Raised in Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Lives, and works with clay in Celbridge, Co. Kildare
and works with metadata in Trinity College Library
Education
2018 MAjo
Trinity College Dublin
Honorary MA for services to Trinity College Library
2014-2015 Plantspersons Certificate, Huntingbrook Gardens, Wicklow
2003-2004 MLis
University College Dublin
Library & Information Science
1998-1999 Apprenticeship
Dartington Pottery, Devon, England
1997 Erasmus exchange
University of Art and Design (now called Aalto Arts) Helsinki, Finland
1994 - 1998 B.Des ANCAD
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Ceramics
1990 - 1994 B.A.
University College Dublin
History of Art & Archaeology
Artists Residencies
Residency (March 2020 -sadly postponed until 2025 due to Covid-19)
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Residency (October 2020)
Cill Rialaig, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Exhibitons
2023
Ardgillan Gallery Winter Exhibition
Ardgillan Castle, Co. Dublin
November 16 -January 5 2024
Ballinglen 1st Biennial Exhibition
Ballinglen Museum of Art
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
October 8 - January 10 2024
Clay Bodies at Clay Rooms
Kilkenny
August 5- 20
Land/Marks, Ceramics Ireland Triennial
National Design & Craft Gallery
Kilkenny
February 14- May 20
2022
Land/Marks at Argilla Italia
Faenza, Italy
September 2-4
Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibition
Cowshed Gallery, Farmleigh
April 30- May 15
2021
Artform 2021
44 The Quay, Waterford
December 2 - 23
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin September 2 - October 15 2021
2020
Land/Marks, Ceramics Ireland Triennial Exhibition, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin,
Aug 15 - Oct 31
Clay/works 2020, Printworks, Dublin Castle August 5-29
2019
Royal Ulster Academy 138th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland October 18 - January 5 2020
Ceramics Ireland Selected Exhibition, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, September 22 - Oct 20 2019
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin September 5 - October 18 2019
10x10x10 Tieton, Mighty Tieton, Washington, USA. August 10 - October 6 2019
Ceramics Ireland at the Printworks, Dublin Castle. August 3-31 2019
Winner of the Ceramics Ireland / Scarva Pottery Supplies Professional Practice Award
Cairde Visual, Model Gallery, Sligo
July 6-Aug 18 2019
Small Works 2019
Sanger Gallery, Key West, Florida, USA, curated by the Lemonade Stand Gallery April 4-25th
Winner of the 'Judge's Choice Award'
Incognito 2019, Solomon/Lavit Gallery (for the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation) May 2019
2018
South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Open, Exeter Castle, November 11-22nd
Royal Ulster Academy 137th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland October 19 - January 6th 2019
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens Dublin September 6 - October 19 2018
Our eARTh, Kunsthuis Gallery, York
24th March-23rd December 2018
Ceramics Ireland at the Printworks, Dublin Castle 7-29th July 2018
Incognito 2018, Solomon Gallery (for the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation) 4-8th April 2018
Shades of Clay, Kunsthuis Gallery, York, Nov 2017 -March 2018
2017
Halcyon Days, Glor Arts Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare Oct-Jan 2018
Ceramics Ireland at Rathfarnham Castle, October 2017
Notes from the heart of the city, Abbey Studios, Dublin, curated by Beata Daly
Clayworks (40 years of Ceramics Ireland), Dublin Castle
Incognito, Solomon Gallery (for the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation)
2016
Ceramics Ireland members exhibition, Cow Shed Gallery, Farmleigh
In My Nature
National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
1916 Sackville Street, National Botanic Gardens, followed by Newbridge Town Hall
Skerries artists @ Ardgillan Castle
Irish Ceramics 2016,
Craft Town Scotland, Barony Centre, West Kilbride, Scotland
2014
Ceramics Ireland, Pearse Museum, Dublin
Ceramics Ireland, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2012
Ceramics Ireland, Cowshed gallery, Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin
2011
Elements: the Beauty of Chemistry, Science Gallery, Dublin
2009
Oisin Gallery, Dublin
2008
Ceramics@the Hallward, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
Glass House Stone, World Archaeology Congress, University College Dublin
Callan Art, Drogheda
2007
All Fired Up, National Museum, Collins Barracks
Irish Contemporary Ceramics, National Crafts Gallery, Kilkenny
2006
50 European Ceramists, Cassius Clay Gallery, Bornholm, Denmark
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens Dublin
Irish Contemporary Ceramics, Limerick City Art Gallery
Irish Contemporary Ceramics, South Tipperary County Museum
2005
Amharc Fhine Gall II, Draiocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown
2004
Grange Gallery, Co. Dublin
Sculpture in Context, Farmleigh, Phoenix Park
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens
Ceramics Ireland, Ardgillan Castle, Skerries
2003
50/50, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Continuum, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin