Michael Mc Swiney, 2 Glebe House Gardens, Emmet Square, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland T: 0872752842

Curriculum vitae

1969 - Born, Cork, Ireland
1986 - 87 Foundation, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland
1987 - 91 B.A. Fine art (Honours degree), National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
1991 - 95 Lives and works in Denmark, Norway, Isreal, Sri Lanka and India
1995 - 99 Lives and works in Sligo, Ireland
1999 - 00 Lives and works in Cadiz, Spain
2000 - 08 Lives and works in Oslo, Norway( guest lecturer at Einar Granum Art School )
2008 - Returns to live and work in Cork, Ireland

Forthcoming solo exhibitions

March/April 2010, DROICHEAD ART CENTRE, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland

June/July/August 2010, DRAIOCHT ART CENTRE, Dublin, Ireland

Solo exhibitions

2009 Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork, Ireland
2009 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland
2008 Garterlane Arts Centre, Waterford City, Waterford, Ireland
2007 Heer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Midgard Cultural Heritage Centre, Borre, Norway
2006 Athene Gallery, Drammen, Norway
2005 Heer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2003 Heer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2002 Heer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2001 O.B.K. Gallery (Oslo artists association) Oslo, Norway
1999 Linenhall Arts Centre, Mayo, Ireland
1998 Logan Gallery, Galway, Ireland

Selected group exhibitions

2009 Catherine Hammond Gallery, West Cork, Ireland
2008 The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2007 Gallery Kirkwood , Oslo, Norway
Gallery Gulden Kunstverk, Nedre Eiker, Norway
Kunst Rett Vest, Slambassenget, Slemmestad, Norway
2006 Arena, Vestfossen, Norway
Rubicon Gallery, Bergen, Norway
2005 StudioSeptember, Arena, Vestfossen, Norway
Gallery Kirkwood , Oslo, Norway
2004 Iontas Award Winners (toured), Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Gallery Skårer, Lørenskog, Norway
2003 LNM Gallery (National association of Norwegian painters), Oslo, Norway
2000 Iontas: Limerick City Gallery, Sligo Art Gallery, Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast, Ireland
1999 Apple Loft Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
1998 An t’Oireachtas, Guinness Hopstore, Dublin, Ireland.
1997 Roundstone Arts Festival (artist in residence), Roundstone, Galway Ireland.
Sligo Arts festival, Sligo Art gallery, Ireland
Maison Du Pays, Le Fou, France
1996 Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
1992 Arthouse Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
1991 N.C.A.D. Degree exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
1989 Royal Hibernian Academy (mini-print), Dublin, Ireland

Awards / Grants

IONTAS 2000, 1st painting award
Debut grant, Norwegian arts council 2001
Material grant, Norwegian culture department 2003

Collections

Irish Embassy, Norway
Drangedal County Council, Norway
KIM, Norway
Terra Gruppen AS, Norway
Spare Bank, Norway
Buskerud Central Hospital, Norway
AkuMed AS, Norway
Interfrukt Al, Norway
Peton Andresen Architects

Private collections: Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Australia

Bibliography

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Tarnet lever videre. Marie Olaussen, Tonsberg Blad, 3 March 2007
I stort format. Bjorn Zabell-Engh, Drammens Tidende, 1 February 2007
Malerisk oppdager. Bjorn Zabell-Engh, Drammens Tidende, 6 September 2005
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Irsk pa lokka. Aften posten, 2 September 2005
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Perspektiv Mc Swiney. Klassekampen. 30 august 2002
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Drangedal med Irsk vri. Mona Larsen, Dagsavisen, 27 January 2002
Russestua. Jens Henrik Stemland, VG, 3 February 2002
Ire henter inspirasjon i Drangedal. NilsJ. Saetre, KV, 23 July 2001
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Factory show. Ian Wieczorek, Irish Times, 21 December 1996
Emerging young artists. Bord Gais calendar, 1992