Michelle Monaghan

"Michelle’s work focuses on intimate scenes – subjects who are in love. She explores the beauty of balance and equilibrium, the exchange of power and themes of desire across a range of empowering, sensual and erotic settings. Her acrylic and oil paintings are a merge of the feminine and masculine; the dark and the light; the pleasure and the passion. Each piece challenges the viewer to dive beyond societal dogmas. For many, sex in art is deemed distasteful – unacceptable...and yet it is the very reason for the existence of us all."

Michelle Monaghan was born in Scotland during the 1980’s. As a child growing up, she always had a strong affinity for artistic endeavours and particularly enjoyed pencil drawing animals, beaches, buildings and people which she would often give away to friends who would ask for them. She’d always planned to choose art as a subject at school, however, various male family members discouraged her from doing so, believing that she must opt for more ‘academic subjects’.

The principle teacher of art, the late Mr Dow, was so disappointed that she couldn’t select art as a course that he attempted to offer it as an additional class over lunchtimes, however, due to funding restrictions, the headteacher unfortunat...

BSc (Hons) Toxicology - Edinburgh Napier University

1) Heartwork Exhibition
4th - 26th October 2019 - D2 The Creative Centre, Larbert. (Display of 5 works including ‘Awakening Theodora’ and ‘Soul Kissing’).

2) DressME 2020 International Contemporary Art exhibition. 17th - 30th September 2020 - Milan, Italy.
(Display of ‘Awakening Theodora’ at the DressME International Contemporary Art Exhibition during Milan Fashion Week).

3) MATER «Reconditis Oedipus» 2020
13-27 November 2020 - Milan, Italy.

Display of ‘You Give Me Life’ at M.A.D.S Milano’s International Contemporary Art exhibition.