Ellie MacGarry (1991, Cambridge, UK) makes paintings which consider connection, distance, gesture and touch. Using repeated motifs, most notably the hand, she explores the way we communicate with our bodies as much as we communicate with words. While paint will always fix an image in a moment, she is particularly drawn to transitory moments - a window letting the light in in the morning, a shirt half open, two hands on the cusp of meeting. She has an MFA in Painting from the Slade School of Art, and a BA in Fine Art from the University of Leeds. Recent exhibitions include Echo at Cedric Bardawil (2024), The Drawing Biennial at Drawing Room (2024), Stage Effects at Kate MacGarry (2022) and Disappearing Act at Steve Turner LA (2021).