CV
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland.
2022 Shouty Snow Echo, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
2017 Fleeting, 126 Gallery, Galway City, Co Galway, Ireland.
Selected for On the Line Project funded by an Arts Council Project Award.
2012 Prospect, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland.
Prospect II, The Drawing Project, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
2008 A Point Faraway, Talbot Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2022 Shouty Snow Echo, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
2017 Fleeting, 126 Gallery, Galway City, Co Galway, Ireland.
Selected for On the Line Project funded by an Arts Council Project Award.
2012 Prospect, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland.
Prospect II, The Drawing Project, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
2008 A Point Faraway, Talbot Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Chaos/Order, dlr Open Exhibition, Municipal Gallery, dlr Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Ann Mulrooney, Curator
Twenty-One /21st Anniversary of Mermaid Arts Centre Open Call Exhibition, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow
2022 NGXX, 20th Anniversary Show, The Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
-Selected by Ben Crothers, Curator, The Naughton Gallery.
2020 2020 Visions at The Nunnery, The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts, London, UK
-Selected by Hetain Patel, Tessa Garland, Sophie Hill & Kamila Kuc.
While You Were Out..., Vermont Studio Center Alumni, Johnson, Vermont, USA.
2019 Pallas Re-Assembled, Pallas Studios Artists, The Octagon Room, Irish Georgian Society, Dublin, Ireland.
2017 Peripheries Open 2017, Periphery Space, Gorey, Co Wexford, Ireland.
-Selected by Paul Carter, James Merrigan and Emma Roche.
2016 Outpost Studios Group Show, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
Late Winter Residency Group Show, Project Space, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
2015 Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
HOME - dlr Open Submission, Municipal Gallery, dlr Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Mark St John Ellis, Director nag Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2014 Rua Red Winter Open Submission, Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin 24, Ireland.
-Curated by Jennie Guy (Mobile Art School), Cliodhna Shaffrey (Temple Bar Gallery and Studios) and Matthew Nevin (MART).
Hexagon, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Expansive Traces, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland.
-Ormston House & Catalyst Arts Members’ Show curated by Eimear Redmond
2013 Rua Red Winter Open Submission, Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin 24, Ireland.
Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
COE ‘13, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Ireland.
-Selected by Andrew Wilson, Curator of Modern Art and Contemporary British Art at Tate Britain.
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, England.
Open Exhibition 2013, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
-Selected by Patrick Hickey, Director of Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA).
dlr Open Submission Exhibition, Concourse, County Hall, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Tara Murphy, Director of Solomon Gallery, Dublin for DLR Arts Office.
2012 Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland.
2010 Public Gesture, The Lab, Foley St, Dublin, Ireland.
Shortlisted for RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, England.
2009 Public Gesture, The Lab, Foley St, Dublin, Ireland.
Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Titanic Offices, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2008 Treat 07, Talbot Gallery Group Show, Talbot St, Dublin, Ireland.
Attraction, Talbot Gallery Group Summer Show, Talbot St, Dublin, Ireland.
2007 Talbot Gallery Group Show, Talbot St, Dublin, Ireland.
2006 RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, England.
2005 Mermaid Greenstar Open Exhibition, Mermaid Arts Centre.
-Curated exhibition at Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
2004 Nurture Exhibition, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
-Exhibition curated by Hospital Arts Officer and selected panel.
(1989 - 2004) (Studying/working full-time in animation/multimedia)
1987 S.A.D.E (Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition), Crawford Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
-Selected by Peter Murray, Director, to make a wall drawing (approx.10ft x 12ft) on site.
1986 Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) Awards for Emerging Artists Exhibition, IMMA, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Dorothy Walker.
NCAD Decade Show, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland.
NCAD Degree Show, Kildare St, Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Ann Mulrooney, Curator
Twenty-One /21st Anniversary of Mermaid Arts Centre Open Call Exhibition, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow
2022 NGXX, 20th Anniversary Show, The Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
-Selected by Ben Crothers, Curator, The Naughton Gallery.
2020 2020 Visions at The Nunnery, The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts, London, UK
-Selected by Hetain Patel, Tessa Garland, Sophie Hill & Kamila Kuc.
While You Were Out..., Vermont Studio Center Alumni, Johnson, Vermont, USA.
