Solo Exhibitions
2017
The Recovery, A4 Sounds Artist Studios & Gallery, St Joseph’s Parade, Dublin 1, Ireland
Group Exhibitions
2023
Royale Arcade Academy, Arcade Studios, 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, 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, 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
Incognito in aid of the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation
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
Incognito in aid of the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation
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, and 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
Awards / Residencies
Established Artist Award - Monaghan County Council Artist Support Scheme 2023 — (Supported by The Arts Council)
Shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize 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
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)
Augustus Martin Print Prize 2020 (Awarded by Royal College of Art)
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
2023
"Smile: Emily Mc Gardle", N Magazine, April 2023, Issue 4.
“Introducing… Emily Mc Gardle”, Life Magazine, Sunday Independent, Dublin, April 2 2023.
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.