Siobhan McDonald

Siobhán McDonald is an Irish visual artist and was born in New York. She holds a bachelor's degree in Art and Design from The Ulster University and a Masters in Visual Arts Practices from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology 2011.

McDonald is an artist in residence in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin (2020-2023). She is working with The European Space Agency (ESA) and The JRC European Commission to explore ecology in light of current ecological concerns. Her works manifest in many forms including painting, drawing, film and sound.

Work Siobhán McDonald's art practice draws attention to contemporary topics dealing with air, breath and atmospheric phenomena, weaving scientific knowledge into her art in a poetic and thoughtful manner.

She questions what is still unknown to science and explores the Anthropocene and the recent consequences of our treatment of nature. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels. 2020 - Climate Whirl arts program, 2020, University of Helsinki 2017 – The Trinity Creative Award, Trinity College Dublin. 2017 – Residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.

Solo exhibitions Monuments for the future, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland. Crystalline, Highlanes Gallery, Ireland. Crystalline, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. Disappearing Worlds, Taylor Galleries, Dublin.