Megan Eccles is a UK-based contemporary artist, whose practice centres on painting, installation, and the exploration of material surfaces. She has recently completed a BA in Fine Art at Loughborough University, where she has developed a sustained studio practice.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice explores liminal conditions through an investigation of light, surface, and spatial perception. Working somewhere in-between painting and installation, I am interested in how surfaces can hold traces of time and physical encounter. Through casting surfaces in architectural spaces associated with lived experience, I create works that emerge from direct contact with walls and built environments, carrying records of accumulation, erosion, and inhabitation.
Experiences of loss and change have sharpened my sensitivity to impermanence. I am drawn to instability not as chaotic disorder, but as a condition of transition. Through casting, layering, and installation, I attempt to preserve traces of fleeting experiences and shifting conditions rather than document specific moments. Abstraction functions as a means of sustaining uncertainty, allowing perception to remain open and unresolved.
Material responsiveness remains central to my process. Working with translucent textiles and cast surfaces, I create works that exist between painting and architecture. Light, shadow, gravity, and spatial relationships become active elements within the work, shaping how it is encountered and understood. Installation extends these concerns beyond the surface itself, allowing the surrounding environment to participate in the viewing experience.
Ultimately, I am interested in how surfaces can register encounters with space, light, and time. My work invites slow and attentive viewing, encouraging an awareness of subtle shifts, ambiguities, and the unstable nature of perception. Following the completion of my Fine Art degree in 2026, I am continuing to refine this practice through ongoing studio investigation and research-led enquiry.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
5th - 10th June 2026 Loughborough University Creative Arts Degree Show 2026, Fine Art Building, Loughborough, UK.
Education
2022-2023 Distinction in UAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, completed at Suffolk One Sixth Form College, UK.
2023-26 BA in Fine Art, Loughborough University, UK.
As an early-career undergraduate artist, Megan has exhibited works within academic contexts and has most recently exhibited in Loughborough University’s 2026 Degree show.
She is currently seeking opportunities to publicly present her work beyond an educational setting.