Gavin McGrath

6. FEBRUAR – 6. MAJ 2025

Gavin McGraths arbejde udspringer af en kærlighed til minimalisme med en hård kant. Systemer, regler, talgeneratorer og tekniske tegneværktøjer kombineres for at give hans tegninger en automatisk mekanisk præcision på trods af at de er hånd tegnet. Det giver overfladen et grafisk rent udtryk men der giver plads til en undertone af intimitet.

Gavin er kommet i St. Katharine's i 6 år med sin danske kone, Julia, og børnene, Luca, 10, og Tove, 6. Siden han blev færdig med en BA (Hons) i Fine Art fra Cardiff University, har han tilbragt det sidste 25 år arbejdet som art director og tekstskribent i reklamebranchen. 

I 2022, inspireret af sine børns kreative energi, vendte han tilbage til sin første kærlighed: at tegne og kunsten. Siden da har han støt og roligt skabt værker fra et ledigt værelse derhjemme, når resten af familien er gået til ro. At vende tilbage til at lave kunst 'føles som at komme hjem'. 

Udstillingen i Den Danske Kirke er hans første soloudstilling.

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Gavin McGrath

6TH OF FEBRUARY – 6TH OF MAY 2025

Gavin McGrath's work stems from a love of hard-edged minimalism. Systems, rules, on-line number generators and technical drawing tools combine to give his drawings a machine-line precision despite being drawn by hand. Surfaces appear as clean, graphic expressions but giving way to an underlying intimacy. 

Gavin has been coming to St. Katharine's for 6 years with his Danish wife, Julia, and children, Luca, 10, and Tove, 6. Since graduating with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Cardiff University, he has spent the last 25 years working as an art director and copywriter in the advertising industry. 

In 2022, inspired by the creative energy of his children, he returned to his first love: drawing and art. Since then, he has been steadily creating works from a spare room at home, when the rest of the family has settled down. Returning to making art ´feels like coming home`. 

 The exhibition in Den Danske Kirke is his first solo exhibition.

The Danish Church in London, St. Katharines Precinct, London NW1 4HH.

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