At the centre of my work is a search for a balance between precision and randomness, and an attempt to find systems within the interaction of discordant pictorial elements.

I often like to produce intensely worked surfaces that transform individual motifs into kaleidoscopic landscapes.


Education:

2006
MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

2005
Post-Graduate Diploma Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

2000
B.A. Fine Art Painting, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland


Solo Exhibitions:

2003
Draíocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland.


Selected Group Exhibitions:

Upcoming
Worcester Open 2010, Contemporary Art, PITT Gallery, Worcester.

2009
Open Submission, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co.Laois
P1 Exhibition, Bow Arts Trust, London

2008
Confessions of a Tiger, Brick Lane Gallery, London
Eigse Open Selection, Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland
Unnatural Histories, The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London

2007
Thirty Two Thousand Years Later: Painting at Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin.

2006
7 Irish Artists, Loads of Fun Studios, Baltimore, USA
Halcyon Days, Tannery Arts, London
The Nationwide Mercury Prize Art Exhibition 2006, The Gallery at The Hospital, London

2004
Wellworth Studios Exhibition, London
Group Show of Mill Cove and Hallward Artists, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
Something Above the Sofa, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
The 174th Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin

2003
50/50, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin.
Group Show, Sligo Art Gallery, Co.Sligo, Ireland
Summer Exhibition, Lead White Gallery, Dublin.
The 173rd Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Painted, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow, Ireland
Painted, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin

2002
On Board, Sligo Art Gallery, Co.Sligo, Ireland
Six – New Irish Painting, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland.
Painted, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland.
The 172nd Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Buoy, (in aid of the Artists Association of Ireland), Project Arts Centre, Dublin.

2001
Q
uadrant 2001 – The Young Contemporaries, LSAD Gallery Space,
Clare St, Limerick, Ireland. (Selector: Sean Taylor).
Miniature IV, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Group Six, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin.
EV+A, Limerick City Hall, Co.Limerick, Ireland (Selector: Salah M. Hassan)

Awards / Residencies:

2007
Shortlisted for Celeste Art Prize, London

2006
Finalist, The Nationwide Mercury Prize Art Exhibition 2006, London

2004
The Arts Council of Ireland, Professional Development and Training, Strand 1 Award

2002
Laedemoen Kunstnerverksteder (LVK) residency (1month), Trondheim, Norway

Shortlisted for Hennessy Craig Scholarship, (RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin)


Collections:

Axa Collection of Irish Art
Ernst & Young (London)
Private Collections