Education
2020 BA (Hons) Fine Art National College of Art & Design, Dublin
2018 QQI Level 6 Advanced Art Abbeyleix FETC, Laois
2017 QQI Level 5 Art, Craft & Design Abbeyleix FETC, Laois
Exhibitions
2024 Seanchas; Lore, Group Show with Bridget Flannery & Jackie Carter, Damer House
2023 Small Things Like These, Group Show, LHQ Gallery, Cork
Past, Presence, Future, Creative Collective Group Show, CHQ, Dublin
Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Connections, Creative Collective Group Show, Fade Street Studios
2022 Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Clay/Works, Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle
Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival
Past, Present, Future, Main Exhibition, Group Show, Boyle Arts Festival
The Co-operative Hands of FRS, Bronze sculpture commission, Roscrea
Girl, Woman, Mother, Solo Exhibition, Cahir Arts, Cahir
2021 Christmas Exhibition, Group Show, The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel
In Trust, In Gratitude, In Hope, Group Show, Laois Arthouse
191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Collective Thoughts, Group Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois
Clay/Works, Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle
Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
2020 Mater Materia, Solo Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre
NCAD Works, Graduate Show, National College of Art & Design
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The Collective, Group Show, Laois Arthouse
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Clay/ Works, Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle
Narrating the New Normal, Group Show, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival
Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020 (Mothers’ Days), Group Show, University Art
Museum, New Mexico University, USA
2019 Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Ceramics Ireland Annual Members Exhibition, Dublin Castle
Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Vintage Festival
A Conspicuous Collection, Group Show, Gallery Zozimus, Dublin
2018 Hidden Spaces, Culture Night, Solo Show, Roundwood House
The Stradbally Six, Group Show, Laois Arthouse
Sentient Structures, Group Show, Birr Vintage Festival
Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Technology Centre
Graduate Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre
2017 Open Submission Exhibition, Dunamaise Arts Centre
National Open Art, UK (Shortlisted)
Open Submission Exhibition, Birr Technology Centre
Graduate Show, Dunamaise Arts Centre
2016 Culture Night Group Exhibition, Dunamaise Arts Centre
Collaborations
2021 The Ballet Hold, Laura Macken Dance, Dancehouse, Dublin
Grants & Awards
2020 Shortlisted, Student and Recent Graduate category, Future Makers
(DCCI Awards)
2018 - 2021 Laois County Council Arts Act Grants
2017 Overall Winner, Open Submission Exhibition curated by Patricia
McKenna, Dunamaise Arts Centre
Workshops
2020 Adrian Wistreich: Raku Kiln Building, Kinsale Pottery
David Reekie: Glass Casting Workshop,
National College of Art & Design
2019 Sylvia Perez: Slab Building, National College of Art & Design
Ceramics Ireland: Raku firing Techniques, Thomastown
Una Sealy: Painting the Portrait from Life, Laois Arthouse
2018 Vera Klute: Portraiture Masterclass, Birr Technology Centre
2017 Caroline Conway: Printmaking, Dunamaise Arts Centre
2016 Jock Nichol: Plein Air Painting, Glenbarrow
2015 Eamon Colman: Life Drawing, Dunamaise Arts Centre
2015 Caroline Keane: Art Classes, Dunamaise Arts Centre
Residencies
2021 Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary recipient, Laois County Council Arts Office
2018 Laois Arthouse
Publications
2021 In Trust, In Gratitude, In Hope, Laois County Council
2021 Irish Ceramics 3rd edition, Mill Cove Gallery