Education

2007-2009

University of Ulster, Belfast, MFA – Master of Fine Arts Degree.

2003-2007

Sligo Institute of technology, BA Fine Art, (Honours Distinction)

2001-2002

VEC, Quay ST. Sligo. NCVA in Art, Craft & Design, National Council for Vocational Awards (Irish)

1998-1999

A* Distinction for Art in General Certificate of Secondary Education (British)

Awards

2012 Visual Arts Individual Artists Bursary, Leitrim County Council Arts Office.

2007 Royal Dublin Society’s Taylor Art Award.

Spanning three centuries, the RDS Visual Art Awards are among Ireland’s most important visual arts accolades. Roderic O’Conor, Walter Osborne, Louis Le Brocquy and Dorothy Cross are just some of the past winners of the RDS Taylor Art Prize.

Professional Development

2023 National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) - Child Protection and Awareness Programme. Good practice safeguarding for the youth work sector, facilitated by Darragh Kennedy.

2022 Human Focus International - IIRSM Approved Ladder Inspection and Safety Certificate.

2019 LEO: Start Your Own Business Workshop with Liam O'Brien at the Leitrim Development Company in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim.

2013 Leitrim LIVECRAFT | Creative Training Programme by the Leitrim Development Company under the Rural Development LEADER Programme. Modules completed: business and marketing, portfolio development, product design, business master class, new product development module, business planning, marketing, finance, and creative thinking.

2010 LEO Leitrim Enterprise Office's Start Your Own Business training course.

Projects

2024 Brigid street art Mural, Market Square, Portarligton, Co. Laois. Live Painting as part of their Bríd Sa Spéir, Brigid Day Festival.
2023 Night & Day Mural, The Sensory Garden Drumshanbo, County Leitrim for Drumshanbo Tidy Towns as part of their Sensory Garden project
2023 Live Painting at 'Block Party' in Charlemont Square, Dublin at Atelier Now, Curated by Maser with support from Kildare Village as part of their Colourama festival.
2023 Blue Mermaiden Mural, painted at the opening event of Space - "Space to Create" In the ‘Visual Artist Ireland’ building in Curved Street Templebar, Dublin.
2023 Fairy mural at entrance to Phase Gallery, Rathgar, Co. Dublin. Painted as part of the opening event of 'Streets of Dublin' exhibition curated by Kathrina Rupit.
2023 Climate Justice Mural in Aghamore, Co. Mayo. The project was facilitated by the Aghamore Foróige youth group as part of the European Youth Climate Justice Fund, which aims to amplify the voice of youth on issues of climate justice.
2023 Hit The North, International Street Art Festival Belfast. Mural created on Kent Street, Belfast City Centre.
2023 Mural in Boyle Town, County Roscommon for The New Art Gallery beside the Boyle River in the Shambles area, Bridge Street .
2022 Live Painting 'The Veil Wears Thin' Belfast City Centre 2022, at Artcetera Studio, 43 Rosemary Street.
2022 Her Heart Matters Campaign Mural for The Irish Heart Foundation on World heart Day, a collaboration with Arú Roncada at Marks and Spencer, Patrick Street, Cork City Centre.
2022 Live painting at Forest Fest in Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
2022 Live Street Art with the Minaw Collective – Painting for Dublin City Council’s ‘Love the Lanes’ initiative, Street Art at Crampton Court, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland.
2021 Street Art ‘Good Times’ Grangegorman, Dublin. Organized by Boombox Dublin for Dublin City Council and Grangegorman Development.
2015-2019 Creative Coordinator for ‘Gothic Species’ Gothic and Industrial Arts and Culture Festival, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
2018 Live Street Art with the Minaw Collective – Painting for Dublin City Council’s ‘Love the Lanes’ initiative, Street Art at Crampton Court, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland.
2015-2017 Consecutive years created a new Art Installations and Murals for ‘Gothic Species’ Festival, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
2016 ‘Minaw Collective Jam’ Live Painting with the Minaw Collective at the Bernard Shaw In Dublin, Ireland.
2015 Live Street Art with the Minaw Collective – Painting for Dublin City Council’s ‘Love the Lanes’ initiative, Street Art at Crampton Court, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland.
2015 Live Paint at HeadSpace Dublin, Ireland.
2014 Co-founded The Twisted Oak Art’s Collective. A unique group of creatives based in the rural north west of Ireland.
2014 Live Painting with the Minaw Collective at the Bernard Shaw In Dublin, Ireland. (Co-founding of the Minaw Collective coinciding with our first group exhibition ‘Female Street Art Exhibition’, White Lady Art Gallery)
2013 Live Street Art Painting – for Applerock Creative Expo, street art on Foleys Street, Dublin City Centre, Ireland.
2013 Live Street Art Painting at Temple Bar Night Market, as part of The Temple Bar Company’s ‘Celebrating Summer in Temple Bar, Dublin City Centre, Ireland.
2012 Curated an ‘Anti-Fracking’ Group Arts Show, ‘The Upset an Environmental Arts Event’ Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
2012 Live Painting – ‘Graff House’ at ‘The Chocolate Factory’ Kings Inns Street, Dublin, Ireland.
2012 Live Painting – Subground Dublin at ‘The Multicultural Community Center, Prussia Street, Dublin, Ireland.
2010 Temple House Festival Medieval Potter Workshop, In re-enactment medieval village a collaboration with Leitrim based artist John Lyon.
2003–2006 Consecutive years Leechrum/ Sliabh An Iarainn Festival –Painted Quilt Workshops a collaboration with Leitrim based artist John Lyon, Summer Lúnasa weekend. A visual recording of peoples moral at the festival in paint. Duties included: planning/building installing area/tent installation, organizing team members and hosting workshops. Drumshambo, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.

