Born 1970 in Limerick, Ireland, currently resident in Cork, Ireland.
Studied photography and obtained a Master's in visual design at the Dun Laoighaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology. In 1999 McGrath was awarded the in Luxembourg and in 2003 the AIB Art Prize in Ireland. In recent years he has enjoyed increasing recognition as an important figure in the next generation of Irish photographers.
McGrath engages with a variety of themes through contemporary scenery in "Between the Lines", in which he focused on the borders of Europe that have spun out its history while confronting the condition of their contiguity, and in "By the Way", a record of the chaning appearance of the spreading new Irish motorway network even as it intrudes on the countryside. In capturing the image of nature while retaining also the incongruities and queer harmony that emerges from evidence of human intervention, his work shows us landscapes entirely different in their expression from what we are accustomed to. McGrath's keen eye show that unknown discovies lie concealed even in the scenery that unfolds aimlessly before our very eyes.

Selected Biography
Solo Exhibitions
2005	"Boundaries" / Cork City (European Capital of Culture 2005), Ireland
2004	"Plantation" Studio 6 Temple Bar Gallery / Dublin, Ireland
2003	"By the Way" Arts Centre / Dublin, Ireland
1999	"Between the Lines" Galerie Nei Licht / Dudelange, Luxembourg
Group Exhibitions
2002	"Day lighting The City" National Sculpture Factory / Cork City, Ireland
2001	"EV+A Expanded" Limerick City Gallery of Art / Limerick City, Ireland
2000	"Perspective" Ormeau Baths Gallery / Belfast, Northern Ireland "Emerging European Creation" Les Subsistances / Lyon, France
Publications
2003	『By the Way』 / Dublin, Ireland