Curriculum Vitae

                               

Education

2012-2016

Bachelor of Design (Hons) Glass and History of Art and Design, National College of Art and Design, Dublin

2010-2012

FETAC level 5 Art, Craft and Design, Grennan Mill Craft School, Kilkenny

2007-2009

Bachelor of Design (Hons) Industrial Design, (candidate), National College of Art and Design, Dublin


Solo Exhibition

2016

Let’s Hook Up, Solo Exhibition, MADE Store & Gallery, Dublin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020

Milano Vetro – 35, Castello Sforza, Milan, Italy, February 18th – April 18th

Pop-up Exhibition, Northlands Creative Gallery, Scotland, January 23rd-31st

2019

Straight Out of Ireland, Bryn Mar, Philadelphia, November 15-17th

International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 20th- October 20th   

Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, 4th September – 18th October   

Present Past, selected members exhibition, Fota House & Gardens, Cork, August 2nd - 31st

We Are Cork, Cork City Hall, August 1st-31st

Digital Distance, Online exhibition with Contemporary Glass Society, May 20 – 31st

Art and Psyche - The Divine Feminine, 26 April - 10 May 2019, Limerick School of Art

Sample Studios Member Exhibition 23- 26 May 2019, Sample Studios, Cork

I see crimson, I see red, Elizabeth Fort, Cork, Ireland, 24th January- 2nd February

2017

Ireland Glass Biennale, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

2016

Stanislav Libensky Awards Exhibition, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic

RDS Craft Awards 2016 Exhibition, Dublin & Mayo

Emerging Artists Exhibition, Courthouse Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow

NCAD Degree Show 2016, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

Enantiodromia, Gallery Zozimus, Dublin

2015

Granularity, Contemporary Glass Society, Online Exhibition, UK

Glass Arts Society Student Exhibition, San Jose, California, USA

Glass Olympics Student Exhibition, Alfred University, New York, USA


Awards

2019

ISGNE Artist in Residence award, Berlin Glass and Northlands Creative

Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award. County Finalist

2018

Emerge Awards, Finalist, Bullseye Projects, USA

2015

International Exchange in Southern Illinois University, IL, USA

2014

Irish Life Design Project, Winning Design with Andy Sharkey and Jade Breen

 

Public Collections

2019

Together II, Pâte de verre glass and textiles, International Biennale of Glass Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria

2016

Let’s Hook Up, Pâte de verre Glass and Textiles, Stanislav Libensky Awards Collection, Dox Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ

2014

The Journey, Glass and Ceramic Sculpture, Irish Life Art Collection,

2007

Piggy Bottom, Limited Edition Intaglio Print, Kildare County Council

 

Professional Experience

2020

Glass Art Technician, Spires Art Ltd, Northern Ireland

Self-employed glass artist, Longwill Studio, Cork

2013 – 2019

Jeweller for Chupi Jewellery, Dublin

2014-2019

Board member of Glass Society of Ireland

2014     

Docent, Ulysses Cylinders, Dale Chihuly, Dublin Castle

Assistant artist, The Queen Still Falls to You, Hadley and Maxwell, Project Arts Centre, Dublin

Exhibition Assistant, Ceramic Ireland Festival, Dublin Castle