Shirley Archibald is a multi-disciplinary artist encompassing painting, assemblage and performance. My practice examines historical events from the positionality of a queer / neurodiverse / feminist perspective. I am deeply invested in embodied truths and their generationally gifted traumas. Making connections between these historical events is the generative engine of my multi-disciplinary practice.

Currently, my practice examines historical definitions and persecution of witches, the creation of the hag myth and its place in contemporary narratives of feminine life along side a life-long investigation into acts of literal and personal obliteration and destruction.

BA Honours in Fine Art Liverpool School of Art and Design 1987-1990

MA Fine Art University of Brighton 2021-2023