I am a professional visual artist living in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Born in 1955, in Dublin, I studied in The Netherlands (Vrije Academie and TMNC Studio, The Hague) where I lived from 1976 to 1992.
I have had various solo and group exhibitions in The Netherlands and Ireland including the Crypt, Dublin Castle (1993); The Ulster Bank Dublin ('95), The Oscar Wilde Autumn School Bray ('95); AIB Bank Tipperary ('95) Angela Woulfe Gallery Limerick ('96/'96); Limerick County Council at Newcastle West and Adare ('96); Tipperary Festival Exhibitions ('96); Wemyss Gallery, Sydney, Australia ('96); Fourth Art in Tipperary Exhibition, Clonmel, Nenagh, Carrick-on-Suir ('97); Art on CD touring exhibition ('97); Teach an Leinn, Nenagh ('97); Tocht, Mullingar Arts Centre & University of Limerick ('98); Tipperary Art Trail ('98); Angela Woulfe Gallery, Limerick ('98/'99/2000/2002/2003/2004/2005); Lismore Arts Centre (2000); Odyssey at Kilkenny Arts Festival (2002); Dungarvan Arts Centre (2002); Vision, Excel Centre Tipperary (2002); Self-Portrait, Watergate, Kilkenny (2003); Transitions @ Kilkenny Arts Festival (2003); Phoenix Waterford Arts Festival (2003); Kilkenny Living Art (2003); This is Why, Kilkenny Arts Festival (2004); Christmas Show, The Narrow Space, Clonmel (2004); Kilkenny Arts Festival (2005); The Picture House, Ballynahinch (2005); Kilkenny Arts Festival (2006); Peer-to-Peer (Arts Council Touring Experiment, 2007/2008); Kilkenny Arts Festival @ St. Lukes, 2010;
Commissions:
Tipperary South Riding County Council. Emly Tidy Towns Committee,
Tipperary. Private Collectors: Ireland,
Switzerland, Australia.
Artist in Residence:
Limerick County Council
Artists Panels: IMMA (to 2008); Arts Alive, Wexford (2009)
Member of
Visual Artists Ireland; Revenue Commissioners Artists Tax Exempt status.
My work is in private collections
in Holland, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Australia U.S.A. and Ireland.