Education:
2010: B.A. Visual Arts Practices, Hons. IADT, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
2004: Certificate in Drawing and Visual Investigation (DVI), NCAD
(Also: B.A. Hons. Irish/French, H. Dip. ED., T.T.G., diplomas in Spanish and Italian)

Artistic Profile:
Works in a variety of media including photography, video, print, oils and acrylics. Currently exploring work with a 3d dimension.
A member of the Leinster Printmaking Studio (LPS), Clane, Co Kildare, I work a variety of media including painting, printmaking, video and photography.
Currently coordinating Irish Artists participating in ‘Le Chéile’, a collaboration in print between LPS and a print studio in Wrexham, North Wales. lecheileprintproject.blogspot.com

Awards:
Grant from Culture Ireland 2011, to bring "Le Chéile" to Wales
R.D.S. Student Arts Award, 2010
R.D.S. Student Arts Award, 2007
Grant from Kildare Co. Co. 2008 to co-ordinate material for a website for Professional Visual Artists working or living in Co. Kildare.

Publications:
"Le Chéile at Cill Rialaig" Blurb Books 2011. Le Chéile at Cill Rialaig (http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2144828)
"Silence: Broadstone Shed", 2011. Silence: Broadstone Shed  (http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1952098)
Le Chéile Publication for Printfest, 2010
Imprint, Australia 2009,
Le Chéile Australian catalogue, July 2009 and mid-term publication, May 2008
VAI newsletter, April 2007 and 2008

Residencies:
Cill Rialaig, Co Kerry, October/November 2010

Solo Shows
Iniscarra Gallery, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, November 2010
Art @ The Ivy House, Drumcondra, Dublin 1. Feb – April 2011

Recent Group Exhibitions
'Le Chéile at Oriel Ynys Mon', Llangefni, Wales. September - November 2011
'Printmakers in Residence', Urban Retreat Gallery, Hanover Quay, Dublin 2. July - September 2011
'Bog 50 x 70', Éigse Fringe, Carlow, July 2010 and Market House, Athy, April 2010
‘Hopkins at The General Stores …artists respond’, Monsterevin, Co Kildare, July 2010
‘IADT Graduate Exhibition’ IADT, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, May/June 2010
Selected Group Exhibitions
Bog 50x 70, Eigse Fringe, Carlow. 2010
‘Le Chéile, Irish/Welsh collaboration in printmaking’, Rhyl Art Centre, Denbighshire, Wales Jan – Feb 2010 and South Australia, June 2009 – December 2010
‘Trace’, 10to12 artists, Pallas Contemporary Projects, June 2009
‘Le Chéile’, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, March 2009
‘Unit 69’ Warehouse, Tallaght. February 2009
‘Taispeántas Chlub Chonradh’, December 08
‘Celtica’ Festival, Port Arthur, Australia, November 08
‘Oireachtas 08’, Cork. November 2008

Statement:
“I draw inspiration from observing the changes in the world around me. This is informed by my interest in Irish cultural and environmental landscape and its traditions. The past has a fundamental influence on social order and the humanities. Objects and images from the past embody cultural memory and characterize the future.”

Current Project: http://sites.google.com/site/cucuart/