ARTIST'S CV

Born in Asbach, Bavaria, Germany, based in Ireland since 1989.

Self-taught in art.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1995

Greenacres Gallery, Wexford, Ireland

Russel Gallery, Clare, Ireland

Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Simon Community Fundraising exhibition, RHA, Dublin

Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Annual Exhibition

Doorway Gallery, Dublin

Kenny Gallery, Galway

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

Oireachtas, Dublin

Monaghan Open Exhibition, County Museum, Monaghan

County Museum, Dundalk

Lemonstreet Gallery, Dublin

Bar Council of Ireland

Klinikum Fuerth, Germany

A Fine Line, Irish Life Centre, Dublin (also as curator/organiser)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1995 Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth

1995 Guinness Hop Store,Dublin

1996 Stables Gallery, Ayesha Castle, Killiney, Dublin

1998 Kenny Gallery, Spiddal, Galway

1999/2001 Dublin Writers Museum,

2004 United Arts Club, Dublin

2008 United Arts Club, Dublin

2011 Doorway Gallery, Dublin

2014 Hambidge Centre, Hambidge, Georgia, USA

2014 Helix Exhibition Space, Dublin City University

2019 United Arts Club, Dublin, Ireland

2021 Doorway Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

COLLECTIONS

OPW, Ireland

Dail Eireann

Guinness Ireland

Sedgewick Dineen Irish Pensions Trust

Tyrone Guthrie Foundation

Mercer Ltd

Hibernian Pensions

Writers Museum, Dublin, Ireland

Private Collections in Ireland, UK, Germany, Spain, USA

RESIDENCIES AND OTHER AWARDS

1995/7/8, 2000, 2002/3/8, 2012-2025 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland

1997 Residency, Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain

1997 Travel Award, Arts Council of Ireland

1999 Hambidge Center Georgia, USA

2009 Fellowship, Virginia Centre for Creative Arts, Virginia, USA

2009 Travel Award, Arts Council of Ireland

2010 Studio Grant Arts Council of Ireland

2014 Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Virginia, USA

2014 Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Georgia, USA

2017 Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Ireland

2024 Cill Rialaig, Co Kerry, Ireland

BOOK/CD COVERS

Etching 'Cedars' on cover of Decoding Samara by P. Deeley, Dedalus Press

Painting 'The Edge of the Forest' on CD 'Samara' (RTE)

Linoprint 'Cereus' on CD cover for 'Noctuary' (Resonus Classics) - April 2014

OTHER

Librettist for the opera 'Vagabones' by Raymond Deane (performed/toured 2019 Ireland)

Member of Visual Artists Ireland.

Member of Graphic Studio Dublin.

Founder Member of Marlborough Studios, Dublin (since 2009)

Linguist (MA in English/French/Spanish literature/linguistics), professional landscape gardener.