Galway born artist Maev Lenaghan graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 2002. Her work is shaped by her interest in storytelling and a fascination with wilderness: 'Most of us live removed from places where nature is still wild and foreboding. Yet even amongst those of us who have lost sight of our vulnerability... there are yearnings for wilderness, for the great outdoors'.

Maev works with etching and printmaking techniques and produces her own books. Her art has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in Stockholm, Sweden. Her works can be found in the collections of The University of Galway, The Chester Beatty Library and The National Gallery of Ireland among others.

Exhibitions

2025 Ballinglen Museum of Art, North Mayo, Ireland
Ed.art Editions at Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Nordic Letterpress Network, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, Sweden

2023 Batmaev, Grafik i Väst, Gothenburg, Sweden
Stuff It, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2022 Graphic Studio Dublin 60 Years, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

2021 BLUSA, Šiauliai, Lithuania

2020 Lines, Points, Perspectives , Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, Sweden

2019 This Bright Earth Solo Show , The Space, Shanghai, China
CODEX , Artist Book Fair, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Rooted in Silence Solo Show, Galleri LOKOMOTIV, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Grafikverkstan Godsmagasinet Jubileum , Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
Bergen Art Book Fair, Norway

2018 Small Publishers Fair , London
Malmö Artist Book Biennial , Malmö, Sweden
Prints of Sweden , The Space, Shanghai, China
An Eye on the Wood Solo Show , Grafik i Väst, Gothenburg
Grafika Irlandzka , Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury NCK, Krakow, Poland
TOP SHED , artist in residence, UK

2017 Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Exhibition , Dublin, Ireland
Equinox , Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Centrifug Reloaded , Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden

2016 Impressions: Artists' Books , Galway International Arts Festival
Group Exhibition , MOK Gallery, Debica, Poland
Vänner , Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition , Dublin

2015 Midvinter , Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm
Group Exhibition , Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden Bild Berättande Bok , HDK + Konstfack på Stadsbiblioteket, Gothenburg
Konstfack Spring Exhibition Masters Project , Konstfack, Stockholm

2014 Nya medlemmar , Galleri Grafik i Väst, Gothenburg

2013 Taking Note or The Curious Eye , NUI Galway Art Gallery
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition , Dublin
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Woods? Solo Show , University Hospital Galway
Art without borders , Köping Exhibition Hall, Sweden

2012 Impression , Galway Arts Centre, Galway
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Woods? Solo Show , Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Irish and Colombian Print Exchange , Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin

2011 Made in Uttersberg , Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
Bears and Landscapes , Galleri Grafik i Väst, Gothenburg, Sweden

2010 Maev Lenaghan, Sharon Lee and Kath Van Uytrecht , Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
Home , Draíocht Arts Centre, Dublin
8ème Mondial de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale , Triennale de Chamalières, France
Graphic Studio Member's Exhibition , Farmleigh Gallery, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Gold 50th Anniversary Exhibition , Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
‘Na granicy’, Where Borders Meet – The Response , Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin , Galeria Jatki, Nowy Targ , Galeria Lamelli, Krakow , Academic Gallery, Nowy Sacz, Poland
Yeats and the Golden Age of Print , Sligo Art Gallery, Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo

2009 Revelation , Kapavogur Art Museum, Iceland
‘Na granicy’, Where Borders Meet – The Response , MOK Gallery, Debica, Poland

2008 Revelation , The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Impressions , Galway Arts Centre, Galway
‘Na Granicy’,Where Borders Meet , Muzeum ‘Dwory Karwacjanow i Gladyszow’, Gorlice, Poland
Is This Real 2 Person Show , Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

2007 4th International Printmaking Biennial of Duoro (by invitation) , Alijo, Portugal
Conflict , The White Room Gallery, Galway