KAYE MCGARVA
My work explores the idea that our eyes are not objective tools for observing the world as it is, but active participants in creating our reality.
Kaye McGarva’s paintings of shadowy creases are explorations into illusion, perception and the embodied nature of vision. Her paintings can be said to blur the boundaries between abstraction and realism, 2D and 3D, photography and painting. Without reference to subject or scale, McGarva’s paintings have a seemingly uncanny aspect which draws the viewer in. She sees the viewer’s engagement and speculation on what they are seeing as an integral part to completing the artwork.
The birds-eye vista she has from her home nestled in the Te Mata Hills in Havelock North, feeds into her art practice directly and indirectly.
Kaye McGarva graduated from Ideaschool in 2014 as Top Research Student. She has been a finalist multiple times in the National Contemporary Art Awards, the Parkin Drawing Prize, the Wallace Art Awards, the Molly Morpeth Canaday Award and the Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award. She has participated in exhibitions in Brussels and the Netherlands, as well as had her work shown in London, and art fairs throughout Europe.
VIEW "GHOST IN THE MACHINE" EXHIBITION
VIEW "DARK MATERIALS" EXHIBITION