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Biography / Shows

Lives and works in Cork, Ireland.

Education 

1995 - 99

Crawford College of Art and Design - B.A. Fine Art / Painting

2008 - 09

Wimbledon College of Art - M.A.Fine Art / Painting

Awards 

2008

Professional Preparation Masters Scheme Award 

Arts and Humanities Research Council, U.K.

2004

Cork City Council Commission to paint The Pana Shuffle  mural.

Mutton Lane

2002

Animated and directed short film 'No Homework' .

Selected and screened at  The 9th International Animation Festival, Hiroshima, Japan

Cork and Galway Film Festivals - Ireland

Bradford Film Festival - UK

Washington and Virginia Film Festivals - USA

2001

'Frameworks' - Series for animated shorts. 

RTE / Irish Film Board / Arts Council of Ireland

2000

 Young Artist of the Year Award.    

 Aer Rianta Arts Festival, Dublin Airport

1999

 Painting Purchase Prize               Cork Institute of Technology

 Public Commission Prize             Cork County Council

 Animation Prize                           Cork Film Centre

1998

Thomas Damman Junior Memorial Trust - Travel Award

Exhibitions 

 Solo

2019

Foghorns and False Beacons          Clonakilty Community Arts Centre

2013

The Painted Icon                           Artists' Studio Company - London      

2006

The Human Episode                      The Shaw Gallery, Cork

2005

Fall of the Rebel Angels                 The Launderette Gallery, Cork

2000

Recent Paintings                           Dublin Airport

1999

Recent Paintings                           The Bridge Gallery, Dublin

Anthony Ruby                              The Private Collector Gallery, Cork

1998

Four Faced Fables                          University College Cork

 Group

2015

RHA  Annual Exhibition               RHA Gallery, Dublin

2014

Fragments of Divine Inspiration      St Finbarre's Cathedral, Cork

2012

Diffraction                                      Nolias Gallery, London

2011

Open Studios / Open Minds             ASC Studios, London

2010

The Threadneedle Prize                   The Mall Galleries, London

Backwater Twenty - 10                    Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork           

Painting: A Question of Confidence          University Centre Milton Keynes, UK

2009

Masters Show                                   Wimbledon College of Art, London

Big/Small                                         Bow Arts Trust, London

W.C.A Interim Show                         Bow Arts Trust, London

2007

Christmas Show                                Gallery 44, Cork

Cork Art Fair                                    City Hall, Cork

2006

Group Show                                       Sala Barna Gallery, Barcelona

2005

C-2, 1995-2005                                 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork

2004

"Hush! Hush! Hush!                           Engine Room Gallery, Belfast

"Get the Tie Right"                            Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork

2003

Iontas - Touring Show                     Sligo Art Gallery

                                                          Millennium Court Arts Centre Portadown

                                                          Limerick City Gallery of Art

1999

Fledglings                                           Lavitt Gallery, Cork

Teanga                                               Degree Show, Crawford College of  Art

1997

The Art Trail                                      Tig Fili, Cork

1994

Bewley's National Bursary for the Arts             Bewleys, Dublin

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