Bio/CV
BIOGRAPHY/CV
Short Biography
Ian Wieczorek is a visual artist working in painting, video, installation and curation. Since 2003 he has exhibited widely both in Ireland (including EVA International; RHA Annual Exhibitions; RUA Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition; COE Claremorris Open Exhibitions), and internationally, with participation in group/curated shows in N. Ireland, Germany, France, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Latvia, USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China; and solo exhibitions (17 to date) in Ireland, N. Ireland, UK and Czech Republic. Public art works include Sepulchre and Everything That Rises Must Converge (Ireland, 2012, 2014), and IUXTA (France, 2015), 00040 (France, 2016), Resonator (France, 2024), and Everything That Rises: Risen (France, 2025). Wieczorek has also devised and curated 18 shows in Ireland, most recently Gus Lynott: Say What You See (2023) and Imposed Geometries (2022/3), and has undertaken residencies in Ireland, UK, France and Austria.
Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Residue
@ The Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2022 One Day : 40 Sunrises
@ Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2020 One Day : 40 Sunrises
@ online exhibition (supported by an Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon Covid-19 Crisis Response Award)
2019 Traverse
2019 Traverse
@ The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
2019 Blurred Visions
2019 Blurred Visions
@ Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2019 Transgress
2019 Transgress
@ Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2015 Soft Truths
2015 Soft Truths
@ Galerie Katakomby, Centrum Experimentálního Divadla, Brno, Czech Republic
2013 Other Lives
2013 Other Lives
@ The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
2013 Out of the Electric Mist
2013 Out of the Electric Mist
@ The Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2012 Fragments
2012 Fragments
@ Corridor Gallery, University of Leeds School of Design, Leeds, UK
2012 Trace
2012 Trace
@ The Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh City, Co. Armagh, N. Ireland
2011 Citizens of the State of Mediacy
2011 Citizens of the State of Mediacy
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2010 Unfixing
2010 Unfixing
@ The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
2009 DIS / locate
2009 DIS / locate
@ The Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2009 Convergence
2009 Convergence
@ Upstairs Gallery, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny, Ireland
2008 Interstitial
2008 Interstitial
@ Patrick Street Gallery, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland
2006 Intervention/Reinvention
2006 Intervention/Reinvention
@ The Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Public Art Works/Installations
2025 Everything That Rises: Risen
@ Larroque, Tarn, France (in assoc. Larroque Arts Festival LAF2025)
2024 Resonator
@ Larroque, Tarn, France (in assoc. Larroque Arts Festival LAF2024)
2023 Vestige
@ Civic Offices, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2016 00040
@ Larroque, Tarn, France (in association with Larroque Arts Festival LAF2016)
2015 IUXTA
2015 IUXTA
@ Larroque, Tarn, France (in association with Larroque Arts Festival LAF2015)
2014 Everything That Rises Must Converge
2014 Everything That Rises Must Converge
@ FIND, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Alice Maher & Aideen Barry)
2012 Sepulchre
2012 Sepulchre
@ Greenway Sculpture Trail 2012, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Group/Joint/Selected Exhibitions
2025
Clifden Arts Festival, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland (forthcoming)
Anarchive, Saldanha Gallery, Artlink, Fort Dunree, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, Ireland (curated by Ciara Corscadden Hennessy)
LAF25, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
InHouse 2025, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Dabas Notveršanu/Capturing Nature/, Culture Centre, Jelgava, Latvia;
Valles Saieta nams, Bauska, Latvia (curated by Katrīna Tračuma)
2024
Loinnir, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Here, The Considered Line, Clifden Arts Festival, Interface, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Lenka Sýkorová)
LAF24, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
Reverie, Westival 2024, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2023
Winter Exhibition 2023, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artist Show 2023, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Clifden Arts Festival, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland
Juxtapose Art Fair 2023, Aarhus, Denmark (in association with Lacuna Festivals)Studio Group Exhibition, Custom House Studios, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Impressions, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Cairde Visual 2023, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Supermarket Art Fair 2023, Stockholm, Sweden (with Interface Inagh)
Impressions, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Cairde Visual 2023, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Supermarket Art Fair 2023, Stockholm, Sweden (with Interface Inagh)
2022
Winter Exhibition 2022, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Root and Branch, Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales; W.I.R. 111 Dorfkirche Meierstorf, GermanyCairde Visual 2022, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Falling In Love Outward, GIAF Galway International Arts Festival/Clifden Arts Festival, Interface Inagh, Co. Galway, Ireland
192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Lacuna Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
2021
Wish You Well, Karin Weber Gallery, Central, Hong Kong; This is not a Cafe, Tainan, Taiwan
Mayo Artists Show 2021, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Eamonn Maxwell)
Mirrored Journey, 29th EU-Japan Fest, online exhibition (curated by Kazuhiro Yajima and Violeta Ivanova)
Yield, McGings, Westival 2021, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Self Portrait International Edition, Artbank, online exhibition (curated by Jingjing Shi)
Distance, Lacuna Festival (online), Lanzarote Canary Islands, Spain
Bring the Mind Home, Artlink Saldanha Gallery, Forth Dunree, Donegal, Ireland (curated by Kaitlynn Webster)
Reopening, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2020
Mayo Artists Show 2021, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Eamonn Maxwell)
Mirrored Journey, 29th EU-Japan Fest, online exhibition (curated by Kazuhiro Yajima and Violeta Ivanova)
Yield, McGings, Westival 2021, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Self Portrait International Edition, Artbank, online exhibition (curated by Jingjing Shi)
Distance, Lacuna Festival (online), Lanzarote Canary Islands, Spain
Bring the Mind Home, Artlink Saldanha Gallery, Forth Dunree, Donegal, Ireland (curated by Kaitlynn Webster)
Reopening, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2020
Winter Exhibition 2020, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Westival Virtual Gallery, Westival, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland (online)
190th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
139th RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, N. Ireland
LOST, Lanzarote Art Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
2019
Westival Virtual Gallery, Westival, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland (online)
190th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
139th RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, N. Ireland
LOST, Lanzarote Art Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
2019
Winter Exhibition 2019, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Brittle / Fragile, Westival Gallery, Westival, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
An Enduring Mystery, Interface Inagh, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
Lanzarote Arts Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Surface/Support, LAF2019, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
189th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Surveillé·e·s, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland (curated by Nora Hickey M’Sichili & Linda Shevlin)
2018
Brittle / Fragile, Westival Gallery, Westival, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
An Enduring Mystery, Interface Inagh, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
Lanzarote Arts Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Surface/Support, LAF2019, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
189th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Surveillé·e·s, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland (curated by Nora Hickey M’Sichili & Linda Shevlin)
2018
Winter Exhibition 2018, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Lower Austria Culture Prize 2018, NÖ Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst, St. Pölten, Austria
Incomplete Nature, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Alannah Robins)
Incomplete Nature, Interface Inagh, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Alannah Robins)
I AM, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Surveillé·e·s, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France (curated by Nora Hickey M’Sichili)
North West Open 2018, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Harmonie, LAF2018, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
The Gathering, King House, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Program Your Retroactive Wish, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
188th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
EVA International, Limerick, Ireland (curated by Inti Guerrero)
Aluminium, GMIT Castlebar Campus, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Made of Mayo, Ballinrobe Racecourse, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Patrick T. Murphy)
2017
Lower Austria Culture Prize 2018, NÖ Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst, St. Pölten, Austria
Incomplete Nature, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Alannah Robins)
Incomplete Nature, Interface Inagh, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Alannah Robins)
I AM, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Surveillé·e·s, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France (curated by Nora Hickey M’Sichili)
North West Open 2018, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Harmonie, LAF2018, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
The Gathering, King House, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Program Your Retroactive Wish, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
188th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
EVA International, Limerick, Ireland (curated by Inti Guerrero)
Aluminium, GMIT Castlebar Campus, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Made of Mayo, Ballinrobe Racecourse, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Patrick T. Murphy)
2017
Winter Exhibition 2017, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show 2017, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Catherine Marshall)
AONTACHT, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Surface Tension, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Alannah Robins)
Surface Tension, Interface Inagh/Clifden Arts Festival, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Alannah Robins)
250 Works, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Summer Group Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. May, Ireland
Around the House, Green Fuse Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE2017, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Tom Morton)
Boundaries & Borders, LAF2017, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
IMPRESSIONS 2017, Galway International Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
