Biography:
Tammy McGrath was born in Calgary AB but spent the majority of her childhood in Egypt and Spain before returning to Canada as a young adult. Much of the politics, landscape, architecture and artwork experienced while overseas have influenced the artwork she creates.
McGrath holds a BFA in Painting from the Alberta College of Art and Design and an MFA in Intermedia from the University of Regina. She is a multimedia artist and teaches studio arts at the University of Calgary and the Alberta College of Art & Design while also programming the Visual and Media Arts at the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts. She has received numerous awards and grants and has written for local and national art publications. McGrath spearheaded/initiated projects such as the Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival and Space for Space in Calgary, AB. She volunteers for multiple non-profit art organizations, and has been a jury member for local/national granting agencies and art institutions.In her art practice, McGrath examines how truth is constructed and knowledge is retained and erased.
She most recently had a solo exhibition of her installation Voir Dire at Truck Gallery in 2009 and completed an art residency at the Banff Centre in 2010. Voir Dire will be exhibited at Modern Fuel Gallery in Kingston, Ontario in January 2012.
