Artist’s Statement

My artwork is inspired by a collection of photographs which I have taken documenting my life and surroundings in rural Ireland. These photographs inform a rich printmaking process combining multiple techniques such as saline etching, drypoint, carborundum, collographs and photopolymer. My artwork acts as a journal encapsulating my relationship with nature and the land. Raised on a farm; barns, bogs and my connection to home have become my artwork.

 

Click here to watch a documentary short filmed by my good friend Jason Finnane, which documents a day in the life of an artist, ME!!

Solo show

RAPT

 Artist’s CV


SOLO EXHIBITION 

  • Emo Court OPW, September 2022

  • RAPT - Luan Gallery Athlone, February 2022

       


GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

  • 'Bloodroot', Themed on selected poetry of Annemarie Ni Churreáin, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, 8" March - 12"
    April 2025

  • 'Bloodroot', Themed on selected poetry of Annemarie Ni Churreain, Pulchri Studio Contemporary Art Gallery, Hague, Netherlands, January 2025

  • 'Let the Mirror Express the Room', Luan Gallery -
    November 2024 - January 2025

  • 'Gifts of the Mind' with Leinster Printing, Kilcock Art Gallery, November 2024

  • 'A Community of Hope' Art Auction, Artists for Dublin Simon, November 2024

  • Dublin Painting & Sketching Club 146*h Annual
    Exhibition, August 2024

  • Ar Seiz Avel, Renne, Brittany, France, July 2024

  • LPS 25th Anniversary Show, Naas Library, April - May 2024

  • BDO Dublin, Contemporary Irish Art Exhibition April 2024

  • 'Unravelling an Icon 1500' Sult Artists, Kildare town,
    Jan 2024 - Feb 2024

  • 'Sa Lár' Westmeath Artist Awards Exhibition in Luan
    Gallery, Athlone, Nov 2023 - Feb 2024

  • 'Offaly Artist's Exhibition' in Esker Art Centre, 4th Nov -
    Dec 2023

  • 'Open submissions Exhibition' in Dunamaise Art Centre

  • Portlaoise, Nov 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Echos' LPS 25th anniversary exhibition in Esker Art Art Centre, Tullamore, Offaly, LPS 25th Anniversary Exhibition, August 2023

  • Kilcock Art Gallery, LPS 25th Anniversary Exhibition, May 2023

  • Brigid Unfolding, Sult Artist Group, No.8 Gallery, Kildare February 2023

  • Westmeath Artist”s Awards Exhibition, Luan Gallery, December 2022 -Febrary 2023

  • Luan Winter Art Fair Dec 2021/22

  • Pluid ‘National Comfort Blanket’ Farmleigh Phoenix Park August 2021

  • Kilcock art gallery ‘Heritage - Oidhreacht Exhibition’ May 2021 still running online

  • The Luan Gallery Art Fair December 2020 to January 2021

  • Leinster Printmaking Group Show in response to Seamus Heaney’s poetry 2020

  • DLR Lexicon Library and Culture Centre, Dun Laoghaire, February 2020

  • Festival Irlandese, Bassano, Italy in June 2019.

  • Áit Art Exhibition, Scullyfest, Newmarket, Cork. August 2019

  • ‘The New State’, Graphic Studio Gallery, Temple Bar. March 2019

  • Leinster Printmaking 20th Anniversary Group Show

  • DLR Lexicon Library and Culture Centre, Dun Laoghaire August 2019

  • Ballycroy National Park, Mayo June-July 2019

  • An Táin Art Centre, Dundalk January-February 2019

  • Kilcock Art Gallery, Kildare November 2018

  • Inniscara Gallery, Rathcoole October 2018

  • Leinster Printmaking Group Show, Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria November 2018

  • ‘The Red Dot’ Mini-Print Exhibition, UK September 2018.


EDUCATION 

  • Higher Diploma in Art and Design Education 2001-2002 Limerick College of Art and Design

  • Honours Degree in Fine Art (Printmaking)1997-2001 Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork


WORKSHOPS

  • Yoga & Art Workshops - Merchants Quay, Tullamore, (8 week programe, 2024 & 2025)

  • Fine art Printmaking workshops with Artists in Leinster Printmaking Studio Kildare, Botanical Printmaking Workshop with Active Age, St. Hilda’s and the public, culminating in an exhibition in Luan Gallery

  • Summer Art Workshop with Teenagers - Foróige Youth Service (2025)

  • Cruinniú na nÓg Printmaking workshops, Abbey Road Studio ( Annual)

  • introduction to drypoint and relief printmaking in Esker Art Centre, Tullamore,( Annual)

  • Introduction to Printmaking and Demonstration Holy Family Secondary School, Newbridge (November 2019)

  • Drypoint Workshop DLR Lexicon Library and Culture Centre, Dun Laoghaire September 2019



AWARDS

  • Featured in upcoming Fine Art Printmaking book by Jenny Mason Gunning of Ironbridge Fine Arts UK, highlighting technical,skill and contribution to contemporary printmaking practice.

  • I contributed to the success of the first PleinAir Festival in Westmeath ‘Art Faoin Aer’. I managed social media, Artist registration, liaison with Artists, coordinating the guest Judges and Guest Artist.

  • Artwork ‘Bare’ acquired by OPW for the state collection (2024)

  • Featured on album covers for music artist Myles O’Reilly including ‘Midland Loops amd Sleepy Hedgerows’ & ‘Music from the Threshold’

  • Subject of Documentary Short ‘Ealaíontóir’ by filmmaker Jason ÓFionnáin (2024)

  • The Luan Gallery Emerging Artist Development Award 2021

  • Cork Printmakers Graduate Bursary Award 2001