Margo was born in 1951..Left Ireland to live in Spain when she was 17. Married a Spanish gypsy and had three sons with him. Margo made her living painting at this time. Sadly after 14 years, for various reasons, She came back to Ireland with her three souvenirs and had to turn around and make a living. She worked as an interpreter amongst other things, and enrolled in the North Strand Technical School for night classes in Pottery. On discovering the clay, she moved on to Sculpture and worked in this medium for the next 14 years. she has 2 public commissions in sculpture.She went on to teaching modelling the figure in clay for the VEC for 2 years. One summer about 10 years ago, when the North Strand was closed for holidays, She decided one day to paint a little again, and once started, has never stopped. Although she love sculpture. She missed the colour.
Her boys are now grown up and she has now given up full time work ( she was Administartor in the United Arts Club in Dublin) and is now making my living as a painter.She has very strong connections in Kerry as her mother was a Kerry woman and she spent a lot of her chilhood there....hence the sheep and they cows .

Painting

One Person Exhibition
Blue Leaf Gallery, Pembroke St., Dublin May 2005
Blue Leaf Gallery Dublin September 2002
Cill Rialaig Art Centre April 2007
Forthcoming Exhibition – Blue Leaf Gallery Dublin – April 2008

Joint Exhibition

Exhibition of Drawings together with Printmaker Renate Braun at The United Arts Club September 2006

Group Exhibitions - Painting
Royal Ulster Academy of Art Annual Exhibition 2007

Blue Leaf Gallery 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

United Arts Club 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

“Three Women” Show United Arts Club 2002

Group Summer Show Backstage Theatre Longford 2002

Group Show Bank of Ireland Arts Centre 2002

Oireachtas Annual Exhibition 2002 - Open Submission

Eigse Carlow 2003 – Open Submission

Sculpture

Selected Annual Group Exhibitions

RHA Annual Group Exhibition 1987,1988,1989 and 1991

Sligo Iontas Annual Exhibition 1989,1990, 1991 and 1992

Women Artists Exhibition Malton Gallery St Stephens Green 1990

Claremorris Annual Exhibition 1991

Dundalk Rotary Club Annual Exhibition 1992, 1993

Royal Ulster Academy of Art Annual Exhibition 1993


Group Exhibitions - Sculpture

Wyvern Gallery Dublin

Oisin Art Gallery Dublin

Kenny Gallery Galway

Carroll Gallery Longford.

United Arts Club Dublin


Teaching

Margo taught Clay Modelling Sculpture at the North Strand Technical School night classes for 2 years in 1994 and 1995

Public Commissions

Sculpture - Defender’s Row Plaque – Dundalk

Sculpture - Morrigan’s Ravens – Dundalk

Work Purchased by Public Bodies

Office of Public Works,
Enterprise Ireland