Born 9/4/58,Nottingham

1982-4 M.A.Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1990 Rome Award in Painting, British school of Rome
2003 Ballinglen Fellow,Ballinglen Foundation,Mayo,Ireland

Selected Exhibitions

2007/01/1999, RHA Open,Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
2006 'Winter Show' Hallward gallery, Dublin
2006 'New Works' Norman Villa, Galway
2005 '6 x 6'Showcase for Ireland, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijiing, China
2005 "Contemporary Art From Ireland" European Central Bank,Frankfurt, Germany
2004 "Recent Acquisitions" Courthouse Gallery,Ballinglen Foundation,Ballycastle,Mayo.
2003 "Lineage "Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle.
2002 "Letterbox Memoirs" Hallward Gallery, Dublin, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick & South
Tipperary Arts Centre.
1999 "New Art from Ireland" The Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe,New Mexico, U.S.A.
1999 "Adeste" The Ark, Dublin
1997 "Metaphor for Ireland. Paintings ,Poetics and the ould Sod" Boston University, U.S.A.
1996 "Art of the State-Emerging Art" Recent acquisitions to O.P.W. Collection, touring Dublin
Castle, Crawford Arts Centre, Cork; Foyle Art Centre, Derry & Irish Institute for
European Affairs, Louvain.
1995,98 "E.V + A" Limerick City Gallery.
1990 "Opere recenti" B.S.R Gallery, Academia Britannica, Roma, Italia.

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2003/2006 Ballinglen Foundation Fellow
2005 Visual Arts Award, Galway City Council
1997/2000/01 Aer Lingus/Art Flights Award (Arts Council)
1998 Visual Arts Bursary, The Arts Coucil of Ireland
1997 Cultural Relations Committee, Travel Award
1995 Materials Documentation Grant, The Arts Council of Ireland
1996/97/98/99 Studio Assistance Award, The Arts Council of Ireland
1990 Rome Award in Painting, British School of Rome

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Arts Council of Ireland
Office of Public Works, Ireland Department of Justice, Dublin Castle Department of Agriculture Wexford Art Centre
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda Contemporary Arts Society Stanhope Construction
Noble Enterprises
London Borough of Camden British Council, Rome
Rockingham Castle
Peter York
Roy Miles Fine Art
Bergin, Burke & Ryan Solicitors Mason, Hayes & Curran, Solicitors Domus Design, Architects
IBM Collection, Dublin
Microsoft, Ireland
Allied Irish Bank

Works also in private collections: Venice, Rome, Naples, Milan, London, Dublin, Paris, USA