Born; Cork City, Ireland, 1969.
Lives in Co. Leitrim, Ireland

ART EDUCATION

Sligo Regional Technical College;
National Diploma in Fine Art 1987-1991

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
2004 / 06 Vangard Gallery, Cork
2005 The Cat and The Moon Gallery, Sligo
2000 / 05 Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim
2002 Linenhall Arts Centre, Mayo
1999 / 2001 / 03 / 05 Hallward Gallery, Dublin
1999 / 2001 / 03 Sligo Art Galley

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Journeys, Castletown House, Co.Kildare
Take Five, Kenny Gallery, Galway
Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2006 Tribute to Beckett, Vangard Gallery, Cork
Contemporary Irish Art, City Hall, London
Modern Irish Art, Eakin Gallery, Belfast
2005 3 Person Show, (with Caitriona O'Leary & Philip Lindey) Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
Waterways, Lavit Gallery, Cork
' 1 in 4 ' Art Auction, RHA, Dublin
Outside In, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Tsunami Art Auction, RHA, Dublin
2004 Iontas Prizewinners Exhibition 1996-2001, Sligo Art Gallery (Toured)
C2, Contemporary Art from Cork, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival (Invited Artist)
3 - Person Show, (with Philip Lindey & Brian Smyth), Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, UK
Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
2003 / 04 / 05 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
2003 / 04 / 07 Wexford Arts Festival
2002 Poem on board, Sligo Art Gallery
Cormac O'Leary / Caitriona O'Leary, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2001 The Art of Hurling, Kenny Gallery, Galway
2000 / 02 / 04 / 07 CASe, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2000 Works on Paper, LeMoyne Art Foundation, Talahassee, Florida, USA
Emerging Art II, Kilkenny Castle (Toured)
Postcard Art, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Cork
Aer Rianta - Gateway to Art, Dublin Airport
1999 Coast to coast, Lavit Gallery, Cork
A Salute to the New Millennium, Sligo Art Gallery
1999 - 2007 Summer & Christmas Show, (Annually) Hallward Gallery, Dublin
1998 On Board, Sligo Art Gallery
A Platter of Art, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1997 Works on paper, The Cat & the Moon, Sligo
Masks at the Hawkswell, Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo
1996 1, 2, 3 O'Leary, Carroll Gallery, Longford
Dermot Healy's Writing, The Factory Space, Sligo
1995 Generation, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1994 Monaghan Open Exhibition
1993 3 of a kind, McCanny Building, Sligo
1992 Christmas Show, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
1991 Diploma Show, Sligo Art Gallery
1990 / 94 / 95 / 99 / 2001 Iontas, National Small Works Open Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery (Toured)
1990 / 94 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Mayo
1989 Impressions, Print exhibition, Spanish Arch, Galway
International Mini-print Show, RHA, Dublin

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2007 Artist's Bursary, Leitrim County Council
2001 Iontas Painting Award
1999 / 2001 / 04 Studio Residency, Cill Rialaig Artists Retreat, Co.Kerry
1999 Studio Residency, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
1993 / 94 Arts Council Grant Awards
1991 O'Sullivan Graphics Ltd. Best Student Award

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

The City Series;
Catalogue Essay By Mark Ewart,
Vangard Gallery publication,
November, 2006

Aidan Dunne,
Exhibition Review;
The Irish Times
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

'Emerging Irish Art',
A Buyers guide to Irish Art',
Ashville Media Group
December 2001

Guest Artist
'Awash with colour',
BBC 2 Television
September 2001

'Rattle Bag',
RTE Radio One Arts Show,
Art Critic John Hunt's Review
May 2001

'Rising Star',
Interview by Sian O'Gorman
Magpie Magazine
January 2001

'Paint in the blood'
Interview by Joanne Hayden
Meltdown Magazine
Sunday business post
December 1999

'Lorca's World',
Review by Ciara Ferguson
The Sunday Independant
Sunday April 11th 1999

'Sketches of Spain'
Interview by Ian Wieczorek
Arts West Magazine
Edition no. 58
May, 1999

COLLECTIONS

Cork County Library Collection
Crawford Municipal Art Collection, Cork
Sligo County Library Collection
Office of Public Works
Allied Irish Banks
Royal Hospital Donnybrook, Dublin
Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
Dept. of Finance & Personnel, Northern Ireland
Setanta Communications Ltd., Dublin
Wellwoman Centre, Dublin
UniCredito Italiano, IFSC, Dublin

Also represented in private collections in Ireland, UK, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, USA and Australia.