Art
Related Education
Sept
1998 - June 2000
Rhodec Diploma in
Interior Design
Senior
College Dun Laoghaire,
Dublin, Ireland.
Sept
1992 - June 1996
N.C.E.A
Diploma in Fine Art
Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design,
Ireland - DLIADT
Subjects: Painting, Sculpture, Print and History of Art.
Sept
1991 - June 1992
V.E.C Certificate
in Arts and Crafts
Senior College Sallynoggin,
Dublin, Ireland.
Portfolio preparation
Exhibitions
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2007
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Dec
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White
Sight - Hazel Williams Gallery, Kilkenny - Group show.
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2007
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May
-Sept
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Summer
Exhibition, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority
of Ireland, Dame St, Dublin. - Group show
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2007
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July
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Summer
Group Show, Hallward Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
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2007
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April/May
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Kenny
Art Gallery, High Street Galway - Group show with Roisin
Bateman, Simon Knowles, Bobby McLean & Rod Coyne
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2007
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April
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Arthouse
Gallery, Tuam, Co. Galway - Engage Studios Group Show
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2006
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Nov
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Town
Hall Arts Centre, Charlestown, Co. Mayo - Joint show with
Christine Meehan
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2006
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Nov
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Tulca
2006 - University College Hospital, Galway - Group Show
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2006
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July
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Stone
Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin - Group Show
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2006
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June
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Ard
Bia, Café & Artspace, Quay Street Galway - Solo
exhibition
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2006
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June
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Fisheries
Tower, Galway - Group show in conjunction with Galway
Civic Trust
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2005
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Dec
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Christmas
Group show - Waterfront
Art Gallery, Rosses Point, Sligo
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2005
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Nov
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Tulca
Arts Festival 2005, Galway - Studio Group Show
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2005
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June
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‘Quartet’
- group show with 4 artists - Waterfront Art Gallery,
Rosses Point, Sligo
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2004
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Sept
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‘The
Stolen Child’ - Group show - Waterfront Art Gallery,
Roses Point, Sligo.
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2003
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Dec
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Christmas
Group Show - William Frank Gallery, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
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1998
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Nov
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Industria
Art, Dublin
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1996
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June
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Dun
Laoghaire College of Art and Design Diploma Show,
Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin
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Professional
Associations
Member
of Engage Art Studios, Middle Street, Galway since August 2005
Professional
member of the Sculptors Society of Ireland since November 2003
(now Visual Artists Ireland)
Artifact
member till its disbandment in 2002.
Associate
member of Artists Association of Ireland from 1996 – 2001
Collections
An
Bord Pleanála - Dublin
Microsoft
Irish Art Collection
Stephens
Hall Hotel, Leeson Street, Dublin.
Charleville
Hotel, Rathmines, Dublin.
Corporate
Travel Partners, Lincoln Place, Dublin.
The
Commons Café, National Concert Hall, Dublin.
Department
of the Taoiseach, Government Buildings, Dublin.
Various
private collections throughout Ireland.
Artists Statement
Leah's
current work concerns the surrounding landscape and environmental
effects in both rural and urban contexts; the soft rain masking
the hills which creates a delicate composition, compared to the
defined structure of a cityscape; the muted colours of a winter
landscape weighed against the rich colours of the bog in summer.
Although
the subject matter can be recognised as 'landscape', it has an
abstract quality to it. Aerial views mixed with head on
perspectives. The basic elements of the 'landscape' are broken
down into more simplified forms; natural occurrences such as land,
sea, lakes, rivers, and human additions to the landscape such as
buildings, roads, telegraph poles etc. From here these components
take on a life of their own through experimentation and
manipulation of paint. The process usually involves working on a
number of paintings at the same time. This allows the creation of
a series of works based on a certain experience or inspired by
particular events.
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