About
Born in Canada
Lives and works in London and Northern Ireland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Flag- Iris, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York
2021
Red Stars and Variations, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2020
Well, Penthouse Gallery, Margate;
Her Nature, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2019
In two Parts, 12 Star Gallery, London
2018
Headland, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Headland, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Still (dark), Matt's Gallery, London
Headland, RHA Galleries, Dublin
2017
Headland, Limerick City Art Gallery and Museum, Limerick
Headland, Wilkinson Gallery, London
2013
Quasi–Real & Branch–Like, Wilkinson Gallery, London
2010/2011
Green Light Wanes...Towner Art Gallery & Museum; Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
(publication)
2009
Venice, Marlborough Graphics
2008
Chronicle of Orange, Wilkinson Gallery, London (publication)
2006
Arborescence, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2004/5
Recent Paintings (touring exhibition), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham / Milton Keynes
Gallery, Milton Keynes / BALTIC,
Gateshead, / Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea
(publication)
2003
Artemis Greenberg Van Doren, New York NY (publication)
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
2002
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
2001
Gallery Deux, Tokyo, Japan
Peer, Peer Trust Gallery, London
1999
Southampton City Art Gallery,
Southampton (publication)
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
1997
Galerie 102, Dusselsorf, Germany
1994
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1992
Belongings, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
1991
Emilio Navarro Gallery, Madrid (publication)
1990
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (publication)
1989
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (publication)
EDUCATION
1979-82
Belfast College of Art, Fine Art Degree, Painting
1982-84
Slade School of Art, University College, London, MA Painting
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Terrain, Fox Jensen Gallery, New Zealand
Bringing to Light, Towner Art Gallery & Museum, Eastbourne, UK;
Arcadia, Town House, London
2021
Haunted Landscapes. St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington UK.
Blue Sky Thinking, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2020
Shadows and Light, Southampton City Art Gallery and Museum, Southampton, UK
RA Summer Exhibition, London
2019
Aerodrome, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
It’s Gonna Rain, Contemporary Landscape, Watson Farley & Williams, London
Last Day of May, drawings by Merlin James, Stephen Mc Kenna and Elizabeth Magill
RA Summer Exhibition, London
2017
Legacies: JMW Turner & contemporary art practice The New Art Gallery Walsall,
Walsall
A Certain Kind of Light Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
Public View, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
2016
High Treason: Roger Casement Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin (publication)
A Certain Kind of Light Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
Public View, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
2015
Talking to Deptford Deptford X, London
RUA Annual Ulster Museum, Belfast
Art Without Borders RHA Galleries, Dublin
2014
Twixt Two Worlds Towner,
Eastbourne, UK
Death & Dying MAG3 project space, Vienna, Austria
Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Under the Greenwood, Gerald Moore, Gallery, London, UK
2013
Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Under the Greenwood, St Barbe Museum, Lymington, Hampshire, UK
2012
Landscape, Hite Collection, Soeul, Korea
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery & Museum, Liverpool (prizewinner)
2011
Interlude, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
The Hunt Museum, Limerick
Art Council Collection
Summer Show, Royal Academy, London
2010
Known Unknown, Gallery LOOP, Soeul, Korea
Elizabeth Magill & John Frankland, The Russian Club Gallery, London,
Northern Print Biennale, Laing Art Gallery, Hatton Gallery Newcastle
Skies, Nottingham Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham2008
Royal Academy of Arts, Invited artist, London (winner of the Sunny Dupree Award)
Paralell Remix, laura Hutton Gallery, New York
Double Interview, Artspace Hue, Seoul, Korea, I–Myu Projects, London, Soeul Art Space, Seogyo
Summer Show, Royal Academy, London
2009
There not There, Crawford Museum, Cork
2006
Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, (publication)
Out of Place, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Melancholia, Andrew Jensen Gallery, New Zealand
Siar, IMMA, Dublin
2004Landscape 2, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
2002
Something Else (touring exhibition), Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland (publication)
2001
I Love Melancholy, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland & Southampton City Art Gallery
IMMA/Glen Dimplex Exhibition, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (publication)
Shifting Ground: Fifty Years of Irish Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (publication)
2000
Places in Mind, Elizabeth Magill/ Adam Chodzko/ Stan Douglas, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast (publication)
Primio Michetti 2000, Fondazione Michetti, Italy (publication)
1999
0044, PS1, New York and Allbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo / Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast / Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork (publication)
Artist Unknown, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London1996Irsk 96, Kulturfest, Arhus Kunstbyoning, Arhus, Denmark (publication)
1995
IMMA/Glen Dimplex Artists Award, Irish Museum of Modern Art(publication)1993New Voices, British Council Touring Exhibition (publication)
1992
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Welcome Europe, Holsoboro Kunstmuseum, Denmark (publication)1991A View of London, Salzburg Kunstverein, Austria (publication)
1990
The British Art Show, McLennan Galleries, Glasgow / Leeds City Art Gallery / Hayward Gallery, London (publication)
Decoy, Serpentine Gallery, London (publication)
1983
GPA, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (publication)
RESIDENCIES
2002
The British Embassy, Yangon, Myanmar
1995
Saarlandisches Kunstlerhaus, Saarbruken, Germany
1994
'Momart Fellowship', Tate Gallery, Liverpool
PROJECTS
2008
'Venice' Print Project, Paragon/Paupers Press, Venice/London
2005/6
Parlous Land, Paragon Press Publications, London
2001/2
Multples x 6, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Pieces of Paper Press, Artist's Books, London
1996
Public Arts Development Trust, Heathrow Airport, London
AWARDS
2016 Gold Medal for Painting, RUA, Ulster Museum
2010 Royal Academy of Arts, London, The Sunny Dupree Award
1997 London Arts Board
1995 British Council
1989 Arts Council of N. Ireland
1984 Boise Travel Scholarship
1983 GPA Award, Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin
1983 Alice Berger Hammerschlag Award
COLLECTIONS
Allied Irish Bank
American Express
Arts Council of Great Britain
Arts Council of England, Ireland & Northern Ireland
Bank of Ireland
British Council
British Museum
Crawford Museum, Cork
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
Contemporary Arts Society
Deliotte Art Collection
Deutsche Bank
De Beers
Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
Government Art Collection, London
Guinness Peat Aviation
Limerick City Art Gallery & Museum
National Gallery of Australia
Neuberger Berman Collection, USA
Progressive, USA
Southampton City Art Gallery
IAWS
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Tate Gallery London
Towner Art Gallery and Museum
Ulster Museum, Belfast
University of Ulster, Belfast
New Art Gallery, Walsall
Worcester Museum and Art Gallery
LINKS TO INTERVIEWS
Elizabeth Magill: 'Her Nature', Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 2020
Elizabeth Magill in conversation with William Feaver, Royal Drawing School, London 2019
Roy Foster’s talk on E.Magill (password = EM_HG), Europe House, 12 Star Gallery, London, 2019
Elizabeth Magill Interview, 'Headland' New Art Gallery, Walsall, 2018
Lorcan Murray interviews E.Magill for her show in Limerick City Art Gallery & Museum, 2017
Elizabeth Magill: 'Quasi-real and Branch-like', Wilkinson Gallery London, 2013
Culture Now: Elizabeth Magill, ICA, London. 2013
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