Portrait Courtesy the Artist and Workplace. Photo Credit John-Paul Brown
(b.1985, North-West, UK)
︎︎︎ Tired of Being Tired (?)
(b.1985, North-West, UK)
︎︎︎ Tired of Being Tired (?)
Robin Megannity is a Manchester-based artist whose work explores the intersection of memory, truth, and imagination. He holds an MA in Painting from Manchester School of Art (2021) and a BA in Fine Art from University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (2007). His practice merges staged scenes, found objects, and digital simulations, blurring the boundaries between the real and the synthetic.
Megannity has exhibited nationally and internationally, selected solo exhibitions include Eating the Middle, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca (2024); Call of the Void, Workplace, London, UK (2023); ferme la fenêtre, Kristian Day Gallery, London, UK (2021); Goes Without Saying, Bunker Gallery, Manchester, UK (2019); and Compression, Studios Gallery, New Mills, UK (2014). Selected group exhibitions include The Echoes of Memory in The Azure Depths, ARCH Gallery, Shanghai (2025); and still I may, Workplace Gallery, London, UK (2024); Eating the Middle, Galería Fran Reus, Palma, Mallorca (2024); 40 Years of the Future: Painting, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK (2024); Gentle Again, The Shophouse, Hong Kong (2024); nicola ellis & robin megannity, Pipeline, London, UK (2023); Perfect Passive, Xxijra Hii, London, UK (2023); Fayre Share Fayre, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (2022); In Crystallized Time, Museum Of Museums, Seattle, USA (2021); ONE, Subsidiary Projects, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (2021); The Contact Layer, curated by Ian Gonczarow, Stewart Hall, Montreal, CA (2020); and Unfamiliar Handshake, The Function Suite, curated by Brian Mountford, London, UK (2020).
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Megannity has exhibited nationally and internationally, selected solo exhibitions include Eating the Middle, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma de Mallorca (2024); Call of the Void, Workplace, London, UK (2023); ferme la fenêtre, Kristian Day Gallery, London, UK (2021); Goes Without Saying, Bunker Gallery, Manchester, UK (2019); and Compression, Studios Gallery, New Mills, UK (2014). Selected group exhibitions include The Echoes of Memory in The Azure Depths, ARCH Gallery, Shanghai (2025); and still I may, Workplace Gallery, London, UK (2024); Eating the Middle, Galería Fran Reus, Palma, Mallorca (2024); 40 Years of the Future: Painting, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK (2024); Gentle Again, The Shophouse, Hong Kong (2024); nicola ellis & robin megannity, Pipeline, London, UK (2023); Perfect Passive, Xxijra Hii, London, UK (2023); Fayre Share Fayre, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (2022); In Crystallized Time, Museum Of Museums, Seattle, USA (2021); ONE, Subsidiary Projects, San Mei Gallery, London, UK (2021); The Contact Layer, curated by Ian Gonczarow, Stewart Hall, Montreal, CA (2020); and Unfamiliar Handshake, The Function Suite, curated by Brian Mountford, London, UK (2020).
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Robin Megannity, cues (2024), oil on linen, 85 x 110 cm. Image Courtesy of the artist and Workplace, UK.
Robin Megannity, aerial (2024), oil on linen, 70 x 85 cm. Image Courtesy of the artist and Workplace, UK.
Robin Megannity, as sharp as skin (2024), oil on linen, 110 x 85 cm. Image Courtesy of the artist and Workplace, UK.
Robin Megannity, hylo (2024), oil on linen, 85 x 70 cm. Image Courtesy of the artist and Workplace, UK.
Robin Megannity, some say the end is near (2023), oil on linen, 140 x 105 cm. Image Courtesy of the artist and Workplace, UK.
Robin Megannity, endless weather (2022), oil on linen, 90 x 120 cm. Image Courtesy of the artist and Workplace, UK.