CURRICULUM VITAE

Trained at Edinburgh College of Art, DA (Edin.) and Ulster Polytechnic, Art & Design Centre (Advanced Diploma in Printmaking). Currently Honorary Trustee of Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Co. Down.
Elected R.U.A. 1994, elected U.S.W. 1987


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:

One Person

2007
Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin - "a pale yellow sky" and Reflections on a Visit to Japan.

2006
The Guiness Gallery, Foxrock, Co. Dublin.

2005
"A Pale yellow Sky" in collaboration with composer, Deirdre McKay - The Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast.

2003
"Beyond the High Atlas" - The Guinness Gallery, Foxrock, Dublin.

2002
“Compulsion Doth in Music Lie” - exhibition of original prints.
The Arts Centre, Wexford as part of the Wexford Opera Festival.
“The Fly” - installation & exhibition - Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast.

2001
“In Stillness and Heat” - The Guinness Gallery, Dublin.

2000
“Still Dancers” - Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin.
Performances with Vanburgh Quartet at Oxford, Dublin and Cork.

1998
“Still Dancers” - a performance of projected images with music by the Nossek.
Quartet, Waterfront Hall, Belfast.
“Still Dancers” - an exhibition of paintings and prints, Waterfront Hall, Belfast.

1996
"A Sense of Time" - paintings based on the environs of the River Lot, Elizabeth Guinness Gallery, Dublin.

1995
One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast.

Group Shows

2005 Invited artist GRAVURA Biennal Internacional Douro Portugal
Tokyo International mini-print Triennal Japan.

2004 Seacourt Print workshop annualshow selected by Micky Donnelly {touring}
Hillsboro Fine Art Dublin.

2003
IONTAS Small Works - Sligo and touring Ireland
Invited artist, 3rd International Small Engraving Exhibition Cremona 2003, Italy.
Invited artist, 2nd Biennial Internacional, Douro, Portugal.

2002
A Celebration Exhibition from Seacourt Print Workshop - 21 Years of Printmaking,
Belfast and Dublin
Spring Award 2002 - Gallery Slovenijales, Ljubljana
Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial.

2001
Gravura - 1st International Biennial, Douro, Portugal.

2000
5th Triennale Mondiale - Chamalieres 2000, France.
Chong Print Festival, China.

1999
“Genitor” - two-person show - Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards, Co. Down
New Art of the Irish - Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, Co. Derry
Printmakers Council Open Biennale - London
IV Graphic Art Biennale Drypoint International - Uzice, Yugoslovia
Paper Works - Department of the Environment NI & Office of Public Works, Dublin.

1998
“Aisling an Cheoil” - Original Print Gallery, Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Original Print Fair, London
Five French and British Painters, Martel, France
Exhibits Royal Ulster Academy regularly - elected R.U.A. 1994; Founder member of the Octagon Gallery, Belfast; Co-founder and Director, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Co. Down; Founder member, Artists’ Collective of Northern Ireland and CIRCA Art Magazine, Belfast; Elected to the Ulster Society of Painters in Watercolour 1987.


COLLECTIONS:
Queen's University, Belfast, Arts Council of Northern Ireland; University College, Dublin; Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Dublin; Office of Public Works, Dublin; Irish National Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick University; Irish Intercontinental Bank; AIB Bank; First Trust Bank; Dundee City Art Gallery; Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland; Belfast City Hospital; Hastings Hotel Group; UTV, Belfast; Northern Bank; Royal Ulster Academy Diploma Collection.


AWARDS:

2005 Jury Award Tokyo International mini-print Triennal Japan
2004 Cillrialaig Project Residency
1988 Award winner Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain
1990, 1997, 2007 Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
1994, 1996, 1997 Artist Residency - Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland.