Solo Exhibitions
2024
mar a deir an seanfhocal, Ballaí Bana Gallery, An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2017
The Recovery, A4 Sounds Artist Studios & Gallery, St Joseph’s Parade, Dublin 1, Ireland
Group Exhibitions
2025
195th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tiny Acorns | In the Making Festival, Cork Opera House, Cork City, Ireland
AIB Portrait Prize 2024, Killarney House & Gardens, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2024, Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, UK
Drogheda Zine Fair 2025, Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland
2024
AIB Portrait Prize 2024, National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, Ireland
Dublin Art Book Fair 2024: Fictions: The makings of other worlds, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Open Submission 2024, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland
Halftone Print Fair 2024, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2024, The Salisbury Museum, The Kings House, Salisbury, UK
Royale Arcade Academy 2024, Arcade Studios, Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2024, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
Pruːf, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Distro: The Reading Room Exhibition @ COMMUNE, Muine Bheag Community Centre, Muine Bheag, Co. Carlow, Ireland
Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2023, Turnpike, Wigan, UK
194th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2023, The Arts Institute, Plymouth University, UK
Derwent Art Prize 2024, Gallery@OXO, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, London, UK
Kilkenny Portrait Show 2024, An Chead Tine, Kieran Street, Kilkenny, Ireland
International Women's Day, West End Art Studios, 160 West End, Mallow, Co. Cork, Ireland
Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2023, TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth, UK
Drogheda Zine Fair 2024, Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland
2023
Racht, Studio 10, Wicklow Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Dublin Art Book Fair 2023: Polyphonic, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Let Them Eat Fake, Bad Art @ BWG Gallery, 13 Soho Square, London, UK
Profiles issue 2 launch, James Joyce Centre, North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Open Submission 2023, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland
Small But Mighty, Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, UK
Halftone Print Fair 2023, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Øpen Call, Tøn Gallery, 25a Temple Lane South, Dublin 2, Ireland
Fontana! presented by Ladies Drawing Club
Royale Arcade Academy 2023, Arcade Studios, Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award 2023, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
Network, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Bailieborough Creative Hub Summer Showcase 2023, Bailieborough Courthouse and Bridewell, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan, Ireland
Twenty One, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Wish You Were Here, Lot Projects, Broadway Market Mews, London, UK
Bainbridge Open 2023, ASC Gallery, The Handbag Factory, London, UK
Zurich Portrait Prize 2022, Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Meant to Fade, Laneway Gallery, Cork City, Ireland
Summer Open Exhibition: Summer of Love, The Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Distro, Cavan Arts Festival, Con Smith Park, Cavan, Ireland
33 RPM, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spring Open: 'Displacement and Belonging - Home', Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland
CANYON, Fresh Salad @ RuptureXIBIT, Hampton Wick, UK
2022
Zurich Portrait Prize 2022, National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, Ireland
Dublin Art Book Fair 2022: A Caring Matter, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Touch Me Baby, Bad Art @ The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, Archway, London, UK
Portrait (International Juried Exhibition), Li Tang Gallery, New York, USA
Halftone Print Fair 2022, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Dwell, Basement Gallery, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
International Original Print Exhibition 2022, Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, UK
B.Y.O.A.A.S. Simpsons Fan Art, Hen’s Teeth Studio, Dublin 8, Ireland
Emerging Practice, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Bailieborough Creative Hub Summer Showcase 2022, Bailieborough Courthouse and Bridewell, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan, Ireland
Show2020, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, London, UK
you breathe differently down here, Draíocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland
2021
Dublin Art Book Fair 2021: Manual, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
B.Y.O.A.A.S. TV, Bring Your Own Art Art Show Dublin, Hen’s Teeth, and Lucky’s Bar, Dublin 8, Ireland
Pluid: National Comfort Blanket, The Cowshed Gallery, Farmleigh Estate, Dublin 15, Ireland
Familiar Strangers, Vacant Museum
2020
RCA2020, Royal College of Art, London, UK
IN REVIEW, Southwark Park Gallery // Lake Gallery, Southwark Park, London, UK
2019
