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  Curriculum Vitae

Art Education

 

2000 - BA in Fine Art (Hons), National College of Art & Design, Dublin

 

1981 - Diploma in Art in Industry & Commerce, College of Commerce, Dublin

 

Awards & Residencies

 

Won the ESB Keating McLaughlin Medal and Award, 2010

 

Shortlisted for the Davy Portrait Award, 2010

 

Won the Golden Fleece Award, 2008

 

Short listed for Oireachtas Award for Requiem Catalogue, 2007

 

Cill Rialaig, Kerry 2006

Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin 2001

 

Collections

 

AIB, Bank of Ireland, Office of Public Works, Revenue Commissioners,

AXA Insurance, Foras na Gaeilge, Gael Linn, The Boyle Civic Collection,

Wesley College, Donegal County Council

 

Reviews/Bibliography

 

Oscar McLennan, Artinfo.com,  Feb’07

Anne Iremonger, Dubliner Magazine Sept’05

Jackie Ryan, Irish Property Buyer Magazine June’05

Marianne Hartigan, The Sunday Tribune Feb’02

Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times Feb’02

Kate Robinson, The Sunday Independent Feb’88

 

Publications:

“Aiséirí/Requiem”, 2006

(with essay by Dr. Brenda Moore-McCann)

 

“Bliainiris”, 2002

(with essay by Méabh Ní Chléirigh)

 

TV reviews:

Ardán, TG4 Jan’07,  The View, RTE1 May’05

 

Exhibitions

 

2011

 

We are where we are, solo show, The Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin

 

RUA Annual Exhibition, The Ulster Museum, Belfast

 

Life Room, The Bourn Vincent Gallery, Limerick

 

Spectrum of Activity, The Black Mariah, Triskel, Cork

 

New Living Art II, IMOCA, Dublin

 

Tondo in the Park, Dublin

 

Tondo in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

 

Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Italy

 

2010

 

   Davy Portrait Awards Exhibition

 

   in the Naughton Gallery at Queens, Belfast,

   in the Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin

   and in Fota House, Cork

 

   Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition, Co Roscommon

 

   RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin

 

   Tondo @ Pearse St Library, Dublin

 

   Tondo @ Drogheda Train Station, Co Louth

 

   Tondo @ Night, Dublin

 

   Postcards to the G8, Ontario, Canada

 

2009

 

Caoineadh/Elegies, solo show

 

in Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast, Co. Antrim,

in Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth

and in the Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow

 

   Rua Red Summer Show,

   Rua Red Arts Centre, Tallaght, Co. Dublin

 

   Bloomsday, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Drawing Éire Invited,  with 411 Gallery in Shanghai, China

 

2008

 

Dearcadh, solo show, The Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin

 

Caoineadh/Elegies, solo show

 

in the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

and in the South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

 

Confessions of a Tiger, The Brick Lane Gallery, London

 

Is mise Ireland, (with 411 Gallery), China

 

Wish you were here: postcard from an unknown artist, Naughton Gallery, Belfast

 

The Hague Red Cross Summer Show, Netherlands

 

Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co.Roscommon

 

Éigse Carlow

 

 

2007

 

New, 3 person show, The Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin

 

Céad Invited, (with 411 Gallery), China

 

Heal 2007, The Naughton Gallery, Belfast

 

Dunamaise Art Centre, Port Laoise

 

2006

 

Master Class, Cill Rialaig Gallery, Co. Kerry

 

Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows

 

2005

 

Éagnairc/ Requiem, solo show, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin

 

Recent Works, solo show, Hallward Gallery, Dublin

 

A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery

 

6x6 for Ireland, with 411 Gallery, China

 

2004

 

Full Circle, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

 

8x8x8,  in Wicklow, Meath & Louth County Council Art Centres

 

6x6 for Ireland, with 411 Gallery, China

 

Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows

 

2003

 

50/50, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

 

Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows

 

An Grianán, Letterkenny

 

Oireachtas, Dún Laoghaire

 

6x6 for Ireland, with 411 Gallery, China

     

atribute, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois

 

2002

 

Lorg, solo show, RHA Gallery, Dublin

 

Recent Acquisitions, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin

 

20/20, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin 

 

Éigse Arts Festival, Carlow

 

Installation in the atrium, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

 

Hallward Gallery, Dublin -  Summer & Winter shows

 

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin - Christmas show

 

 

2001

 

We’re not really here, Project Art Centre, Dublin

 

Cross Gallery, Dublin - 3 person show

 

Hallward Gallery, Dublin - Summer & Winter shows

 

Iontas, Sligo

 

Oireachtas, Dún Laoghaire

 

2000

 

NCAD Degree show, RHA, Dublin

 

Hallward Gallery, Dublin - Summer & Winter shows

 

1988 – 1999

 

Solo shows : Peacock Theatre Gallery (1988)

Malton Gallery (1991), Bricín Gallery (1993)

 

Open-Submission Shows: RHA (1988, 1989, 1992),

Monaghan (1993), Iontas (1994)

 

Art of the State - an OPW exhibition which travelled to various venues in Ireland and also to New York (1997)