Antonia McGuane

Antonia McGuane is an Irish artist who has lived and worked in Nova Scotia, Canada, Dublin, Ireland, and Catalonia (Spain). Antonia’s work is featured in the collections of The Canada Council Art Bank, Acadia University Art Gallery (Nova Scotia, Canada), Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas (El Bruc, Barcelona), and Ajuntament de Collbato (works done on site in les Coves de Salnitre, Spain).

Antonia has volunteered as an art therapist with non-profit organizations such as Clowns for Haiti and Grandma’s (an organization that offers support to families affected by HIV and AIDS) in Dublin, Ireland. She also ran art workshops for children in Nepal while accompanying a group working to provide fresh water pumps in remote areas.

Antonia was educated at the Limerick School of Art and Design and De Vrije Academy, The Hague. She has been the recipient of arts grants that have supported her work in Canada and Ireland.

Artist residencies

In 2016, Antonia was artist-in-residence at 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects, a registered non-profit corporation operating in Newfoundland and Labrador. The residency’s quiet location in Duntara on the Bonavista peninsula surrounded by the dramatic landscape of the North Atlantic coast of Newfoundland was both contemplative and inspirational.

Antonia has also spent dedicated time working and exhibiting in Spain as an artist-in-residence at Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Jiwar Creation & Society, Barcelona and Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, El Bruc, Barcelona. During her time at Jiwar, she was involved in a project inspired by drawings from life of The Castellars de Ville de Gracia. During her Can Serrat residency, in 2013, in her role as Artist Coordinator, Antonia interviewed and photographed the work of international artists and ran the Can Serrat residency blog.