I have an MA in Fine Art Contemporary Practice from Falmouth University. My BA (Hons) in Visual Art was gained in Ireland with DIT’s innovative programme on Sherkin Island in West Cork. My art practice focuses on the human form, most recently portraiture. Outside of this, I am interested in the subject of impermanence, of how so much of contemporary art is made with materials that are not meant to last. Since moving to Merseyside towards the end of 2018, I am within a short walk of Antony Gormley’s Another Place, so I have an ideal opportunity to observe the effects of entropy on an art installation. I write about art for the journal, The State of the Arts. In addition to my art practice in Ireland, I was also co-Director of the West Cork Literary Festival, which I helped expand to become one of Ireland’s leading cultural events. Prior to my time in Ireland, I lived in Spain where I worked as a freelance journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker. I also worked for many years in London on the newsdesk at IRN/LBC. My artwork forms part of private collections in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Norway and the USA. I am a fluent Spanish speaker.
Nace en Londres. Su relación con España lleva mas de 30 años de duración. Licenciado de Masters en Arte Contemporáneo (MA: Fine Art Contemporary Practice) por la Universidad de Falmouth en Cornwall, Inglaterra. Grado Honorado de Artes Visuales (BA Hons. Visual Art) por el Colegio de Arte y Diseño, Dublin, Irlanda. Exhibe sus obras en Inglaterra, Escocia, Irlanda y España. Además, su arte forma parte de colecciones en Francia, Escocia y los Estados Unidos. Hablando de la inspiración de su trabajo, dice: “Me interesa la figura humana, también la impermanencia – tanto de sujeto como de los materiales artísticos, o sea, cualquier cosa que transmite la transitoriedad de la vida. Mi estilo, en cualquier medio, parece que es de bocete rápido, aunque puede haber tardado bastante tiempo en realizarlo”. Desde los finales del añ0 2018 vive en Merseyside, UK, circa de la playa de Crosby. Aqui se encuentra la instalación famosa del escultor, Antony Gormley – en la cual tiene un ejemplo de la impermanencia y del proceso de la entropía, viendo los efectos constantes de los elementos. Escribe articulos relacionados al arte para el periodico, The State of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
February -March 2016 – ‘Silencio Visible’, Centro Documental José Luis Cano, Algeciras, Spain.
June 2015 – Residency, La Ermita del Consuelo, Jimena de la Frontera, Spain.
May – June 2012 – Residency, King Harry Ferry, Truro, Cornwall, UK.
May – June 2011 – Open Studios, Cornwall, UK.
November 2010 – Opened The Pink Armchair Studio/Gallery, Penryn, Cornwall, UK.
November 2009 – Organico Café, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland.
October 2007 – The Heron Gallery, Ahakista, Co Cork, Ireland.
February 2006 – Nudes, Organico Café, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Group Exhibitions
23 March – 5 May 2024 – The Atkinson, Sefton Open, Southport, UK
30 September – 25 November 2023, Palette Club Invitation Exhibition, The Atkinson,Southport, UK.
1 April – 13 May 2023 – The Atkinson, Sefton Open, Southport, UK
7 December 2022-2 January 2023, 92 Degrees, Liverpool, UK.
17 September-26 November 2022, The Atkinson,The Palette Club Invitation Exhibition, Southport, UK.
9 April-21 May 2022 – The Atkinson, Sefton Open Exhibition, Southport, UK.
16-19 March 2018 – The Steel Shed, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
November 2014 – 41st International Art Competition, Gibraltar.
June 2014 – Open Studios, Corral de la Paca, Jimena de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain.
September 2012 – MA Fine Art Final Show, UCF, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK.
May 2011 – UCF Tremough Photography Centre, Penryn, Cornwall, UK.
October 2008 – The Mulberry Gallery, Limerick, Co Cork, Ireland.
April 2007 – ‘Oil & Water’, Joint show with Deirdre Cairns, The Schull Gallery, Schull, West Cork, Ireland.
March 2006 – ‘Island’, 101 Talbot, Dublin, Ireland.
October 2004 – ‘Island’, The Courtyard Craft and Exhibition Centre, Middleton, Co. Cork, Ireland.
October 2004 – Women’s Inter Island Network, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland.
August 2004 – ‘Impressions’, National Selected Printmaking Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland.
April 2004 – Group Performance, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland. Curator Amanda Coogan, AIB 2004 winner.