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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
Contributing artists
Born: 1977, Letterkenny, Ireland
Works: Melbourne
Observation point
Magazine article by Fiona McMonagle, 2016
Fiona McMonagle considers her reasons for painting portraits.
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.
Ellyse Perry, 2016
Fiona McMonagle
Portrait, watercolour, ink and gouache on paper
Purchased 2017
Fiona Wood
'This is exquisite, that's what I will be'
Portrait story
Surgeon Fiona Wood on problem solving and saying 'yes'.
Fiona Stanley
'Everyone knew who I was'
Portrait story
Fiona Stanley on her career as a paediatric epidemiologist, and working with Aboriginal communities.
Fiona Wood AO
Biography
Fiona Wood AO (b.1958), plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is co-founder of the biotech company Clinical Cell Culture Limited (known as C3), which pioneers and commercialises treatments for burns.
1 portrait in the collection
Fiona Stanley AC
Biography
Fiona Stanley AC (b. 1946), paediatric epidemiologist, is a passionate advocate for children and young people.
2 portraits in the collection
Fiona Foley
Biography
Fiona Foley (b.1964), Badtjala artist, activist, curator and writer, grew up on Fraser Island and in nearby Hervey Bay before moving south to study art at the East Sydney Technical College.
2 portraits in the collection
Fiona Lowry
Biography
Fiona Lowry is a Sydney-based artist. Having held her first solo exhibition in 2002, she exhibited at Sydney’s Gallery Barry Keldoulis from 2004 to 2010; from 2010 she was also represented by Hugo Michell in Adelaide, and she is currently handled by Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Fifteen, 2016
by Fiona Morris
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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
Fiona Bowring
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Crowned Madonna with kids, 2013
by Fiona Wolf-Symeonides
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