Born 27 October, 1971 in Montréal, Québec, Canada
Lives and works in Ireland and Berlin



Education

2001...Master Printer Training Program (Lithography, with Master Printer Bill Lagattuta)
..........Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
1996...Diploma in Graphic and Web Design, Collège Lasalle, Montréal, Québec, Canada
1994...Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
1993
...Exchange Programme, École de beaux-arts de Nîmes, France


Projects/Residencies

2008

Visiting Artist, Kultur+ e.V.
Berlin, Germany
Self-directed residency (painting, nine months)


2007

Six months in South Africa collaborating with William Kentridge
on a series of large-scale lithograph/collages and printed paper sculptures.


2006-2007

Ten months in Australia working with Indigenous Australian artists
in remote outback communities. Each workshop resulted in a series of etchings
and lithographs which were exhibited in galleries and museums around Australia.


2005-2006

Six months in southern Africa at The Artists’ Press (South Africa)
and the Kuru Art Project (Botswana) producing new paintings and working
on print and artist book projects with San/Bushman artists from the Kalahari Desert.


2005

Master Printer, 1st European Lithography Symposium
Munich, Germany
Collaborative project with six German artists to produce “Slow Food” a large-
format print portfolio, exhibited at the Pinakothek der Moderne Museum.


2004

Artist-in-Residence, Steindruck München Workshop
Munich, Germany
Self-directed residency (lithography, two months).


2003

Artist-in-Residence, Seacourt Print Workshop
Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Self-directed residency (printmaking, one month)

Visiting Artist and Master Printer, Ballagh Studio
Malin, Co. Dhún na nGall, Ireland
Self-directed residency and collaborative projects (printmaking, two months)


2002- 2003

Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc Studio www.clo.ie
Na Doirí Beaga, Co. Dhún na nGall, Ireland
Collaborating with Ian Joyce on “Watershed”, a commissioned print installation for the
Clinton International Peace Centre, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland; and “The Falling
Upward of Things”, a sculpture/video performance for the 2002 Belfast Festival.


2000- 2001

Tamarind Institute http://tamarind.unm.edu
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Apprentice Master Printer, working on various projects in lithography and
monotype with artists such as Hung Liu, Emmi Whitehorse and Jim Dine.

 

Awards

2004 ...Donegal County Council Residency Grant (Ireland)
2003 ...Údaras na Gaeltachta Exhibition Costs Grant (Ireland)
2002 ...Sheila H. Mackay Foundation Project Grant (Canada)
1999 ...Tamarind Institute Entrance Scholarship (U.S.A.)
1997 ...Curve Magazine Design Competition (U.S.A.)
1990 ...Concordia University Entrance Scholarship (Canada)
1989 ...Ontario Scholar Scholarship (Canada)
xxxx ...Art Gallery of Ontario/Shell Oil Printmaking Scholarship (Canada)



Public Collections

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) Group (Ireland)
Canson Talens Corporation (U.S.A.)
Clinton International Peace Centre (UK)
Concordia University (Canada)
Eurochemie, Inc. (Canada)
Seacourt Print Workshop (UK)
Shell Oil (Canada)
University of New Mexico (U.S.A.)

• ... and private collections worldwide

 


Exhibitions (selection)

2009

Forgotten Places (solo) (runs until 14th March, 2009)
Galerie elm75, Berlin, Germany

2008

Zu Hause (At Home) (solo)
Die Rote Galerie, Berlin, Germany


2007

Die Neue Kätelhön (invitational group show)
Kätelhön Kunst, Wamel, Germany


2006

5th Annual Lithography Symposium (juried group show)
Tidaholm, Sweden

New Artists (invitational show of artists represented by the gallery)
Galerie Baliz, Montréal, Québec, Canada


2005

Christmas (invitational group show)
Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Schrift auf der Wand (Writing on the Wall) (solo)
Bildungszentrum, Brannenburg, Germany


2004

Úll na hAíthne (solo)
An Dánlann Dearg, Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall, Ireland

Forbidden Fruit (solo)
Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich, Germany


2003

Artists’ Books (group show)
Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland

Obhair Bheag (juried group show)
An Dánlann Dearg, Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall, Ireland

2002

Donegal Annual (juried group show)
Glebe Gallery, Glenveagh Castle, Co. Dhún na nGall, Ireland

2001

Water (juried group show)
Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

2000

Nature and Her Elements (duo with Erika Adams)
Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.