Annabel McCourt is an international contemporary artist based in the UK. Her work ranges from lens-based gritty social-realism, through to public and installation art, moving image and architectural interventions inspired by fact, folklore and legend. Whatever the medium, McCourt tends to work on a vast, almost carnivalesque scale, infusing dystopian concepts with mordant humour. Commissions include her 2017 ‘Electric Fence’, a giant electrified enclosure she assembled in response to an American pastor’s hate-fuelled rant about wanting to imprison and electrocute LGBTQIA+ communities. It was produced for Hull City of Culture in 2017 and has been touring since, including at the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, ‘Dak’Art’, in Dakar, Senegal.
Annabel has exhibited artwork in the UK, Brazil, Australia, Senegal and China. In 2022 she was artist in residence at Diversa Arte Cultura in São Paulo inviting local people to be participants in an artwork ‘campaign’ coinciding with the world’s biggest Pride parade. She also exhibited at Midsumma Festival in Melbourne, Australia as part of the British Council’s UK/AUSTRALIA Season.
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