Artist of the Month, July 2026 - Jan McCullough

Jan McCullough completed a BA in Photography at the Ulster University in 2013. Her work explores the human acts of construction, fabrication and DIY, and the communities of interest and place that form around them - employing the materials and languages associated with these activities to create sculptural installations, interventions and photographs. Jan has exhibited both nationally and internationally and she is a member of Queen Street Studios.

‘Roof Exercise VIII’ is part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Art Collection. The piece is part of a series of works called ‘Maquette’ which features framed photographs of hand-built wooden models made by male and female apprentice carpenters. Each piece was staged and photographed by the artist in front of handmade backdrops in the workshops and institutions where they were fabricated. The works invite the viewer to think about what exists within and outside of the frame and consider that artworks are not made in isolation. Through focusing on the artist’s and fabricators’ acts of building, rebuilding and reframing, they celebrate overlooked, shared gestures of labour, skill and care that underpin the making process.

Futher information about Jan and her work can be found at www.janmccullough.co.uk