Lyndsey McDougall is an Irish artist living and working on the Ards Peninsula.
She has exhibited her work throughout the UK and Ireland as well as internationally in Berlin, Paris, New York, Blönduós, Karachi, Oaxaca and Quebec.
She is fascinated by physical and cultural landscapes. Making work that investigates the symbiotic relationship between nature and people. She does this by studying natural formations, combining these with the craft of hand embroidery. Tying everything together is a deep desire to capture moments and interactions between people and places.
Education
2024 PhD, Ulster University, Belfast
Narratives of Agency and the Material Culture of Religious and Masonic Embroidery Made in Ireland, c. 1750 -2023: through a series of case studies.
2007 – 2009 Master of Design in Textile Material Product, Ulster University, Belfast
2003 - 2006 BA Honours Degree, Fine and Applied Art, Ulster University, Belfast
Selected Exhibitions
2021
Still Here But Not There, Pollen Studio and Gallery, Belfast
2019
PXIX, Platform Arts Members Show, Belfast
Linen Lab Connected, FE McWilliam Gallery &Studio, Banbridge
2018
Still, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Ps2 Gallery, Belfast
2017
The Thread Unravelled, VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2016
Bordado, performance on San Pablo Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico
Linur og Litir, Bilskur Gallery, Textilsetur Islands, Iceland
2015
Oceanographic, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor
Les Brodeurs Associes, Potes Ouvertes de Belleville, Paris
The Port and Docks of Belfast Imagined through Textiles, Belfast Room, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2014
Out of the Ordinary- Contemporary Visions of the Avant-Garde, Naughton Gallery, Belfast
l'Aiguille en Fête, Porte de Versailles, Paris
MAK9, Bishop Street Derry (City of Culture festival)
Deep Time, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2013
TOTEMS for Household, Household Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
TOTEMS, T T gallery, Berlin
O FORTUNA, Paris, Dusseldorf, New York, Berlin
Strangford Lough Maritime Festival , Textile installation in Strangford and Portaferry.
2012
Collectif Brodeuses 19, Les Brodeurs Associes, Potes Ouvertes de Belleville, Paris
2011
Biennale Internationale du Lin de Portneuf, Chevrotere Mill, Quebec
Public School of Embroidery, PS2 Gallery, Belfast
Residencies
Arquetopia Oaxaca International Artist Residency, Mexico
(Supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland), 2016
Textilsetur Islands, Blonduos, North Iceland
(Supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland), 2016
Collections
Ulster Museum, National Museums NI, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2024
Royal Dublin Society Craft Council of Ireland Purchase Award, 2008
University of Ulster Permanent Art Collection, 2006
Private collections in the UK, Ireland, Europe, North America and Australia