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C O R M A C O ' L E A R Y
Born in Cork City, Ireland, 1969.
Currently living in County Leitrim, Ireland
E D U C A T I O N
National Diploma in Fine Art, 1987 - 1991,
Sligo Institute of Technology.
S E L E C T E D S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2020 The Doorway Gallery, Dublin
2018 The Chimera Gallery, Mullingar
2017 The Doorway Gallery, Dublin
2015 / 16 The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
2014 The Chimera Gallery, Mullingar
Art @ House Restaurant, Howth, Dublin
2013 The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2012 Custom House Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo
2011 Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Co. Kerry
2010 The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2007 / 09 The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
2005 The Cat & Moon Gallery, Sligo
2004 / 06 / 08 Vangard Gallery, Cork
2004 Invited Artist, Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival
2003 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
2002 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
2000 / 05 Clotworthy Arts Centre, Co. Antrim
2001 Gallery One, Kilkenny
1999 / 01 / 03 / 05/ 08 Hallward Gallery, Dublin
1999 / 01 / 03 Sligo Art Gallery
2 / 3 P E R S O N E X H I B I T I O N S
2018
Outside In; with Caitriona O'Leary
Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2017
Storm Thrown, with Medbh Gillard
Inishbofin Arts Festival, Co. Galway
2016
From Sea to Sky, with Fiona Power
Aisling Gallery, Ballydehob, West Cork
Between Sky & Stone, with Caitriona O'Leary
Russell Gallery, Co Clare
2015
Arc of visibility, with Sara Foust
The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
2013
Remembering Light & Stone, with Caitriona O'Leary,
Doorway Gallery, Dublin
2005 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09
with Caitriona O'Leary, Cat & Moon Gallery, Sligo
2005
With Philip Lindey & Caitriona O'Leary , The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London UK
2004
With Philip Lindey & Brian Smyth, The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London UK
2002
with Caitriona O'Leary, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2000
O'Leary Family With Caitriona O'Leary & John O'Leary, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1997
2 Man Show with Michael McSwiney, The Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo
1996
1, 2, 3 O'Leary with Caitriona O'Leary & John O'Leary, Carroll Art Gallery, Longford
S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2022
Winter Gathering, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Cairde, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
192nd Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2021
Artsource, RDS, Dublin
140th Royal Ulster Academy exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Meditations in time of Civil War, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2020
20/ 20 Vision, Hamilton gallery, Sligo
2019
RUN, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
Fresh Art Fair, Ascot, UK
Life in Still Life, North / South Cultural Project, Burnavon Arts & Cultural Centre, Co.Tyrone
Hollywood, Co. Down, Phoenix Park Visitors Centre, Dublin, Portumna Castle, Co. Galway.
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen; Artists respond to WB Yeats poem 1919,
Hamilton Gallery, Hyde Bridge Gallery Sligo, Irish Consulate, New York, USA
Legacy, 30th Anniversary, Boyle Arts Festival, King's House, Roscommon
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo
Summer Show, The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
Summer Show, The Doorway Gallery, Dublin
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
A Question of Love, Blackbird Gallery, Kilkenny
2018
Edinburgh Art Fair, Scotland
137th Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition, Ulster Museum Belfast
The Gathering, King's House, Boyle Arts Festival
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo
An Irish Airman foresees his death, 1918 - 2018
Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Fresh; Contemporary Art Fair, Cheltenham, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London UK
2017
'Facing West', Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Roscommom
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo
Crazy Jane, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
187th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Summer Exhibition, Irish Cultural Centre, London
House Event, RDS, Dublin
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2016
Royal Ulster Academy 135th Exhibition , Ulster Museum, Belfast
North by Northwest, Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
Art el Forn, La Floresta, Barcelona, Spain
Cairde Visual, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
Cambridge Art Fair, UK (with Doorway Gallery)
Bristol Art Fair, UK (with Doorway Gallery)
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London (with Doorway Gallery)
'A terrible beauty is born....' Easter 1916, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
186th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2015
Christmas Show, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Christmas Show, Doorway Gallery, Dublin
Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland
Still-life Group Show, Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
CASe, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Of this place, El Ateneo, Sala Prado, Madrid, Spain
& Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Impressions of WB Yeats, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Cairde Visual, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
Afordable Art Fair, Battersea, London UK
Landscape@ House gallery, Howth, Dublin
21/20 Artfair, London
Spring Exhibition, The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
2014
Christmas Show, The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, UK
Christmas Crackers, The Doorway Gallery, Dublin
Group Show, The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Winter Show, 'Calling up the Vangard ', Triskel at Christchurch, Cork
Art El Forn, Forn Les Escales, La Floresta, Barcelona, Spain
Artists for Gaza, 126 Artists Run Gallery, Galway
Source - Art Fair, RDS Dublin
Summer Show, The Barbara Stanley gallery, London UK
Summer Selection, Doorway Gallery, Dublin
Cairde Visual, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
2013
Hunter's Moon festival, The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
Small Talk, Westport Arts Festival, Co. Mayo
'An issue worth mentioning' Cairde Arts Festival, Yeats Building, Sligo
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London UK
The Wool Campaign, Somerset House, London, UK
2012
Source Art Fair, RDS, Dublin
CASe, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Summer Show; The Doorway Gallery, Dublin
2011
Invited Artists; Christmas Show, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Things that matter, Westport Arts Festival, Mayo
Lavit Gallery at Boole Library, University College, Cork
2010
Reinspired - an artistic navigation of the Erie Canal,
Rochester, NY; Folsom Library, Troy, NY; The Italian Cultural Institute, New York City
Art for Haiti, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton
2009
Irish Landscape, Redrag Gallery, UK
Summer Show, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
Inaugural Opening Show, McKenna Gallery, Omagh
2008
Christmas Show, Vangaurd Gallery, Cork
Christmas Show, McKenna Gallery, Omagh
Tripod; A slice of Art, Fairgreen House, Galway
2FT Square, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Summer Show, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
Group Show, Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
2007
Journeys; Castletown House, Co. Kildare
(Toured to Louvain Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven, Belgium; University of Ulster, Belfast;
Coast Gaurd Station Arts Centre, Waterford; The Mellennium Forum, Derry.)
Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
CASe, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Wexford Arts Festival
2006
Tribute to Beckett, Vangaurd Gallery, Cork
Summer Show, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
Cill Rialaig - Sligo, Sligo Art Gallery
2005
'1 in 4' Art Auction, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
'Tsunami Art Auction'; Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin
At Home, The Lavit Gallery Cork
Starlight, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
4 Artists from Cork, OSB Gallery, Wicklow
Moderns, The Eakin Gallery, Belfast
Outside In, The Lavit Gallery, Cork
2004
C2; Contemporary Art from Cork, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival (Invited Artist)
The Stolen Child, Waterfront Gallery, Sligo
Birds, Sligo Art Gallery
CASe, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Wexford Arts Festival
2003 - 09
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2003 - 10
Wexford Arts Festival
2003
Dreams, Sligo Art Gallery
13th Christmas Show, Vanguard Gallery, Cork
Drawings, Sligo Park Hotel
Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Co Roscommon
Blink - 5 years; Linenhall Arts Centre, Ballina Co. Mayo
63 - 03, Celebrating 40 years, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2002
Wexford Arts Festival
Art Auction, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Group Show, The Barbara Stanley Gallery , London
2001
Music, Sligo Art Gallery
Inside Cork, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Sligo Arts in Context, Airfield House, Dublin
The Art of Hurling, Kenny Gallery, Galway
2000
Emerging Art II, Kilkenny Castle
(Toured to Burnavon Arts Centre, Tyrone, Newry Arts Centre, Co. Down, Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Co Kerry)
Works on Paper, LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Postcard Art, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Cork
Aer Rianta - Gateway to Art, Dublin Airport
1999
Coast to coast, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1998
On Board, Sligo Art Gallery
A Platter of Art, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1997
Outlines, The Market House, Monaghan
Masks at the Hawkswell, Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
1996
Drawings, Sligo Art Gallery
Dermot Healy's Writing, The Blue Raincoat Theatre, Sligo
1995
Strands, Monaghan County Museum & Art Gallery
Generation, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1994
Monaghan Open Exhibition
1993
3 of a Kind, McCanny Building, Sligo
Amalgam, Ballymote Heritage Week, Sligo
1992
Beginnings, Sligo Park Hotel
Christmas Show, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
1990 / 91 / 94 / 95 / 99 / 01
Iontas, National Small Works Open Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery (Toured)
1990 / 91 / 94
Claremorris Open Exhibition, Mayo
1989
Impressions, Galway Arts Centre
International Mini-print Show, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
A W A R D S / R E S I D E N C I E S
Auribeau Residency, France 2016
Leitrim County Council Artist's Bursary 2006 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Studio Residency, Cill Rialaig Artist's Retreat, Co. Kerry 1999 / 01 / 04 / 13 / 16 / 19
Artist's Residency - Vermont, USA 2010
Iontas Painting Award 2001
Milliken Bros. Art Materials Award 2000
Studio Residency, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 1999
Irish Arts Council / An Chomarile Ealiaonn Grants 1993 / 94
D. O'Sullivan Graphics Ltd., Best Student Award 1991
P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S
Leitrim County Council
Sligo Park Hotel,
Nazareth House, Sligo
Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo
IIB Bank, Ireland
Cork County Library Collection
Sligo County Library Collection
Crawford Municipal Art Collection, Cork
Allied Irish Banks
Office of Public Works
Northern Ireland Civil Service Art Collection
Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
Royal Hospital, Donnybrook, Dublin
Wellwoman Centre, Dublin
Shay Cleary Architects, Dublin
Iona Technology, Dublin
UniCredito Italiano, Irish Financial Services Centre, Dublin
Represented in private collections in Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Belgium, Germany, Russia, USA, Canada, Australia and Japan.
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y
'What Lies Beneath', Niall McMonagle
Living Magazine, The Sunday Independent
September 1st, 2019
'Irish role in Erie canal's construction to be honored'
by Peter McDermott
Irish Echo, USA
24th June 2010
'Irish Artist sets up in local police station',
By John Flowers,
Addison Independant, Vermont, USA,
June 24th 2010
'Imagining the early days of the Erie Canal'
Boston Irish Reporter, USA
September, 2010
The City Series;
Essay by Mark Ewart,
Vangard Gallery Catalogue,
November 2006
Aidan Dunne
Exhibition review;
The Irish Times,
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
'Artists to look out for';
A Buyers Guide to Irish Art;
Ashville Media Group,
December 2001
Guest Artist,
'Awash with colour',
BBC 2 Television,
September 10th, 2001
'Rattle Bag'
RTE Radio 1 Arts Show,
Art review by John Hunt,
May 2001
'Rising Star'
Interview by Sian O'Gorman
Magpie Magazine,
January, 2001
'Paint in the blood',
Interview by Joanne Hayden
Meltdown Magazine
Sunday Business Post,
December, 1999
'Lorca's World'
Review by Ciara Ferguson
The Sunday Independant
Sunday, April 11th, 1999
'Sketches of Spain',
Interview by Ian Wieczorek,
Arts West Magazine,
Edition 58,
May 1999