Education
MFA, painting, Burren College of Art, National University of Ireland Galway
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow, printmaking and painting graduate courses, USA
BFA cum laude, painting and drawing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Residencies and Awards
2018 Greywood Arts Residency, Killeagh, Co. Cork, Ireland
2017 BLOOOM Award by Warsteiner, Düsseldorf, Germany, longlist
McCanna Residency, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND, USA
2016 The Cill Rialaig Project Residency, Ballinskelligs, Kerry, Ireland
Jackson's Open Art Prize, London, UK, longlist
2015 Kunstnarhuset Messen Residency, Ålvik, Hardangerfjord, Norway
2014 Gamli Skóli/Old School Residency, Hrísey Island, Eyjafjörður, Iceland
Old School Akureyri Grant, Nordanbál, Reykjavík, Iceland
Shankill Castle Residency, Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Dale Metternich Memorial Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow, USA
2013 Valerie Earley Residency Award, Visual Artists Ireland
2012 Royal Hibernian Academy Residency, Dublin, Ireland
2011-13 Michael Greene Memorial Scholarship, Burren College of Art, Ireland
Selected Exhibitions (*solo show)
2018 Artist Statement #3, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Nefelibata, Downtown Gallery, Indiana University Kokomo, USA
Something Called Home, King Street Studios, Lancaster, UK
13th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Future Former, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
2017 154th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland
Halcyon Days, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Original 200, Cupola Contemporary Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2nd Annual Group Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford City, Ireland
(dis)placement, Jacaranda, Villa Aymoré, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Time To Change, Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts & Film Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
(dis)placement, Ugly Duck, Off Quay Space, London, UK
Compendium, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
2016 *Borderline, Feves Gallery, Pendleton, Oregon, USA
50x50 Exhibition, 2020 Gallery, The Cornstore, Galway City, Ireland
Five by Five, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA
A Response to the Proclamation, Cruthú Arts Festival, Co. Longford, Ireland
100, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Galway 1916 Exhibition, Connacht Tribune Print Works, Galway City, Ireland
I Am, Altered Aesthetics, Southern Theater, Guerrilla Girls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2015 *Melancholia, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford City, Ireland
Puzzles, Riddles, & Enigmas, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
*Undercurrent, The Ivy House, Dublin City, Ireland
Papergirl Belfast, Paragon Studios Project Space, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Understrøm, Åpent Hus, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
Peep, Hive Emerging Gallery, Waterford City, Ireland
2014 Convergence, Museum of Shark Jörundur, Hrísey, Iceland
Painting Now: A Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Florence Quater Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Unintended Consequences, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Surface Tension, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
The Burren Annual: The Middle of Everywhere, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2013 Something Recalled, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Burren College of Art @ 126, Gallery 126, Galway City, Ireland
Black Eye: MFA Graduate Exhibition, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2012 DeadEye: MFA Interim Exhibition, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
Trasna III, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Ireland
Poll Na bPéist, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
5th Annual Members’ Show, Gallery 126, Galway City, Ireland
Publications
2018 The Oakland Review, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Volume XLIII, Spring 2018, pgs. 42-43.
Artist Statement #3, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea. / Spring
2017 Halcyon Days, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Ireland, exhibition catalogue, pg. 12.
Studio Visit Magazine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, issue 38, pg. 129.
A5 Magazine, London, UK, issue #4, pgs. 9-10.
Wotisart? Magazine, London, UK, issue #4, pgs. 7-8.
Average Art Magazine, London, UK, issue #10, pgs. 15-16.
(dis)placement, London, UK, exhibition catalogue, pgs. 32-35.
2016 100, Luan Gallery, Ireland, exhibition catalogue, pgs. 8-9.
2015 Qualia Dublin Art and Culture Magazine, Dublin, Ireland, issue 2, pgs. 11-12.
HeadSpace Magazine, Dublin, Ireland, issue 4, pgs. 19, 27.
Puzzles, Riddles & Enigmas, Work Gallery, Michigan, USA, exhibition catalogue, pg. 50.
2014 Unintended Consequences, Work Gallery, Michigan, USA, exhibition catalogue, pg. 46.
“What Lies Beneath”, Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet, Dublin, Ireland, Issue 2, March/April 2014. 15.
