Artist Lorna Carmen McNeill Unveils Rivers Of Luminous Coloured Light

Lorna Carmen McNeill

Lorna Carmen McNeill has created dazzling light sculptures and projections at Wac Arts in North London by merging art with technology, seeking to illuminate the invisible, inter-dimensional, inter-connected communication that permeates all things. Lorna creates the Installations in collaboration with creative lighting expert Geoff Blindt, with the aim to uplift mood and inspire creativity.  

The stimulating sensory installation combined with a series of workshops willgive the young people from Wac Arts (especially those with a disability many of whom rely heavily on sensory stimulation to enhance their lives) a chance to realise their creativity, develop new skills and most of all have a positive and enjoyable experience in an inspired environment. The installation will consist of rotating and light portal sculptures which incorporate continuous digital photography and projection of the kinetic sculptures.

During the residency, Lorna will facilitate a series of collaborative workshops which use Interactive technology with sensory elements of the artwork combined with painting and sculpture to engage heart, hand and mind. She will work alongside students to create a new body of work. There will be a closing night exhibition to show the development of the installation from something based on Lorna’s own techniques to those discovered and informed by the young people involved in the workshops. The young people will also exhibit some of the artwork they produce.  An artist talk and a group discussion will be held to look at the complete process, enabling Lorna and the young artists to share their experiences and outcomes.

The opening night for the public exhibition will be on Thursday from 15th January 6.30 pm-8.30 pm after which the exhibition can be viewed every Thursday at the same times. Prints of the light artwork will be on display and available to purchase.  

Lorna Carmen McNeill studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art, and Goldsmiths College of Art but then pursued a vocational scientific training in Nutrition and Dietetics. For over two decades, she worked as a nutritionist in clinical research on lifestyle and behaviour change in a psychology unit at University College London and then as a clinician within the NHS before graduating from the Art Academy with a first in fine art.

 “I am intrigued by the properties of light, colour, energy and texture within the natural world. Consider the flow of water and the movements of the sun and the moon as they transform the sky from day to night, and how this reflects the inner journey of being human”
 
Lorna’s works are collected internationally and are currently on display at the Art Academy, London, Trinity United Reformed Church, St. Albans, Hospice of St Francis, Berkhamsted and were recently showcased at the International conference, Futurefest and as a major public installation in collaboration with Geoff Blindt at the Barbican and at Womad in summer 2014 In addition to ongoing development of new bodies of work, Lorna is a tutor at The Art Academy, London, runs art workshops for team building in companies and charities, workshops on freeing up creativity and offers private art tutoring.
 

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