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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Fiona McMonagle standing in her studio with paint splatters on the white walls

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 video: 5 minutes

Fiona McMonagle

Contributing artists

Born: 1977, Letterkenny, Ireland
Works: Melbourne

Untitled No. 1 2010, by Fiona McMonagle

Observation point

Magazine article by Fiona McMonagle, 2016

Fiona McMonagle considers her reasons for painting portraits.

Fiona McMonagle, 2016 by Mark Mohell

Fiona McMonagle

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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. 

Ellyse Perry
Ellyse Perry
Ellyse Perry

Ellyse Perry, 2016

Fiona McMonagle
Portrait, watercolour, ink and gouache on paper

Purchased 2017

Fiona Wood

Fiona Wood

'This is exquisite, that's what I will be'
Portrait story

Surgeon Fiona Wood on problem solving and saying 'yes'.

Fiona Stanley

Fiona Stanley

'Everyone knew who I was'
Portrait story

Fiona Stanley on her career as a paediatric epidemiologist, and working with Aboriginal communities.

Fifteen, 2016 by Fiona Morris

Fifteen, 2016

by Fiona Morris
Image
Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Confessional conversations

The portraiture of Kristin Headlam
Magazine article by Fiona Gruber, 2015

Fiona Gruber investigates the work of Australian painter Kristin Headlam.

Family portrait, 2021 Fiona Bowring

Family portrait

Fiona Bowring
Image
Crowned Madonna with kids, 2013 by Fiona Wolf-Symeonides

Crowned Madonna with kids, 2013

by Fiona Wolf-Symeonides
Image
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