Curriculum Vitae

Based in Ireland.

EDUCATION

2007-2009: Masters in Fine Art, Print, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

2002-2006: BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art, Print, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

EXHIBITIONS

2024

Intimate Landscapes, solo exhibition at Custom House Studios Galery, Westport

2023

Royal Hibernian Academy, 193rd annual exhibition, Dublin

Summer exhibition at Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Ranelagh Arts Centre Summer Festival Exhibition

Home Again: The Art of Belonging’, Graphic Studio Dublin in collaboration with Simon Communities Ireland at the RHA

Contemporary Art Auction for Pallas Projects

Winter exhibition at Graphic Studio Gallery , Dublin

2022

Royal Hibernian Academy, 192nd annual exhibition, Dublin

Ulysses Imagined, hundred years to the publication of James Joyce’s book, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin 

‘Past, Present and Future’, exhibition at Boyle Arts Festival  

16th International Print Triennial Graphica Creativa 2022 – Untold Artists’ Stories at IVVÄsKYLÄN TAIDEMUSEC ART MUSEUN, Jyväskylän, Finland

Summer exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery

Summer exhibition at Ranelagh Arts Centre Dublin

Ranelagh Arts Festival Exhibition ‘Cultural Natures’ at Ranelagh Arts Centre Dublin

Returning Home, a Graphic Studio Exhibition in collaboration with the Simon Communities of Ireland

Imagining the Grand Canal, winter exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery dedicated to the theme of the grand canal in Dublin

2021

The Art of Home, a Graphic Studio Exhibition in collaboration with the Simon Communities of Ireland

Blue House Gallery, Cork, ‘Diamond Point’ Celebrating 60 years of Graphic Studio Dublin 

Summer exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery

Winter exhibition at the Graphic Studio Gallery 

Green Acres Gallery Wexford exhibition of prints

Online exhibition of paintings and prints 44 Waterford organised by Art Form

2020

‘Diamond Point’, Graphic Studio Dublin celebrating 60 years, group exhibition at the Gallery

Summer group exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery

Winter group exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery

Hyde Bridge Gallery Sligo group exhibition of prints

Green Acres Gallery Wexford exhibition of prints

Online exhibition of paintings and prints 44 Waterford organised by Art Form

2019

Summer exhibition at Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin

Impressions Galway multi-disciplinary fine art print biennial 

Legacy, the 30th anniversary exhibition of the Boyle Arts Festival – Curated by Paul McKenna, at King House 

Discoverprint19, exhibition of prints at Green Acres Gallery, Wexford 

Auction in support of Pallas Studios at the Georgian Society Dubin in association with Whites Auctioneers

Car Boot Fine Art Fair at Russborough House, organised by the Molesworth Gallery Dublin

Annual Artform Exhibition, large scale paintings at 44 the quay Waterford

Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin

2017

Royal Hibernian Academy, 187th annual exhibition, Dublin, (K&M Evans Prize for Painting)

Facing West, Main Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, curated by Paul McKenna

Impressions, biennial multidisciplinary fine art print exhibition, GMIT, Galway

Summer Exhibition Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin

‘Another Bite of the Cherry’, exhibition of Graphic Studio members at the Botanical Gardens, Dublin

2016

‘Song-Lines’, Two person exhibition of etchings with Niall Naessens at Hamilton Gallery Sligo

‘Legacy’, the National Fine Art Print Exhibition at the Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo (prize winning entry)

‘Waterbased’, group exhibition at The Graphic Studio, Dublin

‘Waterbased and Other Stories’, group exhibition of prints at Glor, Ennis

Two person exhibition of etchings and work on paper with Niall Naessens at Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport

Summer exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin

Summer exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Group exhibition, Galway Print Studio

Royal Hibernian Academy, 186th annual exhibition, Dublin

End of the Year exhibition, Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport

Winter exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin

Imago Mundi, exhibition and catalogue

2015

‘Compassion, Meditation at Fishtree’, solo exhibition of etchings, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Royal Ulster Academy, 134th annual exhibition, Belfast

Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Summer exhibition at SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin

Gerard Manley Hopkins festival of poetry and visual art, New Bridge, Kildare

Summer exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Impressions 15, Biennial printmaking exhibition at the Centre for Creative Art and Media, Galway

Royal Hibernian Academy, 185th annual exhibition, Dublin.

2014

Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival, Newbridge, Kildare.

Summer exhibition, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.

