Megan Rooney
Born in South Africa, Megan Rooney spent part of her childhood in Brazil before moving to Canada, and then settled in London, England, where she has lived since 2014. In her works, she sets the paint in motion, both on canvases and on walls. Regardless of the medium or format, the act of painting is a physical, almost performative endeavour, which culminates in her monumental paintings.
In 2022, Megan Rooney took over a room at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, blending painting, architecture and performance during the exhibition La Couleur en fugue to create a non-figurative pictorial landscape that nevertheless remains rooted in an evocation of reality. Using a variety of tools, the artist painted directly onto the walls, creating an immersive space of vibrant colours that responded to the body’s movements in harmony with the venue. Atmospheric and geological in nature, her works are the result of a lengthy process involving various media (oil, acrylic, pastel). The artist revisits her fluid or denser colours—whether in acrylic or oil—using pastels to draw lines and transform her painting. Megan Rooney explores the richness of a vibrant, colourful palette, whose shades blend into harmonious or dissonant combinations. In her works, one can even discern allusions to real spaces or to nature.