Facing West, King House, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cairde 2017, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
The Artbox.Project Basel 1.0, Art Basel 2017, Basel, Switzerland
Crazy Jane, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Archiving Activism, The Model, Sligo, Ireland; Aras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Breda Burns)
Wooden Web, The House of Arts, Brno Czech Republic (curated by Josef Danek)
2016
Mayo Artists Show 2017, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Catherine Marshall)
AONTACHT, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Surface Tension, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Alannah Robins)
Surface Tension, Interface Inagh/Clifden Arts Festival, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Alannah Robins)
250 Works, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Summer Group Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. May, Ireland
Around the House, Green Fuse Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE2017, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Tom Morton)
Boundaries & Borders, LAF2017, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
IMPRESSIONS 2017, Galway International Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
Facing West, King House, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cairde 2017, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
The Artbox.Project Basel 1.0, Art Basel 2017, Basel, Switzerland
Crazy Jane, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Archiving Activism, The Model, Sligo, Ireland; Aras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Breda Burns)
Wooden Web, The House of Arts, Brno Czech Republic (curated by Josef Danek)
2016
Winter Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
North West Open 2016, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
The Inexpressible, LAF2016, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
North by Northwest, King House, Boyle Arts Festival 2016, Boyle, Co. Leitrim, Ireland (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cabinet of Wonders, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
186th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Vector, Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee, Co Clare, Ireland (curated by Will O'Kane)
2015
North West Open 2016, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
The Inexpressible, LAF2016, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
North by Northwest, King House, Boyle Arts Festival 2016, Boyle, Co. Leitrim, Ireland (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cabinet of Wonders, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
186th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Vector, Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee, Co Clare, Ireland (curated by Will O'Kane)
2015
Winter Show 2015, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show 2015, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE15, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo (curated by Brian Cass)
Tradition/Innovation, LAF2015, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
Cairde Visual, Cairde Arts Festival, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland
185th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
The Selfie Show, MONA Museum of New Art, Troy, Michigan, USA (curated by Jef Bourgeau)
Impressions of W.B. Yeats, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Landscape in Line, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Lonely Planet, Luan Gallery, Athlone,Co. Westmeath, Ireland
2014
Mayo Artists Show 2015, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE15, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo (curated by Brian Cass)
Tradition/Innovation, LAF2015, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
Cairde Visual, Cairde Arts Festival, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland
185th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
The Selfie Show, MONA Museum of New Art, Troy, Michigan, USA (curated by Jef Bourgeau)
Impressions of W.B. Yeats, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Landscape in Line, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Lonely Planet, Luan Gallery, Athlone,Co. Westmeath, Ireland
2014
marginalia, QSS Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland (2-person show with Fergus Jordan)
Unplugged, Clifden Arts Festival 2014, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland (3-person show with Betty Gannon & Michael Gannon)
IN SITU, GMIT Castlebar Campus, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (with Amanda Rice, Joanna Hopkins & Betty Gannon)
COE14 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Michelle Cotton)
LAF2014, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France
North West Open Exhibition 2014, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
FIND, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Exploring Spaces, Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena, N. Ireland (curated by Marianne O'Kane Boal)
2013
Unplugged, Clifden Arts Festival 2014, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland (3-person show with Betty Gannon & Michael Gannon)
IN SITU, GMIT Castlebar Campus, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (with Amanda Rice, Joanna Hopkins & Betty Gannon)
COE14 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Michelle Cotton)
LAF2014, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France
North West Open Exhibition 2014, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
FIND, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Exploring Spaces, Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena, N. Ireland (curated by Marianne O'Kane Boal)
2013
Winter Show 2013, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
20:20 VISION, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Linda Shevlin)
