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Biography + CV
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Geraldine O’Neill lives and works in her native Dublin. She studied at the National College of Art and Design between 1989 and 1993 and in 2008 she completed her MFA.
O’Neill has lectured in the Fine Art Department of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Visual Art Department of St Patrick’s College of Education and she was an external tutor for an MFA at the Massachusetts Institute of Art in 2011. In 2013 she was elected as an associate of the RHA.
Her first solo show was held in 1998 at the Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin. She has exhibited extensively in Ireland and abroad including the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery London as well as in Frankfurt and at the Florence Biennale. Her most recent solo exhibition was in 2012 at the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery entitled Reciprocal Space where her work dealt with references to visual culture, kitsch, fine art, the marginal and quantum mechanics all pressed into service in relation to her own world and in the wider social and cultural sphere.
Among O’Neill’s many awards are the Henry Higgins Travel Scholarship, an Arts Council Bursary, and the Gerry Tornsey Prize for Portraiture.
O’Neill’s work is represented in many collections both private and public including the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the European Central Bank, the Office of Public Works and the Glucksman UCC collection. She is represented in Ireland by Kevin Kavanagh Gallery.
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Geraldine O’Neill
2013 Elected an associate of the RHA.
2008 MA Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
1993 BA Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2012 Reciprocal Space, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2010 Horopter, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.
2008 Luan an tSléibhe, Draíocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin
2006 Slí na Fírinne, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Slí na Fírinne, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co. Laois
2003 Snab Smaointe, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2000 New Paintings, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
1998 Cake Sale, Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin
Group
2015 RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2014 Shortlisted Artists, Hennessy Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Beyond Measure, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
Visual Narratives, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
2013 RHA Annual, RHA gallery, Dublin
2011 Point to Point, Kinsale Arts Week, Curated by Gemma Tipton, Cork
2012 OAK, Killenure Castle, Knockavilla, Dundrum, Tipperary
2011 Life Room, Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, Limerick
2010 Graphic Studio: 50 Years in Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Something tells me it's all happening at the Zoo, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin
2009 Above the Fold, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Visiting Artists Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
Summer Group Exhibition, Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal
RHA Annual Exhibition (Invited Artist), RHA Gallery, Dublin
Dunamaise Arts Centre 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, curated by Gemma Tipton
2008 Group Therapy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Fis 2008, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
MFA Degree Show, Digital Hub, Dublin
2007 Group show, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2006 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
Reality Bites, curated by Gemma Tipton, Siamsa Tire, Tralee
2005 Seeing is Believing, Curated by Jacqui McIntosh, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
Contemporary Art from Ireland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt
2004 Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
2003 RHA Banquet Exhibition (Invited Artist), RHA Gallery, Dublin
RHA Annual Exhibition (Invited Artist), RHA Gallery, Dublin
2001 Eigse (Invited Artist), Carlow
Looking at Pictures, Laois Arts Festival
2000 – 1991 RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin
1999 Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Italy
1998 Victor Treacy Award, Butler Castle, Kilkenny
1998 – 1996 Gateway To Art, Aer Rianta, Dublin Airport
1997 RHA Banquet Exhibition (Invited Artist), RHA Gallery, Dublin
Koninklijk Institute voor de Tropen, The Netherlands
Dunlavin Arts Festival, Co. Wicklow
1996 Provinica di Varese, Villa Recalcati, Varese, Milan
1996 – 1993 An tOireachtas, The Hop Store, Dublin
1995 Without Walls – 50 under 40, RHA Gallery, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
1994 Siolrú, Holles St. Hospital Centenary Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin
1994 – 1993 Powerhouse Art Exhibition, Pigeon House, Dublin
1994 – 1990 National Portrait Exhibition, Dublin
1993 – 1992 Taylor Exhibition, RDS, Dublin
1993 NCAD Degree Show, RHA Gallery, Dublin
AWARDS
2014 Gerry Tornsey Prize for Portraiture, RHA Annual Exhibition
2006 Arts Council of Ireland Bursary
2005 Golden Fleece Merit Award
2004 Shortlisted for Hennessy Craig Scholarship, RHA Annual Exhibition
2004 K&M Evans Painting Award, RHA Annual Exhibition
1999 Fourth Prize for Painting, Florence Biennale
1995 Arts Council Materials Award
1994 Subsidiary Award, National Portrait Exhibition
1992 Henry Higgins Travel Scholarship
1991 Windsor and Newton Award, National Portrait Exhibition
1991 – 1990 Slogadh / Aer Lingus Award
COLLECTIONS
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Bank of Ireland
Haverty Trust
IIU – IFSC House
KPMG
Microsoft
Office of Public Works
The National Lottery
Central Bank of Ireland
European Central Bank
University College Cork
Dublin City University
AXA Insurance and numerous private collections.
