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Education
2007 –2009Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Germany under professor Neo Rauch (Graduation with Distinction)
(Thesis: Absurdity and the Game of Painting – A Critical evaluation of the work of Michaël Borremans and Neo Rauch)
2007
TestDaf Certificate (German as a Foreign Language)
German Language Course ,DID Deutsch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Art Joint Honours Degree in History of Art and Fine Art Painting,
(First Class Honours) The National College of Art and Design, Dublin(Thesis: Seeking Svankmajer – Illuminating the Dark Unconscious)
Awards, Scholarships and Residencies
2009
Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship and Residency at the British School at Rome
Claremorris Open Exhibition Award (Awarded by the curator Tom Morton)
Lithography Residency at Obelisk Studio, Uithuizermeeden, The Netherlands
Residency at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin Ireland
2008
Winner of two Honorary Awards at the 1st Montijo International Plastic Arts Biennial– IX Vespeira Prize, Portugal
Winner of the artistic projects tender at the Serralves em Festa 2008 in Oporto, Portugal (Awarded by the curator Regina Guimarães)
DAAD Scholarship Extension, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Berlin, Germany
e v+ a Open Award, Limerick, Ireland. (Awarded by the Curator Hou Hanru)
Leipzig International Art Programme (LIA), The Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
2007
Travel and Mobility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin
DAAD Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Berlin, Germany
2006
Travel and Mobility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin
R.C. Lewis-Crosby Award for Painting at the Royal Dublin Society
CAP Foundation Residency Award, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin
(Selected by Linda Pilaro, Luke Clancy, Duncan McClaren and Neil Burke Kennedy)
Short-listed for Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
O’Sullivan Award for Graphic Art, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2005
Emerging Artist Award, Portrait Ireland, Wexford
Erasmus Exchange to Academie Minerva, Groningen
2004
Semi Finalist in Channel Five Big Art Challenge, England
Henry Higgins Travel Award, Royal Dublin Society
Thomas Dammann Travel Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Markevicz Gold Medal Competition, Highly Commended
2003
Red Bull ‘Art of Can’- First Prize, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Solo Exhibitions
2010
'Still', Cavancor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
2009
'Animare', solo exhibition, Schuster Gallery, Berlin, Germany
‘Dissection’, solo exhibition, Filipp Rosbach Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
‘Doppelgaenger’, Solo Exhibition, Pierogi Gallery, Spinnerei, Leipzig
2007
CAP Foundation Exhibition, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin
2006
‘Camera Lucida’ Exhibition, Gallery Sign, Groningen, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2010
‘The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place’, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London, England (Curated by Anna Catharina Gebbers)
'New Bottle Old Wine’, Filipp Rosbach Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
BAF - Bergamo Art Fair with Gallery Perlini, Italy
2009Verona Art Fair with Gallery Perlini, Italy
Claremorris Open Exhibition, (Curated by Tom Morton)
‘Baluster, Graduates from the class of Neo Rauch, Group Exhibition, Columbus Art Foundation Leipzig, Germany
Werkschau 2009, 125th SPINNEREI anniversary exhibition, Leipzig, Germany
(Opened by the German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel)e v+ a, Exhibition of Visual Art, Limerick, Ireland (Selected and Curated by Angelika Nollert and Yilmaz Dziewior)
'Babble' , installation, Haus des Buches, Leipzig, Germany
179th RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
Group Exhibition, Filipp Rosbach Gallery, Leipzig
Circa Art Fair with the Walter Otero Gallery, Puerto Rico
'Doppelgänger', animation installation, Haus des Buches, Leipzig, Germany
Scope Art Fair with Galerie Schuster, New York
'Rundgang', Annual exhibition, at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
2008
Video Screenings, Leipzig International Art Programme (LIAp), Spinnerei, Leipzig
(To coincide with a symposium by Bazon Brock)‘Impressions’, Print Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
'Winter Salon', Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, IrelandVideo Screenings at the Leipzig International Art Programme (LIAp), Spinnerei, Leipzig
Claremorris Open Exhibition, (Curated by Lizzie Carey Thomas)
1st Montijo International Plastic Arts Biennial– IX Vespeira Prize, Portugal
Leipzig International Art exhibition at Cavanacor Gallery in Donegal
Serralves em Festa 2008 in Oporto, Portugal
Rundgang, in der Leipzig International Art Programme (LIAp), Spinnerei, Leipzig
'Rundgang', Annual exhibition, at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig. 31st January - 3rd February
Verkaufsaktion "500 x X", 31st January, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig.
