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2015

Concert at the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, featuring Donnagh McKenna’s work

Rhythmic Ties

Four canvases by Donnagh were displayed on stage with the support of The Wapping Arts Trust.


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Violinist Alda Dizdari and pianist Tom Blach performed works by old and new masters.
The pieces ranged from Schubert’s Grand Duo to the solo Violin Sonata by distinguished contemporary composer Robin Holloway, plus Fauré’s Sonata in A Major. The concert ended with Ravel’s Tzigane.

Click here for the concert leaflet: DMK Concert 2015

Exhibitions 1970-1986

We are still searching for some catalogues, exhibition details and holdings.
[TL] = The document is in the Tate Britain library.

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Note: The exhibition details and possible catalogues for the list above have not been found so far.

1980

Irish Art in the Seventies: the international connection, The Round House Gallery, London. 26 Feb. – 23 Mar. 1980. Selected by Cyril Barrett, the exhibition was part of ‘A Sense of Ireland’, The London Festival of the Irish Arts.

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Catalogue: Irish art in the seventies: the international connection. The Round House Gallery, London. February 26th to March 23rd  1980 / introduced by Cyril Barrett. London : The Round House Gallery, 1980. [24]p. : ill. ; 20×21 cm.
Notes: Biogs.; exhibs.; colls.  Cover title: “The International Connection”.
Title page: “This exhibition is part of A Sense of Ireland, The London Festival of the Irish Arts, 1980” [TL]
Notes: Two paintings by DMK: Jevington, London, 1979 and Attic 1, London 1979, are listed but not shown in the catalogue.


Air & Space Appeal Fund : contemporary art auction, 4 – 14 Oct. 1980. A.I.R. [London], 1980. [29]p. : ill. ; 17×23 cm. [TL]

1981

Contemporary Artists in Camden, Camden Art Centre, London , 17 Oct 1981 – 22 Nov 1981.

Catalogue:  Contemporary Artists in Camden / conceived and co-ordinated by Zuleika Dobson. Foreword by Gerald Isaaman, introduction by Zuleika Dobson. London : Arkwright Arts Trust, Camden Arts Centre, 1981. [ca. 150]p. : ill., ports. ; 21×21 cm.  ISBN 0950553212.
Notes: Biogs.; exhibs.; commissions; colls.
Exhibitions of Camden artists held at different locations.  [TL]
Notes: Two pages on DMK. One with short biography and list of exhibitions; opposite a black and white photograph of a work in his studio (?) labelled as “Rood Barn for Peter Buxton.”

In Aid of Artlaw, Royal Academy, London.

1984

Tyrone Guthrie Centre, County Monaghan, Ireland, 1984 & 1985

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The Joy of Paint, English Expressionism 1985, Warwick Arts Trust, London, 3 April – 5 May 1985.and Bede Gallery, Jarrow, 15 May – 12 June 1985.

Catalogue:  The Joy of Paint : English Expressionism 1985. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Warwick Arts Trust (London), 3 April – 5 May 1985. Introduction by Milton Grundy. London : Warwick Arts Trust, 1985. Folded card, 4p. : col. ill. ; 21cm.  and dupl. typescript ; A4. [TL]
Notes: An exhibition by 15 painters. DMK had four paintings for sale: Haidhausen, Munich 1985 (£5000), Tomas Indigo 1982 (£5000), Bayern Garden 1985 (£500), Flowers & Dark 1985 (£500).

Catalogue:  The Joy of Paint. Jarrow : Bede Gallery 15th May – 12th June 1985. 1p. dupl. typescript ; A4. [TL]
Notes: Simply a typed list of painters and their paintings in the exhibition. DMK had four paintings for sale: Red Rood (no price), Tomas Indigo 1982 (£5000), Bayern Garden 1985 (£500), Flowers & Dark 1985 (£500).

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Exhibition in Haidhausen, Munich, 1985

1986

The Group of Four – Atroshenko, Martyn Brewster, Sheila Girling and Donnagh McKenna, Warwick Arts Trust, London, 22 May – 22 June 1986.

DMK G4Catalogue:  The Group of Four – Atroshenko, Martyn Brewster, Sheila Girling, and Donnagh McKenna. London : Warwick Arts Trust, 1986. 20p., 4 colour plates. 21x15cm. With notes on the artists and an introduction by Corinna Lotz. [TL]
There were six DMK paintings in this exhibition.

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Donnagh McKenna – Paintings since 1980, Warwick Arts Trust, Pimlico, London, 26 March – 27 April, 1986.

Catalogue: Donnagh McKenna: Paintings since 1980. London : Catalogue of an exhibition held at Warwick Arts Trust (London), 26 March – 27 April, 1986. London : Warwick Arts Trust, 1986.
Folded card, 4p. : col. ill. ; 21cm. [TL]
There were 14 paintings in this exhibition.

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Represented in collections in London:

[Most of these entries have to be verified as still valid]

Arts Council of Great Britain

Boyds Grill & Wine Bar :

British Rail

Camden Council

Charles Barker Group

Deutsche Bank (Mr K Hammer)

European and Arab Bank (Mr K Hammer)

Irish Export Board

St Thomas Hospital

Tate Gallery

Warwick Arts Trust

The Embassies of Denmark, Finland and Ireland.

Journeys to:

1959 Sennen, Cornwall

1974 Suffolk

1985 Bavaria, Munich and Hinterland

1990 Australia ?

2009 Morocco ?