Eline McGeorge

Eline McGeorge utilizes drawing, animation, collage, artist books, and weaving in her practice. Her work encompasses abstraction, concrete references, and documentary, with a focus on democratic issues, environmental concerns, feminist legacy, and science fiction as central themes.

Biography of Eline McGeorge

Eline McGeorge was born in 1970 in Norway. She studied at the University in Oslo (1990-1992), the Oslo Drawing and Painting School (1992-1994), the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main (1997), and The Art Academy in Bergen (1994-1998).

In 2000, McGeorge completed her studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, earning a Master of Fine Art degree. Since then, she has worked internationally. 

Her solo exhibitions have been held at various galleries and museums worldwide, including Hollybush Gardens in London, Oslo Kunstforening, Gallery Kirkhoff in Copenhagen, Fotogalleriet in Oslo, Display Gallery in Prague, and Gallery Niklas von Bartha in London.

Eline McGeorge's works have been featured in numerous group shows, including "Our Silver City, 2094" at Nottingham Contemporary (2021), "Ode to a Dishrag, Hymn to a Tiger" at Kunsthall Stavanger (2018), "Painting Without Paint" at David Risley Gallery in Copenhagen (2012), among others. 

Currently, the artist lives and works in London and Oslo.

Eline McGeorge's Famous Works

Eline McGeorge employs drawing, animation, sculpture, and collage to craft abstract narratives characterized by angular shapes and inspired by diverse source materials.

In "On Joined Flight Lines" (2018), she employs watercolor on fabric, utilizing a technique of tearing and re-stitching, which involves both destruction and repair. This work acts as a form of restitution for extinct animals and plants, with each figure painted and commemorated on fabric.

In her series of pencil drawings "Biomatic Notes 1-12 / On Joined Flight Lines" (2018), delicate lines and dots create cloud- or swarm-like forms, suggesting the emergence of new biomatic figures.

"Folded Space" (2012) consists of four large-scale prints that reflect McGeorge’s exploration of information loss and distortion in digital imaging. For McGeorge, this loss symbolizes the misrepresentation of information inherent in fragmented political and economic spaces.

Eline McGeorge's Art Style

McGeorge's work is grounded in research and material exploration, ranging from low-tech, improvised craft techniques to digital media, abstraction, and documentary methods. It includes texts, publication-based projects, and educational initiatives. Her practice is shaped by socio-political and environmental concerns, drawing inspiration from science fiction, feminist legacies, and practices of regeneration and self-organization.

She describes her video pieces as “moving still-drawings”—short-loop animations derived from drawings that integrate a range of resources, including found interview excerpts, radio transmissions, music, and British pound notes. Her style draws from Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism.