About

Meadhbh McNutt is an Irish artist, writer and editor.

Meadhbh's practice traverses art writing, photography and installation. Her work looks at the relationship between body and image, intimacy and information – agitating the dilemmas of documentation.

Meadhbh was recipient of the 2020 VAI/DCC Art Writing Award. She has delivered four editions of her sold-out art writing workshop series at CCA Derry~Londonderry. Throughout 2019, Meadhbh served as Co-Director at Galway's 126 Artist-Run Gallery.

Her words can be found in Tank Magazine, Circa Art Magazine, HeadStuff and Visual Artists' News Sheet, among other publications. Her visual work has been exhibited internationally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, Poland and Hong Kong.

Solo Exhibitions

2019

Idolum, 126 Artist-Run Gallery, Galway

2015

Varieties of Self, Tramore Pop-up Gallery, Carrigart Arts Festival, Donegal

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
Window Texts, CCA Derry~Londonderry

2020

Covid 19 Exhibition, The Minecraft Gallery with Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Donegal

2019

Artlink Members Show, Artlink, Fort Dunree, Donegal

2017

Night of 1000 Drawings, the Hive Central, Hong Kong

2016

Give Me The Sun, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh

2015

Duncan of Jordanstone Degree Show, University of Dundee

Spaces of Uncertainty: Unclaimed Baggage, Opcja Gallery, Kraków

Generator Members Show, GENERATOR Projects, Dundee

2014

Spaces of Uncertainty, Barcsay Hall, HUFA, Budapest

The Third Place, An Grianán Theatre, Donegal

2013

2 Years and Counting, Roseangle Arts Café, Dundee

No Fail, Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee

Awards

2020

VAI/DCC Art Writing Award

2016

CRMEP Aesthetics & Art Theory Award for Outstanding Achievement

2015

DJCAD Art, Philosophy & Contemporary Practices Award

Nominee for Roche Continents Programme, Salzburg

Residencies

“Unset in Stone” Residency (2019), 126 Artist-Run Gallery, Galway

Speaking

- Delivered talks at TU Dublin (2020), Galway Technical Institute, The Model Sligo (2020), Project Arts Centre (2021 ‘Catalytic Intersections’ symposium organised by Irish Artists Film Index) and GMIT (2019).

- Taken part in advisory panels at the Burren College of Art and the Centre for Creative Arts & Media (GMIT), and opened the final year exhibition for Galway Technical Institute.

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Artist's Statement

Publications

The Douglas Hyde Gallery:

Tending to the Engine (upcoming)

CCA Derry~Londonderry:
Pierrot

Mirror Lamp Press:

For the Sake of Reality:
The Museum of Ancient History Review

The Dock:

Accidents flowing, one after the other...

(Response to Second Summer, The Dock)

Visual Artists' News Sheet: