Overview:
I am a figurative painter and I have been working as a professional artist since 2016. I make work for exhibition as well as doing privately commissioned portraits. I teach art workshops to adults and children).
Education:
2007 Postgraduate; MA in Journalism, Dublin City University
2001-2004 Postgraduate; (affiliate student) Repin Academy of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, Russia
2001 Graduate; BA, Philosophy and Russian, Trinity College Dublin
Past Solo Exhibitions:
September 2023 - In Residence, The Dean Art Studios, Chatham Row, Dublin
July 2021 - Still Until, solo exhibition, at Hang Tough, Coppinger Row, Dublin
July 2020 - Human Child, solo exhibition, at Hang Tough, Dublin
August 2018 - A Moving Journey, Solo exhibition, The Hamilton Gallery Sligo
June 2017 - Girl with a Snake and Other Stories, solo exhibition, Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin
Past Group Exhibitions:
November 2024 - Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Art Book Fair
June 2023 - Selected Artist, Ancestral Homes, Hamilton Gallery, Irish Embassy, Beijing
April 2023 - Selected Artist, Dessel, Herman’s Auctioneers, Dublin
November 2022 - Selected Artist, Dublin Is, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin
November 2022 - Selected Artist, Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster, Belfast
June 2022 - Invited Artsit - Páipéir, Hang Tough Contemporary, Central Plaza, Dublin 2
June 2022 - Invited Artist, Lapis Lazuli, The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo and Beijing Art Fair 2023
February 2022 - Invited Artist, Portrait Artist of the Year: The Exhibition, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
June 2021 - Invited Artist, Meditations in a Time of Civil War, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
May 2021 - Longlisted Artist, Ruth Borchard Prize Exhibtion, ONLINE
November 2020 - Selected Artist, Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster, Belfast
November 2020 - Selected Artist, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
May 2020 - Portrait commission from DCU and Accenture as part of the Women on Walls campaign
February 2020 -Selected artist, Eva Gore-Booth, Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), Dublin
November 2019 - Selected artist, Peripheries Open, Peripheries Gallery, Gorey, Co. Wexford
October 2019 - Selected artist, Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
July 2019 - Selected artist, CAIRDE VISUAL, group exhibition, The Model Gallery, Sligo
July 2019 - Selected Artist, Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen, The Hamilton Gallery Sligo & Irish Consulate NYC
June 2019 - Selected Artist, Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Award, Piano Nobile Gallery, London
May 2019 - Selected Artist, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
February 2019 - Selected Artist, St Brigid’s Day, group exhibition, 12 Star Gallery, London
September 2018 - Selected Artist, Lennox Street Grand Opening, Hang Tough gallery, Dublin
October 2017 - Selected Artist, Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
June 2017 - Selected Artist,Crazy Jane, Group Exhibition, The Hamilton Gallery, Co.Sligo
May 2017 - Selected Artist, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin
May 2017 - Selected Artist, Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Gallery, London
October 2016 - Selected Artist, Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster, Belfast
April 2016 - Selected Artist, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
Collections:
Dublin City University, OPW, Government of Northern Ireland Collection, private collections.
Awards:
I am a Dean Arts Studios Residency recipient, 2022
I was a recipient of an Arts Council Agility Award in 2021 and in 2022
I won a commission for the Business to Arts Women on Walls series, in conjunction with DCU, 2020
Relevant Media Work
I am an occasional Irish language contributor on arts on Radió na Gaeltachta.
I was a presenter on a 6-part programme called Creative Company, broadcast in January 2020 on TG4.
I was a semifinalist in the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
I previously worked as a radio producer for BBC Russian Service, and I take on occasional translation work from Russian to English language.
