meets modern imagery, layered upon each other to form a dense cacophony of chaos and obscurity. The natural world is experiencing a technical error, and McCrimmon aims to capture its mutative state through surrealist snapshots of a fragmented reality.
The featured work looks at specific hybrid creatures that symbolise the merging of the biosphere and technosphere in the Anthropocene. Reminiscent of digital doomscrolling, the pop-up ad-like compositions infiltrate the canvas like a glitch, infesting it with an overload of cryptic information and polarising imagery. Each piece forms a captivating display concerned with the technical errors of our world’s ecosystems, inviting the viewer to contemplate where they stand within the absurdity of an evolving climate.
