Timeline

1955

Born in Munich, Germany

1973 - 1975

University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art), Philadelphia, PA

1979

Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Wawa, Inc. Prize, Earth Art III, Philadelphia, PA

1987

Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Purchase Prize

1990

Painting Prize, Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania

1995

Yaddo Fellowship, also 1997, 2006

1998

MacDowell Colony Fellowship

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship

2000

Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

2001

Fundacion Valparaiso Fellowship

Pew Fellowships in the Arts GAP Grant, also 2002

2002

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, also 2003

2003

Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts

The Leeway Foundation WOO Grant

2004

Anonymous Was a Woman Grant

2006

Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, Academy of Art and Letters, New York, NY

2009

Chinati Foundation Residency

2013

Residence, The Joan Mitchel Center on Bayou, New Orleans, LA

McEneaney works as both an artist and community activist in Philadelphia. Working primarily in egg tempera, her paintings are characterized by their autobiographical content, detailed brushwork, and brilliant color. Having her hand in every step of the work, she mixes her paint from egg yolk and powdered pigment, while making her gesso from powdered limestone and rabbit-skin glue. McEneaney’s intimate subject matter focuses on daily scenes from her home, studio, travels, and neighborhood.