Women in Art 278 Magazine October 2014 | Page 9

american artist audrey mcnamara pop/modern Born in Denver, Colorado, in the summer of 1982, Audrey McNamara showed signs of a talent for art at a very young age. As a child, drawing was pure play for Audrey and she spent many hours up at her drawing table, tool in hand. During her teenage years the artist nonchalantly won school awards and baffled her instructors, but she cared little for school and, as soon as Audrey could leave the confines of formal education, she did. In 2003, Audrey had her first solo art exhibition at Mutiny Now Gallery in Denver. Many more shows were to follow as she tirelessly pursued her path up the ranks of showing her art in bookstores and coffee shops, and doing menial jobs such as interior painting and technical sketches to pay the way. By the time Audrey was enrolling herself in Denver’s Emily Griffith Institution of Vocation and Design, she was a working full time as a freelance artist. Her education in fashion design helped mold the signature style Audrey’s art carries today. At the dawn of 2009, Audrey moved to Los Angeles to expand her pool of opportunity. She now holds a curating position in Venice, California, while she travels the United States with her art, doing, by majority, illustration, street vending and murals. wom en ART page 9