B. Ireland 1984
Education
2009 - 2011 MFA, National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
2006 - 2009 BA hons Fine Art Printmaking, National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
2002 - 2004 Animation Production, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin.
Solo Exhibition
2022 RHAPSODY, RARA, Malaga, Spain.
2021 ALTER / ALTAR, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2017 Bardo, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2016 Bardo, The Arthouse, Co. Laois.
2013 Ocular Reverberations, Draíocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
2013 Prism, Talbot Gallery, Dublin.
2012 From the Dawning, Studio Verve, Ahmedabad, India.
2011 Without Memory, Without Expectation, The Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co.Laois.
2009 Peepshow Reality, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Dublin.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Outcomes, Ranelgh Arts Centre, Dublin.
2023
GOMA 7th Annual Members Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford.
Outset Xmas Open, Outset Gallery, Galway.
36 Artists, Here and Now, TØN, Dublin.
2022/ 2023
2012-2022, a decade of exhibitions at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
Outrageous, Obscene and Offensive, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2021
Memento, group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2020
On Paper, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
The Morphing Feminine, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
Drawing on Don Quixote, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2019
Drawing on Don Quixote ,VUE, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dubin. Drawing on Don Quixote, National Opera House, Wexford. Somewhere Between Perception and Reality, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2018
Somewhere Between Perception and Reality, VUE, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dubin.
2° C, presented by the Olivier Cornet Gallery & EPA; Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2017
2° C, presented by the Olivier Cornet Gallery & EPA; VUE, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Visibility, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Impressions Biennale Printmaking Show, Galway Arts Festival, Center for the Creative Arts & Media, Galway.
There’s a Touch of the Artist About Old Bloom, Bloomsday Fringe Festival, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2015
Saibhreas, The Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Saibhreas, Damer House Gallery, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.
Borders, (touring exhibition,) NLT, Kathmandu, Nepal; Ciall Rialaig Arts Centre, Co. Kerry; The Arthouse, Co. Laois.
2014
Winter show, Talbot Gallery, Dublin.
VUE, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
RUA 133rd Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast.
The Hermione Art Exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin.
2013
Winter show, Talbot Gallery, Dublin.
Proof It, The Black Church Print Studio, Dublin.
Foundation13, The Hive Gallery, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
2012
Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Talbot Gallery, Dublin.
Level 2012, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
Art and Style 2012, Brown Thomas, Dublin.
2011
Beautiful Future, HIVE, Waterford.
UNIT 35, Gorey Business Park, Gorey, Co.Wexford.
2010
Impressions 2010,Galway Arts Center,Galway.
Turbo Monthly, The Joinery, Dublin.
Checkpoint, Smithfield Plaza, Dublin.
SKISJO, Master Thiefs Secret Lair, Dublin.
2009
Best in Show 2009, Digital Hub, Dublin.
RDS Student Art Awards and travelling exhibition, Dublin.
Drawing Eire, 411 Galleries, Shanghai, China.
Impressions Print Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre, Galway.
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast.
2008
Emerging Artist Awards, Backstage Theatre, Longford.
FootPrint, The International Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, US.
Pantophilia, The Cross Gallery, Dublin.
Big Foot, MonsterTruck Gallery, Dublin.
2007
The Rose Project Art Awards, The Lab, Dublin.
Art of Nurture Student Art Awards exhibition, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
RDS Student Art Awards, Dublin.
Publications
Aisling Conroy is Taking to The Altar, Louisa Klatt, Radius Magazine, The University Times, 7 September 2021
8 under 40: Artists to Watch; Irish Arts Review, Summer Edition June- August 2018; p.94-101. Edited by John Mulcahy.
Poetry Ireland Review Issue 124; edited by Eavan Boland, front cover feature of Iconics II; 2018.
‘Archiving Michael Healy’s 1916 Diary: A Centenary Debut,’ article written for the Archive and Records Association Ireland; 2015.
Review: From the Dawning, Ahmedabad Mirror, The India Times; 2012.
Review: Without Memory, Without Expectation, by Christin Leach Hughes, Culture Magazine, The Sunday Times; 2011.
Review: BigFoot at Monstertruck Gallery, Circa Magazine; 2008.
Theatre
The Heart Project, Fregoli Theatre Company- Nun’s Island Theatre, Cúirt International Festival of Literature; 2019. Project branding and set design.
Absolute Fringe- Adela and the Meanits, Grand Social, Dublin; 2010. Puppetry.
City West Side Story, Absolute Fringe, Bewleys Cafe, Dublin; 2010. Set design.
Film
The Last Set (2023); elk. Studios (production company), Director.
BARDO (2021); and maps and plans (production company); Writer and Director.
AN ISLAND (2017), film by Rory Byrne & and maps and plans; ink & paint, collaborator.
Thou Art: Dublin (2015), art documentary directed by Camille Wainer; featured Artist.
Awards
Open Award, TON solo exhibition award, 2023.
Creative Ireland Laois Film Bursary, 2023.
Arts Council, Agility Award, 2022.
Best Debut Irish Short Animated Film, Galway Film Fleadh 2021.
Arts Council Professional Development Award; 2020.
Cill Rialaig Project Artist Residency Award; 2017.
Laois County Council Arts Act Grant Award; 2015.
Tyrone Guthrie Centre Artist Residency Bursary; 2014.
Laois County Council Arts Act Grant Award; 2013.
Travel and Training Award, Arts Council; 2012.
Laois County Council Arts Act Grant Award; 2012.
Tyrone Guthrie Centre Artist Residency Bursary; 2012.
Laois County Council Arts Act Grant Award; 2011.
Best in Show 2009, Digital Hub; 2009.
RDS Student Art Awards and travelling exhibition; 2009.
AXA Insurance Award; 2009.
The Printmakers Gallery Award; 2009.
Winner of the Emerging Artist Award, Longford; 2008.
Short-listed The Rose Project Awards, The Lab, Dublin; 2007.
Short-listed for the Art of Nurture Awards exhibition, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin; 2007.
RDS Student Art Awards, Dublin; 2007.
Residencies
Centre Culturel Irlandais, film residency in association with Cartoon Saloon, Paris; 2023.
RARA, artist residency, Spain; Sept / Oct 2021.
Joya:AiR Artist & Writer residency, Alemría, Spain; August 2019
Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry; Jan 2018
Laois Art House, Stradbally, Co. Laois; Sept 2015 – Mar 2016
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakarrig, Co. Monaghan; 2014
Draoícht Arts Centre, Dublin; 2013
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakarrig, Co. Monaghan; 2013
Studio Verve, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; 2012
Talbot Gallery & Studios, Dublin; 2011- 2012
Collections
The Press Up Group, Dublin
Office of Public Works, State Collection
Laois County Council
Axa Insurance
Irish Independent
International Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, US
The National Council of Bioethics
Private collections around Ireland, Spain, UK, the U.S and India