Leejah McCarthy is a collagist, born and raised in South London. Her body of work has been inspired by street art and flyposting. She uses collage and storytelling in her practice to move through complex subject matters like identity, conflict and spirituality.
Her paintings and drawings are layered, manipulated and repeated. With interest in how the brain stores information by rearranging the connections, or synapses, between neurons. She uses her process to mirror this notion and access a meditative state for self exploration and reflection.
