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biography:
Qualifications
B.A. (Hons) Degree in Painting and Printmaking (Sheffield) 1982;
Diploma in the History of European Painting (TCD) 1983.
Awards
Wilkinson Scholarship 1979
National Portrait Award Exhibition, Dublin, 1985 (Prize winner)
Invitee d'Honneur XIXeme Salon des Arts Plastiques de la Rochelle, 2005
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Degree show, Sheffield 1982
Garter lane Arts Centre, Waterford, March 1987
Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, March 1996
Set in Sunlight, Guinness Gallery, Dublin, February 1997
Recent Paintings, Guinness Gallery, Dublin, April 1998
Interiors, Dalkey Arts Gallery, Dublin, 2003
Recent works, Dalkey Arts Gallery, Dublin, Oct. 2004
Recent paintings, James Adam Salerooms, Dublin, Oct. 2005
Alizarin, The Bad Art Gallery, Dublin, Nov. 2006
Secret Garden, Dalkey Arts Gallery, Dublin, Oct. 2007
Cerulean Dreams, Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, February, 2008
Two-Three person exhibitions
Solomon Gallery, Dublin, 1986 (with Elizabeth Cope)
Blackcombe Gallery, Cork, 1998 (with John Younge and Robert Ryan)
Bridge Gallery, Dublin 1999; 2001( with Aiden Gaffney)
International Exhibitions
First International Biennal of Female Art, Stockholm, Dec, 1994-March 1995
Second International Biennal of Female Art, Stockholm, Dec, 1995-March,1996
L’Imaginaire Irlandais, Chateaudun, France, March-April, 1996
L’Imaginaire Irlandais, Chateaudun, France, Oct, 2004
Affordable Art Fair, London, Oct. 2005
XIXeme Salon des Arts Plastiques de la Rochelle, May, 2005
Greenlane Gallery, Paris, Oct. 2007
Group Exhibitions (invited)
Solomon Gallery, Dublin, July, 1986; Quatercentenary Art Exhibition, Trinity College, Dublin, April, 1992; Solomon Gallery, Dublin, March, 1994; Solomon Gallery, Dublin, July, 1994; Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford July-August, 1994; Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, 1994; Hangman Gallery, Bray, Nov, 1994; Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Dec, 1994; Solomon Gallery, Dublin Dec,1994; Hangman Gallery Bray, March, 1995; Woodland Gallery Gorey, 1995; Solomon Gallery Dublin, Dec, 1995; Woodland Gallery, Gorey, 1996; Eigse’96 Pembroke Gallery, Carlow May-June, 1996; Four green fields and a postcard home, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, August, 1996; Guinness Gallery, Dublin, July-August 1997; Guinness Gallery, Dublin, Christmas group show, 1997; Clayton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1998; Wellspring Gallery, Tralee, Kerry, 1998; Guinness Gallery, Dublin, July 1998; Bridge Gallery, Dublin, July, 1998; Dalkey Arts, Dublin, July, 1998; Guinness Gallery, Dublin, Christmas, 1998; Dalkey Arts, Dublin, Christmas 1998; Bridge Gallery, Christmas 1998; Guinness Gallery, Dublin Summer, 1999; Dalkey Arts, Dublin, Summer, 1999; Bridge Gallery, Summer, 1999; Guinness Gallery, Christmas, 1999; Dalkey Arts, Christmas, 1999; Bridge Gallery, Christmas, 1999; Dalkey Arts, Summer, 2000; Bridge Gallery, Summer, 2000; Dalkey Arts, Christmas, 2000; Bridge Gallery Christmas, 2000; Dalkey Arts Summer 2001; Bridge Gallery Summer 2001; Dalkey Arts Christmas 2001; Bridge Gallery Christmas 2001; Dalkey Arts Summer 2002; Bridge Gallery Summer 2002; Dalkey Arts Christmas 2002; Bridge Gallery, Christmas 2002; Dalkey Arts, Summer 2003; Bridge Gallery, Summer 2003; Wexford Opera Festival Fringe Art Exhibition, VEC.Wexford, 25th Oct 2003; Arklow Fine Arts Gallery, Opening 2003; Bridge Gallery, Christmas 2003; Dalkey Arts ,Christmas 2003; Arklow Fine Arts Gallery, Christmas 2003; Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, Winter, 2003; Dalkey Arts, Summer 2004; Bridge Gallery, Summer 2004; Kilcock Art Gallery, Summer 2004; Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, Summer 2004; Wexford Opera Festival Fringe Exhibition, Oct. 2004; The Frederick Gallery, Dublin, Christmas, 2004; Dalkey Arts, Summer 2005; The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, Summer 2005; The Bad Art Gallery Dublin, Christmas 2005; Dalkey Arts, Christmas 2005; The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, Christmas 2005;The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel, Christmas 2005; The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, Spring Exhibition and Launch of New Sculpture Garden, April, 2006; Greenlane Gallery, Dingle, Kerry, 2007
Open group exhibitions
National Portrait Award Exhibition, Dublin. 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994; Iontas (6th National Small Works Exhibition) Sligo Art Gallery, July 1995; RHA Gallery, Dublin, August 1995; The Gallery, Belfast, September 1995; Iontas (10th National Small Works Exhibition) Sligo Art Gallery, July 1999, Limerick City Gallery of Art; August 1999; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Sept 1999; National Portrait Award Exhibition, Dublin, 1999
Public collections
Office of Public Works (OPW)
Trinity College, University of Dublin
St James’s Hospital Foundation
Film and Televison (Paintings featured)
BBC Ballykissangel (1998)
RTE Off the Rails (2001)
Tara Road (2005)
RTE Late Late Show (2006)