Anne McCaughey

Anne Marie McCaughey is based in Western Australia in the City of Fremantle

Awards & Accolades

  • 2015
    Online finalist Lethbridge awards
  • 2014
    Invited artist Minnawarra Award WA
  • 2013
    Invited artist for the Stations of the Cross exhibition
  • 2012
    Highly Commended in Black Swan Portrait Prize
  • 2012
    Finalist in the Mandorla Award WA
  • 2012
    Finalist in the Minnawara Award WA
  • 2011
    Finalist in the Heysen Prize SA
  • 2011
    Finalist in the Gallipoli Award NSW
  • 2011
    Finalist in the Mandorla Award WA
  • 2010
    Finalist in the Black Swan Prize WA
  • 2010
    Finalist in the Cossack Prize WA

Anne's Story

Born in Northern Ireland, she attended Brighton in the U.K, which specialised in Fine Art Illustration. While there, she received many prizes and awards and was represented in a number of European travelling exhibitions of prize-winning illustrations. She studied art for six years in total, taking the opportunity to do a postgraduate qualification in nineteenth and twentieth century Art History.

After graduation, McCaughey lived and worked in London, creating illustrations for the glossy magazines of the day, Honey, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan. She returned to live in Ireland in the late eighties and moved full time into painting and lecturing.

McCaughey has had twenty-five solo exhibitions in a variety of countries, which include, the United States, France, England and Ireland and her work features in collections worldwide. She is represented in the private collections of HRH Prince Charles, the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn and U2 among others. Her work is in the public collections of the Northern Bank, Ulster Bank, BBC1 Northern Ireland, the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Tourist Board, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Sussex University, CBC Fremantle, Ursula Frayne College and John Curtin College of the Arts.

Exhibitions

  • 2016
    Of mist and memories
    Gormley's Gallery, Belfast
  • 2016
    Reveal
    John Curtin College of the Arts
  • 2013
    Recent Work
    Nyisztor Gallery, Perth
  • 2010
    Memories
    Gormley's Gallery, Belfast
  • 2009
    Outsider's View
    Gallery Nine by Five, Fremantle
  • 2008
    Recent Work
    Royal George, E Fremantle
  • 2008
    A Particular Exchange
    Goldfields Arts Centre, Kalgoorlie
  • 2007
    Heartland
    Sperrin Gallery, Omagh
  • 2006
    Days of Dark, days of light
    Gormley's Gallery, Belfast
  • 2002
    Lost and Finding
    Artrooms Gallery, Belfast
  • 2001
    Shadowlost Lovers
    Gormley's Gallery, Belfast
  • 2000
    Urban Lights
    Artrooms Gallery, Belfast
  • 2000
    Recent Works
    Gormley's Gallery, Belfast
  • 1998
    Homegrounds
    Sperrin Art Centre, Omagh
  • 1998
    Where the land Lies
    Ardhowen Arts centre, Enniskillen
  • 1997
    Spring Colour
    Hazel Gallery, Armagh
  • 1996
    Against the fading of light
    The Wellington Park, Belfast
  • 1995
    The lost Light
    Powerful Art Gallery, Donegal
  • 1993
    Recent Works
    Sperrin Arts Centre, Omagh
  • 1992
    Priestess
    The Oriel Gallery, Dublin
  • 1991
    Wind in my Heart
    Sperrin Arts Centre, Omagh
  • 1990
    Time to Move
    Galeries des Beaux Artes, Paris
  • 1989
    Trees & Light
    Sperrin Arts Centre, Omagh
  • 1988
    Landscapes II
    Sperrin Heritage Centre, Tyrone
  • 1987
    A Retreat
    Peacock Gallery, Craigavon
  • 1986
    The Hiding Place
    Ardhowen Centre, Enniskillen
  • 1985
    Landscapes I
    Sperrin Arts Centre, Omagh