Emily Mc Gardle
Nuair a bhíonn an cat amuigh, bíonn na lucha ag rince (When the cat is away the mice are dancing)
13 colour screenprint, 32 x 48cm, €250
Is cróga an luch a dhéanann a nead i gcluas cait (It’s a brave mouse that nestles in a cat’s ear)
11 colour screenprint, 11.5 x 11.5cm, €180
Bíonn gach duine lach go dtí go dtéann bó isteach ina gharraí féin (Everyone is good natured until a cow goes into his garden)
8 colour screenprint, 26 x 17cm, €165
Biography
Emily Mc Gardle is a printmaker from Co. Monaghan. She graduated from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2016 with a First-Class Honours degree in Fine Art, and received an MA in Print from the Royal College of Art, London in 2020. She has received Established Artist and Emerging Talent awards from Monaghan County Council’s Artist Support Scheme in 2021, 2022, and 2023. She received a Sculpture Practice Award from Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Dublin in 2024. Emily was shortlisted for the 2022 Zurich Portrait Prize, the 2023 and 2024 Trinity Buoy Wharf Working Drawing Award, the 2024 Derwent Art Prize, and the 2024 AIB Portrait Prize.
Statement
Emily Mc Gardle’s artistic practice consists primarily of screenprinting and drawing. Using hand-drawn artwork she creates multi-layer screenprints which combine humour, satire, and parody. The body, human interactions, and facial expressions feature heavily in her work. Her current body of work explores the surrealism and absurdism found in Irish seanfhocail where humans, animals, and nature interact with each other.