Sarah Iremonger was born in Dublin (1965) lives and works as a visual artist in Kinsale Co. Cork, Ireland; is a Board Member of the Lavit Gallery Cork; a member of 'RedInk' Neurodivergent Artists Support Group; Board Member of the Backwater Artists Group, Cork 2003-09 (Chair 2006-09); a founder of the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork in 1985 volunteering there until 1999 and working as Visual Arts Curator, Programme and Project Manager and Artists Liaison from 1999-2015.
Recent work includes the development of drawings from Horizons work into digital 3-D landscapes presented at the '2nd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland' UCC University College Cork 2024; Vessels and Horizons exhibited at 'Coalescence' The Lavit Gallery, Cork 2024; participation in 'Quietly Dispelling the Dark' Arts Council Collection selected by Colm Tóibín, VISUAL, Centre of Contemporary Art, Carlow 2024; participation in 'Residence 3' exhibition Oliver Sears Gallery & Ting Ying Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, UK 2023; Vessels exhibition at Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, supported by a Cork County Council Creative Artists Bursary 2022; Build Your Own Horizon/BYOH public participation project Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Bealtaine Artist in Residence and Cork County Council, exhibited at 'Re:Group - Fragments in Constellation' with Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre and Skibbereen Arts Festival 2022; The Hunting Box Party exhibited at 'Change Hunters Hide' the Emmanuel Walderdorff Galerie, Hofgut Molsberg, Westerwald, Germany 2021.
Iremonger illustrated 'Atlantis' by poet Derek Mahon 2019 and 'The Rain Bridge' children's book 2017 both published by The Gallery Press "a story written by Derek Mahon for his son, then aged six, a tale of loss, kindness and recovery. Iremonger’s illustrations match, in their simplicity, the purity of the author’s style." (Peter Fallon 2017) 'IL Ponte Della Pioggia' published by Valigie Rosse, Italy, 2018 and Macedonia, 2019.
Education
1997-98MA European Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, Southampton University, Park Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire, UK and Barcelona, Spain
1985-87
Diploma in Fine Art Print, CCAD, Crawford College of Art and Design, Sharman-Crawford St. Cork, Ireland
1983-85
Foundation and First Year Fine Art, NCAD, National College of Art and Design, 100 Thomas St. Dublin, Ireland
Membership
Board Member of The Lavit Gallery, Cork, 2023-present
RedInk Neurodivergent Artists Support Group, 2022-present
VAI Visual Artists Ireland, 1997-2005, & 2016-present
National Sculpture Factory, Cork, 2007 & 2013 -17
Cork Film Centre, Cork, 2007-09
Teaching Council, 2010-11 (further education)
Member of the Spike Island Heritage Committee, Cobh, 2009-11
Art Trail Committee, Cork, 2006
Studio member Backwater Artists Group, Cork, 2000-09
Board member of the Backwater Artists Group, Cork, 2003-09 (Chair 2006-09)
Board member of Wandesford Quay Ltd. Cork, 2004-09
Cork Arts Job Initiative Ltd. Community Employment Scheme, Cork, 1999-2003 (Secretary)
Mayo County Council Artists Panel, 1995-98
Collections
The Liberty Hotel Group, Dublin; OPW Office of Public Works, Northside Civic Centre, Coolock, Dublin & Government Offices at Tullamore, Co. Laois; The Arts Council of Ireland; Microsoft Ireland; University College Cork; Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork; Kerry UDC, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Recent
2026
Art Palm Beach, with Oliver Sears Gallery, Palm Beach County Convention Centre, Florida, USA (Jan 28-Feb 1)
Residency, The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry (June)
2025
'From the Land' John Martin Gallery, London, UK, with Oliver Sears Gallery (Sept 16)
'RECOMP:OST' Hong Kong Community Radio, online (Aug)
'Art Evolve' RDS Art Fair, Dublin, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
2024
'Quietly Dispelling the Dark' Arts Council Collection selected by Colm Tóibín, VISUAL, Centre of Contemporary Art, Carlow
'Lavit Gallery Outpost' 64 Patrick St. Cork
'Coalescence' exhibition, The Lavit Gallery, Cork
'2nd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland', UCC University College Cork with Sample Studios, Cork
'Space In-between' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, West Cork
'Hermione Exhibition' Alexandra College, Dublin
2023
