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-curriculum vitae-

  • 1979-1993: FULL-TIME ART AND CERAMICS TEACHER IN ADULT EDUCATION, VEC, DUBLIN.

  • 1993: ESTABLISHED STUDIO AT GLENCAIRN, CO. WATERFORD

  • 1998 JUNE: LAUNCHED MY SALT-GLAZED CERAMICS AT THE STUDIO

  • 1998 NOV: SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE BRIDGE GALLERY, DUBLIN

  • 1999 AUGUST: JOINT EXHIBITION OF SALT-GLAZED AND WOOD-FIRE STONEWARE AT THE COTTERS YARD, SCHULL, CO. CORK

  • 2000 NOV: SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE DALKEY ARTS CENTRE

  • 2000 SEPT - 2001 JUNE: EXHIBITED WITH THE IRISH CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS TOURING EXHIBITION

  • 2001 JAN/FEB: FEATURED IN THE CERAMICS REVIEW - AN INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS MAGAZINE

  • 2001 MAY: EXHIBITED AT THE GROUP SHOW FINE CERAMICS 11 AT ALPHA HOUSE GALLERY SHERBOURNE, DORSET, ENGLAND

  • 2001 JULY: TWO MAN SHOW AT THE COTTERS YARD, SCHULL, CO CORK

  • 2001 OCTOBER: SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE D&L GALLERY, LIMERICK

  • 2001: I BECAME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE IRISH WOOD/SALT FIRE POTTERS GROUP

  • 2002 JANUARY: THREE MAN SHOW AT ALPHA HOUSE GALLERY, SHERBOURNE DORSET, ENGLAND

  • 2002 AUGUST: EXHIBITED IN CRAFT COUNCIL OF IRELAND EXHIBITION OF COLOUR IN CRAFT

  • 2003: EXHIBITED IN THREE IRISH AND THREE BRITISH CERAMICISTS AT THE NATIONAL CRAFTS GALLERY, KILKENNY, IRELAND.

  • 2003: THREE MAN SHOW, ALPHA HOUSE GALLERY, SHERBOURNE, DORSET, ENGLAND

  • 2004: ELECTED PROFESSIONAL MEMBER CRAFTS POTTERS ASSOCIATION, LONDON, UK

  • 2005: NOT JUST POTS: IRISH CERAMICS OF 21ST CENTURY. EXHIBITION IN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND, DUBLIN.

  • 2005: WORK ACQUIRED BY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND: DECORATIVE ARTS AND HISTORY. COLLINS BARRACKS DUBLIN, IRELAND.

  • 2005 OCTOBER: EXHIBITED AT OXFORD CERAMICS FAIR, OXFORD UK

  • 2006 JUNE: SELECTED EXHIBITOR AT EARTH AND FIRE, RUFFORD CRAFT CENTRE, NOTTINGHAM, UK  

  • 2006 SEP: SELECTED TO EXHIBIT FOR IN THE WINDOW SHOWCASE AT CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, MARSHALL ST. LONDON, UK

  • 2006 SEP: FEATURED COVER ARTIST IN USA CERAMICS MONTHLY (AUGUST/SEPTEMBER EDITION)

  • 2007 MARCH: EXHIBITOR 17 PRIME MAKERS EXHIBITION, IRELAND AND WALES

  • 2007 APRIL: EXHIBITED IN TWO-MAN SHOW, HARLEQUIN GALLERY, GREENWICH, LONDON, UK

  • 2007 JUL-AUG: PARTICIPANT IN IWCAT WOODFIRING WORKSHOP, TOKONAME, JAPAN

  • 2007 AUGUST: EXHIBITED IN TOKONAME POTTERY FESTIVAL, JAPAN

  • 2007 OCT: EXHIBITED TOTALLY TEA-BOWLS III, OAKWOOD GALLERY, UK

  • 2007 NOV: ONE-MAN SHOW IN IMAGINE GALLERY, SUFFOLK, UK

  • 2008: BUILT THREE-CHAMBERED KILN, GLENCAIRN POTTERY

  • 2009 AUG: OBJECT GROUP SHOW, KILKENNY.

  • 2009 AUG: EXHIBITED AT LEACH LEGACY GROUP SHOW, ST IVES CORNWALL.

  • 2010 MAY: PORTFOLIO EXHIBITION 2010, NATIONAL CRAFTS GALLERY, KILKENNY

  • 2010 AUG: KENNY GALLERY GALWAY. PORTFOLIO 2010 GROUP EXHIBITION.

  • 2011 MAY: EXHIBITED AT COLLECT, SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

  • 2012 JAN: VISITING ARTIST/DEMONSTRATOR, TEL HAI CERAMICS SYMPOSIUM, ISRAEL

  • 2012 APRIL: SELECTED TO BECOME A FELLOW OF THE CRAFTS POTTERS ASSOCIATION, LONDON, UK

  • 2011-2013: STUDIO AND KILN REBUILD, CO WATERFORD

  • 2014 AUG: EXHIBITED AT CENTRED, FARMLEIGH GALLERY, DUBLIN

  • 2014 AUG: EXHIBITED AT GRADUATES OF LIMERICK CERAMICS, HUNT MUSEUM, LIMERICK

  • 2014: ELECTED ‘FELLOW’ OF CRAFT POTTERS ASSOCIATION (CPA), LONDON

  • 2015 SEP: SOLO SHOW TRUE TO FORM, EMMANUEL COOPER GALLERY, CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, LONDON

  • 2015 OCT: EXHIBITED AT BRAVURA 2015, THE BLUE EGG GALLERY, WEXFORD

  • 2016: WORK SELECTED FOR PERMANENT COLLECTION. FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE, UK

  • 2016 SEP: EXHIBITED AT TRANSFORMED IN FIRE, GALLERYTOP, DERBYSHIRE, UK

  • 2017 DECEMBER: SELECTED TO PRESENT TWO PIECES OF MY WORK TO THE CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS COLLECTION AT THE HUNT MUSEUM, LIMERICK

  • 2018-2019 NOVEMBER - JANUARY. PARTICIPATED IN ‘BLURRING THE EDGE’ GROUP SHOW AT THE HUNT MUSEUM. LIMERICK AND THE FLOWER GALLERY, PORTSTEWART, NI.

  • 2019 BUILT SALT-GLAZE KILN WITH FELLOW POTTER, JIM BEHAN

  • 2019 NOV: FEATURED IN “IRISH ARTS REVIEW” (WINTER 2019. VOL. 36, ISSUE 4)

  • 2019 Summer Show at Blue Door Gallery, Schull

  • 2020 Exhibited in Clay College, Stoke on Trent

  • 2020 Guest artist at West Cork Creates

  • 2020 Featured Artist in Irish Arts Review

  • I AM A MEMBER OF THE CRAFTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND, IRISH CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS AND AM A FELLOW OF CRAFT POTTERS ASSOCIATION UK (CPA). 

  • 2022 Selected by the Michaelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship to be a member of the Homo Faber Guide, which is a directory of excellence in craft in Europe.