e v+ a, Exhibition of Visual Art, Limerick, Ireland (Selected and Curated by Hou Hanru)
Short Films screened at Vastavirta Tampere, Finland
2007Defragmented Thoughts screened at Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany
Paper illusions, screened at FIKE 2007, Evora International Short Film Festival
Three person Exhibition, Sir John Rogersons Quay, Dublin, Ireland (Opened by the German Ambassador to Ireland, Christian Pauls)
Summer Group Exhibition, Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
‘Fear Not’, Iontas Small Works, Group Exhibition, Sligo Art Galley, Ireland (Curated by Patrick Dempsey)
Platform 059, Eigse 2007 Invited Artists, Carlow (Curated by Francis McKee, selected by Garret Phelan and Maeve Butler)
CAP Foundation Exhibition, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin
‘Paper illusions’ screened at Växhuset in Västerås, Sweden
2006
Talbot Gallery, Christmas group exhibition, Dublin
‘Impressions’ Print Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre
‘Projected Weekends’, The Digital Hub, Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Gala Banquet exhibition and Auction
Short films screened at ‘Wildbeam’, Groningen, The Netherlands
Short films screened at ‘Artisit?’ Festival, Galway, Ireland
Student Art Awards traveling exhibition: Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
Two-Person Graduate Exhibition, Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
‘Illustrating Illusion’ screened at Worldwide ShortFilm Festival, Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, Canada
Degree Show Exhibition, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy 176th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
‘Camera Lucida’ Exhibition, Galerie Sign, Groningen, The Netherlands
2005
‘New Irish Painting’, Group Exhibition Context Galleries, Derry, Northern Ireland (Curated by Marianne O'Kane Boal)
‘Iontas’ Small Works, Group Exhibition, Sligo Art Galley, Ireland
Student Art Awards Exhibition, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
Portrait Ireland Group Exhibition, Newtonbarry House, Wexford
Group Exhibition, Academie Minerva, Groningen, Holland
2004
'Reference' group exhibition, Cavanacor Gallery
Student Art Awards Exhibition, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
Group exhibition, 137 Rathmines, Dublin (Curated by David O’Kane)
‘Canto I – VII’ short film screened at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Markevicz Medal Group Exhibition, Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Ballyfermot Civic Centre Anti-war Exhibition
2003
Red Bull ‘Art of Can’ National Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
Three-Person Exhibition - Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany
Two-Person Exhibition, Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
Markevicz Medal Group Exhibition, Dublin.
2002
‘Vanitas’ short film screened on West of England Television in Brief Encounters Film Festival.
Selected bibliography
2009
Claremorris Open Exhibition Catalogue
‘Werkschau 2009’, 125th SPINNEREI anniversary Catalogue , Leipzig, Germany
Spinnerei Report 2009, Leipzig, Germany
e v+ a Exhibition Catalogue, e v+a, Limerick, Ireland
2008
Claremorris Open Exhibition Catalogue
Exhibition Catalogue for the 1st Montijo International Plastic Arts Biennial– IX Vespeira Prize, PortugalInternational Art Programme Documentary
(Broadcast July 2008, Leipzig, Germany)
e v+ a Exhibition Catalogue, e v+a, Limerick, IrelandUtopias and Other Lands in Limerick, The Irish Times, 19 March 2008, Aidan Dunne
2007
Generating New Perspectives, Career Development section,
Visual Artists Newssheet,November 2007, David O’Kane
Fear Not, Iontas Catalogue Sligo Art Galley, Ireland
Experiments with the symbolic power of nature, The Irish Times. 20 June 2007, Aidan Dunne
New-media art: An Irish context, Circa 120, Summer 2007, Paul O’Brien
CAP Foundation Catalogue, Interview by Luke Clancy
2006
John Kindness Retrospective 1986 – 2006, Switch Room Galleries,
(Internet Catalogue designed by David O’Kane) www.johnkindness.co.uk
Royal Dublin Society Student Art Awards Catalogue
Students pile the metaphors high, The Irish Times. 9 June 2006, Aidan Dunne
Academic or just old-fashioned, Sunday Tribune, 4 June 2006, Eimear McKeith
Portraits of the artists…, The Irish Times. 1 June 2006, Aidan Dunne
RHA Prize giving ceremony Donegal Democrat, 1 June 2006
Royal Hibernian Academy 176th Annual Exhibition Catalogue, Dublin
Dagblad van het Noorden, 27 February, Groningen, The Netherlands, Eric Nederkoorn
2005
New Irish Painting, Exhibition Catalogue, Derry, Northern Ireland
(New Irish Painting designed by David O’Kane)
Royal Dublin Society Student Art Awards Catalogue
2004
Depict! 2004, Brief Encounters Promotional Dvd
Royal Dublin Society Student Art Awards Catalogue
Royal Hibernian Academy 174th Annual Exhibition Catalogue, Dublin
2003
Frankfurt Allgemeine, Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz
Can Artists, Hot-press. Vol. 27, No. 22, 19 November 2003, Maurice O’Brien
Artist Talks
2009
'Still – Time and Space' as part of ‘ACROSS AND BETWEEN: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLOQUIUM ON SPACE’
at the Sainsbury Lecture Theatre, The British School at Rome, Italy, 14th December 2009
2008
‘e v+ a’, Istabraq Hall, City Hall in Limerick, Ireland, 16th May 2008
2007
‘Soapbox Sessions’, Galway Arts CentreIreland, 18th May 2007
Selected Collections
The Zabludowicz Collection
The Trapaga-Fonalledas family collection
The CAP Foundation, Dublin
The Office of Public Works
Bank of Ireland, Dublin
Academie Minerva, Groningen, The Netherlands
AXA Insurance, Dublin
Gerry Robinson, Former Chairman of the Arts Council of England
Barry Murphy, Former Chairman of the OPW
Robert Armstrong, Head of Painting, the National College of Art and Design
Various private collections in Germany, Ireland, England, Finland, Denmark and USA.