Participant of the 'Cosmist Reading Group, The Institute of the Cosmos' by Anton Vidolke at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. CorkParticipant Sirius Arts Centre Summer School, Cobh, Co. Cork
'Residence 3' Oliver Sears Gallery & Ting Ying Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2022'Arts Council Collection 60 Years' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen
Vessels, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
Space-Time: Horizons, Atlantis and A Rain Bridge paper presented at 'Art Poetique' in Memorium Derek Mahon (Study Day) Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
'Re:Group - Fragments in Constellation' collaboration project facilitated by Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, through online meetings in 2021, O'Driscoll building, Skibbereen Arts Festival'Bealtaine Artist in Residence' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, funded by Cork County Council
'An Incandescent Connection' Kinsale, Co. Cork, with Hina Kahn and Eidin Griffin
Floating Above the Horizon paper presented at the 'Derek Mahon 80th Birthday Celebration Conference' Trinity College, Dublin
'Evanescent' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'New & Recent Work' online exhibition, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
'30 Years of Making' Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
'Change - Hunters Hide' Emmanuel Walderdorff Galerie, Hofgut Molsberg, Westerwald, Germany2020
'Outdraw' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Vessels/Research '24/7' online with the National Sculpture Factory, Cork
'Arts for All' online featured artist
'The Time of Our Lives' online exhibition, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
'Irish Examiner Wish List' Irish Examiner (Jan 12)
Publications
2019
'The Rain Bridge' children's book, illustrations and cover, written by Derek Mahon, published in Macedonia, www.pnv.mk
2018
'IL Ponte Della Pioggia' children's book, illustrations and cover, written by Derek Mahon, published in Italy by Valigie Rosse
'Atlantis' illustrations and cover for poetry pamphlet by Derek Mahon, published by The Gallery Press, Co. Meath
2017
'The Rain Bridge' children's book, illustrations and cover, written by Derek Mahon, published by The Gallery Press, Co. Meath
2013
'World View of An Oyster' catalogue with Helen Horgan, Maximilian Le Can, Mick O’Shea & written by Danyel Ferrari for Cork County Council and Macroom Town Council with edit+
1996
Cork Paintings, Sarah Iremonger, catalogue, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, USA, with Gandon Publications, Co. Cork
'Irish Women Sociological Profiles', book cover, Attic Press, Dublin
Commissions
2004-05
Freedom Box & Where’s Me Cork? video works, 'Arigador - Cork Silver and Gold Exhibition', Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, for European City of Culture 2005 and Bowen Construction
2003
Upside-down Mountains neon and mural installation, Northside Civic Centre, Coolock, Dublin, for the OPW Office of Public Works (updated in 2012)
Awards
2026
Residency, The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry (June)
2022
Arts Council Agility Award, towards the development of a new text-based work, CantosCork County Council Creative Artists Bursary, towards Vessels exhibition at Oliver Sears Gallery
Artist in Residence with Bealtaine Festival at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, with funding from Cork County Council
2015
Cork County Council Arts Grants Scheme Award, towards the development of new work, Horizons
Residency, The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
2014
Residency, The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
2011
Culture Ireland Award, towards 'Sub-plots' exhibition at allerArt Bludenz, Austria
Culture Ireland Award, towards exhibiting The Hunting Box Party at 'Magaslesek (Hochsitze – Raised Hides)' Knoll Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Culture Ireland Award, towards exhibiting The Hunting Box Party at 'Buffer Zone', The Armoury, Sydney Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Australia
Art Exchange Residency, Broken Hill, Australia
2010
Culture Ireland Award, towards exhibiting I thought I dreamed of you at 'Tears, Trash and Decay' Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Culture Ireland Award, towards I thought I dreamed of you exhibition at Gallery 817, Anderson Hall, UARTS, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Von Hess Residency, Borowsky Centre & UARTS Multidisciplinary Fine Arts Program, Visiting Artist, UARTS, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
