C.V. - Eileen O’Sullivan
Eileen O’Sullivan works as an artist and educator between Dublin and Meath.
Education
PG Cert in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship Trinity college Dublin
Turps Banana Correspondence Mentorship Course, London, 2019 - 2021
National College of Art and Design, BA in Fine Art Painting & History of Art
Semester in Royal Academy of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium 2014
Awards and Achievements
Shortlisted Hennessy Craig Scholarship RHA 190th Annual Exhibition | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin2 2022
Doichead Arts Centre Artists’ Bursary 2021
Covid response award, Royal Hiberian Academy 2021
Cill Rialaig Artists Residency, Cill Rialaig, Co.Kerry 2020
The Professional Art Practice Development Award, Meath County Council 2020
RHA Academy Scholarship to attend Benjamin Sullivan Masterclass RHA 2019
Air Artist in Residency, Ole Ukena’s Studio, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 2019
Surveyor Visual Artist Award, Solstice Arts Gallery, Navan, Co.Meath 2018
The Painting Prize, Royal Hibernian Academy 188th Annual Exhibition 2018
Work included in Poetry Ireland Review Issue 121: Edited Eavan Boland. 2017
Cill Rialaig Artists Residency, Cill Rialaig, Co.Kerry 2017
Featured as ‘'Fresh Irish painters: 10 under 30 to watch', RTE Culture, 2017
Volunteer Art Facilitator | Rialto Youth Project, Dublin 8, 2017
Awarded emerging artist Joint Exhibition Basement Gallery, Dundalk 2016
President | National College of Art and Design Students’ Union 2015 – 2016
Exhibitions/Projects
RHA 193th Annual Exhibition | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2 2023
Dublin Is | Teelings Whiskey Storehouse x Hang Tough Gallery, Dublin 8
Páipéar | Hang Tough, Central Plaza Dame Street, Dublin 2
Hennessy Craig Award Shortlist show | Royal Hibernian Academy 2022
Solo exhibition ‘Dip, Dip, Dip’ Hang Tough Contemporary | Exchequer St. 2022
Creative Communities | JAVA Republic, Molesworth St. Dublin 2022
Hang Tough Contemporary Winter Print Show | Lennox Street 2021
Cohort.Art | Online Exhibition with 60 International painters 2021
RHA 191th Annual Exhibition | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin2 2021
First Days | Grass roots pop up in disused retail space on Anger Street Dublin Veiled and Decorated | Solo exhibition Solstice Art Centre, Navan, 2021
NUA | SO Fine Art Gallery 10, South Anne Street, Dublin 2021
Awakening | Saint Patrick’s Festival X Damn Fine Print, 2021
SCOOP Foundation Art auction | Online at invaluable.com 2021
In Absentia: Cohort.Art | Online Exhibition, 50 International artists 2020
Annual Exhibition | Mason Hayes & Curran, Barrow Street, Dublin 2019
Surveyor | Solstice Art Centre, Navan (Curator : Kevin Kavanagh) 2019
Waterford Winter Arts Festival | 44 The Quay, Waterford. 2019
VUE Contemporary Art Fair | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 2019
(Solo) Meanwhile Rummage until Combined | SO Fine Art, Dublin 2, 2018
VUE Contemporary Art Fair | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 2018
RHA 188th Annual Exhibition | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 2018
Gathering | Boyle Arts Festival - King House, Boyle, Roscommon 2018
Surveyor | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, (Curator Eamonn Maxwell) 2018
Collision | Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, 2017
VUE Contemporary Art Fair | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2, 2017
RHA 187th Annual Exhibition | Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 2017
Hermione Art Exhibition | Alexandra College, Milltown Road, Dublin, 2017
Young III | SO Fine Art Gallery 10, South Anne Street, Dublin, 2017
Limbo | Mart Studios, Malpas Street, Blackpitts, Dublin, 2017
Summer Exhibition | SO Fine Art Gallery, South Anne Street, Dublin, 2016
Surveyor III | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan Meath 2016
Perennial | The Fumbally Exchange, Dublin, 2016
Emerging Artists Exhibition |St. Patrick’s Mental Health Hospital, Dublin, 2015
Conversations | Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Roscommon 2015
Surveyor II | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath 2015
Graduate Exhibition | National College of Art and Design, Dublin, 2015
Contemporary Art Exhibition | Tinakilly Country House, Wicklow, 2015
(Two-person exhibition) In Search of Place | An Táin Arts Centre, Louth 2015 Surveyor | Solstice Art Centre, Navan, Meath 2014
Deuce, Wintertuin | Koninklijke Academie Voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Sculpture in Context | National Botanical Gardens, Dublin 2013
Kiln Paint | Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin 7. 2013
Lens and the Lie | Yellow Box Gallery, NCAD, Dublin 8, 2013
Collections
The Collection of Trinity College, Dublin. 2021
The Collection of Ashbourne Community School, Ashbourne, Co.Meath 2019
The Collection of The Office of Public Works 2017
The Collection of The Law Society of Ireland, Dublin. 2018
The Collection of NUI, Maynooth University, 2017
The Collection of St.Brigid’s School, D8 2016
The Collection of Wesley College, Ballinteer, 2015
Employment
Art facilitator and tour guide with Pallas Projects Gallery and Studio 2022
Creative Associate with Creative Ireland – St.Joseph’s Fairview 2022
Art facilitator – National Gallery of Ireland 2018 – current
Outreach programme – Artist at school, St.Canice’s Boys School 2022
Studio Assistant to Aós Dána Member, Artist, Eithne Jordan R.H.A. 2021-22
Artist in the Community, Summer Project | Oznam House MountJoy 2021
Artist in the Community, Meath County Council 2021
Contributor to Arts in Junior Cycle Creative Careers programme 2021