Drawings of Gnawing on the Bones – 50 Years Later. National drawing day 2025. Line drawings with archival pens, pigment markers and chrome pens on various types of paper. As a gesture to the processes of archiving, each time I end one line and begin another I... Read more
Inklings – an exhibition by Jonny McEwen and Sally O’Dowd,Vault Artist Studios Gallery & Project Space, Marlborough House, Belfast. “From the inky depths of the creative minds of artists Sally O’Dowd and Jonny McEwen comes a show that is about... Read more
Beuys 50 Years Later: Action, Society, Performance and Change 18 October 2024 – 18 May 2025 Ulster Museum, Belfast On the 18th November 1974 the German artist Joseph Beuys gave a four hour performance lecture, or ‘Action’ in the Ulster Museum Fine art... Read more
Breastival 2019 Artist-in-Residence, Ulster Museum (Belfast) Breastival is a three day festival celebrating and normalising breastfeeding in Northern Ireland, for which I was Artist in Residence, live drawing people and activities relating to Breastival 2019 at the... Read more
C.S. Lewis Festival Glider Artist-in-residence, 2018 Over three days I traveled over and back across east and west Belfast, drawing on and off the Glider, capturing activities, events, and locations along the way. Some drawings were executed quickly and spontaneously,... Read more
Artist in residence, National Circus Festival, Tralee, 2015 A series of one line drawings documenting the circus performers and festival attendees rehearsing and performing throughout the weekend event. Stemming from my live art practice, I use drawing as an attempt... Read more
