Artist

Margo McNulty

Exhibition Title

"Outside / Inside"

Exhibition Statement

This project involves going back to retrace and to see the remnants of home and place. The now abandoned family home, once a hotel, is photographed outside and then videoed from inside out. Using photographs, I made photo-etchings and photogravures and pigment prints. On the video sound track; I talk to my cousin Michael about our family childhood.  The memories are of a time and place that was uncomplicated. There was a decency and simplicity of feeling. It’s a recollection of family history where memory and feeling are one.

Artist Statement

Margo McNulty’s work deals with hidden history, memory and place and with aspects of everyday life and experience.  In her practice, McNulty often revisits these themes and is influenced by geography, agrarian culture and certain traditions inherent in Irish culture.She creates a visual language that expresses the intricacies of memory, creating arenas for identity to be revealed and understood in the broader context of the past. 

Exhibition Images

Biography

Margo McNulty was born in Achill Island, County Mayo. She studied Fine Art in GMIT Galway and she was awarded a postgraduate scholarship to study in Belgium. In 2002, she completed her Masters in Fine Art Print in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. Her solo exhibition Re-Trace was held at the Museum of Country Life in Castlebar Co. Mayo in 2006. In 2009 her work has been exhibited in group shows in Cologne, Paris, Louvain and Poland and a solo show Imprint in Roscommon Arts Centre. Her work is in numerous collections in Ireland, Belgium, Germany and Australia.