Email: donaljmoloney@gmail.com
Instagram: @donal_moloney_art
Education:
2022: Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
2012-2015: PhD in Fine Art, University of the Arts London.
2010-2011: Post Graduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education, (1H, Distinction), University of the Arts, London.
2008-2010: Masters in Fine Art, (1H, Distinction), Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.
2006-2007: B.A. in Fine Art and Art History, (Hons: 1H, Distinction), Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork.
Exhibitions:
2023: ‘Small things like these’, LHQ gallery, Cork County Council, Cork
2023: ‘Faint/Sustain’, Macroom Town Hall, Cork
2022: ‘Closer to it’, Solo exhibition, MTU Gallery at No. 46 Grand Parade, Cork
2022: ‘Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come’, Superweakness, The Hague, Netherlands
2021: ‘Fully Awake’, Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art.
2021: ‘New work’, Solo Postal Exhibition, Output Gallery, Liverpool.
2020: ‘A.L.P.S. (A Little Painting Show)’, Brunswick Gallery, Leeds.
2019: ‘Hospital Rooms project’, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London
2019: ‘Output Open 3’, Make Hamilton Square, Liverpool
2019: ‘Testing, 2019’, Unit 3 project Space, London
2019: ‘Colour and Poetry: A Symposium’, Slade Research Centre, U.C.L.
2019: ‘Substantifs’, Arthouse1, London
2018: 'Beautiful Monsters', Portico Library, Manchester.
2018: 'Surfaced: Surface and Materiality in the Screen Environment', Thames-Side Gallery, London.
2018: 'Denton's Art Prize', Dentons, London (Shortlisted).
2017-18: 'Fully Awake', House for an Art Lover, Glasgow.
2017: 'Two: Northern Abstracts', Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester (Jan-Apr).
2017: 'Menzel's Foot', PS Mirabel, Manchester.
2016 'Donal Moloney: New works on paper', A Small View, Liverpool.
2016: 'Pleasure Islands', Artwork Atelier, Salford.
2016: 'The John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition', The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
2016: 'The Abject Object', Wimbledon Space, London.
2015: ‘PhD Exhibition’, Chelsea College of Art, London.
2015: ‘Hammersmith Arts Festival’, Austin Forum Arts Centre, London.
2015: ‘Kaleidoscopic Eyes’, Austin Forum Arts Centre, London.
2015: ‘Under the Shadow of Natural Things’, Benzie Building, MMU.
2015: ‘Exhibition of Irish Art’, Sol Art Gallery, London.
2015: ‘There’s a Ghost in my House 2’, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork.
2014: ‘Head to Head’, Standpoint Gallery, London.
2013: ‘At Home’, 137 Graham Road Project Space.
2013: ‘Copy’, Paper Gallery, Manchester
2013: ‘The Painting Parade,’ LeandaKateLouise Projects.
2013: Paint Club, Beaconsfield, London.
2012: A Wall is a Surface, Londonewcastle Project Space, London.
2011: Summer and Autumn Group Shows, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland.
2011: Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin (Invited).
2011: Group Show, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland.
2010: Frank Phelan and Donal Moloney, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
2010: Slade School of Fine Art Masters Degree Show, London.
2010: Backwater Twenty-10, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
2009: Q-Art, A.P.T. Gallery, London.
2008: This Rather Than.., Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland.
2008: Selected Works from the U.C.C. Collection, West Cork Arts Centre, Cork.
2007: Bloom Mural Project, Brussels, Belgium.
2007: C.I.T. Recent Acquisitions Exhibition, James Barry Exhibition Space, Cork.
2007: R.D.S. Student Art Awards, Dublin, Ireland.
2007: Iontas Small Works Exhibition and Competition, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo.
2007: Crawford College of Art and Design B.A. Degree Show, Cork, Ireland.
Awards:
2023: Agility Award, Arts Council.
2022: Cork County Council, Creative Artists Bursary.
2022: Agility Award, Arts Council.
2019: Contemporary British Painting Prize (Longlisted).
2018: Denton's Art Prize (Shortlisted).
2016: John Moores Visitors' Choice Prize.
2013: Shortlisted for ‘100 Painters of Tomorrow’ Prize.
2013: Research Grant, Student Research Support Fund, U.A.L.
2011: Denys Holland Portrait Purchase Prize, University College London.
2009: Andor Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art, London.
2008: Cork City Council, Arts Bursary, Cork.
2007-2008: Post-Graduate Studio Bursary, Backwater Artists Studios, Cork.
2007: University College Cork Purchase Prize, Cork.
2007: Cork Institute of Technology Registrars’ Purchase Prize, Cork.
Teaching:
Donal Moloney currently lectures at MTU Crawford College of Art and Design.
