Biography and Shows
- 1984-86
- Lived in New York City
- 1987
- Graduated National College of Art and Design, Dublin
- 1987-89
- Travelled, painting in Japan, China and Korea
- 1993-94
- Travelled, painting in Central America
- 1995-96
- Travelled, painting in India and the Himalayas
- Since 1991
- Currently living and working in West Cork
Solo Exhibitions
- 2023
- Bere Island Arts Festival, Beara
- 2021
- Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
- 2018
- Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
- 2015
- Oliver Sears Gallery
- 2010
- Morris Gallery, Skibbereen
- 2006
- Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 2005
- Mitu Atelier, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- 2004
- Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 2002
- Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 2001
- Fenton Gallery, Cork
- 2000
- West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen
- 1999
- Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- Galerie Orange, Helsingor, Denmark
- 1997
- Hallward Gallery. Dublin
- 1996
- Gallerie Orange, Helsingor, Denmark
- 1995
- Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 1993
- Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 1992
- Riverrun Gallery, Limerick
- 1991
- Riverrun Gallery, Dublin
- 1988
- Chuo Bank, Hiroshima, Japan
Group Exhibitions (besides at Sarah Walker Gallery):
- 2023
- In Residence III, Oliver Sears Gallery
- Act Of Sport, Butler Gallery
- 2019
- In Living Memory, EMO Court, Co. Laois, curated by Oliver Sears
- VUE Art Fair, Dublin, Oliver Sears Gallery
- 2018
- And The Women Voted, Women Artists from the AIB Art Collection Lexicon Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
- The visual arts programme of the inaugural St Brigids Day celebration at the Irish Embassy London with Oliver Sears Gallery
- VUE Art Fair, Dublin, Oliver Sears Gallery
- 2017
- Beara Arts Festival, Castletownbere
- 2016
- Residence
- Oliver Sears Gallery, Fitzroy Square, London
- 2014
- VUE Art Fair Dublin, Oliver Sears Gallery
- Design of Scott Tallon Walker Christmas Card
- 2013
- Florence Fashion Week with Inis Meain Knitwear, Florence, Italy
- Into the West, Lavit Gallery, Cork
- 2011
- Kinsale Arts Week,"Point to Point"
- Beara Arts Exhibition
- 2010
- Case, Lavit Gallery, Cork
- ClyneGallery,Dublin
- Tramyard Gallery, Dublin
- 2009
- Winter Show, Fenton Gallery, Cork.
- From Ballinglen to Cork, Lavit Gallery, Cork
- 2008
- Fenton Gallery, Cork
- Art @ Wexford Vocational, Wexford
- McBride Gallery, Killarney, Co Kerry
- Kenmare Art Gallery, Kenmare, Co Kerry
- 2007
- McBride Gallery, Killarney, Co Kerry
- Kenmare Art Gallery, Kenmare, Co Kerry
- 2006
- "CASE'07",Lavit Gallery, Cork
- McBride Gallery ,Killarney, Co Kerry
- Christmas Show, Fenton Gallery, Cork
- 2005
- C2, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
- 2004
- In the Landscape, West Cork Arts Centre
- Lavit Gallery, Cork
- Two Person Exhibition with Tom Climent, Fenton Gallery, Cork
- Summer Show, Fenton Gallery, Cork
- Summer Show, Kenmare Art Gallery, Kerry
- Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
- RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
- 2003
- Lavit Gallery, Cork, Textures
- 2002
- Ballinglen Arts Centre, Co. Mayo, Summer Exhibition
- Lavit Gallery, Cork, "A Westward Glance, 12 Beara Artists"
- 2001
- Kenmare Art Gallery, Co Kerry
- In the Landscape, West Cork Arts Centre
- 2000
- Wexford Artists Book Exhibition, Touring
- 1999
- Beara Arts Festival Castletownbere, Co. Cork.
- 1998
- EV+A. Limerick. Another Day in Paradise (installation with Marc van Zanten) Castletownbere, Co. Cork RHA
- Annual Exhibition, Dublin
- 1997
- A Metaphor for Ireland. Fuller Gallery, Boston University, USA
- 1996
- Victor Treacy Award Exhibition, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Art of the State, touring exhibition, Ireland and Belgium NCAD 250 Drawings 1746 - 1996
- 1995
- Boyle Arts Festival EV+A, Limerick
- 1994
- Festivale Internationale de la Peinture, Cagnes sur Mer, France
- Three -person exhibition, Grainstore Gallery, Galway
- Contemporary Irish Art Society Collection Exhibition
- Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art Dublin
- Cork - Cracow Cultural Exchange Exhibition. Cracow, Poland
- 1987
- NCAD Graduate Show, Brussels, Belgium
Exhibited regularly in group exhibitions around Ireland since 1990, including Riverrun Gallery, Dublin and Limerick; Grainstore Gallery, Galway; Clonmel Art Gallery; Siamsa Tire, Tralee; West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen; Beara Community Arts Society, West Cork; Crawford Gallery, Cork; Lavitt Gallery,Cork and Hallward Gallery, Dublin.
Press:
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Curator and Selection committee:
- 2016
- RDS Visual Arts Awards
- 2016 to present
- Cill Riallaig Art Centre Panel
Awards & Residencies:
- 2005-2020
- Cill Riallaig Arts Centre, Co Kerry
- 2001
- Ballinglen Arts Centre Residency, Co Mayo
- 1998
- Arts Council - Aer Lingus Artflight, New York
- 1997
- Arts Council - Aer Lingus Artflight, Boston Cultural Relations Committee Travel Grant, Boston
- 1996
- Arts Council - Aer Lingus Artflight, Copenhagen Cultural Relations Committee Travel Grant, Copenhagen
- 1994
- Cultural Relations Committee Travel Grant, France
- 1994
- Selected to represent Ireland in the 26th Festivale Internationale de la Peinture, France,
- 1993
- Arts Council - Aer Lingus Artflight, Venice Biennale Cultural Relations Committee Travel Grant, Cracow
- 1988/9
- Artists residency at Sapporo International Art Park, Japan
Selected Bibliography:
- 2021
- Walter Leonard Cole, 3 Mountjoy Square, Sarah Walker
- 2010
- Dictionary of Living Irish Artists by Robert O'Byrne
- 2008
- Representing Art in Ireland Fenton Gallery
- 2005 & 2002
- AIB Banks Catalogue of Collection
- 1997
- Modern Art in Ireland by Dorothy Walker - The Lilliput Press
- 1996
- Art of the State Catalogue NCAD 250 Drawings 1746 – 1997
- 1996
- catalogue L'lmaginaire Irlandais catalogue
- 1994
- Festivale Internationale de la Peinture catalogue Siolru (National Maternity Hospital Centenary Exhibition) catalogue
Selected Public Collections:
AIB Bank, Contemporary Irish Art Society, Office of Public Works, Dept. of Foreign Affairs, First National Building Society, Eircom, Mater Private Hospital Dublin,Cork Regional Hospital, Treasury Holdings.