2019 Pallas Re-Assembled, Pallas Studios Artists, The Octagon Room, Irish Georgian Society, Dublin, Ireland.
2017 Peripheries Open 2017, Periphery Space, Gorey, Co Wexford, Ireland.
-Selected by Paul Carter, James Merrigan and Emma Roche.
2016 Outpost Studios Group Show, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
Late Winter Residency Group Show, Project Space, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
2015 Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
HOME - dlr Open Submission, Municipal Gallery, dlr Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Mark St John Ellis, Director nag Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2014 Rua Red Winter Open Submission, Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin 24, Ireland.
-Curated by Jennie Guy (Mobile Art School), Cliodhna Shaffrey (Temple Bar Gallery and Studios) and Matthew Nevin (MART).
Hexagon, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Expansive Traces, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland.
-Ormston House & Catalyst Arts Members’ Show curated by Eimear Redmond
2013 Rua Red Winter Open Submission, Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin 24, Ireland.
Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
COE ‘13, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Ireland.
-Selected by Andrew Wilson, Curator of Modern Art and Contemporary British Art at Tate Britain.
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, England.
Open Exhibition 2013, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
-Selected by Patrick Hickey, Director of Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA).
dlr Open Submission Exhibition, Concourse, County Hall, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Tara Murphy, Director of Solomon Gallery, Dublin for DLR Arts Office.
2012 Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland.
2010 Public Gesture, The Lab, Foley St, Dublin, Ireland.
Shortlisted for RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, England.
2009 Public Gesture, The Lab, Foley St, Dublin, Ireland.
Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Show, Titanic Offices, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2008 Treat 07, Talbot Gallery Group Show, Talbot St, Dublin, Ireland.
Attraction, Talbot Gallery Group Summer Show, Talbot St, Dublin, Ireland.
2007 Talbot Gallery Group Show, Talbot St, Dublin, Ireland.
2006 RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, England.
2005 Mermaid Greenstar Open Exhibition, Mermaid Arts Centre.
-Curated exhibition at Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
2004 Nurture Exhibition, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
-Exhibition curated by Hospital Arts Officer and selected panel.
(1989 - 2004) (Studying/working full-time in animation/multimedia)
1987 S.A.D.E (Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition), Crawford Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
-Selected by Peter Murray, Director, to make a wall drawing (approx.10ft x 12ft) on site.
1986 Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) Awards for Emerging Artists Exhibition, IMMA, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
-Selected by Dorothy Walker.
NCAD Decade Show, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland.
NCAD Degree Show, Kildare St, Dublin, Ireland.
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2023 Agility Award from The Arts Council of Ireland
2021 Agility Award from The Arts Council of Ireland
MART Gallery Residency, Dublin supported by MART Gallery & Studios, Dublin City Council and The Arts Council of Ireland.
Carlow Arts Festival #WedgeFunds Microbursary Award, from Carlow Arts Festival and Carlow Arts Office, Ireland.
Mermaid Arts Centre Gallery Residency, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
2020 Covid-19 Crisis Response Award from The Arts Council of Ireland
RHA Microgrant Award, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2018 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont, USA. Recipient of Artist Award grant.
The Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award, travel bursary to USA.
Firestation Artists' Studios Sculpture Award Residency, Dublin, Ireland.
Professional Development Residency Award, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland.
Artist Support Award, Wicklow County Council Arts Office, Ireland.
2016 The Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award, travel bursary to Canada.
Banff Artist in Residence Winter Intensive, The Banff Centre for the Arts & Creativity, Alberta, Canada
- recipient of Jim Dinning and Evelyn Main Scholarship for Visual Arts.
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London, UK - shortlisted Final Judging Round.
Live Art Development Agency UK DIY 13 - Stephen Hodge ‘T(r)ipping points: the architect-walker and
the de-stabilised city’/Create Ireland - selected for participation in 2-day project in Dublin, Ireland.
2015 Artist Individual Bursary, Wicklow County Council, Ireland.
RHA Studio Residency Award, Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin, Ireland.
2014 Hexagon Print Residency at Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland
Group Residency at The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland.
Wicklow County Council Group Bursary Award, Ireland.
Trilogik G(Art)bage Workshop, Marseille, France.
