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Michaela McCann

michaelamccannart@gmail.com /michaela.mccann.art michaelamccann.ie
michaelamccannart@gmail.com /michaela.mccann.art michaelamccann.ie
About the member

Michaela McCann is an oil painter and photographer based in Cork, Ireland working from a studio in Backwater Artists Group. Michaela graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design where she achieved her degree, a BA(Hons) Fine Art in 2024. At her Graduate show Michaela was granted a number of awards, including the painting residency at Crawford College of Art and Design, a solo exhibition with Alliance Française de Cork which opened on Culture Night 2024 and the MTU purchase prize.

Education

  • BA Honours Fine Art, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, 2020-2024.
Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • Diverge, Studio 12, January 2026
  • Unreality, Alliance Française de Cork, September 2024         

Group Exhibitions    

  • Group Exhibition, Laneway Gallery,  March 2026
  • Summer Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Summer                                                                
  • Resident Exhibition, MTU Gallery Grand Parade 46, Summer 2025
  • Member’s Exhibition, Backwater Artists Group, October 2024                                      
  • Lest We Salt The Earth Degree show, Crawford College of Art and Design,  May 2024      
  • Chrysalis Group Exhibition, James Barry, April 2023.                                                          
  • Feminist Art Exhibition Group Exhibition, The Glucksman Gallery, March 2023

 

 

Michaela
McCann

Michaela is an emerging artist who shares her perspective as a neurodivergent woman through painting. By embracing a world without logic, Michaela invites the viewer to reflect on how they see the world around them. This encourages them to see the world from a new perspective and ask questions about what they are seeing. This is an invitation to challenge any prejudices or preconceptions they may hold. Through the use of Neo-Surrealist techniques, Michaela creates illogical dispositions in her work. The imagery in her work creates dreamlike compositions, giving the work a sense of otherworldliness. These Surreal compositions share a common neurodivergent experience of not understanding social conventions, allowing the neurotypical viewer to see things from a new perspective. These works encourage the viewer to celebrate and be proud of our differences. Through her work, Michaela aims to challenge social institutions by rejecting the logic and rationality of everyday life and instead embracing the nonsensical.

Michaela McCann
The Hob, Oil on Canvas, 80x80 cm
2025
Michaela McCann
Self Portrait with a Party Hat, Oil on canvas, 120cmx120cm
2024
Michaela McCann
The Ram, Oil on canvas, 60cmx60cm
2024
Michaela McCann
The Black Dog, Oil on canvas, 120cmx120cm
2024
Michaela McCann
Pinky, Oil on canvas, 120cmx120cm
2024

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