About the work

Trio
Named after a ghost story by Jennifer Johnston.

The flesh, the names, the ending, the reappearing.

Colour, matt, satin, overpaint, a drawing, made on a page, sitting at a desk, in a domestic setting away from the studio.

Surface, shape, language.

Base colour, dry overnight. Return add second and third colours.

Date and country of birth

1972, IE

Career Highlights

Solo exhibitions: Kate MacGarry, London, U.K (2022); Silver House, VISUAL, Carlow, Ireland (2019);Kate MacGarry, London, U.K (2018);Espace Croisé, centre d’art contemporain, Roubaix, France (2016). Group ExhibitionsIreland in Germany, Britta Rettberg gallery, Munich (forthcoming) (2024); Terra, Jenn Ellis, Burgundy, France (2023); Luma, Jenn Ellis, London, U.K (2023); Twenty, Kate MacGarry, Frieze, Cork Street, London, U.K (2022);
Invited section, Architecture room, Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, U.K (2022)
Making and Momentum, Irish National Museum, Dublin, Ireland (2021)

Selected collections: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, U.S.A; Government Art Collection, U.K; Kadist Foundation, Paris, France; Irish Arts Council, Ireland