Education:
Masters, Art in the Contemporary World.
National College of Art and Design, Dublin. 2013-2015
Director: Artist Network Creative Dun Laoghaire- Rathdown Ltd. 2020 to 2021
Honorary Secretary: Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. 2020 to date
Solo Exhibitions:
Don’t Look Down. Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow. 2011
Saving the Titanic. Jameson Film Festival. Dublin. 2012
The Shipwright’s Daughter. Adams Gallery, Titanic Centre Belfast. 2012
Maritime Museum. Dun Laoghaire. Titanic Centenary. 2012
Landscape Misremembered. United Arts Club. 2022
A Softer Cadence. United Arts Club. 2024
Group Exhibitions:
ArtnetDLR. Dun Laoghaire Collaborative Engagement. 2016
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. (Open competition). 2017
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. 2018
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. 2019
United Arts Club. 2019
Fire. Online exhibition. ArtnetDLR. 2019
Air. Online exhibition. ArtnetDLR. 2020
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition. 2020
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. 2020
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. 2021
Metamorphosis. ArtnetDLR Collaborative project. 2022
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Annual Exhibition. 2023
Shorelines. Dublin Port. 2024
Farmleigh. Group Show. 2024
Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Annual Exhibition. 2024
Crosscurrents. ArtNetDLR Collaborative project. Municipal Gallery Dun Laoghaire. 2024
Farmleigh. Park Perspectives. Group Show. 2025
Shorelines 2. 2025
Artist in Residence:
Mount Anville Secondary School. 2011 – 2015
Meanscoil Loch Garman under NAPD scheme for Deis schools. 2010 – 2011
Public Collections:
Allied Irish Banks. 2008
Delaney Locke Thorpe. 2009
Eversheds, Solicitors. 2010
Titanic Foundation. 2012
Hibernia REIT. 2014
Biography
Deirdre Kearney is a visual artist living and working in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. In 2015 Deirdre graduated with a Masters, Art in the Contemporary World from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Deirdre was awarded two residencies, one under the states NAPD scheme for disadvantaged schools and another in Mount Anville Seconday School, Dublin.