Phyllis McGowan

Phyllis McGowan

Phyllis McGowan is from a social work background and graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2018 with a First Class BA Hons degree in Sculpture & Environmental Art. She has since exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy and with Visual Arts Scotland at Tatha Gallery. Working across forms, McGowan uses words, objects and performative images to capture emotion. She is interested in domestic repression and its connection to power and sexual violence, the re-appropriation of hysteria and the possibility of a new language for women. Her work is often autobiographical and draws from her felt experience and background in psychology and feminist practice.

McGowan is a recipient of The Ingram Collection’s Purchase Prize for Young Contemporary Talent (2018).