Based in Co Clare, Ireland, Rachel Mac Manus works through drawing, painting and performance.
Rachel holds a Masters in Fine Art, Open College of the Arts (UCA) 2019 and a BA in Visual Communications, National College of Art and Design 1997.
She has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally at Milford House Tipperary, Mart Gallery Dublin, 126 Artist Run Gallery (Galway), glór (Co Clare), Ps2 Studios (Belfast), Revision Festival (Belfast), FIX21 Catalyst Arts (Belfast), Die Kunstschaffenden Gallery, (Linz, Austria) and Musikhuset, (Gävle, Sweden).
Rachel co-facilitates Creative Circles, a monthly meeting space for Clare based Creatives, since 2021. She is a founding member of the Co. Clare based art collective The Negative Space, who have been painting public art works in Co Clare since 2022. In 2023 Rachel founded Here and Now; a performance art collective based in Co Clare, and co-runs p(art)y Here and Now- a monthly participatory performance art event in Co Clare.
Recent works include Ringfenced, a solo show of new paintings and live performance for Mountshannon Arts festival, Clare. Rachel has a members profile in the July/August 2024 VAI Newsheet. Rachel has just completed the La Pocha Nostra Vest and Page Performance Summit at Live Art Ireland, Tipperary. Next is the Here and Now Performance Festival,16th August 2024 at The Courthouse Gallery, Co Clare, Ireland. The festival will feature an introduction to performance art workshop, performances by 6 Mid West based performance artists and p(art)y Here and Now- a participatory live art group event which is staged monthly in Co Clare.
p(art)y Here and Now- June 2024 (photo by Avia Gurman)
Ringfenced- performance and new paintings show, The Old Schoolhouse, Scarriff, May 15 2024 (photo Bonnie Boyle)
Dusk- durational performance, Wolfgangsee Lake St Gilgen, Austria November 2022 (photo Kirsty Lamont)
Earthy- performance image, Live Art Ireland, Tipperary, October 2023 (photo Mark Leahy)
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