Education Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, Dip Fine Art N.C.A.D. Degree Fine Art Print (Hons), N.C.A.D. H. Dip. (with distinction) Recent Awards 2019 Graphic Studio/Fingal County Council Award RUA Drawing Prize 2017 Rowel Friers Perpetual Trophy 2017 Cairde Visual/ Hamilton Gallery Prize 2016 Group Shows Royal Hibernian Academy (2015,2016,2017,2018, 2019) Royal Ulster Academy…
1978-1983: Studied NCAD, Dublin: Qualified, BA (Fine Art). 1983: Joined the Black Church Print Studio, Dublin. 1990-1998: Director, Black Church Print Studio. 1995-2004: Taught printmaking at Dundrum College, Dublin. 1999-2000: Established a print studio, Airfield Educational Trust. 2005: Residency at Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co.Kerry. 2009: Elected a member of the Watercolour Society of Ireland. 2014:…
2001 – 2014 Participated in various group exhibitions including the Royal Ulster Academy, Oireachtas na Gaelige & Castle Espie Wetlands Centre April 2014 Solo exhibition at the gallery, Naas Community Library, Co Kildare 2014 Group shows including Feile na Bealtaine, Dingle March 2015 Solo exhibition ‘Jewelled Wasteland’ at Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow Sept…
John was born in, Dublin in 1956. He graduated from Dun Laoghaire College of Art in 1978. He quickly established himself as a meticulously naturalistic painter, specialising in seascapes particularly around Dublin Bay, but has also painted seascapes in other parts of Ireland John has exhibited in leading galleries both at home and abroad since 1982.…
Kenneth Donfield, NCAD, SLADE, ASLNY, DPSC, UWS Kenneth commenced his studies in fine art Painting aged 17 at Dun Laoghaire College of Art, now I.A.D.T. In 1982 aged 19 Kenneth was awarded the prestigious RDS Taylor Scholarship for Painting. This scholarship took him to Florence to study portrait painting under the Master portrait painter Pietro…
Betty Christie grew up in the countryside near Limavady, Co. Derry. She graduated with First Class Honours from the Belfast College of Art and Design, in 1975, followed by an Art Teachers’ Diploma in 1976. She has lived in Belfast ever since, but her work is still influenced by her rural upbringing, farmland, animals, wildflowers,…
George studied art at N.C.A.D under Henry Healy and Des Carrick in late 70s. He attended a number of Henry Healy’s summer schools on Achill Island which instilled in him a love of Plein Air painting. He is a member of The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club where he exhibits regularly at their annual exhibitions…
Brenda Malley’s career as a professional artist spans over 25 years while living in the USA, France, and now at home in Ireland. Brenda’s seascape paintings are characterised by the energy and fluidity of her palette knife work, and by the surface richness of colour and texture with which she expresses her subject. Through time…
Joan was born and raised in Ireland but at an early age began her travels, first moving to Australia, then Canada and finally Arizona in USA. Thanks to an Artist of Promise Award coupled with a Scholarship, she studied Fine Arts in the University of Arizona(ASU) College of Fine Arts and specialised in drawing. From…
An Irish Artist, born in Dublin Ireland, Nina presently lives and works in County Kildare /Meath. She is an accomplished artist with over 20 years’ experience painting and teaching art to both adults and children. Nina became a member of the Watercolour Society of Ireland at the age of twenty, she is also a member of the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club…