“I draw on my experiences as a woman, memories of both the controlled and chaotic years of my youth to explore what it feels like to live in a body shaped by both fear and rebellion, power and vulnerability. Through my drawings and mixed media works I am moving through the painful, beautiful, process of becoming; a place where my past, present, and future selves can finally meet.”
About
Patsy McArthur is a Scottish artist living and working in Brighton, UK. She studied painting in Aberdeen at Gray's School of Art in the late 90s and gained an MFA from the Winchester School of Art Barcelona program in 2001. Since then she has spent periods of time living and working in Barcelona, Berlin and Sydney and has undertaken residencies in NYC, Italy and Shanghai.
She has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and internationally, held solo shows with Thompsons Gallery, London, Le Salon Vert in Geneva and shown regularly at Art Miami and throughout the US.
“Currently my work is available only via direct enquiry. Appointments to visit my Brighton studio can be made by emailing patsymcarthur@hotmail.com”
News
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Creative Direction 2025
2025 has seen a pivotal shift in my creative direction and the way I make my work. I have taken a step back from exhibiting while I develop a new body of work around identity, transition and loss, which I will be showing publicly for the first time in 2026. .Please see the Journal section of this website for more details on The Shift and make sure you’re signed up to my newsletter to follow my progress.
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Collectors Archives Sale
If you’d like to purchase a work from my archive sale, click here to download a PDF of the last remaining pieces from my realism years.
