BEATRICE O'CONNELL
Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1973
EDUCATION
2022 MFA NCAD, Dublin
1996 BFA Painting DIT, Dublin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Overwintering on the Moon, Taylor Galleries, Dublin 2
2009 Duende, Talbot Gallery, Dublin 1
2006 I always know where I am by the way the road looks , Talbot Gallery, Dublin 1
2005 Beatrice O’Connell and Kate Millar, Cross Gallery, Dublin
2004 Undercurrents , Hunt Museum, Limerick City
2000 New Paintings, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin 1
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017-24 Summer and Winter Group Shows, Taylor Galleries, Dublin 2
2017-18 Rua Red Winter Open Exhibition
2017 RHA Annual Exhibition
2017 Claremorris Gallery, ‘Island living’, featuring Aidan Crotty, Paula Pohli, Peter Burns,
Jennifer Cunningham, Beatrice O'Connell and Ann Quinn
2016-17 Winter Show, Taylor Galleries, Dublin 2
2016-17 IFTSQ Enniskillen and Strabane
2016 Republic - Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2016 RHA Annual Exhibition
2015 Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
2015 RHA Annual Exhibition
2014 ÉIGSE, Carlow Arts Festival
2012-13 Border Art Prize, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, QLD
2012-13 Dreamscapes, Gallery Works, Mount Tamborine, QLD
2012-13 Viva La Femme, Lust for Life Tattoo and Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD
2011 Leinster Gallery Exhibiting Artist
2011 One or Several Wolves, Moxie Studios, Dublin
2011 Exhibiting Artist, Grange Gallery, Oldtown, Co Dublin
2010 RHA Annual Exhibition
2010 Newtownbarry House, Wexford
2009 Annual Wexford Festival Opera Exhibition, EPA, Johnstown Castle
2008 Éigse, Carlow Arts Festival
2007 Affordable Art Show – New York
2004 Dubliners, Four Dublin Painters – Hopewire, Bunclody, Co Wexford
2004 50/50 – Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
2002 Crackerbox Palace, Cairns, Australia
1999 Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
1999 Lambay House Art Gallery, Howth
1998 Éigse 1998 – Carlow (Winner of the Emerging Artist Award)
1996 Lambay House Gallery Debut
1996 Art International – Sydney, Australia
1996 Oireachtas 1996 – Guinness Hopstore, Dublin
1996 Íontas Exhibition (Winner of the Student Award)
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2017
Ellen Altfest Masterclass
RHA School Access Programme
2016
Gwen Hardie Masterclass
RHA School Access Programme
2012
Goldspaces, space activation, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Border Art Prize Finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery
2005-06
Arts Council of Northern Ireland advisory board
2001
Dublin Corporation Bursary Award
1998
Éigse 1998 – Carlow, Emerging Artist Award
1996
Íontas, Student Award
COLLECTIONS
OPW Leinster House, Government Buildings, Dublin; AXA Insurance; Anatomy Department, Trinity College; Newtown School, Waterford; Muckross Park College, Donnybrook.
RESIDENCIES
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annamakerrig, Co Monaghan, Cill Rialaig, Co kerry, Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain.
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
Nov 2011 Image Magazine
Aug 2009, Image Magazine
July 2008 Evening Herald
March 2009, ‘Duende’ Exhibition Catalogue
June 2006 Aidan Dunne, Irish Times
OPW art catalogue, Art in State Buildings 1995-2005
May 2006 Irish Arts Review
April 2005 Jackie Ryan, Irish Property Buyer
17th April 2005 Marianne Hartigan, Sunday Tribune
10th April 2005 Sunday Tribune
1st April 2005 The Event Guide; The Ticket; The Dubliner
1st January 2001 Aidan Dunne, Irish Arts Review
12th March 2000 Sunday Tribune
1st March 2001 Aidan Dunne, Irish Times
18th February 2001 Noelle Harrison, WOW (what’s on where online)
3rd June 1997 Sophie Gorman, Irish Independent
16th June 1996 Aidan Dunne, Irish Times.
COMMISSIONS
1996 – Present
Portraiture and other commissions for private clients.
2016
Illustrate your Rights Campaign, Migrants Matter
http://www.migrantsmatter.org/illustrate-our-rights.html
2015
Album Cover, 'The Hills above the Valley ' by Barry Kinane
2006
Portraiture commission for Newtown School, Waterford
2006
Commission for Muckross Park College, Dublin 4
2000
Site specific commission for Mario’s Restaurant, Sandymount, Dublin 4
2001
Commissioned painting for The Goilin Singers, CD cover