David Lilburn b.1950

David Lilburn is an artist, whose current work predominantly involves the graphic processes of drawing and printmaking. He studied history and political science at Trinity College Dublin, (MA); lithography at the Scuole D'Arte, Urbino, and art and design at Limerick School of Art and Design, (Dip. AD), where he taught for a number of years.

Recent Solo Exhibitions
» 2007 Way Points, Glór, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
» 2007 In Medias Res, James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland

Recent Group Exhibitions
» 2009 7th Biennale Internationale de Gravure Contemporaine, Liège, Belgium
» 2008 Prints from Ireland, Donkey Mill Art Centre, Hawaii, USA
» 2008 Presence 2, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
» 2008 BIMPE V, Fifth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
» 2008 178th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
» 2008 Open Submission Print Show, Limerick Printmakers, Limerick, Ireland
» 2008 Charles Tyrell Selects, Cork Printmakers, Kinsale Arts Week, Cork, Ireland
» 2008 Into landscape, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
» 2008 All Hung Up, Limerick Printmakers, Limerick, Ireland
» 2008 Is Mise Ireland, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, China

Solo Exhibitions:
'In full flight', Chris Doswell Gallery, Limerick, 2000 'Usurpers Habit', galway Art's centre, Bourn Vincent Gallery, Limerick, Siamsa Tiré, Tralee, 1998/99 'Prints', Magione, Italy, 1995 'Lets take a walk and other prints', Chris Doswell Gallery, Limerick Andiamo Passiagare, Pallazo della Penna, Perugia, Italy, 1994, ' Homeground', Monoprints by David Lilburn, National Touring Exibition, Limerick, Ennis, Galway, Waterford, Dundalk, Dublin, 1991

Group Exhibitions:
Recent Commissions include James Joyce Ulysses Exhibition, National Library, Kildare Street, instalation date 16th June 2004; Two commissionns for Limerick County Courthouse, Client: Limerick County Council. 1 Installed December 2002 2 Installation date march/April 2003 "artist's map" of Omagh. Client: Omagh 2010. completed in June, 2002. 'Map for City Hall.' Client: Dublin Corporation Installed September 2000. 'Coastline' A work for the Irish Pavillion for Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany. Client: Office of Public Works,. Installation date July 2000. 'bosca', a limited edition (100) books, irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick, Client: Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin UL. Completed 2000 Recent group exhibitions 2003/4 50/50 TBG&S, Dublin; Limerick printmakers, Limerick 2003 RHA, Dublin; Cork printmakers, New Works 2003. Cork; Wexford, Limerick; ' 14 artists ONE place'. Holter Gallery Montana, 2002 ' Line, Exploration'. Lavitt Gallery, Cork; RHA, Dublin; 20/20 TBG&S, Dublin, Folio 2002, Cork Printmakers; Art+Action, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin RHA, Dublin 2001 'Working against the void', an exhibition interpreting the poetry of Padraic Fallon, Athenry; "Focus on drawing", the Limerick City Gallery of Art and the Crawford Gallery, Cork , NCAD Dublin; RHA annual show Dublin; 'As I see myself'; an exhibition held in conjunction with the National Self-Portrait Collection, UL. Hunt Museum, Limerick. Limerick Print, Limerick.

Awards:
2002, Michael Byrne Award, (print) administered by the Arts council 2001 Mary Farl Powers printmaking Award, administered by the Arts council 2000 Visual Arts Bursary, administered by the Arts council 2000 First prize, limerick mini print Exhibition, curated by paul O'Reilly 1997 Materials grant, administered by the Arts council 1996/95/94 Artflight administered by the Arts council 1994, Arts Council Documentation Grant 1984, Graphic Prize, Limerick Exibition of Visual Art, Selector Peter Fuller 1997, Setanta Gallery Award, Listowel 111 1993, Kaleidoscope (EU) Award to Art Network Europe Arts Council travel grant for 'On Tour' 1990, Arts Council to Home Ground Travelling Exibition

Collection:
Lilburn has works in numerous public collections, including the Office of Public Works, Ireland;
the University of Limerick; the National Self-Portrait Collection; the National Collection of Artists
Books, National College of Art and Design; the National Collection of Contemporary Drawing,
LCGA; the Palazzo della Penna, Perugia; the National University of Ireland, Cork; the Dublin
Corporation; AIB; Guinness; MIC, Limerick; the Limerick Corporation; the Shannon
Development Company; and the Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland. He has recently
been invited to take part in the 7th International Biennial of Contemporary Engraving, Museum
of Modern and Contemporary art, Li�ge, Belgium. March-May, 2009.

His recent commissions include: In Medias Res, for the James Joyce Ulysses Exhibition, National Library of Ireland, 2004. The Courthouse Maps, and Frieze, two commissions for Limerick County Council, 2002/2003. Coastline, for the Irish Pavilion, Expo, Hamburg, 2000. A Map for City Hall, Millennium Project 2000, Dublin Corporation. At IMPACT 3 in Cape Town he presented Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studisque Asperrima in Causa Belli - (Re)Presenting the City (in Print).