2008
Cork County Council Arts Grants Scheme Award, towards the development of I thought I dreamed of you exhibition, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
2007
Residency, The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
2005
Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland, towards The Hunting Box Party, exhibited at 'C2' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, 2005; 'Buffer Zone' The Armory, Sydney Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 'Magaslesek (Hochsitze – Raised Hides)' Knoll Gallery Budapest, Hungary, 2011; 'Hochsitze (Raised Hides)' Knoll Gallery Vienna, Austria, 2010 and 'Change Hunters Hide' Emmanuel Walderdorff Galerie, Hofgut Molsberg, Westerwald, Germany, 2021
2004
Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland, towards the development of The Hunting Box Party
2003
Fellowship Stipendiatin der Stiftung Kulturfonds Residency at Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf, Germany
Cultural Relations Committee Award, Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, Ireland, towards Lumpy Art History exhibition at Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2002
Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland, towards The Top Half of the Hero exhibition, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Residency Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
Project Award, Arts Council of Ireland, towards the research and development in Berlin, Germany
2001
Publication Award, Arts Council of Ireland, towards Lumpy Art History exhibition, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Materials/Documentation Grant, Arts Council of Ireland
1999
Materials/Documentation Grant, Arts Council of Ireland
1998
Cultural Relations Committee Award, Department of Foreign Affairs, towards an investigation into the act of interpretation in relation to the area of representation exhibition at Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1996
DHL ArtLift Award for Cork Paintings exhibition at J. D. Mooney Foundation, Chicago, USA & 'L’Imaginaire Irlandais' Villesalem Abbey in association with Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
1995
Cultural Relations Committee Award, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, Ireland
1994
Arts Council Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland
‘Art flight’ Arts Council of Ireland / Aer Lingus
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Vessels, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
2016 -17
Cover Photo Retrospective, Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/sarah.iremonger (weekly)
2011
Desert Union, 'World’s End' The Guesthouse, Cork2010
I thought I dreamed of you, Gallery 817, Anderson Hall, UARTS, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
2009-10
I thought I dreamed of you, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Hinterland, Tom Barry’s, Cork, in association with Cork Arts Collective, Cork
2007
Myths, Alliance Francaise de Cork, Cork
2004
Research & Process Room, interpretative room 'George Petrie' exhibition, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork2003
Lumpy Art History, Turku Museum, Turku, Finland
2002
Top Half of the Hero, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
2001
Lumpy Art History, Temple Bar Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin
2000
from effect to ideology and back again, CIT Exhibition Centre, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork
1999
an investigation into the act of interpretation in relation to the area of representation, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
an investigation into the act of interpretation in relation to the area of representation, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Dark Paintings, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
14 Years of Work, Studio Sale Cobh Mini Art Trail, Art Trail ‘98, 6 The Crescent, Cobh, Co. Cork
1997
Ultramarine Oscuro, Panorama Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Barcelona, Spain
Blue light, Clonmel Arts Centre, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
1996Cork Paintings, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, USA
Pathalo Blue, Jo Rain Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
1994
Sarah Iremonger Touring Exhibition, The Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland
1993
