A meticulous craftsman, using traditional glazing techniques, which means a painting can take months to finish and steeped in paintings history, McArdle dismantles existing imagery and visual material ,re combing elements to create new pictures of the world. There is a deliberate suggestiveness and provocation to the paintings that result.
2000 20/21 The British Art Fair London
2002 Metropolis , Mark Jason Gallery , Bond Street , London
2002 20/21 The British Art Fair , London
2003 Art London, Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2003 Focus, Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2003 Metropolis 2, Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2003 New Contemporaries, Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2004 BLUR, Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2004 Faces, Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2004 New York Art Fair, Mark Jason, London
2004 The Stuckist Punk Victorian, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2004 The Stuckists, Lady Lever Gallery, Liverpool
2004 Diverse, Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2005 The Stuckist , La Viande Gallery , London
2005 Love and Bullets , Transition Gallery < London
2008 Go West , Spectrum Gallery , London
2018 ‘Stories from The Big Flat Now . Abject Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne
2020 ‘Pause & Punctuate’. GAS Contemporary .
2021 ‘Everyone knows this is nowhere’ NCA Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne
2022 ‘X’ Contemporary British Painting NCA, Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne
Collections
Prudential Life Assurance , London
Standard Chattered Bank , London
Warrander Grant publishing London
Awards and Commissions
Work commission by The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.
Numerous commissions By Arts Resource , Sunderland
Billboard Commission for the Coalition against Crime (Reproduced on billboards for “The year of Visual Arts.
Publicity
Featured in Arts Review
Recommended in Hot Ticket , London Evening Standard
Recommended in The Guardian art Guide (Weekend)
Interview BBC Radio London
Interview BBC Radio Newcastle
Review in the London Evening Standard
Featured ‘The Crack Magazine’ Newcastle Upon Tyne
Featured Narc Magazine
“Augurs well for the future of British painting” , Arts Review
“ A top draughtsman with a funky fluid style “ London Evening Standard
