EDUCATION

2011   

MA Art in the Contemporary World, National College of Art and Design

2008 

BA Painting, National College of Art and Design

 

EXHIBITIONS

Selected Solo and Two-Person

 

2024

Meantime, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (upcoming)

2022

Soft Fascination, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin 

Keep some steady friends around, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois

2020

Two Painters with Andrew Vickery, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

2019

Luminous Twitch, The Cube, The Lab Gallery, Dublin

Green Like Now, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

2017

Atonal Supersound, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

2016

Hands Laid On with Aileen Murphy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

2014

The Sky Is All Changed, Hendrons Collider, Dublin

 

Selected Group

2024

Beyond the curtain, VISUAL, Carlow

Push & Pull, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

2023      

Virtual Lectures, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin

2022

ÖVERGÅNG, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

2021  

Dubliners, Zagreb Biennial of Painting, Croatia 

2020

Home, The Glucksman, Cork

2019

Hennessey-Craig Shortlisted Artists, RHA, Dublin

Everything is in Everything, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork

Silver; 25 Year Anniversary Show, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

RHA Annual Exhibition, shortlisted for Hennessey Craig Award

2018

TraversОes du Marais, CitО International des Arts, Paris

Trophy Hunters, Dada Post, Berlin

Island Life, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin & Custom House, Westport

RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin

Hermione, Alexandra College, Dublin

2017

Constellations, Kuvataide Academia, Helsinki

Many Worlds, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

2016

There Are Little Kingdoms, Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow

Pallas Auction, City Assembly House, Dublin

2015

The Future is Self-Organised, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick

Buff, SкM, Reykjavik, Iceland

What Is and What Might Be, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

Panorama, Pallas Projects, Dublin

2014

Periodical Review No.3, Pallas Projects, Dublin

2013

First Awake Moment, Pallas Projects, Dublin

2010

Preface, Pallas Projects, Dublin

2009

Mutability, Stone Gallery, Dublin

Summer Show, Rua Red, Dublin

2008

All About the Hang, Cross Gallery, Dublin

 

RESIDENCIES

2020 St.Patrick's Lodge, Dublin City Council

2019 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

2019 Sirius Arts Centre, Cork

2018 CitО International des Arts, Paris

2017 Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin

2015 SкM, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023    

Landscape and Environment in Contemporary Art, book by Dr Yvonne Scott

2022 Up here my eyes my eyes are green leaves, a book by Kathy Tynan and Benjamin Stafford

2021

Illustrations for Táinthe women's stories by Karina Tynan

2019

Not in Alphabetical Order Vol 2, Fingal County Council

Hennessy-Craig Scholarship review by Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times

Waking Hours interview with Ciara Dwyer, Sunday Independent

2018

Proud & Strong All Day Long, book published by Kevin Kavanagh

Residency Review, Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet

2017

Atonal Supersound, Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times

The trouble with being bored, Rebecca O'Dwyer, essay, Fallow Media

2016

What lies beneath, Niall MacMonagle, Sunday Independent

Hands Laid On, review, Aidan Wall, Totally Dublin

2015

What Is and What Might Be review, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times

 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & TEACHING

2019 Artist Talk, MFA, NCAD

Tour of Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin

Workshop, Kings Hospital secondary school, Dublin

Artist Talk with Lesley-Ann O'Connell, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

2018 Artist Talk, RHA, Dublin

Competitive Tension, panelist, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin

Artist Talk, Kings Hospital secondary school, Dublin

Workshop with Loretto on the Green, RHA, Dublin

2016 ArtistTalk, Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow

Artist Talk with Aileen Murphy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

Artist Talk, NCAD, Dublin

Drawing Club, founding member, TBG+S, Dublin

Interview, Lyric FM, Dublin

2015 There's A Ghost In My House 3, panelist, NCAD, Dublin

Artist Talk, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

2012 Autumn Discussion Series, course designer,Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin

2011 Aethetics Group, founding member, GradCam, Dublin

 

AWARDS

2020 Golden Fleece, Shortlist

2019 Dublin City Council Bursary

Hennessey Craig Award, Shortlist

2018 Travel & Training Award, Arts Council of Ireland

Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

2016 Project Studio Award, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios

 

COLLECTIONS

Trinity College Dublin

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery

Office of Public Works

Fingal County Council

Private Collections in Ireland, Europe and the United States