Training
Training
2013 Post-Primary Teaching
2010 Family Learning Tutor Training, Clare VEC
2008 Certificate in Theory and Practice of
Adult Education, Clare VEC
2008 Certificate in Child Protection, HSE
2004-05 Diploma in Bookselling - Dubray Books
Education
Higher Diploma in Art for Art and Design Teachers
Limerick School of Art and Design
Master of Fine Art
National University of Ireland Galway/BCA
B.A. in History of Art & Fine Art Joint Course
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Projects
Artist re-possession, Faber Studios, eva International 2012
Curator Rianta, GUAC Art Event, Ennis. Supported by Clare Co. Arts Office, National
Heritage Week, Ennis Town Council and GUAC. riantatracks.blogspot.com
Artist The Midnight Court (2011), participatory event by Marie Connole and
Maeve Collins. Limerick Language Alive Week /Culture Night Ennis/
The Power of Local Arts Festival,Ennistymon
Co-Curator 'Trasna'/'Has been + is going'(2010), Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery
Artist Aughty Public Art Projects, Supported by Arts Council of Ireland,
Galway Co. Co., Clare Co. Arts Office and GUAC. aughtyprojects.blogspot.com
Assistant. Curator - Irish Painting 1919-Present, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery
Selected Bibliography
Cherishing the Children, Clare ARts Office/Inagh NS, Blurb, 2016
Clare Yearbook Association, 2015
Visual Artists Ireland Newsheet, 2012
eva International 2012 Biennial of Visual Art, Circa Art Magzine July 17th, James Merrigan, 2012
Tubber Womens Group, VEC, Blurb, 2012
Weed or Knotweed?, Blurb 2013
Life on the Edge gives the best view. Irish Times 17th November,
Aidan Dunne, 2010
TULCA Visual Arts Festival. Living on the Edge Exhibition Catalogue, 2010
Abridged 0-17, Time, Maria Campbell and Gregory McCartney,
Verbal Arts Centre, 2009
Across the floor of my mind, Marie Connole, Blurb, 2009
The habit of remembering, Draiocht Season Brochure, April - August 2009
Kilkenny People, April, Tess Felder, 2008
Metro Herald, Dublin, May, 2008
To the Waters and the Wild, Eimear McKeith, Circa 121, Autumn 2007
Burren College of Art MFA Degree Show, Niall Moore, April 2007
Burren College of Art Postgraduate Yearbook, BCA, 2007
Iontas Small Works Competition exhibition catalogue, Sligo Art Gallery, 2007
Blinkzine, Muscailt Boirne, 2006
NCAD graduate exhibition catalogue, NCAD, 2003
Awards
2016/15/14/12 Materials Assistance Grant Award -
Clare Co. Arts Office
2011 Tyrone Guthrie Residency Award - Clare Co. Arts Office
2010 Project Award - Arts Council of Ireland,
Galway Co. Council, Clare Co. Arts Office
2008 Artist Residency - Center for Icelandic Art, Reykjavík
2008 Artist-in-Residence - Kilkenny County Arts Office
2007 Presidents’ Award - Burren College of Art
2006/05 MFA Tuition Fees Bursary - Clare County Arts Office
2004 BCA Residency - Clare County Arts Office
2003 Student of Art 2003 - Spiresart Gallery, Co. Tyrone
Exhibitions
2019 Mal's Bay, Oidhreacht an Chláir Institute for Traditional Studies, Miltown Malbay
2018 Immrama: Voyages to Kilstipheen, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon
2017 As Above, So Below, The Irish Arts Center, New York
Celebrating Traditions, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
Therianthropy, Clare County Museum, Ennis
2016 The Shapeshifter's Trail, NUIG Art Gallery, Galway
Vector, Culturlann Sweeney, Kilkee
The Wilderness Within, The White Space, Ennis
Able', LSAD Library, Limerick
2015 Memories in Time, GUAC, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery
Dwelling in Time, GUAC, Aras Eanna, Inis Oirr
2014 The Middle of Everywhere, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan
Chimera, Biomedical Building, NUI Galway
2013 Feasting on the Wind, GUAC, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery
Art Teacher Network, LSAD Gallery, Limerick
Once Upon a Time', Kinsale Arts Festival, Curated Patrick T. Murphy
The Parlour, TomCat Street Festival, Limerick
Mirror Mirror - Beauty and Perception', 2020 Art Gallery, Cork
2012 Odyssey, Culture Night Ennis, Clare County Museum
Menagerie, Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival, Birr, Co. Offaly
re-possession, eva International, Faber Studios, Limerick
The Wood Between the Worlds, Occupy Space, Limerick
C:inside 2012, Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Limerick
Object/ive Obsessions, Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Limerick
The 5th Annual 126 Members Show, 126, Galway
I had forgotten you existed, Faber Studios, Limerick
2011 The Tales are True, Galway Arts Centre/Eight BAR, Galway
Trasna II, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon
Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna, Co. Galway
Printmakers Open Submission, Limerick Printmakers
Links, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon
2010 Has been + is going, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon
'Aughty Public Art Projects, Woodford Heritage Centre, Co. Galway
'TULCA, The Fairgreen Building, Galway
'Blackboard, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Cruciverbal, The Space Gallery, Cork Contemporary Projects
Collective, Inverlochy Art School, Wellington, New Zealand
2009 Buy Enjoy, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
The habit of remembering, Draiocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown
Migraine Association of Ireland, Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
2008 Hems, Center for Icelandic Art, Reykjavík
126 Members Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Across the floor of my mind, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon
2007 The Wrong Way Home, DeValera Gallery, Ennis
U Complete Me, 126, Galway
Iontas Small Works Competition, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
Graduates ‘07, Glór, Ennis
Elements, The Loft Gallery, Dublin
Even Odd, Burren College of Art, Co. Clare
Bodies in Transit, Muscailt Fleadh Imboilg, NUI Galway, Galway
Employment
Artist-in-School - St. Flannan's N.S., Inagh, Co. Clare
Artist-in-School - Coore N.S., Coore, Co. Clare
Facilitator - Glor/Clare Arts Office, Leading the Education Programme for local authorities exhibition '30 Years, Artists, Places'
Teacher - Scoil Mhuire, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
Teacher - Colaiste Muire, Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher - Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Liscoonvarna, Co. Clare
Tutor(current) - Clare VEC, Adult Education Service
Co-Director - Faber Studios, Limerick City
Chair - Ground Up Artists Collective
Assistant - Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Invigilator -Kingston Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Sales - Bookshop, IMMA, Dublin
Assistant -Clare County Arts Office, Co. Clare
Tutor Training - Burren College of Art , Co. Clare
Collections
Axa Insurance, Galway County Council, Kilkenny County Arts Office, Kultivator Archive - Sweden, Wesley College Dublin, National University of Ireland - Galway, Rotunda Hospital Dublin, Newpark House Clare.
Private Collections
Invited Speaker/Tutor
Glor - Leading First Education Programme for Primary Schools
Highlanes Art Gallery - Texaco Children's Art Exhibiton
Burren College of ARt - Artists Talk/Visiting Tutor
Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery - Artists Talk as part of Links Exhibition
Limerick City Gallery of Art - Artists Talk on Re-possession project,eva International 2012
