b. London in 1985. Mary Garner trained at Wimbledon College of Art, Kensington & Chelsea and Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. She is a recipient of the Anna Mahler award and the Royal Scottish Academy Kinross scholarship and has exhibited across the UK and Italy. Mary lives and works in Portobello, Edinburgh.

Layered surfaces are created through a sensory and intuitive approach, allowing Mary to explore the nature of paint.
A process of repeated application, reduction and removal allows layered mark-making to be built up; concealing, revealing and obscuring elements yet never quite deleting. This invites the viewer to lean in, to examine incidental traces and textural surfaces.

The deliberate relinquishing of complete control by the artist through materials is intentional. Each work is a process of control and discovery as compositions reveal themselves.