Penny Meagher was born in Sydney, and started drawing from an early age.
[3] In 1952, she went on a trip to London, where she enrolled at the Chelsea School of Art.
From 1960 to 1962, she studied at the East Sydney Technical College, and later did a graduate course in painting at the University of New South Wales.
In the late 1960s, Penny Meagher became a director of the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney.
[3] Her work has been exhibited only rarely and at occasional group exhibitions, this included the important STILL LIFES at David Jones Gallery in 1984.