Rhode Island, USA
B.1980
Siobhan McBride is a contemporary artist known for her paintings that explore the intersection of the familiar and the uncanny. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she grew up in Queens, New York, and currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island. McBride received her MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. Her work often delves into the realm of strange yet everyday experiences, capturing fleeting moments and memories with a sense of tension and anticipation.
"I have come to think of my paintings as views of a place where magic reveals itself differently than it does in this world. The scenes are tense with anticipation or blushing in the aftermath of an unseen event. Paintings combine disparate yet familiar fragments into spaces that are still, anxious, and temperamental. They are descriptions of awkward experiences, passages from books and film fragments, things caught in the corner of my eye, and an attempt to conjure slippery memories. They are, simultaneously, diagrams for understanding events from the past, and puzzles to decode experiences not yet had."
Solo Exhibitions
2022｜Always Means Never Not, Long Story Short NYC, formerly Another Gallery NYC (New York City, New York)
2019｜4D Heart, Standard Space (Sharon, Connecticut)
2019｜In Front of Your Eyes, Greenville Center for Creative Arts (Greenville, South Carolina)
2017｜Four Hour Fortune Cookie, University of Maine Museum (Bangor, Maine)
2013｜Never While You’re Sleeping, NURTUREart (Brooklyn, New York)
2013｜Every Night Is A Pizza Dinner, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, California)
2013｜Siobhan McBride: Alexander Rutsch Solo Exhibition, Pelham Art Center (Pelham, New York)
2012｜Strong Winds May Exist, Eight Modern (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
2012｜Long Letter, Roswell Museum and Art Center (Roswell, New Mexico)
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2025｜The Echoes of Memory in the Azure Depths, Arch Gallery, Shanghai
2022｜Confabulation (Three Person Exhibition)，Empty Set，Bronx, New York
2021｜Aquachrome，Manifest Gallery，Cincinnati, Ohio
2020｜Afterlight，Field Projects，New York City, New York
2020｜Made in Paint，Sam and Adele Golden Gallery，New Berlin, New York
2019｜The Strangeness of Structure，String Room Gallery, Wells College，Aurora, New York
2019｜Your Plus One，Mount Airy Contemporary Artist Space，Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
2019｜Cool and Collected ‘19，Kenise Barnes Fine Art，Larchmont, New York
2018｜The Strangeness of Structure，Adelphi University Gallery，Garden City, New York
2018｜In Form: BMCC Faculty Art Show，Shirley Fiterman Art Center，New York City, New York
2017｜Art Miami，Tai Modern, Santa Fe, NM，Miami, Florida
2016｜Representing Rainbows，GP Presents，New York City, New York
2016｜What’s the Big Idea: Small Paintings from the Museum Collection，University of Maine Museum of Art，Bangor, Maine
2016｜UMS: Artists In Residence，Threads Festival，Ann Arbor, Michigan
2015｜Atmosphere，Eastern Michigan University’s University Gallery，Ypsilanti, Michigan
2015｜Out There，Plug Projects，Kansas City, Kansas
2015｜New Narratives，Storefront Ten Eyck，Brooklyn, New York
2015｜Making Space，North Seattle College Art Gallery，Seattle, Washington
2014｜Miami Project，DC Moore，Miami, Florida
2014｜Work/Work，MDC Museum of Art + Design，Miami, Florida
2014｜Sight Specific: A Selection of American Perceptual Paintings，Concord Art Association，Concord, Massachusetts
2014｜Mi-no，Red Bridge Studios，Miami, Florida
2014｜Imaginary Worlds，Saratoga Arts Center，Saratoga Springs, New York
2014｜Interiors，DC Moore，New York City, New York
2013｜Pulse Miami，Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM，Miami, Florida
2013｜Man and Nature，Southeastern Louisiana University，Hammond, Louisiana
2013｜Pulse NY，Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM，New York City, New York
2013｜NEARBY，DC Moore，New York City, New York
2012｜Romper Room，Wayfarers Brooklyn，Brooklyn, New York
2012｜How to Write a Novel，Field Projects，New York City, New York
2012｜Names of Places I’ve Never Been，Isaac’s Gallery，Roswell, New Mexico
2012｜First Truth，Camel Art Space，Brooklyn, New York
2011｜Les Voyages des Onironautes，Projective City，Paris, France
2011｜When Lightning Strikes in Low Places，Projective City，Paris, France
2011｜The Vermont School，Caseworks，Memphis, Tennessee
2010｜This World, Other World，Firehouse Gallery，Burlington, Vermont
2009｜On the Fringe of Nature，Mount Airy Contemporary Artist Space，Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009｜You Are Standing Into Danger，Space 414，Brooklyn, New York
2009｜Outside In，The Wassaic Project，Wassaic, New York
