FT Weekend Presents: Ronan McKenzie, ‘Finding Home’.
Ronan McKenzie, Nya in Melissa Eakin. © the Artist. Courtesy The Artist and FT Weekend.
FT Weekend Presents an artist talk with Ronan McKenzie. Her work is often tied together with her passion for creating more imagery of connections, relationships and black joy, presenting the world as she would like to see it. She will discuss the many strands that form her practice and ‘Finding Home’.
Ronan Mckenzie is a multi-disciplinary artist from Walthamstow, North East London. Ronan has exhibited her work at spaces including Aperture Foundation, Red Hook Labs, Somerset House and The National Theatre, and is now the Director of HOME by Ronan Mckenzie, a multifunctional creative space. Her work has been presented on the covers of The British Journal of Photography, the FT Weekend Magazine, Garage Magazine, Teen Vogue and Creative Review, and within titles including Luncheon, Vogue, POP, i-D and Wall Street Journal. Notable within Ronan’s practice is a sensitivity to honest, relatable emotion and the celebration of individuality. Alongside working commercially with brands including Nike, Glossier, Sephora, Universal Standard and Olay, Ronan lectures at universities and institutions.
Emma Bowkett is Director of Photography at the FT Weekend Magazine. She has curated exhibitions for the Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Peckham 24 and last year co-curated an exhibition with young Londoners as part of the Create Jobs programme. Emma is a University Associate Lecturer at London College of Communication (LCC).