Painter, born in Gillingham, Kent, who studied at Blackpool College of Technology and Art, 1973–4; Bristol Polytechnic, 1974–7; and the Royal College of Art, 1978–81. From 1980 exhibited in London at Curwen Gallery, in America and Germany, latterly showing in mixed exhibitions at Anna Bornholt Gallery, 1995; Hales Gallery, 1996; in John Moores Liverpool Exhibition, 1997–8 and 1999–00. Won first prize at East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, 1998. Had solo shows at Hales, 1997, Mellow Birds, 1999, and Saatchi Gallery and Houldsworth Fine Art, both 2002. McGinn’s work was at the forefront of a revival of photo-based painting in the 1990s, his canvases mixing both a misty sensuality and frosty, clinical pallor. In 2004, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, had on loan Phobia, 2000, a large acrylic on canvas by McGinn.