Biography:
I studied design and illustration in Dublin, moved to London, worked as a sales assistant in a stained glass supply shop, became intrigued, taught myself the craft, explored the cathedrals of France, became obsessed, undertook a post grad in Advanced Stained Glass Studies under the tutelage of Professor Amal Ghosh at Central Saint Martins, was awarded the Cecil Collins Memorial Prize for Fine Art and the Caroline Swash Stained Glass Fellowship, continue to develop my practice, sometimes exhibiting, sometimes teaching, mostly working to commission on small as well as large scale projects for private or public settings.
Cirriculum Vitae:
Commissions
1987 - present |
Numerous private commissions. |
2018 |
Nádúr, Viewing Room, Rosheen Suite, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin 24. |
2017 |
Triptych, based on Torq Waterfall, The Cellar Bar, The Merrion Hotel, Dublin 2. |
2014 |
Aesop’s Fables, Per Cent for Art collaboration with Scoil Bhríde, Naas, County Kildare. |
2013 |
Seasons / Creation / Eden, series of fifteen themed windows, Circular Prayer Chapel, St. Sylvester’s Parish, Malahide, County Dublin. |
2011 |
Homeland, Per Cent for Art collaboration with Firies National School, Firies, County Kerry. |
2009 |
Big Cheese, Per Cent for Art collaboration with Lourdes Parish Schools, Lower Gloucester Place, Dublin 1. Eleven square metre catering area window. |
2008 |
Legends, Per Cent for Art collaboration with Scoil Mhuire, Coolcotts, Wexford. Seven backlit stained glass panels mounted into walls throughout the school. |
2006 |
Lead artist in a series of collaborative stained glass commissions with The Ark Cultural Centre for Children and five Dublin schools. |
1995 |
Martin Wills Memorial Windows, Borris House Chapel, Borris, Co Carlow. Two double lancet windows inspired by Dylan Thomas’s poem Fern Hill. |
Exhibitions
2023 |
Ireland Glass Biennale, Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle, Dublin. |
2021 - 2023 |
Made in Ireland, National Design & Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny / Farmleigh Gallery, Phoenix Park, Dublin / F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, Armagh. |
Irish Craft Heroes 50 makers x 50 years, Kilkenny Castle, KIlkenny / Dublin Castle, Dublin / GMIT Creative Media Campus, Galway / Fota House & Gardens, Cork / Botanic Gardens, Belfast. |
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2019 - 2020 |
Ireland Glass Biennale, Coach House Gallery, Dublin Castle, Dublin. |
2019 |
Bravura 2019, Blue Egg Gallery, 22A John's Gate Street, Wexford. |
2017 |
Ireland Glass Biennale, NCAD Gallery, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. |
2016 |
3.Berlin Becher Triennale, Berlin Glas, Provinzstrasse, Berlin, Germany. |
2015 |
PORTFOLIO: Glass, Solomon Fine Art, Unit 2, Westbury Mall, Balfe Street, Dublin 2. |
2014 - 2015 |
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 133rd Annual Exhibition (invited artist), Ulster Museum, Belfast. |
2012 |
Engaging with Glass, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA. |
2011 |
Illuminate: Contemporary Irish Glass, Kenny Gallery, Tuam Road, Galway. Engaging with Glass, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath. |
2007 - 2010 |
The Light Fantastic: Irish Stained Glass Art, National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Florida, USA, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, California, USA. |
2006 |
Stained Glass Exhibition, The Ark Cultural Centre for Children, Eustace Street, Dublin 2. |
2005 |
Element, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford. |
2003 - 2005 |
Inspirational Awakening: Irish Contemporary Glass. Exhibition venues included the Ulster Museum and the National Museum of Ireland. |
2000 |
Urban Lichens (solo), Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Buckingham Street, Dublin 1. |
1998 |
Glass, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, County Cork. |
1997 |
Contemporary Glass in Ireland, Solomon Gallery, South William Street, Dublin 2. |
1995 |
Memorial (solo), Cochrane Theatre Gallery, Southampton Row, London. |
1993 |
Of Coloured Light, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK. The Eye of the Heart, The Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Southampton Row, London. |
1992 |
Strange Angels (solo), Project Arts Centre, East Essex Street, Dublin 2. |
1990 |
Two New, Gabriel’s Wharf, South Bank, London. |
1989 |
Installation, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Southampton Row, London. |
Collections
1987 - present |
Work held in numerous private collections. |
2012 |
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7. |
1992 |
The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral, Ely, UK. |
Publications
2022 |
Irish Craft Heroes 50 Makers x 50 Years, Third Age Books for Design & Crafts Council Ireland. Made in Ireland, exhibition catalogue. |
2021 |
Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass, Revised New Edition, edited by Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne. |
Irish Arts Review (Summer edition), Windfalls of Light by Joseph McBrinn. |
