Untitled from the series Champions Avenue, 2017-2019
Mandy O’Neill
About the Artist:
Mandy O’Neill is an Irish visual artist based in Dublin. Her photographic practice has drawn on themes of youth, adolescence, and education, with a particular emphasis on portraiture. She has an MA in Public Culture Studies from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin and a BA in Photography from the Dublin Institute of Technology. O’Neill is currently a PhD candidate at Dublin City University, where she was also artist in Residence from 2019-2021. Her work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, including National Gallery of Ireland, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin, VISUAL Carlow, Center Cultural Paris, CFEVA Philadelphia, Draíocht Dublin, PhotoEspana, Hamburg Triennale of Photography and the European Month of Photography Berlin. She has been shortlisted for the Hennessy and Julia Margaret Cameron Awards and was the winner of the Zurich Portrait Prize 2018. Recent commissions include a Public Art installation at Gaelscoil Bharra Primary School, Dublin, the Central Bank of Ireland, The Digital Hub, and the National Gallery of Ireland. Gallery of Photography Ireland presented All Quiet at the Back, a solo exhibition of her work in 2019.
Details: Archival pigment inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm, 50x70cm (paper size), 1/5+2AP, produced 2022, acquired for the National Photography Collection 2022.
About the National Photography Collection:
The National Photography Collection builds on the Gallery’s sustained commitment to supporting artists in the development and promotion of their work. Through collaboration, we hope to grow the collection as an archive repository offering an overview of photographic practice in Ireland.
As an essential critical and historical resource, the National Photography Collection is an exciting initiative for the Gallery and for the future of Irish photography. We are deeply honoured that the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins has agreed to be Patron of the Collection.
The artists featured in the Collection are:
Ciarán Óg Arnold; Enda Bowe; Noel Bowler; Ala Buisir; Simon Burch; Dorje de Burgh; Krass Clement; Shia Conlon; Martin Cregg; Mark Curran; Ciaran Dunbar; John Duncan; Tessy Ehiguese; David Farrell; Kevin Fox; Paul Gaffney; Clare Gallagher; Emer Gillespie; Karl Grimes; Anthony Haughey; Seán Hillen; Patrick Hogan; Tobi Isaac-Irein; Dragana Jurišić; Jamin Keogh; Jialin Long; Markéta Luskačová; Shane Lynam; Alen MacWeeney; Dara McGrath; Moira McIver; Yvette Monahan; Tony Murray; Brian Newman; Kate Nolan; Miriam O'Connor; Kenneth O'Halloran; Mandy O'Neill; Tony O'Shea; Pete Smyth; Nigel Swann; Harry Thuillier Jr; George Voronov and Róisín White.