fionam.illustration@gmail.com

(+44) 74 81801998

Hello! I’m Fiona McDonnell (she/her) a freelance Irish illustrator from Belfast. My style blends classic comic book & contemporary design motifs to create bold and distinctive illustrations. I’ve worked with a wide variety of commercial and private clients, and specialise in advertising, branding, editorial and heritage projects. 

I wouldn’t be where I am without DIY art movements, and continue to do my bit for artist collectives, exhibition curation, queer underground club-nights, and the Irish music scene. Bringing all this together as a speaker and facilitator for Universities, Belfast Design Week, Visual Artists Ireland and Poster House NYC.

Selected Clients:

Facebook, Tesco, Dazed,  LUSH Cosmetics, Jameson Whiskey, An Post, Little White Lies,  National Museums NI,  Algonquin Press, The National Archives,   Little Museum of Dublin, The Dead Rabbit,  BPM Energy,  Irish Arts Centre NYC,  Goethe-Institute,  NI Screen,  Culture Trip,  Belfast City Council,  Queen's University,  Uplift Ireland,  The Naughton Gallery,  Outburst Queer Arts Festival   


Photo by Billy Woods

Selected Exhibitions:

WAY BAD Press & Hen's Teeth Dublin  'Way Bad and Friends'

Dublin, Ireland - May 2024 


Goethe Institute & Catalyst Arts ‘The Disappearing Wall’ 

Belfast, Northern Ireland - October 2020 


The Naughton Gallery at Queen’s ‘Lemonade Stand’ 

Belfast, Northern Ireland - September 2020 


Ulster Museum ‘The Art of Selling Songs’ 

Belfast, Northern Ireland - June 2019 


May 2019 OFFSET Design Conference ‘Group Hang - Global Edition’ 

Dublin, Ireland - April 2019 






Type Directors Club ‘The Right Kind of Wrong’

New York City, USA - February 2019 


The Copper House Gallery ‘Letterbomb’ 

Dublin, Ireland - February 2019 


Facebook Analog Lab Dublin, Designer in Residence 

Dublin, Ireland - July & August 2018

Using Format