Sarah Iremonger Touring Exhibition, The Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Sarah Iremonger Touring Exhibition, The Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
1992
Recent Work, Civic Trust House, Popes Quay, Cork
Sarah Iremonger Recent Works, Jeffers Gallery, Kinsale, Co. Cork
1990
Sarah Iremonger, Boathouse Gallery, Castletownshend, Co. Cork
Group Exhibitions
2025
'From the Land' John Martin Gallery, London, UK, with Oliver Sears Gallery
'Art Evolve' RDS Art Fair, with Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
2024
'Quietly Dispelling the Dark' Arts Council Collection selected by Colm Tóibín, VISUAL, Centre of Contemporary Art, Carlow
'Lavit Gallery Outpost' at 64 Patrick St., Cork
'Coalescence' The Lavit Gallery, Cork City
'Space In-between' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'Hermione' Alexandra College, Dublin
'Residence 3' Oliver Sears Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2022
'Arts Council Collection 60 Years' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'Re:Group - Fragments in Constellation' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen through online meetings 2021, O'Driscoll Building, Skibbereen Arts Festival, Skibbereen, West Cork
2021'An Incandescent Connection' with Hina Kahn and Eidin Griffin, Kinsale, Co. Cork
'Evanescent' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'Friends and Members Exhibition' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'New & Recent Work' online, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
'30 Years of Making' Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
'Change - Hunters Hide' Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Hofgut Molsberg, Westerwald, Germany
2020
'Outdraw' Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'24/7' online, National Sculpture Factory, Cork
'Arts for All' featured artist May & June
'The Time of Our Lives' online, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin
2019
'Press Play' Oliver Sears Gallery, Molesworth Street, Dublin
'Heroes and Villains' Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork
2018
'Heroes and Villains' Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork
'Gallery Artists and Guests' The Salon, Oliver Sears Gallery, Molesworth Street, Dublin
2014
'The 184th RHA Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition' Dublin (invited artist)
2013
'World View of An Oyster', Macroom Town Hall, Macroom, Co. Cork
2012
'Sub-plots' Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork2011
'Art Work Embassy' ArtTrail, Cork
'Sub-plots' AllerArt, Bludenz, Austria
'Buffer Zone' The Armoury Gallery, Sydney Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Australia
'Magaslesek (Hochsitze – Raised Hides)' Knoll Gallery Budapest, Hungary
'Land/e/scape' Art Walks, Historic Centre of Kalamata, Greece
'Living in Interesting Times' Tom Barry’s Light Boxes exhibition, in association with Backwater Artists Group and Cork Artists Collective, Cork
'When Flanders Failed' The RHA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, curated by Stephen Brandes
2010
Rushbrooke Links, 'Tank.TV' online Museum of the Moving Image, London, UK
'Land/e/scape' Festival Midden, Historic Centre of Kalamata, Greece
'Hochsitze (Raised Hides)' Knoll Gallery Vienna, Austria
'Tears, Trash & Decay' Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
'Souvenirs from the Celtic Tiger' Xuhui Arts Museum, Shanghai, China
'West Cork Artists' West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'Backwater Artists' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2009
'Video Screening' Skibbereen Arts Festival, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'The Hero of a Thousand Faces' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
'Fruitcakes and Furrycollars' off-site exhibition in association with West Cork Arts Centre & Cork Film Centre, Bridge House, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
'V for Video' The Roundy, Cork
2007
'Posted 3 – Future World' billboard photographic project, Cork
Wreck video projection, Backwater Artists Group & Cork Printmakers open studios, Cork
'Tensions' Former Court House Building with Cork Film Centre & ArtTrail, Cork
2006
'we must follow the circle' Triskel Arts Centre & Backwater Artists Group, Cork
'Coffee Project' Temple Bar Studio, Temple Bar, Dublin
2005
Secret Archaeology of an Artist, Backwater Artists Group 'open studios' ArtTrail, Cork, Cork for European City of Culture
'Cork Caucus' Culture Strike in association with the National Sculpture Factory, Cork
