Mary A. Fitzgerald

Mary A. Fitzgerald was born in Dublin where she lives and works. She studied Fine Art both at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology and The National College of Art and Design where she received an honors degree in Fine Art in 1989 and a Master of Fine Art in 2004. Fitzgerald has been awarded both a Visual Arts Bursary, and Professional Development Grant from The Arts Council. She is a member Black Church Print Studio where she served as a board member for many years. Residency awards include, Clo Ceardlann, Donegal, Independent Studio Artists, Dublin and The Heinrich Boll Artists Residency. She is a lecturer in First Year Art & Design and Fine Art Print at NCAD. She has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally.

Fitzgerald’s practice initially had a primary focus in the medium of printmaking. In recent years, however her work has expanded in methodology and interest to include painting, video and installation.

The artist’s work creates suggestions of place and object, but also incorporates private sensation and experience.

Fitzgerald’s iconography originates in the everyday, an eclectic gathering of images, daily observations and random things seen, tangled with memory and recall. These ‘new realities’ with their combination of personal narrative, of momentary and fleeting images, are brought together, transformed and communicated through the process of painting. The work plays with our perceptions of literal and emotional space, revealing the extent to which we can never be certain of what we know, see or feel.

The process of revealing and concealing the narrative, of scraping back creates a history and archaeology within each piece. Fitzgerald is also interested in how an images/objects meaning are transformed by their positioning together and placement in a public space. Each work enjoys both a tangible and a subliminal existence. The spaces and silences created in-between remain for the observer to explore.

Mary A. Fitzgerald became a member of the Olivier Cornet Gallery AGA group in January 2020.


Art Education
         
2004: Master of Arts, NCAD, Dublin.
1988: B.A. Fine Art, NCAD, Dublin

Currently Lecturer First Year Art & Design and School of Fine Art, NCAD, Dublin.
Studio Artist at Talbot Studios since 2020
Solo exhibitions
2022
Swoon, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2010
Certain Distance, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin
2008
A Longer Walk Home Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin
2005
New Work, Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin.
2003
DRAWN, Original Print Gallery, Dublin
2002
Hus, Grafikens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
Group Exhibitions

2026

God, Kinch, if you and I could only work together..., Bloomsday / Summer group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin



2025

Memorandum, winter group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

Out of Lines , Bloomsday/summer group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

RHA annual show, Dublin

Art Evolve 2025, art fair, RDS Dublin with Olivier Cornet Gallery.


2024

Contrasts , group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

Pink is my colour , Bloomsday/summer group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
RHA annual show, Dublin.


2023

Compendium , group exhibition, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

1515 , group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

My Favourite Artwork, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.


2022

' Memento, Looking back, Looking forward , Winter show curated with Jordan Farrelly, Olivier Cornet Gallery  

2012-2022, a decade of exhibitions , Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin


2021  

' On Paper ', a Winter show co-curated with Jackie Ryan, Olivier Cornet Gallery.


2020

' Resurfacing ', end of Summer group show, 6-28 August 2020, Olivier Cornet Gallery.

' The Morphing Feminine ', Bloomsday group show, 16 June - 30 July 2020, Olivier Cornet Gallery.

Grafik från Irland, Galleri Helle, Knudsen in Stockholm.
RHA annual show, Dublin.


2019
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo.
Artworks Open Submission, Visual Carlow.
RHA Annual.
2018
RHA Annual.
Steambox Galleries and Studios Exhibition.
2017
COE 2017, Curated by Tom Morton, contributing editor, Frieze Magazine
Small Format, The Library Project, Dublin
2016
No copy, No original, No center, No edge, Steambox, Dublin.
Enniskillen Open Visual Arts Festival.
Rosebud, The Library Project, Curated by Alison Pilkington and Cora Cummins (The Fold).
2015
Quantum Leap, Foundation 15 in association with IMMA, Tullamore, Offaly.
U- Turn, Curated by Marysia Wieckiewicz-Carroll, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
2014
Artisterium 7, 7th TbilisiAnnual International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Curated by Magda Guruli.
The Palimpsest/Rianú Project at the Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham, Curated by Claire Halpin and Eoin Mac Lochlainn.
2013
The Palimpsest Project at Arsterium VI, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tbilisi History Museum, Georgia (Curated by Claire Halpin).
Île Seguin 11/25/11 Curated by Valarie Connor, The Library Project.
Circulation, curated by Paul McAree, FLOOD, Dublin. 
2012
Production, Monstertruck Gallery, Curated by Kate Strain.
2010
INVISIBLE, Multiple Venues, curators: John Graham, Margaret O’Brien, Oliver Dowling.
Collaborative Work with Marc Reilly
2015: Quantum Leap, Foundation 15, Kilroys, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Curated by Brendan Fox.
2012: LEAN, Video and installation piece at The LAB, Dublin.
2010: INVISIBLE, Video and installation piece at La Catedral, Dublin.
2008: HERE & THERE multi‐media installation in Independent Artists Studios, Dublin.

Public Art Commissions
2003: The Home Project, commissioned by Breaking Ground and Ballymun Regeneration Limited.
Awards

2013: Clo Ceardlann Residency Award
2009: Cill Rialaig Residency Award, Heinrich Boll Residency Award.
2007: Studio Residency Award, Independent Artist Studio 2007‐10
2005: Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland 2008‐2013