CV
Education
1979 Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland
1981 Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain
1985 Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, USA
2015, 17, 19 MI-Lab, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan
Member of Graphic Studio Dublin
Elected Associate Member of RE Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, London, UK
Exhibitions
2024
MASABAN, Udatsu no Kihei Kan: Echizen, Japan
MONOCHROMATIC, Graphic Studio Dublin, Ireland
Collections: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
2023
International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London.
Ballinglen Biennial Exhibition, Ballinglen Museum, Co. Mayo.
Kwaidan, Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Matsue, Japan
Global Dimensions, Mokuhanga Invitational, Walla Walla, Washington State, USA
EXPANDED, Graphic Studio Dublin, Ireland
MOR, Graphic Studio Dublin, Ireland
2022
Wood, Paper, Ink, Richard F Brush Gallery, St. Lawerence University, Canton, NY, USA
Between Worlds: Mokuhanga Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York
192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2021
The World Between the Block and the Paper, Southern Vermont Arts Center, USA
Kanreki International Mokuhanga Conference, Nara, Japan
SILENCE, Graphic Studio, Dublin
Battle of the Book, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Sumi Fusion: Mokuhanga & Nara, Japan
191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
‘Moving Still’, Solo Exhibition, Graphic Studio Dublin & Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Summer Show, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
‘FAR IN FAR OUT’, Cairde Arts Festival, Sligo, Ireland
2020
Hida-Takayama, International Contemporary Woodblock-Prints Triennale
Diamond Point, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Kanreki, The Model, Sligo
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
London Original Print Fair, London
Our Colours, DLR County Collection, Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire
Summer Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2019
Solo Exhibition, Foyer Gallery, The Model, Sligo.
Somewhere in Between, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
Light/Shade, CfSHE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Impressions, Printmaking Biennial, Galway, Ireland
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast
Echoes, Maria Simmonds-Gooding & Kate MacDonagh, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
St Brigid’s Day Contemporary Exhibition, 90 Women Artists, 12 Star Gallery, London
2018
The Lighthouse & The Sea, Impact 10 Encuentro, Santander, Spain.
RUA 137th Annual Exhibition, Belfast
Summer Show, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
Japan WYPW, West Yorkshire, England.
Walking Birds’ Mountain, The Factory, Sligo.
An Irish Airman Forsees His Death, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.
Gathering, Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon.
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo. (Received The Model Cara residency award)
Nebensonnen, Seidlvilla, Munich, Germany
MI-LAB/CFSHE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Royal Ulster Academy 136th Annual Exhibition, Belfast, Ireland
EFA RBPMW Annual Members Show, New York, U.S.A
Pier Printers Unframed , Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
CISHE Gallery 3331 Arts Chryoda, Tokyo, Japan
MISA, St James Hospital, Dublin
Beauty of Mokuhanga: Discipline & Sensibility, IMC, Hawaii, USA
RHA: 187th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
A lonely Impulse of Delight, Geidei University, Tokyo, Japan
Crazy Jane, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2016
A Terrible Beauty is Born, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Legacy, National Fine Art Print Exhibition, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
Summer Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
A lonely Impulse of Delight, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo & London Art Fair
2015
A lonely Impulse of Delight, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
CISHE Gallery, Arts Chiyoda 333, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Winter Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Wandering Shades, Factory Performance Space, Sligo
2013
Open, Catherine Hammond Gallery, Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Pressed, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire curated by Graphic Studio Dublin
The Japanese Connection, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
The Wanderer and the Well, Reflections on Yeats, with Brian McDonagh, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Open Submission Exhibition, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council selected by Tara Murphy, Solomon Gallery
2012
Works, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Group Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
2010
RHA: 180th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, (Invited Artist)
Group Exhibition, The Cat & Moon Gallery, Sligo
2009
RHA: 179th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
46th Slikarska Kolonija, Galerija Medija, Zagorje, Slovenia
2008
Group Exhibition, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
45th Slikarska Kolonija, Galerija Medija, Zagorje, Slovenia
2007
44th Slikarska Kolonija, Galerija Medija, Zagorje, Slovenia
Group Exhibition, Tram Yard Gallery, Dalkey
Margin, OPW, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
2006
Group Exhibition, Dalkey Art Gallery, Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Paper Unframed, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
Group Exhibition, Cat & Moon Gallery, Sligo
2005
Group Exhibition, County Buildings, Wicklow
Dalkey Art Gallery, Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Showcase, Grafton Suite, Grafton Street, Dublin
2004
Light, Kate Mac Donagh and Harry Vince Coulter Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin, opening by Catherine Marshall
2003
Pool, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Solo exhibition
New Works, William Frank Gallery, Monkstown, Dublin
2002
Aimsir, Kate Mac Donagh and Harry Vince Coulter Dún Aimhirgin Gallery, Department of community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Dublin
1999
Masks from Yeats’ Plays, The Factory Theatre Space, Sligo
1996
Masks at the Hawk’s Well, Sligo Art Gallery
1994
An tOireachtas, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin
Aisling, The Pantheon Gallery, Dublin
RHA: 161th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
1993
Recent Work, Kate Mac Donagh and Lucy Hill, The Factory Theatre Space, Sligo
Tipperary Images, South Riding, County Museum, Clonmel
1992
Art in Tipperary, Clonmel Art Gallery, Clonmel
1991
Recent Work, Kate Mac Donagh & Pauline Kinahan, The Dolan Moore Gallery, Athlone
COE ‘90: Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Group Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery
Art in Tipperary, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
1990
The Thinking Eye, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
Western Artist’s Exhibition, Galway Arts Festival
1985
Etchings and Photographs, Kate Mac Donagh and John O’Leary, Sligo Art Festival
1983
New York Prints, Kate Mac Donagh & Pauline Kinehan, Limerick Printmaking Collective
Collections & Commissions
Mac Donagh’s work is held in Public collections in Ireland including the Office of Public Works, Department of Foreign Affairs and private collections in Slovenia, Spain, USA and Japan including Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, The Office of Public Works, Dublin, FÁS Office Sligo and Dublin, Tipperary County Museum, Izlake Collection, Zagorie, Slovenia.
Awards & Residencies
2022
The Wilkinson Print Award, RHA Annual Exhibition
2021
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
2020
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo
Creative Ireland, Artist in Residence, St. James’s Hospital/MISA, Dublin
Arts Council of Ireland, Professional Development Award
2018
CARA Residency Award, The Model, Sligo
2017
MI-LAB Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Lake Kawagguchi, Japan.
Dlr Arts Grant- Professional Development
2015
MI-LAB Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan
2012 & 2006
Residency, Cill Rialaig Artists’ Retreat, Co, Kerry
2008 & 2007
Residency, 45th Colony of Painters, Islake, Slovenia & 44th Colony of Painters, Islake, Slovenia
1981
Scholarship, The Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York
1980
Scholarship, Spanish Cultural Institute, Madrid, Spain
1979
Prize Winner, Claremorris Fine Art Exhibition, Co. Mayo
E: katemacdonagh@gmail.com
M: 086 387 4871
W: katemacdonagh.com
Download word file