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Education
M.A. in Visual Arts Practices, I.A.D.T. Dublin, 2010
B.A. in Fine Art Painting, N.C.A.D., Dublin, 2006
Turps Banana Art School, London 2016-2019
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2023
LOOP, Emergence Award, Wexford Arts Centre
Lined Out, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
2021
OCHRE, 2-person exhibition with Ciara Roche, Wexford Arts Centre
2021
Spiders and Cheerleaders, Ground Floor Gallery, The Complex, Dublin
2018
Forward Slash, The Lab Gallery, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
John Moore’s Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Gallery, Liverpool
2022
GENERATION 2022, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Zurich Portrait Prize Exhibition, The National Gallery, Dublin and Crawford Gallery, Cork
Small Night Zine, Catalyst Arts, Belfast and Garter Lane, Waterford. Curated by James Merrigan
2020
The Sky is Blue, VISUAL Carlow, selected by Katie Holten
2019
How Small a Thought, Margate Now, Curated by Anne Ryan and Andrew Child
Dearly Beloved, Artworks 2019, VISUAL Carlow, selected by Denis McNulty
2018
New Beginnings, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin
Women Can’t Paint, Turps Gallery, London
Turps Cloud, Turps Gallery, London
Residencies and Awards
2023 - The Lady Grantchester Prze, John Moore’s Painting Prize,
2023 - Artist in residence at the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation
2021 – Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary Award
2021 – Emergence Visual Art Award, Wexford Arts Centre
2021 – Shortlist Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland
2020 – Cow House Artist Residency, Wexford
2020 – Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary Award
2020 – Creative Ireland Bursary Award (Joint award with artist Ciara Roche)
2019 – ArtLinks Bursary Award, Wexford County Council
2019 – Shortlisted for Ruth Borchard Portrait Prize, London
Collections
Private and public collections including the Office of Public Works, Dublin and Wexford County Council
Text
▪ The White Pube, I judged the oldest painting prize in the UK, 2023
▪ Sophie White, LOOP, 2023
▪ LOOP in the Irish Times Culture 2023
▪ James Merrigan, The Art Opening #2, Small Night, 2023
▪ Niamh Nic Gabhann, Rethinking Painting, The Irish Arts Review, Winter Issue, 2022
▪ Cristin Leach, Portraits with a fresh outlook, The Sunday Times Culture Magazine, 2022
▪ Rebecca Fortnum, Hannah and her Sisters: loss of face in the paintings of E.R., 2021
▪ Maeve Connolly, Pigments and Proper Names, 2021
▪ James Merrigan, Grey Wall, 2021
▪ Aidan Dunne, Review of Forward Slash at the Lab Gallery Dublin, The Irish Times, 2018 Cristin Leach, Portraits with a fresh outlook, The Sunday Times Culture Magazine, 2022
Rebecca Fortnum, Hannah and her Sisters: loss of face in the paintings of Emma Roche, 2021
Maeve Connolly, Pigments and Proper Names, 2021
James Merrigan, Grey Wall, 2021
Aidan Dunne, Review of Forward Slash at the Lab Gallery Dublin, The Irish Times, 2018
Teaching
2022 Guest Lecturer, The National College of Art and Design, Dublin (MFA Painting)
2022 Guest Speaker Troubling the Museum on The Culture File Debate, RTE Lyric FM
2022 Guest Lecturer, Sligo IT, BA Painting
2020- 2022 PeripheriesMEET Mentor, Gorey School of Art, Wexford
Guest Lecturer, IADT, Dublin (BA Painting)
2019 Guest Lecturer Wexford Campus, Carlow IT
2018, 2019 ColART and TFAC Artist Lecture Series, London
2017-2022 Co-curator PERIPHERIES exhibition programme with James Merrigan, Gorey School of Art