'CcRevolver 1' Culture Strike The Mardike, Cork
‘European Landscapes’ City Hall, Cork (Where’s Me Cork? Film showing)
'Un/Inhibited' video projection, Backwater Artists Group, open studios for European City of Culture'Arigador' Cork Silver & Gold exhibition, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, for European City of Culture
'C2' The Hunting Box Party Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, for European City of Culture
‘C2’ Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, for European City of Culture
‘Trunk Show’ (the artist as traveller), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
2004'Trunk Show' (the artist as traveller), King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
'ArtTrail' The Hunting Box Party critical essays & Backwater Artists Group, 'open studios', Cork
‘Backwater Artists Group Exhibition’ Italy
2003'Crawford Open 4' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
'ArtTrail' cover image of the catalogue; critical essays, open studios, electric rain, Cork
'Art Trail' Hunting Boxes video projection, IAWS building, and Backwater Artists Group, Cork
'FLIX' Fake Installations Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
‘Amnesty Exhibition’ Tigh Fili, Cork
‘Iontas 2003’ Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo; Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown; Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick
‘Open Studio’s’ Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
‘Forbidden Writings’ Photographic Exhibition, The Ping Pong Room, Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
‘Backwater Artists Group’ Touring Show, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo; Triskel Arts Centre, Cork; Clotworthy Arts Centre, Co. Antrim
2002'EV&A' Lumpy Art History Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick
'Art Trail ’02' Documenta11/Documentation open studios, Cork
‘pARTners’ The Lavit Gallery, Cork
'Dedalus - Bloomsday # 1' Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland2001
'Crawford Open 2' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
'ArtTrail' Homage, Backwater Artists Group, Backwater Artists Group's open studios, Cork
'ArtTrail' Shh.. outline drawing project, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
'Projections' Parochial Church Hall, Old St. Mary’s Church, Clonmel, with the South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
‘IONTAS 2001’ Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Cork and Dublin
2000'Crawford Open' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
'Samhain Swing' Art Gallery, Deptford, London, UK
'Stuffed' Stuff Gallery, 5 Palmers Rd. Bethnal Green, London, UK
'M for Millennium' Cork Midsummer Festival, The Lavit Gallery, Cork
'Cork Midsummer Festival' from effect to ideology and back again CIT Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue and Guy’s Buildings, Coal Quay, Cork
1999
'Fresh Art Studio' 'ArtTrail' Princes St., Cork
1998
'Industria Art' Clifton Hall, Dublin
'Top ’98' Tallers Oberts Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain Can Filipi Centre Civic & Winchester School of Art, Barcelona, Spain
'Micro-Soft Touring Exhibition' Ireland
'Scoip ‘97' Siamsa Tire Arts Centre, Tralee, Co. Kerry
'Kunst aus Irland Nordirland Schottland' Catalyst Arts, Arts Club, Burgwedel, Germany
1996
'Volume' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
'L’Imaginaire Irlandais' Villesalem Abbey in association with Le Confort Modern, Poitiers, France
'Model Home Ideas for Living' The Clock Tower PS1 Museum of Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY, USA
'COE ’96' Claremorris Open Exhibition, Co. Mayo
'Art of the State' touring exhibition, Ireland and France
1995
'Cork Artists Collective' (Anniversary Exhibition) The Boole Library, University College Cork
'Cill Rialaig Project Exhibition' Billy Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, Limerick
1994
‘Downeen Decade’ Angela Flowers Summer Exhibition' Rosscarbery, Co. Cork
'Boyle Arts Festival' Boyle, Co. Roscommon
'Cork Southern Artists' Cork Arts Society, Cork
1993
'Euro Threshold' Millstreet, Co. Cork
‘MOE ’93’ Monaghan Open Exhibition, Monaghan County Museum, Co. Monaghan
1992
'Aer Rianta Exhibition' Cork Airport, Cork
'Cork Southern Artists' Cork Arts Society, Cork
1991
'Gropup Show' The Dean Gallery, Fermoy, Co. Cork
'Contemporary Irish Works on Paper' Edith Barret Art Gallery, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica,
New York, U.S.A.
