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Lives in Ireland
EDUCATION
2019-21 Turps Correspondence Course in Painting, Turps Banana Art School, London, UK.
2001 Diploma in Art and Design, awarded Distinction, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway.
1998 Animation Drawing Studies Certificate, Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin.
1995 BA Hons English and German Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2022 Land and Water, Event Space, Bailieborough Library, Co. Cavan.
2019 Go Figure, The Civic Centre, Belturbet, Co. Cavan.
2018 Somewhere to Live, The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
GROUP
2025 Bloodroot,Hamilton Gallery, Sligo in association with the Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands.
If Heaven Falls, curated by Kristen Healy,The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
Bloodroot, Pulchri Studio, the Hague, in association with Hamilton Gallery, Sligo and the Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands.
2024/2025 'I won’t stay in a world without love' Beep Painting Biennial, (longlisted) Elysium Gallery, Swansea
currently Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales.
2024 A Man Walks Into A Bar, curated, Woodshedding Brewery, Somerset, UK.
Knockbride - An Artists Response, Event Space, Bailieborough Library, Co. Cavan.
Lines of the Land, curated by Eamon Colman, An Chéad Tine Gallery, Kilkenny.
Kilkenny Portrait Show, selected by Blaise Smith RHA, An Chéad Tine Gallery, Kilkenny.
Fierce Scandal, curated by Kristen Healy,The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
2023 'Rising Artists' Jackson's Painting Prize, Bankside Gallery, London, UK.
The Lido Open 2023, curated by Charles Williams and Kristen Healy, The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
2023/2022 Without Borders, works on paper, curated, Elysium Gallery, Wales, UK on international tour.
The Wild Thought, curated by Kristen Healy,The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
2022 Trasna XI, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Precious Postcards, Art and People, Bristol, UK, online exhibition.
Beep International Contemporary Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales.
Summer Open 2022, curated, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
RWS Open 2022, Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London.
Make Your Mark, print exhibition, curated, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
2021/22 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,Turps Correspondence course painters online exhibition.
2021 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2021, longlisted, online, London, UK.
In Absentia, Turps Correspondence Course class of 19/20 end of year show online www.cohort.art/
2020, 2018, 2014, 2012, Beep International Contemporary Painting Prize, curated, Swansea, Wales UK.
2019 Cairde Visual Sligo Arts Festival, Co. Sligo.
Home, Cavan Arts Festival, Event Space gallery, Johnston Central Library, Cavan,
2019, 2017, 2015, 2012, imPRESSions Open Printmaking Biennial, curated, CCAM, Galway.
2017 Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 The National Gallery, Dublin.
COE17 Claremorris, Co. Mayo, selected by Tom Morton.
Paint Like You Mean It, Painting Prize shortlisted artists exhibition, Interview Room 11, Edinburgh curated.
2013 Now Wakes the Sea, Kinsale Arts Festival, curated by Tessa Fitzjohn, Ceri Hand, Daphne Wright, Janice Hough, Trish Brennan.
2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2005 Limerick Printmakers Open, curated, Limerick.
2012 COE 12, Claremorris, Co. Mayo curated by Tom Collier.
2011 New Prints 2011/ Summer, IPCNY, New York curated by Trenton Doyle Hancock.
Residency group exhibition, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium.
2011, 2007 Wrexham Print International, Oriel Wrecsam, Wales.
2001 RDS student awards exhibition, RDS Dublin and National University of Ireland, Galway
Awards and Recognition
2023 Jackson's Painting Prize shortlisted.
2018 Moth Art Prize, highly commended.
2017 Shortlisted for Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017, National Gallery, Dublin.
2012 Second Prize Print Award Impressions 12, Galway Arts Centre, curated by Norman Ackroyd.
2025 Professional Artist Award, Cavan County Council
2024 First Solo Award 2026 Droichead Arts Centre.
2024 Visual Arts Studio Award 2025, Cavan County Council Arts Office and Townhall Arts Centre.
2022 Agility Award, The Arts Council of Ireland.
2020 Professional Development Award, The Arts Council of Ireland.
2020 Visual Arts Bursary Award, The Arts Council of Ireland.
2020 RHA Micro Grant.
2018 Professional Artist Award, Cavan County Council.
RESIDENCY
July 2011 participant in Masterclass in Silkscreen with Residency, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium.
COLLECTIONS
Cavan County Council
Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
The Education Centre Galway
The Wesleyan Arts and Culture Centre, Cavan
Radisson Hotel Group, Galway
private collections in Ireland and abroad
Lives in Ireland
EDUCATION
2019-21 Turps Correspondence Course in Painting, Turps Banana Art School, London, UK.