2013 Artslink Individual Bursary Award, Wicklow Co Council Arts Office, Ireland.
Group Bursary Award (The Tellurometer Project), Wicklow Co Council Arts Office, Ireland.
Wicklow Research Group Participant
Led by Cliodhna Shaffrey and Eilis Lavelle
2011 Artlinks Selected Mentoring Programme, Wicklow County Council Arts Office.
Led by Cliodhna Shaffrey.
1988 Arts Council Artist-in-Schools scheme, Dublin, Ireland.
Individual Bursary from Crawford Gallery, Cork & Faber Castell to produce a wall drawing.
1987 Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency, Annaghmakerrig, Co Monaghan.
2021 Agility Award from The Arts Council of Ireland
MART Gallery Residency, Dublin supported by MART Gallery & Studios, Dublin City Council and The Arts Council of Ireland.
Carlow Arts Festival #WedgeFunds Microbursary Award, from Carlow Arts Festival and Carlow Arts Office, Ireland.
Mermaid Arts Centre Gallery Residency, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
2020 Covid-19 Crisis Response Award from The Arts Council of Ireland
RHA Microgrant Award, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
2018 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Vermont, USA. Recipient of Artist Award grant.
The Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award, travel bursary to USA.
Firestation Artists' Studios Sculpture Award Residency, Dublin, Ireland.
Professional Development Residency Award, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland.
Artist Support Award, Wicklow County Council Arts Office, Ireland.
2016 The Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award, travel bursary to Canada.
Banff Artist in Residence Winter Intensive, The Banff Centre for the Arts & Creativity, Alberta, Canada
- recipient of Jim Dinning and Evelyn Main Scholarship for Visual Arts.
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London, UK - shortlisted Final Judging Round.
Live Art Development Agency UK DIY 13 - Stephen Hodge ‘T(r)ipping points: the architect-walker and
the de-stabilised city’/Create Ireland - selected for participation in 2-day project in Dublin, Ireland.
2015 Artist Individual Bursary, Wicklow County Council, Ireland.
RHA Studio Residency Award, Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin, Ireland.
2014 Hexagon Print Residency at Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland
Group Residency at The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland.
Wicklow County Council Group Bursary Award, Ireland.
Trilogik G(Art)bage Workshop, Marseille, France.
2013 Artslink Individual Bursary Award, Wicklow Co Council Arts Office, Ireland.
Group Bursary Award (The Tellurometer Project), Wicklow Co Council Arts Office, Ireland.
Wicklow Research Group Participant
Led by Cliodhna Shaffrey and Eilis Lavelle
2011 Artlinks Selected Mentoring Programme, Wicklow County Council Arts Office.
Led by Cliodhna Shaffrey.
1988 Arts Council Artist-in-Schools scheme, Dublin, Ireland.
Individual Bursary from Crawford Gallery, Cork & Faber Castell to produce a wall drawing.
1987 Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency, Annaghmakerrig, Co Monaghan.
EDUCATION
2011 - 2012 Diploma in Digital Media Production, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Dublin, Ireland.
2009 - 2010 MA in Visual Arts Practice, Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT), Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
1989 - 1991 Euro MA ISCA (Image Synthesis & Computer Animation)
- Middlesex University (formerly Polytechnic), Middlesex, England.
- Utrecht School of Art, Hilversum, Netherlands.
- Centre National de la Bande Dessinée et de l’Image (CNBDI), Angoulême, France.
1981 - 1986 BA Degree in Fine Art (Painting), National College of Art & Design (NCAD), Dublin, Ireland.
1977 - 1980 BA Degree in Natural Sciences (Zoology & Psychology), University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
2009 - 2010 MA in Visual Arts Practice, Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT), Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
1989 - 1991 Euro MA ISCA (Image Synthesis & Computer Animation)
- Middlesex University (formerly Polytechnic), Middlesex, England.
- Utrecht School of Art, Hilversum, Netherlands.
- Centre National de la Bande Dessinée et de l’Image (CNBDI), Angoulême, France.
1981 - 1986 BA Degree in Fine Art (Painting), National College of Art & Design (NCAD), Dublin, Ireland.
1977 - 1980 BA Degree in Natural Sciences (Zoology & Psychology), University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Work held in public collections including Office of Public Works (OPW), Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Wicklow County Council, Tallaght University Hospital; and in private collections in Ireland and the UK.
