Andy Mac Manus

Andy Mac Manus is an Irish artist working and living in London for almost 15 years. Although he initially studied fine art in Galway, he went on to study interior design, multimedia and finally graduated with a master’s degree in graphic design from the London College of Communication in 2011.

Over the years Andy has exhibited extensively across Ireland, in the UK and as far afield as Shanghai. After taking quite a long hiatus from making work while concentrating on design, like many others, the pandemic gave him a fortuitous opportunity to slow down and take stock, and he rediscovered his passion for making art. When a brief landed on his desk that required some packaging design, this gave him the opportunity to flesh out the sketches he had already been developing, and this ongoing collaboration led to the creation of several small canvases. This project was the genesis of the work he creates today.

While his work over the years has incorporated everything from paint, photography, screen printing, spray paint, film, and sculptural installations, he now works predominately with acrylic paint on canvas. Andy comes to art from a graphic design background, and the intersection of these two very different worlds continues to influ...

Master of Arts (MA) Graphic Design
University of the Arts London
2011

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Design and Visual Communications
Athlone Institute of Technology
2006

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

The Other Art Fair
Kings Cross, London
June 2023

Cúige Arts Festival
Dominick Street, Mullingar, Ireland.
June 2022

Print Swap
The Print Space, London, UK
October 2017

Word
Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
August 2012

Graduate Show Design Show
London College of Communication, London, UK.
December 2011

True Colours
The Rag Factory, London, UK.
December 2010

Is Mise Ireland
Shanghai/Beijing, China.
March - June, 2008

Arthaus
Above The Bierhaus, Galway, Ireland.
March 2008

Art Horrific
Multi Venue Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland.
October 2007

Trespass
Tool Shop, Ennis, Ireland.
September 2007

Ignition
The Arts Centre, Mullingar, Ireland.
November 2006

Biannual Graduate Art Show
The Arts Centre, Mullingar, Ireland.
September 2006

Diversions
Former Ritz Cinema, Mullingar, Ireland.
September 2005

An Show
Dean Crowe Gallery, Athlone, Ireland.
March 2005