2001 Diploma in Art and Design, awarded Distinction, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway.
1998 Animation Drawing Studies Certificate, Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin.
1995 BA Hons English and German Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2022 Land and Water, Event Space, Bailieborough Library, Co. Cavan.
2019 Go Figure, The Civic Centre, Belturbet, Co. Cavan.
2018 Somewhere to Live, The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
GROUP
2025 Bloodroot,Hamilton Gallery, Sligo in association with the Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands.
If Heaven Falls, curated by Kristen Healy,The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
Bloodroot, Pulchri Studio, the Hague, in association with Hamilton Gallery, Sligo and the Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands.
2024/2025 'I won’t stay in a world without love' Beep Painting Biennial, (longlisted) Elysium Gallery, Swansea
currently Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales.
2024 A Man Walks Into A Bar, curated, Woodshedding Brewery, Somerset, UK.
Knockbride - An Artists Response, Event Space, Bailieborough Library, Co. Cavan.
Lines of the Land, curated by Eamon Colman, An Chéad Tine Gallery, Kilkenny.
Kilkenny Portrait Show, selected by Blaise Smith RHA, An Chéad Tine Gallery, Kilkenny.
Fierce Scandal, curated by Kristen Healy,The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
2023 'Rising Artists' Jackson's Painting Prize, Bankside Gallery, London, UK.
The Lido Open 2023, curated by Charles Williams and Kristen Healy, The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
2023/2022 Without Borders, works on paper, curated, Elysium Gallery, Wales, UK on international tour.
The Wild Thought, curated by Kristen Healy,The Lido Stores, Margate, UK.
2022 Trasna XI, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Precious Postcards, Art and People, Bristol, UK, online exhibition.
Beep International Contemporary Painting Prize, Swansea, Wales.
Summer Open 2022, curated, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
RWS Open 2022, Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London.
Make Your Mark, print exhibition, curated, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
2021/22 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,Turps Correspondence course painters online exhibition.
2021 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2021, longlisted, online, London, UK.
In Absentia, Turps Correspondence Course class of 19/20 end of year show online www.cohort.art/
2020, 2018, 2014, 2012, Beep International Contemporary Painting Prize, curated, Swansea, Wales UK.
2019 Cairde Visual Sligo Arts Festival, Co. Sligo.
Home, Cavan Arts Festival, Event Space gallery, Johnston Central Library, Cavan,
2019, 2017, 2015, 2012, imPRESSions Open Printmaking Biennial, curated, CCAM, Galway.
2017 Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 The National Gallery, Dublin.
COE17 Claremorris, Co. Mayo, selected by Tom Morton.
Paint Like You Mean It, Painting Prize shortlisted artists exhibition, Interview Room 11, Edinburgh curated.
2013 Now Wakes the Sea, Kinsale Arts Festival, curated by Tessa Fitzjohn, Ceri Hand, Daphne Wright, Janice Hough, Trish Brennan.
2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2005 Limerick Printmakers Open, curated, Limerick.
2012 COE 12, Claremorris, Co. Mayo curated by Tom Collier.
2011 New Prints 2011/ Summer, IPCNY, New York curated by Trenton Doyle Hancock.
Residency group exhibition, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium.
2011, 2007 Wrexham Print International, Oriel Wrecsam, Wales.
2001 RDS student awards exhibition, RDS Dublin and National University of Ireland, Galway
Awards and Recognition
2023 Jackson's Painting Prize shortlisted.
2018 Moth Art Prize, highly commended.
2017 Shortlisted for Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017, National Gallery, Dublin.
2012 Second Prize Print Award Impressions 12, Galway Arts Centre, curated by Norman Ackroyd.
2025 Professional Artist Award, Cavan County Council
2024 First Solo Award 2026 Droichead Arts Centre.
2024 Visual Arts Studio Award 2025, Cavan County Council Arts Office and Townhall Arts Centre.
2022 Agility Award, The Arts Council of Ireland.
2020 Professional Development Award, The Arts Council of Ireland.
2020 Visual Arts Bursary Award, The Arts Council of Ireland.
2020 RHA Micro Grant.
2018 Professional Artist Award, Cavan County Council.
RESIDENCY
July 2011 participant in Masterclass in Silkscreen with Residency, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium.
COLLECTIONS
Cavan County Council
Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
The Education Centre Galway
The Wesleyan Arts and Culture Centre, Cavan
Radisson Hotel Group, Galway
private collections in Ireland and abroad