Dublin Art Book Fair 2019: Art & Architecture: Learning from the Bauhaus, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Incognito in aid of the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation, Solomon Fine Art, Balfe Street, Dublin 2 and Lavitt Gallery, Cork, Ireland
MA Print exhibition, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, UK
WIP Show, Dyson Building, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK
2018
Incognito in aid of the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation, Solomon Fine Art, Balfe Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
2017
VUE Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Hibernian Academy, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Halftone Print Fair 2017, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Small Format, The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
2016
Carrickmacross Arts Festival, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Uncover: DIT Graduate Exhibition, Grangegorman, Dublin 7, Ireland
Postcard 1916, Old Clones Post Office, Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland & La Vieille Poste, Larroque, France
2015
Winter Exhibition, The Gallery Listoke, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland
Motley, Hive Gallery & Studios, 25 Michael Street, Waterford, Ireland
Qualia Dublin: Identity, Steambox, School Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
Disclosure, Light House Cinema, Market Square, Smithfield, Dublin 7, Ireland
Education
2018 - 2020 — MA Print, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2012 - 2016 — BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class Honours, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
2024 — Oral Storytelling Skills for Performance, National Open College Network with Armstrong Storytelling Trust and Storytellers of Ireland
Awards / Residencies
2025
Print Network Ireland - Tyrone Guthrie Residency 2025
Established Artist Award - Monaghan County Council Artist Support Scheme 2025 — (Supported by The Arts Council)
2024
Highly Commended Award - AIB Portrait Prize 2024 - National Gallery of Ireland
Highly Commended Artist, The Homiens Art Prize (Summer 2024)
Sculpture Practice Award - Fire Station Artists' Studios, Dublin 1, Ireland
2023
Fun Foods Art Competition - Artrepreneur
Established Artist Award - Monaghan County Council Artist Support Scheme 2023 — (Supported by The Arts Council)
2022
Emerging Talent Award - Monaghan County Council Artist Support Scheme 2022 — (Supported by The Arts Council)
Artist in Residence, Creative Spark, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland: March – April 2022
Best Art Prize, Bealtaine Magazine, Spring 2022, Issue 2
2021
Droichead Artist Bursary Autumn 2021 (Awarded by Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland)
Emerging Talent Award - Monaghan County Council Artist Support Scheme 2021 — (Supported by The Arts Council)
2020
Augustus Martin Print Prize 2020 (Awarded by Royal College of Art)
2016
Mont Kavanagh Trust Fine Art Award 2016 (Awarded by DIT Foundation)
Artist in Residence, A4 Sounds Artist Studios & Gallery, Dublin, Ireland: August – October 2016
Bibliography
2025
"Coming face to face with blistering, brutal truth", Art: What Lies Beneath, Sunday Independent, Dublin, 9 February 2025, p21.
"October 27: Fixed", Fedrigoni 365 2025 (Light), p300.
2024
"Monaghan artist celebrated in AIB Portrait Prize at National Gallery of Ireland", The Northern Standard, Monaghan, December 5 2024, p19.
“Monaghan artist shortlisted for AIB Portrait Prize”, The Northern Standard, Monaghan, August 29 2024, p2.
File Note VII, Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Dublin, p6.
Rescue Party: A Graphic Anthology of COVID Lockdown, Gabe Fowler, ed, Pantheon Graphic Library, New York, p112.
"Analogue Positives for Screenprinting", Visual Artists' News Sheet (VAN), May/June 2024.
2023
"/after", Profiles, November 2023, Issue 2, cover image.
"Smile: Emily Mc Gardle", N Magazine, April 2023, Issue 4.
“Introducing… Emily Mc Gardle”, Life Magazine, Sunday Independent, Dublin, April 2 2023, p2.
2022
Zurich Portrait Prize 2022, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
“Monaghan artist shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize”, The Northern Standard, Monaghan, August 25 2022.
"Three local artists shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize at National Gallery of Ireland", Northern Sound FM, August 22 2022.
“Spoofers”, Paper Towel Zine, Duplikat Press x Paper Towel Zine, Margate Zine Fair 2022.
“Keep on Smilin”, Bealtaine Magazine, Spring 2022, Issue 2: (Un)belonging, p27.
2021
“Lios na Dara”, Around the World, Print Club Torino, Turin, Italy.
“False Smiles”, Printmaking Today, Summer 2021, Issue 118, p23.
2020
“A Brief Guide to False Smiles”, Fake/Real, The Pluralist, Royal College of Art, London, p51.
The Dirty Issue, ARC Magazine, Royal College of Art, London.
PrintOut - File Away (MA Print publication from RCA2020 PrintOut event).
Rescue Party - Desert Island Comics.
“Anatomy of a False Smile”, Penny Thoughts zine #33, Manchester, UK.
2017
"The Recovery", A4 Sounds Artist Studios & Gallery.
A4 Sounds Artist in Residence Programme, A4 Sounds Artist Studios & Gallery.
2016
New Generation Arts Online Gallery, Irish Arts Review.
"Curios About: The Recovery by Emily Mc Gardle", Dublin Inquirer, March 1 2016.
"Keep The Recovery Going", Rabble.ie, February 21 2016.