ABOUT

 
 
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Born and brought up in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, as a post-graduate I attended the Florence Academy of Art in Sweden under Swedish painter Joakim Ericsson. During my 3 years there I received two drawing awards before graduating, returning to Ireland in 2014. I graduated from Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork with a BA in 2001, from Assumption University, Bangkok with an MEd in 2008 and from NCAD, Dublin with a Higher Diploma in Education in 2009.

I work out of my studio in county Wicklow drawing and painting from life my own artwork and commissions also. I exhibit nationally and abroad and teach in various studios and ateliers in Ireland.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • Människans Form, Signal Art Centre, Co. Wicklow, Feb 2019

  • Zurich Portrait Prize National Gallery of Ireland, October 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP) Annual Exhibition 2018 Mall Galleries, London, May 2018

  • Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 National Gallery of Ireland, December 2018

  • 188th RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May - August 2018

  • 187th RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May - August 2017

  • 185th RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May - August 2015

  • 184th RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May - August 2014

  • 183rd RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May - August 2013

  • 182nd RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May - August 2012

  • Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 136th Annual Exhibition Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, October 2017 - January 2018

  • Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 135th Annual Exhibition Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast,
    October - January 2017

  • Winter Show 2015 Gormley’s Fine Art, Dublin, Oct - Jan 2016

  • 2015 AIB Éigse Open Submission Visual Centre, Carlow, May - August 2015

  • Spring Show 2013 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, May 2013

  • Open Exhibition 2013 Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, April - June 2013

  • Positions, Wandesford Gallery, Cork, January 2012


SELECTED AWARDS

Shortlisted Zurich Portrait Prize National Gallery of Ireland, October 2018 - Jan 2019

Shortlisted Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 National Gallery of Ireland, December 2018


3rd place in Portraiture 13th Annual ARC Salon 2018, USA

Finalist 12th Annual ARC Salon 2017, USA


Winner FAA Best Portrait Drawing 2012-2013, Sweden

Winner FAA Best Drawing of the Intensive Drawing Programme, Sweden, 2010-2011