He received his BA Honours in Fine Art from the Crawford College of Art and Design in 2009 and later went on to study Painting as a Masters student at NCAD Dublin, which he completed in June 2016. He was a member of Sample Studios, Cork when it opened in 2011 and has exhibited widely in Ireland. Recent group shows include Borderland/Memento, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford (2018) The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, Mayfield Arts Centre, Cork (2017) The End, SOMA Contemporary, Waterford (2016), We are all nonetheless under the influence of Gravity, NCAD Annex, Dublin (2015) and Between here and there, Pallas Projects, Dublin (2014). He is currently a studio member of Sample Studios, Cork and an associate member of Catalyst Arts, Belfast.
Education
2013- 2016 NCAD, Dublin – MFA(Painting)
2005 -2009 CIT Crawford College of Art and Design – Hons BA
2004-2005 Colaiste Stiofain Naoife – Art and Design – Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2020 There were Strange Gatherings, RHA Gallery, Dublin
Group Exhibitions
2019 A way out of the Valley, RUA RED Cafe, Dublin
2019 189th Annual RHA Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2019 56th Annual Open, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
2019 Cahoots, A4 Sounds, Dublin
2018 3rd Annual Members Show, GOMA, Waterford
2018 188th Annual RHA Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2018 Programme your Retro-Active wish, Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast
2018 Borderland/Memento, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
2017 Sample Studios Annual Members Show, BOI, Patrick St. Cork
2017 The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, Mayfield Arts Centre, Cork
2017 GOMA Annual Members Show, GOMA, Waterford
2017 This is not a FAS Building, Mallow Arts Festival, Mallow
2017 Incognito, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
2017 Farrago, Rogue Gallery, Waterford
2016 The End, SOMA Contemporary, Waterford
2016 NCAD MFA Showcase, NCAD Annex, Dublin
2015 Breaking Sensations, Hive Gallery, Waterford
2015 We are all nonetheless under the influence of Gravity, NCAD Annex, Dublin
2014 Between here and there, Pallas Projects, Dublin
2012 Christmas Exhibition, Sample Studios, Cork
2011 Members Exhibition, Sample Studios, Cork
2011 Invited Artists Exhibitions, Duhallow Arts Festival, Kanturk, Cork
2010 Lost Things, Couch Gallery, Cork
2009 Site 46, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork
2009 Fledglings, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
2008 Blank Space, James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork
2008 30, Old ESB Building, Coburg St, Cork
2005 Blueprint, Colaiste Stiofain Naoife, Cork
Selected Press
2020 Irish Arts Review, Curious Encounters by Michael Waldron, Spring 2020, Vol. 37, Issue 1
2019 RTE Arena, Review of the 189th RHA Annual Open by Declan Long
2019 Irish Independent, What Lies Beneath:Crusade by Niall MacMonagle, May 26th 2019
2016 The Irish Times, Visual Art : Anxious Formidable work at Graduate shows by Aidan Dunne, June 2016
