Overview

Carali McCall – b. Canada, 1981; living and working in London UK. 

An artist whose practice is focused on performance and drawing, yet spans sculpture, video/photography, sound and writing. 

In exploring the role of the body, McCall is interested in physicality and the thresholds of materials. Artworks have been made by either carving through the landscape while running, drawing a continuous line with graphite on paper, or holding a bit of the landscape (a rock) as an act of endurance as a performance. Through movement and stillness, the work aims to address what it might mean to be human and expand conceptual-based art practices. 

Awarded MFA at Slade School of Art UCL, PhD at Central Saint Martin’s UAL; 

McCall is co-author of the Bloomsbury publication, Performance Drawing: New Practices since 1945 (2020); recent projects include movement director for Editorials and written academic article on Live Art for Routledge; recent ‘Circle Drawing’ and ‘Performing Rock’ performances have been included at Blunk Space in California; Guggenheim in Bilbao, CLOSE Ltd Gallery in Somerset. 

Recent group exhibitions include Lines of Empathy at Patrick Heide Contemporary Art in London, i miss the Land but does the Land miss me? Art Seen in Cyprus; and a solo exhibition at Gryder Gallery in New Orleans, Intervals of Jupiter.. 

Works
  • Carali McCall, Tumbleweed, Arizona, 2021
    Tumbleweed, Arizona, 2021
  • Carali McCall, Rock Portrait, Lake Nipissing, 2021
    Rock Portrait, Lake Nipissing, 2021
  • Carali McCall, Running Restraint, John Ruskin Prize Exhibition, 2025
    Running Restraint, John Ruskin Prize Exhibition, 2025
  • Carali McCall, Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) GOLD / RED, 2hours 24minutes, 2018
    Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) GOLD / RED, 2hours 24minutes, 2018
  • Carali McCall, Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 2hours 09minutes, 2023
    Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 2hours 09minutes, 2023
  • Carali McCall, Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 1hour 04minutes, 2024
    Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 1hour 04minutes, 2024
  • Carali McCall, Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 1hour 09minutes, 2017
    Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 1hour 09minutes, 2017
  • Carali McCall, Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 2hours 03minutes, 2019
    Work no.1 (Circle Drawing) 2hours 03minutes, 2019
  • Carali McCall, Rock Portrait, Lake Nipissing, 2021
    Rock Portrait, Lake Nipissing, 2021
  • Carali McCall, Circle Drawing: Green-Black / Gold, 2023
    Circle Drawing: Green-Black / Gold, 2023
  • Carali McCall, Circle Drawing: 10 Layers , 2019
    Circle Drawing: 10 Layers , 2019
  • Carali McCall, Work no. 1 (Circle Drawing) mid series Blue / Black, 1hr 53min, 2024
    Work no. 1 (Circle Drawing) mid series Blue / Black, 1hr 53min, 2024
  • Carali McCall, Carali McCall, Work no. 1 (Circle Drawing) mid series GREEN-BLACK / GOLD, 2019
    Carali McCall, Work no. 1 (Circle Drawing) mid series GREEN-BLACK / GOLD, 2019
  • Carali McCall, I miss the land but does the land miss me, 2022
    I miss the land but does the land miss me, 2022
  • Carali McCall, Circle Drawing Intervals of Jupiter, 2023
    Circle Drawing Intervals of Jupiter, 2023
  • Carali McCall, Circle Drawing R / L , 2024
    Circle Drawing R / L , 2024
  • Carali McCall, Gold/ Mars Yellow Circle, 2024
    Gold/ Mars Yellow Circle, 2024
  • Carali McCall, Running Parachute (CLOSE), 2024
    Running Parachute (CLOSE), 2024
  • Carali McCall, Work no. 1 Circle Drawing: 1 hour 35 minutes, 2025
    Work no. 1 Circle Drawing: 1 hour 35 minutes, 2025
  • Carali McCall, Work no. 2 (Line Drawing) 1hour 08minutes, 2019
    Work no. 2 (Line Drawing) 1hour 08minutes, 2019
  • Carali McCall, Work no. 2 (Line Drawing) 1hour 15minutes, 2019
    Work no. 2 (Line Drawing) 1hour 15minutes, 2019
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