Other Activities
2016 Culture Night Open Studio, Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Kerry, Ireland
2015 Lecture, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Hardangerfjord, Norway
2014 Work Study, Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists’ Residency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Open Studio, Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
2011 Life Drawing, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Work Study, Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists’ Residency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MFA, painting, Burren College of Art, National University of Ireland Galway
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow, printmaking and painting graduate courses, USA
BFA cum laude, painting and drawing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Residencies and Awards
2018 Greywood Arts Residency, Killeagh, Co. Cork, Ireland
2017 BLOOOM Award by Warsteiner, Düsseldorf, Germany, longlist
McCanna Residency, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND, USA
2016 The Cill Rialaig Project Residency, Ballinskelligs, Kerry, Ireland
Jackson's Open Art Prize, London, UK, longlist
2015 Kunstnarhuset Messen Residency, Ålvik, Hardangerfjord, Norway
2014 Gamli Skóli/Old School Residency, Hrísey Island, Eyjafjörður, Iceland
Old School Akureyri Grant, Nordanbál, Reykjavík, Iceland
Shankill Castle Residency, Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Dale Metternich Memorial Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow, USA
2013 Valerie Earley Residency Award, Visual Artists Ireland
2012 Royal Hibernian Academy Residency, Dublin, Ireland
2011-13 Michael Greene Memorial Scholarship, Burren College of Art, Ireland
Selected Exhibitions (*solo show)
2018 Artist Statement #3, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Nefelibata, Downtown Gallery, Indiana University Kokomo, USA
Something Called Home, King Street Studios, Lancaster, UK
13th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Future Former, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
2017 154th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland
Halcyon Days, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Original 200, Cupola Contemporary Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2nd Annual Group Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford City, Ireland
(dis)placement, Jacaranda, Villa Aymoré, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Time To Change, Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts & Film Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
(dis)placement, Ugly Duck, Off Quay Space, London, UK
Compendium, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
2016 *Borderline, Feves Gallery, Pendleton, Oregon, USA
50x50 Exhibition, 2020 Gallery, The Cornstore, Galway City, Ireland
Five by Five, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA
A Response to the Proclamation, Cruthú Arts Festival, Co. Longford, Ireland
100, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Galway 1916 Exhibition, Connacht Tribune Print Works, Galway City, Ireland
I Am, Altered Aesthetics, Southern Theater, Guerrilla Girls, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2015 *Melancholia, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford City, Ireland
Puzzles, Riddles, & Enigmas, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
*Undercurrent, The Ivy House, Dublin City, Ireland
Papergirl Belfast, Paragon Studios Project Space, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Understrøm, Åpent Hus, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
Peep, Hive Emerging Gallery, Waterford City, Ireland
2014 Convergence, Museum of Shark Jörundur, Hrísey, Iceland
Painting Now: A Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Florence Quater Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Unintended Consequences, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Surface Tension, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
The Burren Annual: The Middle of Everywhere, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2013 Something Recalled, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Burren College of Art @ 126, Gallery 126, Galway City, Ireland
Black Eye: MFA Graduate Exhibition, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2012 DeadEye: MFA Interim Exhibition, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
Trasna III, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Ireland
Poll Na bPéist, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
5th Annual Members’ Show, Gallery 126, Galway City, Ireland
Publications
2018 The Oakland Review, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Volume XLIII, Spring 2018, pgs. 42-43.
Artist Statement #3, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea. / Spring
2017 Halcyon Days, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Ireland, exhibition catalogue, pg. 12.
Studio Visit Magazine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, issue 38, pg. 129.
A5 Magazine, London, UK, issue #4, pgs. 9-10.
Wotisart? Magazine, London, UK, issue #4, pgs. 7-8.
Average Art Magazine, London, UK, issue #10, pgs. 15-16.
(dis)placement, London, UK, exhibition catalogue, pgs. 32-35.
2016 100, Luan Gallery, Ireland, exhibition catalogue, pgs. 8-9.
2015 Qualia Dublin Art and Culture Magazine, Dublin, Ireland, issue 2, pgs. 11-12.
HeadSpace Magazine, Dublin, Ireland, issue 4, pgs. 19, 27.
Puzzles, Riddles & Enigmas, Work Gallery, Michigan, USA, exhibition catalogue, pg. 50.
2014 Unintended Consequences, Work Gallery, Michigan, USA, exhibition catalogue, pg. 46.
“What Lies Beneath”, Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet, Dublin, Ireland, Issue 2, March/April 2014. 15.
Other Activities
2016 Culture Night Open Studio, Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Kerry, Ireland
2015 Lecture, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Hardangerfjord, Norway
2014 Work Study, Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists’ Residency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Open Studio, Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
2011 Life Drawing, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Work Study, Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists’ Residency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
