Mary Jo Mcgonagle

She earned her M.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her B.F.A. from School of Visual Arts. She is an award-winning artist who has shown internationally, in many prestigious exhibitions, and her paintings and neon can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world. Her work has been endorsed in such publications as The New York Times, New American Painter, , Art New England and New England Home. Her clients have included such companies as, Condé Nast Corporate, Renaissance Hotels, Stamford Downtown Special Services, Grapevine Technology, GQ, Glamour, United Media and Holland Advertising. She is currently full-time faculty at Norwalk Community College and has lectured at the University of Bridgeport, Fairfield University, Gateway Community College, College of the Mt St Vincent, Silvermine Art Center, and Anhui Polytechnic University in China. Pop artists, as well as contemporary artists using text in their work, inspire McGonagle to create her conversational, paintings and neon.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Boston, MA • M.F.A.

School of Visual Arts • New York, NY • B.F.A.

2023 Artists Collective of Westport, CT
2021 Art Market Hamptons, The Bridgehampton
Museum, New York
2020 The Affordable Online Art Fair
2020 The 7th annual Billboard Creative Exhibition,
Los Angeles Billboard Show
2020 Artsper online featured Artist
2019 Art Market Hamptons, The Bridgehampton
Museum, New York
2019 Affordable Art Fair, NYC
2018 #Unload, aiming for change, Curated by Helen
Klisser During, Westport, CT
2018 SASD and Housatonic faculty exhibition,
Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2018 Art Market Hamptons, The Bridgehampton
Museum, New York
2018 Art Expo, New York, New York
2018 ‘Nevertheless She Persisted’, Love Art Gallery,
Norwalk, CT (curated)
2018 ‘Nasty Woman’, Institute Library,
New Haven, CT
2017 Art Market Hamptons, The Bridgehampton
Museum
2017 Art Expo, New York, New York
2017 Architectural Digest Home Show, New York,
New York
2016 “McGonagle”, Sorelle Gallery,
New Canaan, CT
2016 “Art Goes Electronic”, billboard display, 9039
Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA
2015 “One Plus One”, Burt Chernow Gallery,
Bridgeport, CT
2014 “Self-Absorbed”, Giampetro Art Gallery, New
Haven, CT
2014 “Pop Up NYC”, Open Spaces, New York, NY
2013 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Art Center,
New Canaan, CT “Best in Show”
2013 “(Di...