CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
| 2008 | The Arts Students League, New York. |
| 2004 | BA Fine Art Painting, (Hons), NCAD, Dublin. |
| 2003 | Erasmus Student Exchange, Colegio de las Belles Artes, Valencia, Spain. |
| 1995 | City and Guilds course in Fashion Design and Industrial sewing, Dublin. |
| 1986 | BA, Irish and Linguistics, UCD, Dublin. |
| 1984 | RSA Certificate in TEFL, Dublin. |
Exhibitions
| 2024 | Member’s Group Show, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow |
| S.O.S. Group Show, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow | |
| 2023 | Sightsavers Fundraiser Exhibition, Solo Show, Dublin |
| 2022 | Dare to Roam, Solo Show, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow |
| 2019 | Dare to Soar, Solo Show, Croí Anú Arts Centre, Moone, Co. Kildare |
| 2011 | Group Show, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York |
| Word Up, Pop Up Bookshop, Manhattan, New York Times Article | |
| 2010 | Mind Mates, Solo Show, Loving Spoon Cafe and Gallery, Dublin Group Show |
| Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York | |
| 2009 | My Mongolian Winter Friends, Solo Show, Xanadu Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – show featured on ‘Arts Collection’ Channel 25, Mongolian TV and on Education TV, Mongolia including an artist interview on both channels |
| My Mongolian Winter Friends, Solo Show, Café Amsterdam, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. | |
| Art Swap, Group Show, IMOCA Gallery, Dublin. | |
| Group Show, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York | |
| 2008 | Art Ireland, R.D.S., Ballsbridge, Dublin |
| The Cradle Project, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A | |
| Group Show, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York | |
| Adare Gallery, Adare, Co. Limerick | |
| 2007 | Perspectives Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo |
| Group Exhibition, UVAM, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | |
| Claremorris Open, (COE), Mayo. Curator, Ingrid Swenson | |
| Inside Out, Blue Loft Gallery, Ranelagh, Dublin | |
| Participant in ‘Hotel Ballymun’ project by artist Seamus Nolan | |
| 2006 | EV+A, Limerick. Curator, Katerina Gregos |
| 2005 | Made In Mongolia, Solo Show, Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin |
| Room, Per Cent for Art Commission, Cork St, Dublin City Council/NCAD | |
| Art in Arcadia, Sculpture Trail, Co. Kildare | |
| 2004 | Claremorris Open, (COE) Winner, Emerging Artist Award. Curator, David Thorpe |
| Square, ‘Juice’, Dublin | |
| NCAD Degree Show. Special mention, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, June 13th 2004 | |
| 2003 | Green, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar |
| Warm Up, Civic Offices, Dublin |
Public Art
| 2008 | The Mongolian Scarf Project: a self-initiated international art project Irish & Mongolian children involving a cultural exchange between both communities. The project was featured on Nationwide, RTE 1 (6th June 2008 – Mayo to Mongolia) and by interview on Raidio Na Gaeltachta. It was also covered by The Mayo News, The Connaught Tribune, The Western People and The Leitrim Post. The project involved approx. 600 children and €10,000 was raised to fund the drilling of a well and the installation of a purification system to make the water in the Gobi Desert safe to drink. |
Performance Art
| 2007 | Personality Café, Dublin Fringe Festival, Filmbase, Temple Bar. View Video |
| 2006 | Personality Café, Dublin Fringe Festival. Cake Café, Camden St. |
| Give a Thing; Get it Back, Dublin Fringe Festival. Streets of Temple Bar. | |
| 2003 | No a La Guerra, (No to the War) Colegio de las Belles Artes, Valencia, Spain. |
| Mart, The Viking Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin. |
Residencies
| 2024 | Inis Oirr, Co. Galway |
| 2007 | Áras Éanna Arts Centre, Inis Oirr, Co. Galway. |