1990
'Victor Tracey Young Artists Awards Exhibition', Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
'R.H.A. Banquet Exhibition' Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
'Oireachteas Exhibition' Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
'New Contemporaries' Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
1987
'Cork Printers Exhibition' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
'Summer Show' West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, West Cork
'EVA '87' Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick
Curatorial Projects
2021
'An Incandescent Connection' exhibition, Kinsale, Co. Cork, with Hina Kahn and Eidin Griffin
2013
'World View of An Oyster', Macroom Town Hall, with Helen Horgan, Maximilian Le Can, Mick O’Shea, writer Danyel Ferrari & edit+ for Cork County Council and Macroom Town Council
2012
'Sub-plots' Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork, with Marianne Keating, Mick O’Shea & Stephen Brandes
2011
'Sub-plots' allerArt, Bludenz, Austria with Marianne Keating, Mick O’Shea & Stephen Brandes
2009
'Containers' with Stephen McGlynn (IRL) and the Port of Cork, Custom House Quay for ArtTrail, Cork
2008
'Cork Harbour Project - Beyond the Myths' exhibition, seminar, school projects & off-site projects, Cork Harbour and Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
2007
'Cork Harbour Project - Laboratories 1 & 2, International Residency Program, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
2005
‘The Fota Lichen Project’ by Mara Scrupe (US), installation at Fota House in association with the Crawford Art Gallery and Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Scheme 2004)
‘The Sticker Book Project’ off-site / photography / publication project by Hendrikje Kuehen and Beat Klein (SW), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Scheme 2004)
2004
‘Dressing Room’ installation and publication by Kim Jones (US), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Scheme 2003)
2002
‘Singer / Songwriter’ installation and publication by Maia Naveriani (GE), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Project Award 2002)
‘Soft Winds do Blow’ installation and publication by Hugh Davies (UK), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Project Award 2002)
‘South of No North’ new work and publication by Andre Stitt (IRL), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Project Award 2002)
2001
‘Departure’ site-specific installation by Maura Sheehan (US), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Project Award 2001)
‘Beyond the Point’ video and sound installation with a CD publication by Danny McCarthy (IRL), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (funded through an Arts Council Project Award 2001)
2024
The Lady of the Lake is Hiding in the Expanded Field, '2nd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland', UCC University College Cork with Sample Studios, Cork
2022
Space-Time: Horizons, Atlantis and A Rain Bridge, 'Art Poetique' in Memorium Derek Mahon (Study Day) Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, FranceFloating Above the Horizon, Derek Mahon, '80th Birthday Celebration Conference' Trinity College, Dublin
2018
'Artists of Cobh and Great Island' 'This Must Be the Place' Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
2011
'Cork Harbour Summer School' Port of Cork, Cork
'Artist Presentations' ERIA Environmental Research Initiative for Art, COFA College of Fine Arts, UNSW University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2010
'Artist Presentation' UARTS Multidisciplinary Fine Arts Program, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
2007
'Cork Docklands Seminar & Tour' Port of Cork, ArtTrail, Cork
2005
'Culture 2000 Seminar' Arts Council of Ireland, Malta
'BAG Backwater Artists Group at the Crawford' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Where’s Me Cork? UCC University College Cork, Sociology Dept. Cork
Where’s Me Cork? Green Party Convention, Cork
2003
'Artist Presentation' Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2002
Top Half of the Hero, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
'Manifesta 4' presentation, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2001
'Projections' Parochial Church Hall, Old St. Mary’s Church, Clonmel in association with the South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Lumpy Art History, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
1996
Cork Paintings, J. D. Mooney Foundation, Chicago, USA
1993
Sarah Iremonger Touring Exhibition, Triskel Art Centre, Cork
1999–2015
Programme & Project Manager, Visual Arts Curator and Artists Liaison, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
2006
Curator and Independent Project Management: ‘Ob-Scene Video Project' Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
2005
‘Un/Inhibited Video Projection Project' Backwater Artists Group, European Capital of Culture Program, Cork
Project Manager & Curator for The Fota Lichen Project by Mara Scrupe (US) installation at Fota House, for Crawford Art Gallery, Cork in association with Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
1999-2001 & 2004
Assistant to the Arts Officer, Exhibition Centre, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, CIT
1985-99Co-founder and volunteer, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
Teaching
2010
Visiting Artist / Curator, Multi-disciplinary Fine Arts Program (FAMD BFA), UARTS, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA
2009
Art Leaving Cert. & Art History exam preparation, Mel College, Cork
Cork Film Centre, Youth Workshops, Co. Cork
2008
4th year Video Module, Presentation College, Mardyke, Cork
Film Studies 5th & 6th years, Leaving Cert. College, Cork
Art Leaving Cert. & Art History exam preparation, Leaving Cert. College, Cork
Training
2008
Web Design, Midleton Community College, Co. Cork
2007
Keeping Safe, HSE Child Protection, through the Arts Council, Cork
2007
ASIST, HSE Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork