Art House 26
Address: The Ramp House, 9E Bellfield Lane
Open: 6/7 and 13/14 September, 10am-6pm
Bea is a queer sculptor making interactive works with fabric that invite the audience to touch and play. She works with themes around vulvas, taboo, sexuality and drag.
Bea McMillan is a queer sculptor who creates extravagant, soft, sculptural vulvas made from colourful, repurposed fabrics. She invites people to interact with the work as play is an essential tool for learning and creating a connection between the art and audience. She uses traditionally feminine techniques like sewing and beading to break taboos around vulvas, sexuality and periods challenging the ideas in the art world that textile art is less valuable or categorised as a craft. The use of hand stitching in the work creates a slow, meditative process which in turn embeds an emotional landscape into her work. In her recent piece ‘playing dress up’ she explores the power of drag and performance in reconnecting with her younger self by using self expression as a tool for self exploration.
Instagram: @b.mcmillan.art
Contact: beatrice.mcmillan9@gmail.com
Also showing with Greta McMillan and Thea Chambers