Mo Levy

Biography

Mo graduated with a Fine Art degree from Dún Laoghaire School of Art, Dublin in 1983, and soon after travelled to Los Angeles where she spent time in a lithography studio, grinding stones in exchange for lessons. This period sparked a love of printmaking. In 1984, she joined the Black Church Print Studio where she moved from lithography to screenprinting, drawn to its immediacy, bold colour, and expressive potential. Her approach is intuitive; painting stencils directly onto the screen and working fluidly with process. From 1983 onwards, she has exhibited widely across Ireland, the UK, Europe, Canada, and the USA. Her work is held in numerous private and public collections.

Statement

Mo’s practice is rooted in instinct, emotion, and an engagement with the everyday. She works across screen print, digital print, text, and photography—exploring recurring themes such as rhythm, language, memory, and human behaviour. Much of her work is driven by an intuitive process: she works directly, responding physically and emotionally to form, pattern, and colour. She has developed several large-scale, text-based digital print projects based on public responses to existential questions—What is love? What is God? What do I want?—presented in public settings, including the Library Project in Dublin. These works seek to amplify the collective voice and invite emotional connection. Recent work draws on her practice as a psychotherapist, exploring the psychological weight carried by ordinary objects—particularly chairs—as symbolic “holding spaces” for complex emotional states. Initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic, her ongoing Ego States series examines themes of identity, fragmentation, and containment through print and projected media. Her aim is to create visually arresting work that invites reflection, compassion, and a deeper sense of shared humanity.