Address: Firone,
Great Connell,Newbridge,
Co Kildare, Ireland
Tel: 045 438060. Mobile: 087 2875616.
Education: 2002-2006
NCAD ( National College of Art and Design)
100 Thomas Street,
Dublin 8.
1978-1981
School of Nursing,
Mater Misericordiae Hospital,
Dublin
Holy Family Secondary School
Newbridge,
Co Kildare.
Work Experience:
September-December 2008.
Taught Ceramics with VETOS, Athy.
July-August 2008
Artist/Facilitator for the KYS (Kildare Youth Services) art project Newbridge, Co Kildare.
2007-2008
Organized the arts and crafts for the summer projects run by the Family Resource Centre in Newbridge. Co Kildare.
October 2007-April 2008.
Participated in The Crafts Council of Ireland ‘Craft in The Classroom’ project. I was assigned to St Ibars National School, Bunclody, Co Wexford.
Exhibitions:
2009:
September Hallward Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin.
September International Exhibition Small Porcelain Forms, The Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia.
July. Gerard Manley International Exhibition, Kildare, Ireland.
May. Ceramics Ireland Ardgillan Exhibition, Co Louth
March. Gerry High Gallery – Palm Springs, California.
‘Ceramics at the Hallward’, Hallward Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin.
Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co Roscommon.
2007:
Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago, .
Weismann Gallery, Chicago, .
Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdzehen, .
Three Person Exhibition, Sir John Rogersons Quay, Dublin, .
Side By Side, Hunt Museum, Limerick, .
2006:
BDes (Hons) in Craft design. 1st Class Honours.
Selected for the touring exhibition ( New Emerging Makers) at The National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny and the National Ceramics Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, .
Ceramics Ireland at Plan Expo, RDS, Dublin.
Ceramics Ireland at Dalkey Castle, Dublin.
2005:
Solo exhibition at the Sa Tanca Gallery, Deia, Spain ,
Exhibited at the Wexford Opera Festival.
Spent one month at the International Ceramic Centre, Keschkemet, Hungary
2004:
Won the Arnotts Ceramic Design Award.
Exhibited at I.M.M.A.( Irish Museum of Modern Art)
Exhibited at the Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon, The Riverbank Arts Centre and the Wexford Opera Festival.
2003:
Exhibited at the RHA, the Wexford Opera Festival and The Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare
Work in public collections:
October 2008: German Embassy, Dublin.
July 2007: The Jingdezehen National Ceramic Museum, China .
June 2006: The National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin.
OPW. (Office of Public Works), Dublin.
September 2004: The National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin.
July 2004: WestLB, I.F.S.C. Dublin.
June 2003: St Lukes Hospital Kilkenny.
I also have work in many private collections in Ireland and abroad.
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