[3][4][5] Writer Jack Welsh describes her solo show at The Bluecoat, Liverpool: "Encompassing video, painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking, the exhibition explores O’Malley’s interest in constructing images, primarily using the material and spatial properties of glass.

"[8] Her 2015 installation at The Douglas Hyde, which included a number of freestanding glass and metal sculptural frames, as well as video, was well received critically.

[9][10] Rory Prout of Enclave Review takes note that "the prevailing concern is the artist’s larger, ongoing phenomenological project... they are methods which continue to offer subtle inflections of the viewer’s observation of otherwise highly familiar environments.

"[11] O'Malley, curated by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, represented Ireland at the 59th Venice Biennale, with a delayed opening in April 2022.

[1][12] Shown in an old building in The Arsenale, O'Malley worked with a local team and stated “I’ve made some very heavy pieces, in Kilkenny limestone with big steel bases.