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Education

2020 BA (Hons) Fine Art National College of Art & Design, Dublin

2018 QQI Level 6 Advanced Art Abbeyleix FETC, Laois

2017 QQI Level 5 Art, Craft & Design Abbeyleix FETC, Laois



Exhibitions

2024 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

Seanchas; Lore, Group Show with Bridget Flannery & Jackie Carter, Damer House

2023 Small Things Like These, Group Show, LHQ Gallery, Cork

Past, Presence, Future, Creative Collective Group Show, CHQ, Dublin

Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin

Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin

Connections, Creative Collective Group Show, Fade Street Studios

2022 Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin

Clay/Works, Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle

Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival

Past, Present, Future, Main Exhibition, Group Show, Boyle Arts Festival

The Co-operative Hands of FRS, Bronze sculpture commission, Roscrea

Girl, Woman, Mother, Solo Exhibition, Cahir Arts, Cahir

2021 Christmas Exhibition, Group Show, The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel

In Trust, In Gratitude, In Hope, Group Show, Laois Arthouse

191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

           Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin

            Collective Thoughts, Group Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois

            Clay/Works, Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle

            Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin

2020             Mater Materia, Solo Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre

NCAD Works, Graduate Show, National College of Art & Design

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The Collective, Group Show, Laois Arthouse

Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin

Clay/ Works, Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle

Narrating the New Normal, Group Show, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival

Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020 (Mothers’ Days), Group Show, University Art

                      Museum, New Mexico University, USA                                   

2019              Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle

                      Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin

            Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle

Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Vintage Festival

A Conspicuous Collection, Group Show, Gallery Zozimus, Dublin

2018              Hidden Spaces, Culture Night, Solo Show, Roundwood House

The Stradbally Six, Group Show, Laois Arthouse

                      Sentient Structures, Group Show, Birr Vintage Festival

Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Technology Centre

Graduate Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre

2017               Open Submission Exhibition, Dunamaise Arts Centre

National Open Art, UK (Shortlisted)

Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Technology Centre

Graduate Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre

2016              Culture Night Group Exhibition, Dunamaise Arts Centre



Collaborations

2021 The Ballet Hold, Laura Macken Dance, Dancehouse, Dublin

 

Grants & Awards

2020 Shortlisted, Student and Recent Graduate category, Future Makers

(DCCI Awards)

2018 - 2021 Laois County Council Arts Act Grants

2017               Overall Winner, Open Submission Exhibition curated by Patricia            

                       McKenna, Dunamaise Arts Centre

 

Workshops

 2020                Adrian Wistreich: Raku Kiln Building, Kinsale Pottery

David Reekie: Glass Casting Workshop,

                        National College of Art & Design

2019                Sylvia Perez: Slab Building, National College of Art & Design

                        Ceramics Ireland: Raku firing Techniques, Thomastown

                        Una Sealy: Painting the Portrait from Life, Laois Arthouse

2018                 Vera Klute: Portraiture Masterclass, Birr Technology Centre

2017                 Caroline Conway: Printmaking, Dunamaise Arts Centre

2016                 Jock Nichol: Plein Air Painting, Glenbarrow

2015                 Eamon Colman: Life Drawing, Dunamaise Arts Centre

2015                 Caroline Keane: Art Classes, Dunamaise Arts Centre

 

Residencies

 2021 Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary recipient, Laois County Council Arts Office

2018                  Laois Arthouse

 

Publications

2021 In Trust, In Gratitude, In Hope, Laois County Council

2021 Irish Ceramics 3rd edition, Mill Cove Gallery