ReadingRoom, Melbourne

Mary MacDougall born 1983 in Dubbo, Australia and currently  lives and works in Sydney, Australia...

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM30

Untitled, 2020,
chalk pastel on pastelbord,
20.2 × 15.1 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_the_reader

The Reader, 2020,
chalk pastel on pastelbord,
20.2 × 15.1 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM20

Untitled, 2020,
chalk pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM18

Untitled, 2020,
chalk pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM19

Untitled, 2020,
chalk pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM17

Untitled, 2020,
chalk pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM16

Untitled, 2020,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
17.7 × 12.5 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM22

Untitled, 2020,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
17.7 × 12.5 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM21

Untitled, 2020,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
17.7 × 12.5 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM33

Untitled, 2020,
crayon and watercolour on Stonehenge paper,
28.5 × 21 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM34

Untitled, 2020,
crayon and watercolour on Stonehenge paper,
28.6 × 21 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM35

Untitled, 2020,
acrylic on Stonehenge paper,
57 × 76 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_cuneiform_rock_clouds_2

Cuneiform Rock Clouds II, 2019, oil transfer and watercolour on watercolour paper, 39.5 × 31.5 cm framed size

Mary_MacDougall_Trade_Postcard_2020_ReadingRoom_1.

Trade Postcard, 2019, oil transfer and watercolour on watercolour paper, 29.5 × 34.3 cm framed size

Untitled, 2019,
watercolour on watercolour paper,
10 × 14.8 cm paper size

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM12

Untitled, 2019,
chalk pastel and conte on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM39

Untitled, 2018,
ink on Stonehenge paper,
38 × 57 cm

Mary_MacDougall_Untitled_Study_Episode_6_2020_ReadingRoom_1

Study for Episode 6, 2017, oil pastel on pastelboard, 28.5 × 33.5 cm framed size

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_episode_6

Study for Episode 6 II, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_episode_4

Study for Episode 4, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_episode_11

Study for Episode 11, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM13

Untitled, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
17.7 × 12.5 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_epsiode_19

Study for Episode 19, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_episode_21

Study for Episode 21, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_episode_6b

Study for Episode 6 II, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_epsiode_27

Study for Episode 27, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_study_episode_17

Study for Episode 17, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM3

Untitled, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM10

Untitled, 2017,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM36

Study for Episode 6 III, 2017,
acrylic on Stonehenge paper,
52.5 × 67 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM37

Study for Episode 23, 2017,
acrylic on Stonehenge paper,
54 × 66 cm

MM_Sheet_Cakes_5

Sheet Cakes, 2017, ink, conte, oil pastel and acrylic wash on paper, 28 × 30.5 cm

Sheet Cakes, 2017, ink and clear lay on paper, 21 × 28 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM42

Untitled, 2017,
acrylic on newsprint paper,
38.5 × 52.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM38

Study for Episode 18 , 2017,
acrylic on Stonehenge paper,
36 × 46.8 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM14

Untitled, 2016,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
17.7 × 12.5 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM9

Untitled, 2016,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_Untitled_2020_ReadingRoom_2

Untitled, 2016, oil pastel on pastelboard, 12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_Untitled_2020_ReadingRoom_1

Untitled, 2016, oil pastel on pastelboard, 12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM8

Untitled, 2016,
oil pastel on pastelbord,
12.5 × 17.7 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM40

Untitled , 2014,
ink, acrylic and conte on Stonehenge paper,
38 × 49 cm

Mary_MacDougall_ReadingRoom_MM41

Untitled, 2014,
ink, acrylic and conte on Stonehenge paper,
38 × 48.5 cm

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Exhibitions

Ceramic Papers, 28 May—25 June, 2022

DIALOGUES: Wind, 1968 and R.B. Archipelago, 2017, 12 November–11 December, 2021

R.B. Waves, 26 May–7 July, 2018

Footnotes

Inoperative words, 28 May—25 June, 2022

Letting artists lead in the Reading Room, Art Guide Australia, 2018

Viewing Rooms

Viewing Rooms: Satellites, February–March, 2021

Viewing Rooms: 30 Silver Threads, March, 2020

Further Reading

Mary MacDougall is interested in the physicality of paint, subjects in transition and questions of perspective. She works with glass, ceramics and image archives. Forms in her work sometimes appear ancient and quiet, while at other times like super-heated rock, flowing and coagulating.

Mary MacDougall (b. 1983, Australia) lives and works on Gadigal land in Sydney. She regularly contributes to various journals, has performed in The Bowles (2008), was a Helen Lempriere Scholarship finalist (2009), released The Bowles EP on Graham Lambkin’s Kye record label in New York (2012), has exhibited widely in artist run spaces in Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco; her most recent solo exhibitions include Roman Glass Episode, Knulp, Sydney and R.B. Waves, ReadingRoom, Melbourne.

Publications

Passenger Instrument, Cooperative Editions (Co-Ed), New York, 2018

R. B. Archipelago, Cooperative Editions (Co-Ed), New York, 2017

Raft Amphibians, Cooperative Editions (Co-Ed), New York, 2017

Download Biography here