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Past Exhibition > Cormac O'Leary - Biography

Cormac O'Leary
Born in Cork City in 1969, Grew up in Sligo, Ireland.

ART EDUCATION
Sligo Institute of Technology;
One year Certificate in Visual Education - 1988
National Diploma in Fine Art ( Painting and Print) - 1988 - 91

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004     New Paintings, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2000     Dream Fields, Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim
1999     The Edge of the City, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
            Night Crossing, Sligo Art Gallery


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000     New Paintings, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibereen
            Aer Rianta 'Gateway to Art', Dublin Airport
            Works on Paper, Le Moyne Art Foundation, Tallahasee, Florida, USA

1999     A Salute to the New Millennium, Sligo Art Gallery
            Christmas Show, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
            Christmas Show, Lavit Gallery, Cork
            Summer Show, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
            Coast to Coast, Lavit Gallery, Cork

1998     On Board, Sligo Art Gallery
            A Platter of Art, Lavit Gallery, Cork

1997     Works on Paper, The Cat & the Moon, Sligo
            Outlines, The Market House, Monaghan Town
            Masks at the Hawkswell, Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo

1996     Watercolours, Sligo Art Gallery
            Works based on the writing of Dermot Healy,
            The Factory Performance Space, Sligo
            1,2,3 O'Leary, Carroll's Art Gallery, Longford

1995     Strands, Monaghan County Museum and Art Gallery
            Generations, The Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

1994     Monaghan Open Exhibition

1993     Three of a Kind, McCanny Building, Sligo
            Drawings, Sligo Art Gallery

1992     Christmas Show, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
            Beginnings, Sligo Park Hotel

1991     Diploma Show, Sligo Art Gallery
            Group Six, Sligo Art Gallery

1990/91/93    Iontas, National Small Works Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery

94/96/99    (Toured to Dublin, Belfast, Limerick & Derry)

1990/91/94    Claremorris Open Exhibition, Mayo

1990 - 99    North Western Artists, Sligo Art Gallery (Annually)


AWARDS
Artist' Residency, Cill Rialaig Artists' Retreat, Co. Kerry - 1999
Studio Residency, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork - 1999
Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealaion Grants - 1993 - 94
D. O'Sullivan Graphics's Award for best overall student - 1991


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