ANTOINETTE O'MAHONY
ABOUT
Antoinette O’Mahony is a visual artist living in Furbo, County Galway, Ireland.
Originally from Limerick, her practice centres on textiles and hand embroidery.
O'Mahony's practice uses language and symbols to explore internal states and psychological thresholds.
Drawing on personal experience and memory, the artist combines traditional handcraft techniques with a contemporary visual language. Through fragments, accumulations, and subtle absences, O'Mahony's work invites reflection on how we navigate our inner landscapes and what becomes felt when we pause long enough to notice.
She has exhibited widely across Ireland, with recent and upcoming exhibitions in Galway, Clare, Mayo, Waterford, and Dublin. Part of her series Notes to Self—comprising (9) hand-stitched text panels on raw cotton canvas—was on display as part of the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition in Dublin (2025). She is concurrently exhibiting new work in a two-person show at Anú Art Collective, Barna, Co. Galway and in Outset Gallery, Galway.
Her work has also been shown at the Courthouse Gallery (Co. Clare), Galway Arts Centre, Outset Gallery (Galway), and The Linenhall Arts Centre (Co. Mayo) and as part of the London Frieze (Fringe), Miniature Masters 2025 in Regent’s Park with Canal Boat Contemporary.
In 2025, O’Mahony was shortlisted for the John Richardson French Residency Award, facilitated by Hambly & Hambly Gallery, Enniskillen. She is a member of 126 Artist-Run Gallery, KAVA (Kinvara Area Visual Arts), Ormston House, and Visual Artists Ireland. Her practice has been supported by the Arts Council of Ireland through Agility Awards in both 2021 and 2023.