Helen Mac Mahon
Visual Artist
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2022
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Rock, Scissors, Paper The Ark, Dublin. June 2022
Guides Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. July 2022
PAST EXHIBITIONS
2021
Illusion on Tour Port of Olbia Maritime Station, Sardinia. December 2021
Prima Materia Kilkenny Arts Office 17th September 2021
Woman In The Machine Visual Centre of Contemrorary Art, Carlow June 4th - September 12th 2021
ILLUSION on Tour Manifattura Tabacchi Di Cagliari, Italy. May 2021
2020
Birr Vintage Festival Birr, Co Offaly, August 2020
2019
Tulca 2019 Tactical Magic NUIG Gallery, Galway, November 2019
Feile an tSolais - Festival of Light. Listowel, Co Kerry, October 2019
Ghost Light Birr Vintage Festival, Co. Offaly, August 2019
Some Concrete Possibilities The Library Project, Dublin, January.
2018
Winter Open Rua Red Arts Centre, Dublin, December 2018\
LUX Solstice Arts Centre, Co. Meath, November 2018.
ILLUSION on Tour Puke Ariki Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand, November 2018.
Transmission II Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA, October 2018.
Tall Tales - House of Kitsune Lough Crew House, Co. Meath, October 2018.
ILLUSION on Tour Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhou, China.
Artonomy MART Gallery, Dublin.
Activating Pangea: Acts to Objects LACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2017
ILLUSION on Tour OMSI, Portland, USA.
LUMA Solo show, Luan Gallery, Athlone.
Echo Chamber Luznava Manor, Rezeknes, Latvia.
Echo Chamber Rua Red, Dublin.
Echo Chamber Ganter Multimediaspace, France.
TRANSMISSION Two person show, MART Gallery, Dublin.
Between Dog and Wolf Galway Arts Centre.
ILLUSION on Tour Liberty Science Center, New Jersey, USA.
2016
The Wayward Fruit Tree Group Show, Ormond Studios, Dublin.
Colour, Paint, Painting Group show, Tactic Arts, Sample Studios, Cork.
ILLUSION on Tour Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany.
Glitch Group show, MART, Rathmines, Dublin,
Glitch Group show, Rua Red, Tallaght, Dublin.
2015
Fortuna Solo show, Mart Gallery, Dublin.
Eidolon Solo Show, Platform Arts, Belfast.
Quantum Leap, Foundation15 Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
Ormond Stew Group Show Ormond Studios, Dublin.
ILLUSION on Tour Petrosains Science Discovery Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Profero Solo Show, Draoicht, Blanchardstown.
One Exhibition of a Series IV Group Show, Various locations, Dublin.
ILLUSION on Tour Discovery Place, Carolina, USA.
2014
One Exhibition of a Series II, Ormond Studios, Dublin.
Selection Box Group Show, Talbot Gallery, Dublin.
One Exhibition of a Series I Mart Experiments, Rathmines, Dublin.
Into the Field The Model, Sligo.
Five Year Anniversary Show Ormond Studios, Dublin
+Battery- Foundation14, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
NLA V IMOCA, Steambox, Dublin.
Precognition Group Show, Talbot Gallery, Dublin
ILLUSION on Tour Ruben H. Fleet Centre, San Diego, USA.
ŏp′tĭk Solo show, Eight Gallery, Dublin.
Tactile Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast.
Blue Monday Mart Gallery, Dublin.
2013
Lux & Lumen Solo show, Ormond Studios, Dublin.
Nuit Blanche Neon Moxie Studios, Dublin.
Process Block T, Dublin.
Nuit Blanche Moxie Studios , Dublin.
Art and Style Brown Thomas, BT2, Dublin
ILLUSION Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin.
2013 Graduate Exhibition DIT Portland Row, Dublin.
Few Absolutes Group Show DIT Portland Row, Dublin.
2012
Scintilla Group Show, DIT Portland Row, Dublin.
1 108 80 Group Show, The Atrium, TBG&S, Dublin.
Here and Now Group Show, Market Studios, Dublin.
Reviews and Press
Des Kenny review of Profero, Draoicht, Blanchardstown.
http://www.draiocht.ie/blog/entry/des_kenny_reviews_helen_macmahon_profero
Culture Trip - Ireland's Ten Contemporary Artists, November 2014.
Slavka Sverakova - Tactile, Catalyst Arts Belfast, March 2014
Artfetch, Emerging Artists. March 2014
Top ten emerging artists Ireland, March 2014
http://blog.artfetch.com/top-ten-artists-emerging-ireland/
Irish Times, Declan Long - DIT Graduate Show. June 2013
http://www.irishtimes.com/high-grade-art-from-this-year-s-graduate-crop-1.1427480?page=2
Billion Journal - DIT Graduate Show. June 2013
http://www.billionjournal.com/time/about.html
Brown Thomas -Art and Style. July 2013.
http://www.bt2.ie/news-and-events/article/art-style
Science Gallery - ILLUSION. July 2013
AWARDS
Recipient of the RHA IPUT Wilton Park Studio Residency Award 2019
Recipient of the Ormond Studio Project Award 2017
Recipient of Creative Ireland funding for a semi-permanent outdoor light installation 2017
Recipient of the Foundation14 People's Choice Award. 2014.
Recipient of the Cill Rialiagh Residency for a Fine Art graduate 2013.
Recipient of the Ormond Studio Residency for a Fine Art Graduate 2013.
Shortlisted for the Talbot Gallery Most Promising Graduate Award 2013.
Shortlisted for the Block T Residency for a Fine Art Graduate 2013.
COLLECTIONS
The Ark Cultural Centre 2022
The Arts Council of Ireland 2021
Enterprise Ireland 2019
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