Education
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1976–1979: CFA — Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
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1979–1982: MA in Fine Art — Royal
Academy Schools,
Piccadilly, London
Employment &
Professional Experience
Academic Roles
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1984–1988: Lecturer in Design and Applied Art — Inchbald School
of Design, London
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1989–1999: Ballyfermot Senior College,
Dublin (Tutor
in Art and Animation Studies / Co-ordinator – Diploma in Animation Production
Course)
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1999–2012: National Film School,
Institute of Art
Design
Design and Technology (IADT), Dublin, Ireland
(Lecturer and Course Director – B.A. Hons. Animation / M.A. / MSc. Digital
Media)
Freelance &
Projects
·
1999–2000: Arts Facilitator — Co-operation Ireland (Cross-border
arts initiatives)
·
2007–2010: Panel Member — Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (Sound
and Vision Panel)
·
2008: Creator & Director, NEON JIVE (Animated Film) — Funded
by the Hugh Lane
Gallery and Dublin City Council;
screened at the Hugh
Lane Gallery
Lane Gallery
·
2009–2010: Produced Animated Dyslexia DVD — Dyslexia Association Ireland
Selected Early
Experience
·
1986–1988: Workshop Designer & Presenter — Community Art
Classes, Hammersmith and Fulham, London
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1987–1988: Community Arts Teacher — Shepherds Bush Arts Centre, London
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1988: Restoration Assistant — National Heritage Trust, Marylebone Church,
London
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1988–1989: Governor — Chelsea School of Art,
London
Exhibitions
Currently Showing
·
Wiveton Hall Cafe, Norfolk,
England
England
England (Recent Shows)
·
2014: Connecting the Dots (Group Show) — North Wall Gallery, Oxford
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2016: Solo & Group Shows — The Old Fire Engine House, Ely,
Cambridgeshire
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2017: Solo Show — Greyfriars Art Space, King's Lynn, Norfolk
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2019–2021: Wiveton Hall Cafe, Norfolk
Portugal
·
2013: Enchantment (Solo Show) — Palácio da Independência, Lisbon (Staged in
collaboration with the Irish Embassy to celebrate the Irish Presidency of the
European Union)
·
2013: Enchantment at Monserrate (Solo Show) — Palace of Monserrate
(World Heritage Site), Sintra
Ireland
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1990: Irish/Soviet Exhibition — Mansion House, Dublin
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1990: Gallery Exhibition — Wyvern Gallery, Dublin
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1990: EV+A Exhibition — Limerick
City Art
Gallery
City Art
Gallery
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1990–1995: Solo & Group Shows — Dolan Moore Gallery, Athlone
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1991: Exhibition Centre Show — Bank of Ireland
Exhibition Centre, Dublin
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1991–1995: Gallery Exhibitions — Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
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1992: EV+A Exhibition — Limerick
City Art
Gallery
City Art
Gallery
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1993: Solo Show — West Cork Arts
Centre
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1997: Gallery Exhibition — Steven Lawlor Gallery, Kinsale
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2005: Group Exhibition of Painting — Grafton Gallery, Dublin
England (Pre-1990)
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1981: Solo Show — Oxford
Playhouse
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1981: Solo Show — Reading Hexagon Theatre
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1981: Stowell’s Trophy Awards — Royal Academy of Arts, London
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1982: Solo Show — Battersea Arts Centre, London
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1982: Inaugural Pick of the Graduates — Christie's, London
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1985–1988: Solo & Group Shows — Sue Rankin Gallery, Fulham, London
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1988–1990: Gallery Exhibitions — Thursday Gallery, Bath
Awards
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1979: Vandeleur, Sparks,
and Leverhulme Scholarships — Royal Academy Schools
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1984: Arts Grant — Leicestershire Council
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1990: "City of Culture"
Grant — Dublin Corporation
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1991: Documentation Grant — Arts Council of Ireland
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1992: Exhibition Grant — Arts Council of Ireland
Residencies
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1984: Resident Artist — Beaumanor
School
School, Leicestershire
Council
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1990: Artist in Gallery — EV+A, Limerick City
Art Gallery
Art Gallery
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1992: Artist in Gallery — EV+A, Limerick City
Art Gallery
Art Gallery
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1993: Resident Artist — Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co.
Monaghan
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2008: Animation Project Artist — Larkin Community College, Dublin (for Hugh Lane Gallery
and Dublin City
Council)
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2012–2013: Inaugural Artist in Residence — Palace and Gardens of Monserrate,
Sintra, Portugal
Collections
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Oxford University
(St Edmund Hall), Oxford
(St Edmund Hall), Oxford
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Leicestershire Collection, Beaumanor Hall, Leicestershire
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Royal Hospitals Collection, London
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Guinness Peat Aviation, Ireland
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Irish Embassy, Lisbon
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Private collections