Tammy Mackay

Tammy grew up on a farm in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and studied at Rhodes University, graduating with an Honours Degree in Fine Art, majoring in Printmaking. Although she now lives in the UK her work often reflects the imagery of her South African upbringing.

Tammy has a passion for printmaking which has always been her main form of expression. Etching and monoprint have generally been primary mediums, but she is always experimenting with new techniques, more recently using photopolymer plates and drypoint. These techniques are often combined with hand drawn or hand coloured chine collé. In exploring and developing new techniques she feels it opens up new possibilities which are essential to her development as an artist and printmaker.

Her images are often conceptualised as a series, the most recent being “HOPE and FEAR”. All are personal explorations of themes that are layered in both process and meaning. Animals and birds have become central to Tammy’s current work and convey a subtle symbolism in their depiction.

Her work is exhibited across the UK, as well as abroad. Recent exhibitions and art fairs include: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2019, 2015, 2014 & 2013), Royal West of England Academy, The London Original Print Fair, The Affordable Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, The Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. Her work is held in many important private and public collections including the Scarborough Museum Trust, MTN print collection (South Africa), Rhodes University Alumni collection (South Africa).

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