McKinney's work was included in the four-person
exhibition Somewhere in Between at the Welcome
Collection, London UK in 2018. McKinney has also made
a number of solo exhibitions including the RHA, Dublin,
Ireland (2016) Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium (2016) La
Permanence, Clermont-Ferrand, France (2015), the
MAC, Belfast UK (2012) the Lab, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
and the Context Gallery, Derry, UK (2008). Her work has
been curated in group exhibitions at Bozar, Brussels
(2020), the Gregg Museum, NC, USA (2019), Sunderland
Museum, UK (2019) and Void Gallery, UK (2015).
Her work is part of the collections of the Museum of
English Rural Life in Reading UK, Europol, Arts Council
of Northern Ireland, Office of Public Works and Bank
of Ireland. She has additionally held residency awards
at Skowhegan, Maine, USA, 2017, Temple Bar Gallery
+ Studios, Dublin, Ireland 2017-2020, Parity Studios,
science resident UCD, Dublin, Ireland 2015-2016, Fire
Station Artists Studios, Dublin, Ireland 2012-2015, Banff
Centre Residency, Canada, funded by Arts Council of
Northern Ireland 2010, and The Red Stables, Dublin City
Council, Ireland 2009.
http://cargocollective.com/mariamckinney
To create the Sire series, McKinney with Dovea Genetics, a bull stud farm with 90 bulls standing at stud
producing semen in a controlled environment. Her scientific collaborators are quantitative geneticist Dr. Donagh
Berry (Teagasc), genome biologist Prof. David MacHugh and Head of Veterinary Clinical Studies Prof. Michael
Doherty (both UCD). The project has been realized in consultation with a veterinarian and the artist has worked
closely with the animal's handlers to ensure they are not made uncomfortable or distressed while making the
work.
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