Awards & Public Art Commissions
- 2010 Arts Council Award to attend International Sculpture Conference, London.
- 2010 Kildare County Council Artist Award.
- 2009 The Medusa Tree Commission VISUAL, the Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland
- 2008 Commission, Tallaght Cross, Dublin, Ireland
- 2006 Commission, Inst. Technology, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland
- 2006 Commission, Innis Oirr, The Aran Islands, Co.Galway, Ireland
- 2005 Comm. National Maritime College, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, Ireland
- 2004 Commission, Dromahair/Leitrim, Ireland
- 2004 Elected as a member of Aosdana
- 2001 Commission, The Pyramid, Lough Boora, Co. Offaly, Ireland
- 2001 Commission, Kildavin, Co. Carlow, Ireland
- 2000 Commission, John Roberts Square, St, Waterford, Ireland
- 2000 Commission, Millennium Fountain, Boyle, Co.Roscommon, Ireland
- 1999 Commission, Market Square, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland
- 1998 Commission, Famine Stone, Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
- 1997 Commission, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
- 1997 Commission, Dunlaoighre, Co. Dublin, Ireland
- 1996 Commission, Kilkenny City, Ireland
- 1995 Commission, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland
- 1994 Commission, Mallow Road, Cork, Ireland
- 1993 Arts Council Travel Award, India
- 1992 Commission, Dublin Corporation, Clanbrassil St., Dublin, Ireland
- 1991 Commission, Regional Technical College, Athlone, Ireland
- 1990+95 First Prize Sculpture, Iontas Exhibition, Sligo, Ireland
- 1989 Commission, Dublin Castle, Ireland
- 1986 Arts Council Travel Award, Scotland
- 1986 Award Winner, Mobil Young Sculpture Symposia, Scotland
- 1983+81 Award to Execute Work for Independent Artists Exhibit.
- 1980 Student Prize, Claremorris Art Exhibition, Ireland
Key Solo Exhibitions
- 2012 Lithosphere, Visual Carlow, Ireland
- 2008 Fire from Stone, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
- 2005 From Another Constellation, Model and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
- 1992-1993 Truss Touring Exhibition Projects Arts Centre, Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland
Key Group Exhibitions
- 2012 Udden Skulptur, Sweden
- 2011 Group Show, Bohuslan’s Stone Stipend recipients, Hunnebostrand, Sweden
- 1995 Sculpture Biennale, Caldas Da Rainha, Portugal
- 1993 Sculpture Exhibition, Gulbarga, India
- 1992 Stone Sculpture Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
- 1990 Hara Mura Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Japan
Collections
The following organisations have collections of MacDonagh’s Public Art Sculpture work
Ireland:
- Waterford Co. Council
- Carlow Co. Council
- Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown Co. Council
- Kilkenny Co. Council
- Cork Co. Council
- Mountmellick Library, Co. Laois
- Museum Park, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
- Harbour Board, Aberdeen, Scotland
- VEC Co. Sligo
- Letterfrack Centre, Co. Galway
- Dublin City Corporation, Co. Dublin
- Limerick City Corporation, Co. Limerick
- St. Patrick’s Training College, Dublin
- OPW Dublin Castle
- Marley Park, Dublin
- Cork County Council
International:
- Sendai : Peoples Park, Japan
- Tawara : Newtown, Osaka, Japan
- Regional : Technical College, Athlone
- Merzig, : Stones on the Border, Germany
- Gulbarga, : India.
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