Born in London in 1985, Mary Garner trained at Wimbledon College of Art, Kensington & Chelsea College and gained a 1st Class Degree at Edinburgh College of Art.

She was awarded the Royal Scottish Academy’s Kinross Scholarship to study in Florence and the Anna Mahler Association Award to study books and print in Spoleto, Italy.

Mary lives and works in Portobello, Edinburgh.

Using mixed media to explore transitory scenes, Mary creates temporal snapshots of our universe. Looking at ‘empty’ spaces – from derelict building sites to night skies – Mary captures their elusive atmospheres. Layered surfaces are built, concealing and revealing elements, through a process of application and removal. Through repetition, Mary acknowledges the fruitlessness of attempts to depict a universe that is both a graspable, tangible entity and an elastic proposition in a state of constant flux, fated to disappear.