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2012 |
craft&design magazine, Current and Contemporary Irish Glass by Emer Lynch. |
2011 |
Glass at Central by Hildegard Pax, Malvern Arts Press Ltd, UK. Engaging with Glass, exhibition catalogue. |
2007 |
The Light Fantastic: Irish Stained Glass Art, exhibition catalogue. |
2006 |
Contemporary Stained Glass Artists by Kate Baden Fuller, A & C Black Publishers, London. Stained and Art Glass by Judith Neiswander and Caroline Swash, The Intelligent Layman Publishers, London. |
2005 |
New Hibernia Review (9.4), University of St Thomas, Minnesota, USA. |
2004 |
Gloine, The Journal of the Glass Society of Ireland, illustrated profile. |
2003 |
Inspirational Awakening: Irish Contemporary Glass, exhibition catalogue. |
1992 & 1995 |
Crafts magazine, illustrated exhibition reviews by Caroline Swash. |
1994 |
The Independent, Saving the Poor Man’s Bible by Tony Kelly. |
1992 |
The British Society of Master Glass Painters’ magazine, profile by Caroline. Swash. The Irish Times, exhibition review by Brian Fallon. |
1990 |
Window Style, by Yvonne Rees, Quatro Publishing, London. |
1989 |
The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, stained glass feature by Rosemary Hill. |
Awards
2021 |
Age & Opportunity / KCAT Residency, Callan, County Kilkenny. |
2011 - 2012 |
Artist in Residence, National College of Art and Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. |
1998 - 2000 |
Arts Council Artist/Architect Apprenticeship Scheme Grant. |
1997 - 2000 |
Artist in Residence, Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Buckingham Street, Dublin 1. |
1997 |
Aer Lingus Art Flight to New York. |
1994 - 1995 |
Crafts Council Setting-Up Grant, UK. |
1989 |
Cecil Collins Memorial Prize for Fine Art, UK. |
Teaching / Lectures
2023 - present |
Stained Glass Course - CEAD, National College of Art and Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. |
2021 |
Peer Mentor Panel - Design & Crafts Council Ireland. |
Introduction to Painting on Glass & Appliqué - KCAT, Callan, County Kilkenny. |
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2020 |
Control and Abandon (advanced stained glass course) - Corning Museum of Glass, New York. |
2019 |
Guest Speaker, Critical Pratcices: Making, Writing, Curating, Educating - Ireland Glass Biennale Symposium, Chester Beaty Library, Dublin Castle Gardens, Dublin. |
2018 |
Guest Speaker, Collect, Collecting, Collected - Glass Symposium, National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. |
2017 |
Hosted exploratory drawing, design and glass painting workshops with transition year students, Coláiste Cois Life, Griffeen Glen Vale, Lucan, Co. Dublin. |
1992 - 2014 |
Visiting Lecturer, National College of Art and Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. |
2014 |
Tutored a recovering addicts group in the design and fabrication of two large-scale windows for their premises at RADE, OLV Building, Cathedral View Court, Dublin 8. |
2013 |
Glass on Canvas, masterclass hosted with Jeffrey Sarmiento and Dr Nicola Gordon Bowe, CEAD, National College of Art and Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. |
2011 |
Guest Speaker, Glass at Central Conference, Cochrane Theatre, Southampton Row, London. Guest Speaker, Engaging with Glass Symposium, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, County Meath. |
2009 |
Glass Painting Tutor, International Summer Academy, Frauenau, Germany. |
2004 - 2005 |
Art Tutor, North Centre City Community Action Project, Buckingham Street, Dublin 1. |
2002 - 2005 |
Drawing and Painting Tutor, People’s College, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. |
2003 |
Guest Speaker, Glass and Architecture, Contemporary Glass Society Symposium, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. |
1998 & 1999 |
Stained Glass Workshops for Artists, Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Buckingham Street, Dublin. |
1996 |
Teaching Assistant to Maud Cotter, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA. |
1991 - 1996 |
Stained Glass Lecturer, The City Literary Institute, Fleet Street, London. |
1994 |
Visiting Lecturer, West Surrey College of Art and Design, UK. |
1987 - 1993 |
Stained Glass Tutor, Wandsworth Adult Education Service, London. |
Private stained glass courses tutored in England, Ireland, Italy and Spain.
Education
1989 - 1990 |
Caroline Swash Stained Glass Fellowship, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Southampton Row, London. |
1987 - 1989 |
Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Stained Glass Studies under Professor Amal Ghosh, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Southampton Row, London. |
1979 - 1985 |
Advanced Diploma in Visual Communication Design, College of Marketing and Design, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. |
Other courses include: Cecil Collins Life Drawing Classes / Lithography for Artists / Stained Glass Masterclass with Patrick Reyntiens / Introduction to Photoshop / Metalwork Fabrication and Welding with John Carrick.
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