Artists

Maureen Callaghan

Maureen’s creative practice spans embroidery, drawing and mixed media.

Maureen Callaghan

Maureen Callaghan’s creative practice spans embroidery, drawing and mixed media. She focuses almost entirely on the self-portrait, depicting herself with repeated patterns and shapes that recur throughout her practice.

Her detailed portraits suggest an imaginary world that at times engulfs her, creating a protective layer where she surrounds herself in vibrant colour, flowers and nature.

Maureen Callaghan's exhibitions and events

Completely a Hustling Place 31st Dec 2021
Talking Sense: The changing vocabulary of mind and brain 13th Apr 2020
PERSPECTIVES 24th Feb 2019
The Manchester Contemporary (exhibiting with Outside In)
Manchester Central,
2018.
MADE, Venture Arts Studio Show
People’s History Museum, Manchester,
2015.
The Art of Nature, Venture Arts Studio Show
The Lowry, Salford Quays,
2014.
Articulate, Venture Arts Studio Show
The Lowry , Salford Quays,
2013.

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Exhibitions and events

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Event

Belonging in Wild Takeover (for Neurodiversity Week)

Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.

19th Feb 2025 - 19th Feb 2025

Event

Museum After Hours | Manchester Science Festival

Science and Industry Museum, Liverpool Rd, Manchester, M3 4JP.

26th Oct 2024 - 26th Oct 2024

Exhibition

We Are Gathered Here Together

Fitzrovia Chapel, 2 Pearson Square, London, W1T 3BF.

10th Oct 2024 - 16th Oct 2024

Event

Portraits of Recovery + Venture Arts in Dialogue: Spaces Between Creative Workshop

HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, M15 4FN.

21st Sep 2024 - 21st Sep 2024

Commissions

We are delighted when people want to commission work from us and our artists. This can either be as a group project or an individual artist creating one of their unique pieces for you.

To find out more and to arrange a studio visit please contact Katherine Long on 0161 232 1223 or email katherine@venturearts.org

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