Summer exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin.

Summer exhibition, Graphic Studio Dublin Gallery.

Claremorris Gallery, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, paintings.

Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin.

2013

Winter exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions Gallery Dublin.

Winter exhibition, Gallery of The Graphic Studio Dublin.

A Natural Selection, Graphic Studio Gallery Exhibition, Botanical Gardens, Dublin

‘Strumpet City,’ Summer exhibition at the Gallery of The Graphic Studio Dublin

Interim group exhibition at the Gallery of The Graphic Studio Dublin

Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual exhibition, Dublin

2012

Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

‘Dreamcompositions,’ Solo exhibition of etchings and lithographs at Portarlington library

2011

Winter Christmas Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Royal Ulster Academy, Annual exhibition, Belfast

Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

‘Down By the River’, Group Exhibition, Focus Theatre, Dublin

2010

Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

‘Impressions, Multi-disciplinary printmaking Biennial Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre (First Prize)

‘Home’, Droiacht , Graphic Studio Members Exhibition, Fifty Years

‘Gold’, Graphic Studio Dublin’s 5oth Anniversary Exhibition, Members past and present, at Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

‘Fiction’, two person exhibition, The Back Loft, Dublin

50th Anniversary Graphic Studio Members’ Exhibition, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin

A selected Graphic Studio Members’ works’ exhibition, Limerick Print Makers Gallery, Limerick

2009

‘Spirit of the Ocean’, solo exhibition of paintings and prints, MFA graduation

Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

Exhibition of paintings and prints, Gerard Manly Hopkins International Art & Poetry Festival, Monasteravin, Co. Kildare

‘Operation Art’, Group Exhibition, NCAD Gallery, Dublin

Royal Dublin Society Traveling Exhibition, throughout Ireland

Christmas Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

2008

‘Impressions’, Biennial Print Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre

‘Little Christmas’, Group Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Interim exhibition of prints, MFA

2007

Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon

CAP Foundation’s Studios’ two person exhibition, The Mews, Dublin

2005- 2006

‘Orgasm, the Second Acceptance of the Kiss’, BA graduation

‘Impressions’, Biennial Print Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre

Group Exhibition, Stone Gallery, Dublin

Annual Exhibitions, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award, 2023

Winner of K&M Evans Prize for Painting at the Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Annual Exhibition, 2017

Winner of the Professional Artist Category of the inaugural Legacy National Fine Art Print Competition, Sligo, 2016

The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig residency, 2017

Arts Grant Award from Kildare County Council, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012

Arts Grant Award from Donegal County Council, 2018, 2022

Centre D’Art i Natura de Farrera, The Catalan Pyrenees, 2015

The Heinrich Boll Cottage residency, Achill Island, 2014

Cill Rialaig, County Kerry, 2013, 2014

First Prize, ‘Impressions’, Biennial Multidisciplinary Printmaking Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre, 2010

The CAP Foundation Award, 2006

Erasmus Exchange and Residency Award to the Academy of Fine Art, Warsaw, 2005

First Prize, James Joyce Award, Print Faculty, NCAD, 2004

COLLECTIONS

Office of Public Works

National College of Art and Design Dublin

Galway Arts Council

CAP Foundation

Imago Mundi

IVVÄsKYLÄN TAIDEMUSEC ART MUSEUN, Jyväskylän, Finland

National Botanic Gardens

 PUBLICATIONS

‘Draw’, a graphic guide to life drawing by David Hedderman, 2017

‘Ha’Penny Bridge’ book of essays and artworks by Michael English, 2016

Imago Mundi book, 2016

Graphic Studio Dublin Members Book 2010

REVIEWS

Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, April, 2015

Niall MacMonagle, What Lies Beneath, Sunday Independent, 2015

Mary Kavanagh, Leinster Express, October, 2012

Dr. Yael Weiler Israel, Essay, March 2011

Katie Gilroy, Totally Dublin, December, 2008

Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, June, 2007

Luke Clancy, the CAP Foundation’s Studio Catalogue, 2007

RADIO INTERVIEWS

Interview on Westport Radio with Grainne O’ Reilly and Breda Burns, 29th June, 2014

Culture File with Luke Clancy, in two parts, the extended interview was broadcasted on Lyric FM, 18th April, 2015

Interview with Hubert O’Hearn on ‘Thoughts Comments Opinions’, Youtube, 2015

TEACHING 

Introduction to printmaking, evening course at Crumlin College Dublin