Furniture (pop-up show), All Sorts, Wexford Town, Co Wexford, Ireland (curated by Will O'Kane)
Ballyhaunis Open Exhibition, The Friary, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Small Talk, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Catalyst Arts Cuture Night Poster Exhibition, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, N. Ireland
Precursor, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
Larroque International Art Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France
183rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
Drawing on the Back of an Envelope, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
20:20 VISION, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Linda Shevlin)
Furniture (pop-up show), All Sorts, Wexford Town, Co Wexford, Ireland (curated by Will O'Kane)
Ballyhaunis Open Exhibition, The Friary, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Small Talk, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Catalyst Arts Cuture Night Poster Exhibition, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, N. Ireland
Precursor, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
Larroque International Art Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France
183rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
Drawing on the Back of an Envelope, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2012
Winter Show 2012, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Watching the River Flow - Irish Artists, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal (curated by Sean Walsh)
Studio Artists Group Show, Custom House, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Sunshine & Precipitation / De la Pluie et du Beau Temps, La Station, Nice, France
Everything ( ), HIVE Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
Undertow, The Lab, Dublin 1, Ireland (curated by Alice Maher & Aideen Barry)
126 Members Show, 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland
Watching the River Flow - Irish Artists, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal (curated by Sean Walsh)
Studio Artists Group Show, Custom House, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Sunshine & Precipitation / De la Pluie et du Beau Temps, La Station, Nice, France
Everything ( ), HIVE Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
Undertow, The Lab, Dublin 1, Ireland (curated by Alice Maher & Aideen Barry)
126 Members Show, 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland
2011
Undertow, Ormston House Gallery, Limerick, Ireland (curated by Alice Maher & Aideen Barry)
Winter Exhibition 2011, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Invited, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Open Art, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Open Season 2011, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Things That Matter, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
POHO: Painting on Household Objects, The Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland
(curated by Diane Henshaw)
The Academy Project, The Academy, Dublin 2, Ireland (curated by Liubov Kadyrova)
Divine Creation, Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
2010
Winter Exhibition, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Open Art Exhibition, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Put A Lid On It, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland (curated by Siobhán McGibbon and Zulaikha Engelbrecht)
Bellacorick: Impressions of a Place, Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland (with Betty Gannon & Michael Gannon)
Trasna, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
CCA:RDS Collective Contemporary Art, RDS, Dublin 4, Ireland (curated by Helen Carey)
Ballyhaunis Open Exhibition, The Friary, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Eye Candy, Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Seen/Unseen, John McGing’s Bar, High Street, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
DOUBLE VISION, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
NEXT, Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Renewal, Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Wright Artists (inaugural show), Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Happy Place, ArtMart Studios, Sligo, Ireland
2009
Custom House Studios Group Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Open Art, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Inspiring Word, Westport Arts Festival, John McGing’s, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE2009, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Tom Morton)
Samhlaíocht Gallery, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland (2-Person Show, with Niall McCormack)
WHAT IS EUROPE?, Kornhaeuschen, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Intersection Correlation, turn-berlin, Berlin, Germany (curated by Jan Hughes & Brian Hackney)
Traces, Spectrum Art Group, Castlebar Library, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland
Skart Posted 4: Private TALK - PUBLIC Space, St Peter's Market, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland
Annual G126 Members Show, G126, Galway; Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
Custom House Artists Show, Sea Shore Sky Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2008
Mandala Gallery, Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommom, Ireland
Westport Arts Festival 2008 Art Trail, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Original Print Exhibition, The Livingstone Gallery, Westport , Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Reekview Bar, Westport Arts Festival 2008, John McGing's, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Fintan Friel)
Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Boyle, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
The Lost Summer, Youghal Visual Arts Festival 2008, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland
Badge Art Show, Mantua Project, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
