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Solo Exhibitions

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Portraits of Metropolis, Hancock Gallery, Newcastle, England, 2022

Thrones, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin and Belfast. 2022

Combustion Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin and Belfast. 2020

Elements Of War, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin and Belfast. 2019

Best Before, Naughton Gallery, Queens University, Beflast. Northern Ireland. 2019

The Unreal, Lethbridge Gallerym Brisbane, Australia, 2016

Observations, LethBridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. 2014

Tommy Bowe Series, The Merchant Hotel. Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2014

Perceptions, Art Tank. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2011


 

Exhibitions

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2025

RUA 144th Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

RP Drawing Prize, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, University of Hull Art Gallery, Hull, England

Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York, England

YICCA Art Prize, Imagoars, Venice, Italy

Nord Art, Interntional Art Exhibition, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Budelsdorf, Germany

​Portraits, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

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2024

AltarPieces, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Malamegi Lab Art International Art Prize, 28 Piazza Di Pietra Art Gallery, Rome, Italy

RUA 143rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast

Biennale Chianciano, Chianciano Art Museum, Museo d’Arte di Chianciano Terme, Italy

LXI International Drawing Competition, Ynglada-Guillot Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

Herbert Smith Freehill Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London

RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

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2023

RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

Climate and Health Exhibition, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland

Person Presence Perception, Casino Marino, OPW, Irish Government, Dublin

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2022

Portraits of Metropolis, Hancock Gallery, Newcastle, England

Thrones, Gormleys Fine Art. Belfast & Dublin, Ireland 

Future Now, Aesthetica Art Prize 2022

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2021

Portrait of Northern Ireland, National Museum of Northern Ireland, Permanent collection, Belfast.

Lord Mayor Collection, Belfast city hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

London Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art. London. England.

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2020

Combustion, Gormleys Fine Art. Belfast, Northern Ireland

London Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art. London. England.


 

2019

Elements of War, Gormleys Fine Art. Belfast + Dublin 

London Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art. London. England.

ART SOURCE,  The Royal Dublin Society, RDS, Dublin, Ireland

VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland


 

2018

London Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art. London. England.

188th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

136th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland

ART SOURCE, The Royal Dublin Society, RDS, Dublin, Ireland

VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

Lost Warhol Exhibition, association with Karen Bystedt, Brown Thomas, Dublin

ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, England


 

2017

Winter Contemporary, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin. Ireland.

Heart of Hope, Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

ART SOURCE, The Royal Dublin Society, RDS, Dublin, Ireland

Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York St Mary’s, York Museums Trust.

VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

135th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland

London Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art. London. England.


 

2016

Hennessy Portrait Award, National Gallery. Dublin, Ireland.
VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.

AAF Battersea, Battersea Park, London. England

134th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Platform Open Annual Art Exhibition, Morphets, North Yorkshire.

37th Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, Australia.
New Contemporary, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin. Ireland.
London Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art. London. England.


 

2015

Hennessy Portrait Award, National Gallery. Dublin, Ireland.
VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
134th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Semblance, Gormleys Fine Art Galery, Dublin, Ireland

Heart of Hope, Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
185th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
36th Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane, Australia.
20|21 International Art Fair, Gormleys Fine Art, London, England


 

2014

133rd Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

184th Royal 183rd Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.


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2013

132nd Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition. Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

183rd Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
10000 Art Award Exhibition, LethBridge Gallery. Brisbane, Australia. Work Highly Commended.


 

2012

London International Creative Competition, London. England. Work Shortlisted.
131st Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland

182nd Royal HibernianAcademy Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
The National Open Art Competition, The Prince’s Foundation Gallery. London. England


 

2011

130th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland

Art Aid Exhibition, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Saatchi ArtParis. Art Paris, le Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Winter Contemporary Exhibition. Waterfront Hall, Belfast. Northern Ireland.

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2010

Art of Nurture, Saatchi Gallery, London, England

Art of Nurture, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England Awards

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Awards

SIAP Award, Northern Ireland Arts Council

The RUA Perpetual Silver Medal, Royal Ulster Academy

ING Discerning Eye Regional Winner, ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, England

The Tyrone Guthrie Award, 136th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

KPMG Young Artist Award. 135th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

National Award - Platform Open Annual Art Exhibition. Morphets, North Yorkshire.

Artist Portfolio Magazine Award. Magazine

SIAP Award. Arts conceal of Northern Ireland

TOWRY Award - Best from Northern Ireland. The National Open Art Competition, The Prince’s Foundation Gallery. London. England

The De Veres Art Award- For work of Distinction. 182nd Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Diageo Award: Emerging Artist Award, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Carson McDowel Award, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Art of Nurture Regional Winner, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England.


 

Collections

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Fundació Ynglada-Guillot Collection, Royal Catalan Academy of Arts Museum Barcelona, Spain

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Museo d’Arte di Chianciano Collection, Italy

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Stormont Executive, Permanent Collection, Blefast, N.I

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DOF Stormont Executive, Permanent Collection, Belfast, N.I

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National Museum of Northern Ireland, Permanent collection, Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

Belfast city hall, Lord Mayors Collection, Frank Mccoubrey, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Church of Ireland, The Bishop Rt Revd John McDowell, Collection of Sitting Bishops from 1600's, Clougher, Northern Ireland.

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National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, University of Limerick.

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Belfast Royal Academy, Principle Moore Dickson, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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The Great Hall Portraits, Professor Margaret Mullett, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

 

Northern Ireland Arts Council Collection, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Open University Public Collection, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

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Education

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2010 BA (Hons) Fine and Applied Art. University of Ulster.
2006 Diploma in Foundation Studies (In Art and Design). University of Ulster.

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