Solo Exhibitions

2014 ‘Who Pulls The Strings’ (2nd showing), Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, Ireland.
2013 ‘Who Pulls The Strings’, White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2012 ‘The Fairy Frack Clash’, Emergence/The Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin City Centre North.
2011 ‘Electro’Cute’, The Safehouse Art Gallery, 25 Donegall St, Belfast City Centre, UK.
2011 ‘House of Sweets, A Hansel and Gretel Story’, Frame Of Mine Art Gallery, Ormeau Road, Belfast, UK.
2010 ‘Leprechaun Lolita’, The ArtMart Studios & Gallery, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
2009 ‘Aladdina’ MFA show, University of Ulster, York Street, Belfast, UK.
2008 ‘Candy Coated’. Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
2007 ‘Bedtime Stories’ BA Show, Sligo’s Institute of technology, Co. Sligo, Ireland.

Selected Group Shows

2023 Group Show, Streets of Dublin' exhibition curated by Kathrina Rupit at Phase Gallery, Rathgar, Co. Dublin.
2022 Group Show with Minaw Collective, ‘OPEN AIR ART GALLERY’ at Kildare Village, Co. Kildare. Ireland.
2021 Group Show with Minaw Collective, 'Minaw Collective ‘street art’ exhibition space’ at Kildare Village, Co. Kildare. Ireland.
2016 Group Show with Minaw Collective, ‘Now She Seizes That Moment’ at Gallery X, Dublin City Centre, Ireland.
2016 Group Show with The Twisted Oak collective, ‘Shared Dreamscapes’ at Iníon Veigh, Gallery and Craft Store in Sligo Town, Ireland.
2015 ‘Making Out – The Exquisite Diversity of Desire’ at Gallery X, Dublin City Centre, Ireland.
2014 Dames and Disks’. White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2014 ‘Board Rigid’ Painted Skateboard Exhibition. White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2014 Group Show with The Minaw Collective, ‘Female Street Art Exhibition’, White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2014 Gallery Artists Show, Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, Ireland.
2013 ‘Needles and Pens, White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2013 ‘Elements of the Elementary, a Sherlock Homes Exhibition’ Curated by Dominick O’Cruadhliocht, White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2012 ‘Goblin Market – New Irish Contemporary Art, Book Launch and Exhibition’ White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2012 ‘Green Eggs and Ham, A Dr Seuss Exhibition’ White Lady Art Gallery, 14 Wellington Quay, Temple bar, Dublin City Centre, D1, Ireland.
2012 ‘The Upset an Environmental Arts Event’ Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
2012 ‘This OFFSET Space’, as part of the OFFSET Creative Conference 2012, Emergence/The Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin City Centre North, Ireland.
2011 ‘After Hours’ Curated by Alexa MacDermot at the Complex, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7, Dublin, Ireland.
2010 ‘…IS IT…’ Part of the Project ‘Trades Club Revival’ The Trades Club, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
2010 Gallery Artists Show, Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, Ireland.
2010 ‘Happy Place’, The ArtMart Studios & Gallery, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
2010 ‘ArtMartists’ part of Sligo’s annual Cairde Arts Festival. The ArtMart Studios & Gallery, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
2009 Juried Winter Group Show, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Mannorhamiltion, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
2009 Gallery Artists Show, Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, Ireland.
2009 ‘Sligo Art Crawl’, Various locations across Sligo Town as part of Sligo’s annual Cairde Arts Festival, Ireland.
2008 Gallery Artists Show, Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, Ireland.
2008 ‘Cambric Finish’, Rouges Gallery, Belfast, UK.
2008 ‘The Boat Show’ On board The Belfast Barge a 600 ton cargo barge moored on the river Lagan situated behind the Waterfront Hall on Lanyon Quay, Belfast.
2007 Juried Group Show, ‘Royal Dublin Society Summer Travelling Exhibition’, RDS Concert Hall, Dublin; Damer House, Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare; Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, Newry, Co. Down; Roscrea, Co. Tpperary and Alley Arts, Centre, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Ireland.
2007 Gallery Artists Show, Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, Ireland.
2006 Gallery Artists Show, Teach Bán Nua Contemporary Artists Gallery, Drumcliffe, Co Sligo, Ireland.
2005 Juried Winter Group Show, The Dock Arts Center, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, Ireland
2004 Juried Group Show, Boyle Arts Festival, Military Road, Boyle, Ireland.