Moyna Flannigan was born in Scotland in 1963. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1981-85 and Yale University School of Art 1985-87. She was a Lecturer in Painting at Glasgow School of Art for 10 years until 2005.
Recent solo shows include her series of portrait miniatures - Once Upon Our Time commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 2004; A Pie in the Kisser at Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York 2005; Poke at Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam 2006; and Well, well at doggerfisher Gallery, Edinburgh 2006, In 2007 she made a contemporary intervention A footprint in the hall, in the historical collection at Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute.
She was the recipient of a Creative Scotland Award from the Scottish Arts Council in 2005.