Daybreak, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Spectrum, Town Hall Gallery, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
G126Members Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland; G126, Galway City, Co. Galway, Ireland
2007
Custom House Artists Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Veronica Bolay)
Art exhibition , World Congress for Suicide Prevention, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Westport Arts Festival Art Trail, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Boyle, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Youghal Visual Arts Festival 2007, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland
FIRST FIX, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Céad in China, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai ; 411 Galleries, Hangzhou ; China Central Academy of Fine Art Gallery , Beijing , China (curated by James Ryan)
Claremorris Art Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2006
Ballyhaunis Art Exhibition, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland (curated by Diane Henshaw)
UNIQUE, Quench, Galway City, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Catherine Crowley)
The Livingstone Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Moments , Youghal Visual Arts Festival 2006, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland
Better than the Real Thing, Four Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (curated by Regina Gleeson)
2005
IONTAS , Sligo Art Gallery , Sligo, Ireland (curated by Teresa Millet)
6x6 For Ireland, 411 Galleries, Hangzhou; Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai;
China Central Academy of Fine Art Gallery , Beijing , China (curated by Karen Loughrey)
The General View, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Veronica Bolay)
2003
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Veronica Bolay)
Curatorial Initiatives, Instigated/Devised Projects & Exhibitions
2024 Marianne Heemskerk: a retrospective
@ Ballina Civic Offices, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland (in association with Ballina Arts Centre)
2023 Mayo Artists Show 2023 (curated group show)
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2023 Imposed Geometries v2.0 (Tom Brawn, Betty Gannon & Cormac O'Leary)
@ Esker Arts, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland
2023 Gus Lynott: Say What You See
@ Ballina Civic Offices, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland (in association with Ballina Arts Centre)
2022 Imposed Geometries (Tom Brawn, Betty Gannon & Cormac O'Leary)
@ Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2018 The Cabinet of Wonders #6
2018 The Cabinet of Wonders #6
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2017 The Cabinet of Wonders #3/#4/#5
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2016 The Cabinet of Wonders #1/#2
2016 The Cabinet of Wonders #1/#2
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2015 Landscape In Line
2015 Landscape In Line
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2014 Shrouded Spirits (installation of photographs by Betty Gannon)
2014 Shrouded Spirits (installation of photographs by Betty Gannon)
@ McGing's Bar, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland
2013 Drawing on the Back of an Envelope
2013 Drawing on the Back of an Envelope
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2011 Things That Matter
2011 Things That Matter
@ McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2010 Double Vision
2010 Double Vision
@ The Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2010 Seen/Unseen
2010 Seen/Unseen
@ McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2010 BLINK
2010 BLINK
@ Westport Arts Festival Visual Art Programme & Art Trail, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2008 My RoolaBoola
2008 My RoolaBoola
@ Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2007 FIRST FIX
2007 FIRST FIX
@ The Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland (co-curated with Fintan Friel)
Residencies
2024 Larroque International Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
2023 Larroque International Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
2022 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
2018 AIR-Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria
2018 Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2018, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
2016 Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2016, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
2015 Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2015, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
2015 Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2014 Research Residency, GMIT Castlebar Campus Summer Residence Scheme, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2014 Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2014, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
2012 School of Design, University of Leeds, UK
2012 Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
2011 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
2004 Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Grants/Awards
2023 Mayo County Council Award (UPSTART)
2022 Tyrone Guthrie Mayo County Council Regional Bursary Award
2020 Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary, The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
2019 Arts Counci Covid-19 Crisis Response Award, The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
2018 AIR-Krems Residency Scholarship, Krems an der Donau, Austria
2018 North West Open 2018 Award, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
2016 LSC North West Open 2016, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
2015 Heinrich Böll Residency Award, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2011 Tyrone Guthrie Mayo County Council Regional Bursary Award
2006 Exhibition Assistance Award, Mayo County Council