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Fiona McMonagle
Artists and Collectives
Irish-born, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Fiona McMonagle pushes the limits of watercolour portraiture to address women’s experiences.
Fiona McMonagle
Biography
Fiona McMonagle, an Irish-born, Melbourne-based artist, grew up in an outer suburb of Melbourne and completed a qualification in visual arts at RMIT before progressing to the Victorian College of the Arts.
1 portrait in the collection
Fiona McMonagle
Ellyse Perry, 2016
Portrait, watercolour, ink and gouache on paper
Purchased 2017
Fiona McMonagle
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Fiona aims to create a dangerous situation with a flood of water on the paper, forcing each work to the point where it can fail, and then rescuing it.
Fiona McMonagle
Contributing artists
Born: 1977, Letterkenny, Ireland
Works: Melbourne
Richard Woldendorp AM
Dr Fiona Wood AM, 2005
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
Mary Moore
Fiona Stanley, 2011
Portrait, oil on composition board
Commissioned 2011
Juno Gemes
Fiona Foley in her studio at Hervey Bay, 1994
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Juno Gemes
After Ophelia: Fiona Foley at Lake Mackenzie, Fraser Island (Referencing Ophelia by John Everett Millais), 1994
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Greg Weight
Fiona Hall, 1995
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Mary Moore
Study for painting commission portrait of Fiona Stanley, 2010
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2011
an unknown artist
Margaret Robertson, c. 1855
Portrait, daguerreotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
an unknown artist
Martha Mary Robertson with her child William St Leonards Robertson, c. 1865
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jacqui Stockdale
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
Portrait, inkjet print and oil on canvas, mounted with inset axe pendant
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Cherry Hood
Margaret Seares, 2018
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
an unknown artist
Margaret Robertson, c. 1852
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Fiona Turner (née Robertson) and John Robertson 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.