Mike Carney (b. 1973, Warrington, UK) lives and works in Wirral, UK.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Mike Carney’s drawings and paintings represent the evolution of studies in visual and aural abstraction. Inspired by the textures and rhythms of experimental music, Carney utilises an elemental, process-led approach to making, culminating in work that is meditative and hallucinatory. Shape, form and colour coalesce in monolithic, amorphous sculptural spectrums and gradients evocative of a kaleidoscopic, preternatural geology.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Nothing’s Gonna Keep You Here, Oakland Gallery, Wirral, UK, 2023 (group show).
Drawing (Paper) Show, The Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 2023 (group show).
Paper Cuts, 50MV, Waterloo, Liverpool, UK, 2023 (group show).
Royal Watercolour Society Open 2023, Bankside Gallery, London, UK, 2023.
SHUFFLE, 2 Princes Road, Liverpool, UK, 2022 (group show).
Anonymous Drawings, ZAK, Berlin, Germany, 2022 (group show).
Kentaro Kobuke + Mike Carney, Gallery Jaja, Onomichi, Japan, 2022.
Painters + Collection 2021, Nakata Museum, Onomichi, Japan, 2021 (group show).
The Drawing Show, Bridewell Studios, Liverpool, UK, 2020 (group show).
INPUT, OUTPUT Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 2019, (group show). 
OUTPUT OPEN 3, OUTPUT at Make Space, Birkenhead, UK, 2019 (group show). 
Liverpool Biennial 2018 with Haegue Yang, Tate Liverpool, UK, 2018.
Bam Bam Bam, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK, 2015 (group show). 
Liverpool Art Prize 2013 with Jon Barraclough, Metal, Liverpool, UK, 2013. 
Parts Unknown, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, 2011 (group show).
Krimskrams, Cartel Gallery, London, UK, 2010 (group show). 
No Soul For Sale, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2010 (group show).