Curriculum Vitae
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Shania McDonagh
Website: shaniamcdonagh1.wixsite.com/website
Mobile No: 086 1684698
Education
2020 BA Hons Contemporary Art, First Class Honours, Centre for Creative Arts and Media, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
2021 Current. Masters in Creative Practice, Centre for Creative Arts and Media, GMIT, Galway, Ireland
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Claremorris Library, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Group Exhibitions
2020 Not a Degree Show, Connaught Tribune Printworks, Galway
2019 Coast, Main Foyer, GMIT Dublin Road campus, Galway
2018 Westival, Westport Arts Festival, The Custom House Gallery, Co. Mayo
Portrait Elective Exhibition, The Long Hall Gallery, GMIT, Chluainn Mhuire campus, Galway.
2015 Mayo God Help Us, Claremorris Gallery, (selected by Patrick T Murphy, director of RHA and Catherine Marshall, former head of Collections at IMMA), Claremorris, Co. Mayo
2014 International High School Arts Festival, National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan
Limerick City of Culture, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
Texaco Art Competition, Winners Exhibition Tour, Dublin City Hugh Lane Gallery/The Ulster Museum, Belfast/ Cork Vison Centre, Cork City/ Highlanes Art Gallery, Drogheda/ The Hunt Museum, Limerick City
2012 International High School Arts Festival, National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan
Texaco Art Competition, Winners Exhibition Tour, Dublin City Hugh Lane Gallery/The Ulster Museum, Belfast/ Cork Vison Centre, Cork City/ Highlanes Art Gallery, Drogheda/ The Hunt Museum, Limerick City
2011 Texaco Art Competition, Winners Exhibition Tour, Dublin City Hugh Lane Gallery/The Ulster Museum, Belfast/ Cork Vison Centre, Cork City/ Highlanes Art Gallery, Drogheda/ The Hunt Museum, Limerick City
2010 Texaco Art Competition, Winners Exhibition Tour, Dublin City Hugh Lane Gallery/The Ulster Museum, Belfast/ Cork Vison Centre, Cork City/ Highlanes Art Gallery, Drogheda/ The Hunt Museum, Limerick City
Awards/Scholarships
2020 GMIT Academic Achievement Award, BA Hons in Contemporary Art, GMIT, Galway
2016 GMIT Academic Scholarship for Centre for Creative Arts and Media, GMIT, Galway
Winner, Credit Union Art Competition, National Level, Dublin
2015 Winner, Credit Union Art Competition, National Level, Dublin
2014 First Prize and Overall Winner, Texaco Art Competition, Dublin
Winner, Credit Union Art Competition, National Level, Dublin
2013 First Prize, Texaco Art Competition, Dublin
Winner, Credit Union Art Competition, National Level, Dublin
2012 First Prize, Texaco Art Competition, Dublin
Runner Up, Credit Union Art Competition, Chapter Level, Co. Mayo
Gold Medal, All-Ireland, HSE Community Games, Art Competition, Athlone
2011 First Prize, Texaco Art Competition, Dublin
Merit, Credit Union Poster Competition, National Level, Dublin
Gold Medal, All-Ireland, HSE Community Games, Art Competition, Athlone
2010 First Prize, Texaco Art Competition, Dublin
Winner, Credit Union Poster Competition, National Level, Dublin
Gold Medal, All-Ireland, HSE Community Games, Art Competition, Athlone
Selected Publications/ Reviews /Press/ Interviews
2019 Featured Interview, Art Down to a Tea! Talented GMIT sculptor crafts conversation stopper from old cloth and used teabags, Galway City Tribune, Galway, Ireland. May issue
2015 Featured Interview, Artist Spotlight: Shania McDonagh, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, USA December
2014 Featured Artist, Irish Arts Review Magazine, Dublin. June issue
Featured Video, Timpeall na Tíre, Nuacht TG4, Ireland. May
Featured Interview, Drawing or Photograph? ART-SCENE.TV, Germany. May issue
Featured Artist, Shania McDonagh and 4 Other Adolescent Artists Who Are More Talented Than You, Bustle Digital Group, NYC, USA. April
Featured Artist, Claremorris student wins Texaco Art Competition, Mayo Advertiser, Co. Mayo, April
Featured Artist, Pencil portrait wins Texaco Art Prize for Mayo teenager, The Irish Times, Ireland, April
Featured Artist, Sixteen-Year-Old Artist Wins National Art Competition with Masterful Hyper-Realistic Pencil Portrait, Colossal Visual Art Blog, Chicago, USA, April
2013 Featured Artist, Irish Independent, Ireland, May
2012 Featured Artist, Live Video Interview, The Late Late Show, RTE, National Television, Ireland, April
2011 Featured Artwork, The Late Late Show, RTE, National Television, Ireland, April
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Commissions/Collections
2020 Commissioned Artwork, HSE Portrait series commission, Residents of St. Rita’s House, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
2014 2010 Works in Texaco Art Competition, Permanent Collection, Dublin
2012 Commissioned Artwork, Claremorris Swimming Pool, Permanent Public Collection, Co. Mayo
2011 Commissioned Portrait, Presentation for An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, Private Collection
2008 Commissioned Artwork, Melic Mór National School, Permanent Collection, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
2007 Commissioned Artwork, Gealscoil Uilleog de Búrca, Permanent Collection, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Professional Experience
2019 Research Placement, NUIG Anatomy Department, Galway
2015 Work experience, Claremorris Gallery, Claremorris Co. Mayo, Documenting and cataloguing gallery collection, 5 days
2014 Culture Night Ambassador, Dublin Bus, Dublin, Sketch Artist - Drawing portraits of Dublin bus passengers on Culture Night.
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