About Me
Hiya I'm Meg Mcwilliam and I communicate activism through art
I’m Meg McWilliam (she/her), a fashion communicator, mixed-media collage artist, and founder of RADGE magazine. I go by @megmcart on Instagram, where I’ve been working as a freelance artist for the past five years. This journey began during lockdown, fuelled by pure frustration with the government and a need to make noise through creativity.
My work spanning graphic design, creative direction, and collage is shaped by my working-class roots in County Durham. I explore girlhood, class, and identity through a bold, satirical lens, transforming the everyday into something defiant and celebratory. Mixing pop culture, nostalgia, and hyper-femininity, I use humour and chaos to challenge who gets seen and heard. Based in Chester-le-Street, I’m a No More Nowt commission recipient and recently showed Renationalize The Parmo at BALTIC.
INSPIRATION
Grit, Glamour & Growing Up: RADGE Is Rooted in the North
RADGE is inspired by growing up working-class in County Durham, shaped by queer joy, girlhood, and the chaos of small-town life. It’s a celebration of Northern identity, bold, messy, hyperfeminine, and unapologetic. The North is often overlooked in art and culture, but RADGE reclaims space for those voices. Mixing pop culture, protest, and nostalgia, it turns grit into glamour and proves that being loud, camp, and working-class is nothing short of radical.
RADGE is a platform for voices that are too often ignored. It challenges who gets to be seen in fashion, art, and media, pushing back with satire, style, and celebration. RADGE matters because it turns the margins into the main event, proving that glamour, creativity, and power don’t just come from big cities or big budgets - they come from lived experience and the guts to be unapologetically yourself.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Editors Note from RADGE magazine
Spread from RADGE
"A Love Letter To Radge Icons" For RADGE
Artwork by me for RADGE
Ellie Ward for RADGE
Spread for RADGE
Scotty T feature and interview for RADGE
Scotty T feature and interview for RADGE
Street style section in RADGE
Artwork by me accompanying a poem in RADGE
Interview in RADGE
Spread in RADGE
Spread in RADGE
"Beyond the Washline" Poem in RADGE
Spread in RADGE
"Council Estate Princess" By me for RADGE
Spread in RADGE
DETAIL
From Darlo to Defiance: Visual Storytelling Rooted in the North East
Every page of RADGE is crafted by me. Drawing on my graphic design skills and creative direction, the publication is shaped entirely by my vision and voice. Inspired strongly by my own experiences within an art scene that often feels hostile and exclusionary, RADGE has grown into much more than just a publication, it has become a movement. A space where working-class Northern voices, often overlooked or sidelined, can be celebrated loudly and unapologetically. Through bold visuals, satire, and vibrant storytelling, RADGE challenges mainstream narratives and creates room for stories that deserve to be seen and heard.
"Contemporary art hates you" - John Waters
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