2017-2021: Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader for Fine Art, Design, Graphic Design, Art and Design History, and Film and Visual Culture, Liverpool Hope University.
2015-2017: Senior Lecturer, Manchester School of Art.
2010-2015: Associate Lecturer, Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon College of Arts.
2013-2015: Sessional Tutor, University for the Creative Arts School of Further Education.
2013-2015: Life Drawing Tutor, Slade School of Fine Art BA Programme.
2013-2016: Painting and Drawing Tutor, Open College of the Arts.
2012-2017: Drawing and Painting Tutor, Slade School of Fine Art Summer School.
2011-2022: Visiting Lecturer at Falmouth University, University of Northampton, Leeds Beckett University, Lancaster University, UWE, Richmond American University, University of Wales-Trinity Saint David, Crawford College of Art, Cork, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, University of Wolverhampton and University of Chichester.
External Examiner: University of Northampton (2017-21) and School of Creative Arts, Wrexham Glyndwr University (2019-2023)
Presentations/Symposia/Conferences:
2022: ‘We need to talk about Painting’ symposium, IMMA and The Complex, Dublin.
2022: ‘Changing Futures Week’ Talks, University of Northampton.
2020: Keynote at Webinar ‘Challenges to moving online; Visual Arts Subjects at Liverpool Hope University’ at Stella Maris College, Chennai, India
2018: 'Painting as Material', RHA, Dublin.
2018: Chaired panel discussion 'Destroyed by Shadows, Contemporary Abstract Painting and the Screen', Cornerstone Festival, Liverpool Hope University
2018: Conference paper ‘Chasing the Specular Highlight; a methodological path, through painting practice and historical contexts, towards a nexus of theoretical positions’ at the ‘Circles of Creativity; Paradigms in Art and Design’ Conference, Stella Maris College, Channai, India.
2015: Co-Organised ‘Teaching Painting: A Conference’ at Manchester School of Art.
2015: Presented paper at the ‘Arts in Society’ conference at Imperial College London.
2015: Chaired panel discussion ‘There’s a Ghost in my House 2,’ Crawford College of Art.
2014: Chaired ‘Painting as a Document’ with Barry Schwabsky and Clare Woods, Tate Britain.
2014: Presented at ‘Developing the Substrate’ Symposium, Chelsea College of Art.
2013: Presented at the ‘Behind the Eyes; Making Pictures’ Symposium at Northumbria University.
2012: Presented at the ‘Painting’s Sites and Processes’ Symposium at Chelsea College of Art and Design.
2008: Editor and organiser of Slade School of Fine Art’s Masters Print Publication.
2009: Presenter: Crawford College of Art and Design’s Professional Practice talks.
Publications:
2022: ‘Yes, No and Perhaps: An Inclusive Model of the Crit’, in Flynn, P. (ed) Rethinking the Crit: Taylor &Francis/ Routledge.
2021: ‘Representation and the Scopic Regime of (Post-) Cartesianism’, in Purgar, K. (ed) The Palgrave Handbook of Image Studies. London: Palgrave McMillan.
2017: ‘Visual Slippages between the Picture Plane and the Painting Surface: Richard Estes' Double Self-Portrait (1976).’ The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review 12 (1): 1-13
2016: 'Teaching Painting: How Can Painting be Taught in Art Schools?', Blackdog Publishing.
2013: Harland, B. (2013) Behind the Eyes; Making Pictures, Cornerhouse.
2010: Coakley, E. and Hurley, K. (2010) Backwater Twenty-10, Blurb Publishing.
2008-2009: ‘Slade Masters Print Publication,’ and ‘505 x 605, Slade Print Publication’.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
2022: Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
2017-present: Associate Editor of the International Journal of the Arts in Society.
2016-present: Member of 'Teaching Painting: An Organisation' Steering Committee.
2013-present: Member of the Austin Forum Art’s Centre Steering Committee.
2012-present: Member of steering committee for U.A.L. Paint Club research group.
2011: Associate member of the Higher Education Academy
2007-2008: Member of Backwater Artists Group, Cork, Ireland
Reviews:
2016: https://www.artinliverpool.com/features/artist-blog/featured-artist-donal-moloney/
2016: https://www.artlyst.com/news/donal-moloney-wins-the-john-moores-visitors-prize-for-2016/
2010: Krčma, E. (2010) ‘Frank Phelan and Donal Moloney’, Enclave Review, Vol 1 (2): 8.
Interviews:
In conversation with Kevin Mooney, 2022: https://vimeo.com/877400045/f5a311ea87?share=copy
https://365artists365days.com/2014/10/04/donal-moloney-london-england/
outputgallery.com/podcast/transcription/DonalMoloney.pdf
https://anchor.fm/outputgallery/episodes/Interview-with-Donal-Moloney-etj5im