Sioban Piercy lives and works in the West of Ireland. She has exhibited national and internationally -most recently for '10,000 to 50' at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin (2008), the 7th Biennale of Graphic Art 'Euro-Estampe' at Lorient, France (2007), 'Masters of Graphic Arts', Gyor, Hungary (2006) as well as at the Royal Academy, London (2006). She has received numerous awards including the International Triennial for Fine Art Printmaking at Cracow, Poland (2000) and her work is held in private and public collections worldwide -the Instituto Internationale per la Grafica, Rome acquired work in 2008.
Piercy studied at the Royal College of Art, London as well as at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, Kent, U.K. and the Crawford School of Art, Cork, Ireland. At present she is employed as lecturer at the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology where is she Head of Fine Art Printmaking.

Selected exhibitions:

2008 '10,000 to 50', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2007 ‘Euro-Estampe 2007’ 7eme Biennale International de Gravure, Lorient, France

2007 ‘Akin’, Norman Villa Gallery, Galway, Ireland

2006 'Summer Show, 'Royal Academy, London

2006 ‘Impressions’ National Print exhibition, Galway Arts Centre

2006 5th International Print Triennale, Giza, Egypt

2006 Invited artist-‘Masters of Graphic Art’, Gyor, Hungary

2005 ‘A Perpetual Portfolio', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol and Museo Nacional Del Grabado, Argentina

2005 Irish Printmakers, 411 Gallery, China

2005 ‘Artists from the Civic Collection‘, Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon, Ireland

2004 'Pages of a Palimpsest' -One person show, The Hammond Gallery, Cork

2003 International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland

2003 ‘Akin’, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland

2002 'Palimpsest -One person show, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise

2002 'Holy Show' Irish artists and the old testament, Chester Beatty Library in conjunction with he Graphic Studio, Dublin

2001 International Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia

2001 ‘A Single Currency’, Cortona, Italy

2001 Ireland-France Print exchange, Cite International des Arts as part of ‘Le Mois de L’Estampe’, Paris

2000 One person show, Teach na Leinn Arts Centre, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

2000 ‘Works on Paper’ Le Moyne Arts Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida

2000 invited artist for 'The really Big Print Show', Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

2000 One person show, Triskal Arts Centre, Cork

2000 'Angels and Icons' -Two person show, Bruton Gallery, Leeds, UK

1999 One person show, Galway Arts Centre

1999 International Festival of Graphic Art, Fredrikstad, Norway

1999 International Print Triennial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1999 One person show, Sligo Art Gallery

1998 International Print Triennial, Nurnberg, Germany

1997 One person show, The Original Print Gallery, Dublin

1997 Festival du Culture, Chamberie, France

1997 ‘Sogno Celtico’, Rome

1997 International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland

1997 ‘Printed Matter’ Triskal Arts Centre, Cork

1997 Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon, Ireland

1996 Festival du Culture Irlandaise, Lorient, France

1996 Contemporary artists in Print, Hardware Gallery, London

1996 Contemporary Printmakers, Original Print Gallery, Dublin

1996 Gallery Show , Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

1995 Two person show, Columbus College, Georgia, USA

1995 One person show, Churchill College, Cambridge University

1995 Blue Coat Chambers Gallery, Liverpool

1994 ‘Dispatches’, Municipal Gallery, Perugia, Italy and Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland

1994 ‘Works on Paper’, New York

1994 M/Other Ireland, Coventry, U.K
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1994 Two person show with Declan Hollway as part of Kilkenny Arts Week

1993 ‘Full Circle’ British School at Rome, Italy

1993 International Print Biennial, Ljubiana, Slovina

1993 One person show, Geoghegan Gallery, Galway

1993 Gallery Show, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

1992 Duna Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

1992 Bankside Gallery ‘Open’, London

1992 ‘Flight’, Crescent Arts Centre, Scarborough

1992 RCA printmakers exhibition, Flowers East Gallery, London

1991 European Large Fomat Print Show, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin

1991 Two person show, Merz Contemporary Art, London

1991 Mono-Print Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

1991 5th International Print Biennial, Taiwan

1991 RCA exhibition , Henry Moore Gallery, London

1990 Kochi International Exhibitions of Prints, Japan

1990 Two person show with Declan Holloway, Riverrrun Gallery, Limerick

1989 Two person show with Declan Holloway, Dolan Moore Gallery, Athlone

1989 Cleveland Drawing Biennial, U.K.

1989 Two person show with Declan Holloway as part of Galway Arts Festival, Winnower Gallery, Ireland

1987 One person show, Spanish Arch Gallery, Galway

1986 One person show, Triskal Arts Centre, Cork

1985 One person show, Beltable Arts Centre, Limerick

annually from
1978 to ‘82 ‘EV+A’ , Limerick, Ireland

1980 Living Art, Dublin

1978 One person show as part of Kilkenny Arts Week

Collections:

The National University Galway

An Comhairle Ealaine/ The Arts Council of Ireland

Limerick City Gallery

Tussauds Collection, London

Columbus College, Georgia, USA

Churchill College, Cambridge University

University College Cork

RTE

Institute of Technology, Tralee

Office of Public Works

Guinness Ireland

AIB Collection

Kilkenny County Library

Kerry County Library

Galway Mayo Institute of Technology

The Smurfitt Group Collection

Boyle Civic Collection