Publications and Reviews
2012 Ruairí Ó hUiginn and Liam Mac Cóil, Bliainiris 10,
2011 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Graphic Studio 50 Years in Dublin,
2010 Robert O’Byrne, Dictionary of Living Irish Artists,
Aidan Dunne, Still life in a child’s eye, December 10th,
2008 Aidan Dunne, Exhibiting a Studied Lust for Life, Luan an tSléibhe, 12th November
Medb Ruane, Luan an tSléibhe, Kevin Kavanagh & Draíocht, Dublin
Jane Humphries, Judgement Day, Irish Arts Review, Autumn
Sandra Gibson, Fis2008,The Nerve, August
Ruth Osborne, Old Woman Cooking Eggs, UCC News, March
2006 Aidan Dunne, Things fall apart, in slow motion, Irish Times, May
Dr. Yvonne Scott, Sli na Firinne, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Liz Aders, How to buy contemporary art, Prudence Magazine, June
Arran Henderson, Totally Dublin, May
Jacqui McIntosh, The Studio, Visual Arts Newsletter, Jan/Feb Edition
Catherine Leen, Seeing is Believing, Sunday Times, 8th January
2005 Aidan Dunne, Different ways of seeing things, Irish Times, December
Jacqui McIntosh, Seeing is Believing, November
Contemporary Art from Ireland, European Central Bank,
Claire Shoesmith, Irish Times, 4th June
2004 Aidan Dunne, Boyling Over, Irish Times, 30th July
Aidan Dunne, All Changes but Stays the Same, Irish Times, 23rd April
2003 Jane Humphries, Up and Coming, A Buyers Guide to Irish Art, 3rd Edition,
John Turpin, Geraldine O’Neill at Kevin Kavanagh, Circa 104, Summer
Marianne Hartigan, Best in Show, Art Life Sunday Tribune, 25th May
Marianne Heron, Personal Space Artist Geraldine O’Neill, Irish Independent, 6th May
Aidan Dunne, Snabsmaointe, The Ticket, Irish Times, 24th April
2001 Annette O’Meara, Brush Up on Life in Art World, The Star, 29th August
Aidan Dunne, Eigse Continues to Deliver the Goods, Irish Times, 2nd July
Marianne Hartigan, Mayo Fields his Dreams, Sunday Tribune, 17th June
2000 Marianne Hartigan, Twelve of the Best, Sunday Tribune, 15th October
Aidan Dunne, Still-Lifes and Deep Waters, Irish Times, 11th October
Gerry Watson, The Art of Business, Decision, February/ March
Ciara Ferguson, Irish Artists Pick up the Prizes at Italian Show, Sunday Independent, 9th January
1988 Angeline Morrison, Cake Sale, Circa 84, Summer
Aidan Dunne, Art Reviews, Tribune Magazine, 8th March
1995 Luke Clancy, Reviews, Irish Times, 5th September
Lecturing
O’Neill has lectured in the Fine Art Department of the Dublin Institute of Technology the Visual Art Department of St Patrick’s College of Education and she was an external tutor for an MFA at the Massachusetts Institute of Art in 2011.