Mags Geaney was born in Cork. She studied Fine Art painting at the Limerick College of Art and Design. She was awarded a MA by Research in Fine Art by the Crawford College of Art and Design in 2010.
Solo exhibition’s include Penumbra (2019), Sternview Gallery, Tu Me Manques (2015), Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Fall (2011) Backwater Studio Gallery. Lucky (2010 ) video projection Culture night at Wandesford Quay courtyard. Vasalisas’s Journey (2004) was shown at the Lightboxes, Tom Barry’s.Tryst (2000) Tig Fili Gallery, Cork toured to Siamsa Tire Gallery, Tralee. Two person exhibition Crewel(2015) at the Lightboxes, By Request (2010), Wandesford Quay Gallery.
Geaney’s group exhibitions include Imago MundI (2016), curated by Ciara Gibbons, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin for Benetton, CREATE at Brown Thomas (2011), Backwater Twenty 10 (2010) Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Straylight/ Darklight (2009) performance festival curated by Amanda Coogan, the Millstreet Gallery Dublin, Happy Accidents (2004) the Triskel Arts Centre, Christmas and Summer shows,Fenton Gallery, C2 (2005) at the Crawford Art Gallery, UCC and the Contemporary Irish Artists, Sala Consiliare, Italy. Contemporary Art in the Cathedral 2005, Fetish in a box (2006) at the Triskel 2006, Mother Artin the Buckley Gallery, Death and Desire at the Sirius Art Centre in 2007, Fruit cakes and Furry collars in the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen in 2009.
She has work in the Bank of Ireland Collection, Lithuania Art Museum and many private collections in Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and USA. She is the recipient of many awards including Art Flights from the Arts Council of Ireland, and residencies at the International Plein Air in Lithuania and in Berlin.
She worked as Education officer at the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast and implemented the Education Programme at the Crawford Gallery with the artist Una Quigley.
Various public commissions include:
The Discovery Centre, Neurological Paediatric Research at UCC/ CUH 2010,
Lifetime Lab, Cork City Waterworks for Cork City Council 2008,
North Monastery Primary School 2004 and 2001,
St. Maries of the Isle primary School in 2008/2003.
Solo exhibition’s include Penumbra (2019), Sternview Gallery, Tu Me Manques (2015), Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Fall (2011) Backwater Studio Gallery. Lucky (2010 ) video projection Culture night at Wandesford Quay courtyard. Vasalisas’s Journey (2004) was shown at the Lightboxes, Tom Barry’s.Tryst (2000) Tig Fili Gallery, Cork toured to Siamsa Tire Gallery, Tralee. Two person exhibition Crewel(2015) at the Lightboxes, By Request (2010), Wandesford Quay Gallery.
Geaney’s group exhibitions include Imago MundI (2016), curated by Ciara Gibbons, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin for Benetton, CREATE at Brown Thomas (2011), Backwater Twenty 10 (2010) Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Straylight/ Darklight (2009) performance festival curated by Amanda Coogan, the Millstreet Gallery Dublin, Happy Accidents (2004) the Triskel Arts Centre, Christmas and Summer shows,Fenton Gallery, C2 (2005) at the Crawford Art Gallery, UCC and the Contemporary Irish Artists, Sala Consiliare, Italy. Contemporary Art in the Cathedral 2005, Fetish in a box (2006) at the Triskel 2006, Mother Artin the Buckley Gallery, Death and Desire at the Sirius Art Centre in 2007, Fruit cakes and Furry collars in the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen in 2009.
She has work in the Bank of Ireland Collection, Lithuania Art Museum and many private collections in Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and USA. She is the recipient of many awards including Art Flights from the Arts Council of Ireland, and residencies at the International Plein Air in Lithuania and in Berlin.
She worked as Education officer at the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast and implemented the Education Programme at the Crawford Gallery with the artist Una Quigley.
Various public commissions include:
The Discovery Centre, Neurological Paediatric Research at UCC/ CUH 2010,
Lifetime Lab, Cork City Waterworks for Cork City Council 2008,
North Monastery Primary School 2004 and 2001,
St. Maries of the Isle primary School in 2008/2003.