JOHN Macormac'S WORK EXPLORES PATTERN AND RHYTHM THROUGH EXPLORING MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, STRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT. HIS PRACTICE IS PROCESS-LED, RIGOROUS, REPETITIVE, SYSTEMATIC AND LABOUR INTENSIVE AND HIS WORKS CAREFULLY CONSIDER FACTORS SUCH AS TIME, ACTION, CHOICE AND HUMAN AGENCY. DRAWING IS INTEGRAL TO HOW HE WORKS AND HIS EXHIBITIONS COMBINE DENSELY WORKED DRAWINGS THAT INVITE CLOSE EXAMINATION ALONGSIDE SCULPTURAL OBJECTS CHOSEN FOR THEIR SHAPE OR PURPOSE, OR SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FORMS THAT HE HAS MADE.
ARTIST BIO
John Macormac lives and works in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied Fine Art, graduating from the University of Ulster with an MFA in 2015 and a BA in 2003. He has exhibited regularly over the years throughout Ireland and internationally. His works are held in private and public collections. John is a founding member of Cathedral Studios and a past co-director of Catalyst Arts. He also plays drums for experimental jazz punk quartet Blue Whale and tends to Christmas trees on the family farm.
Star Chart Series Drawing 4, 2020, John Macormac, 59 x 84 cm, White pencil on black card.
Planet like layering of regular circles in a pattern inspired by the Fibunacci sequence, John Macormac, September 2018.
HIS WORK ALSO OFTEN INCORPORATES THE PHYSICAL, PERFORMATIVE ACT OF DRAWING, DRUM PERFORMANCE, AND RECORDED AND MANIPULATED AMBIENT OR PERCUSSIVE SOUND THAT ACTIVATE, AUGMENT AND EXIST ALONGSIDE THE MORE VISUAL ONES ELEMENTS. RECENTLY, HE HAS BEEN EXPLORING DRAWING IN VIRTUAL REALITY, USING TILT BRUSH SOFTWARE.
Rule Driven Wall Drawing, 2020, John Macormac, White chalk on black emulsion coated wall (studio)
Digital manipulation of Star Chart drawing 6, John Macormac, 2020.
Set up for RESIST performance at the Menagerie in Belfast, 2017.
