PhD, Institute of Research Interface, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland
MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts, California, USA
BA Fine Art Sculpture (First Class Honours) National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland
Diploma Fine Art Sculpture, (First Class Honours) National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland
Diploma in Construction Technology & Architectural Design, College of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
2005 -2009
1995 - 1997
1984 - 1985
1982 - 1984
1974 - 1980
Education
Atlantic Research Fellow, Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Senior Lecturer, National College of Art and Design, School of Art, Dublin, Ireland
DAAD Guest Professor, MFA Public of Art Program, Bauhaus, University Weimar, Germany
Visiting Guest Artist, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA
MA Co-Ordinator, Fine Art, National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland
Guest Artist / Professor, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Artist in Residence, Semperit Tyre Factory, Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland
Artist in Residence, Wheatfield Prison, Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland
2021 - 2022
1991 - 2021
2008 - 2009
2007
2003 - 2005
1996
1991 - 1995
1991
Employment
Global Brain Health Institute Pilot Project Award
Arts Council of Ireland, Special Projects Bursary
Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary
Arts Council of Ireland, Post Graduate Award
California Institute of the Arts, School Scholarship Award
Arts Council of Ireland, Artist in Residence Award
Arts Council of Ireland/Dublin Corporation, Visual Arts Bursary
NCEA Scholarship, Ireland
National College of Art & Design Scholarship, Ireland
2022
2003
2000
1996
1996
1992 - 1993
1987 - 1988
1985
1984
Awards
Private Collection, San Francisco, California, USA
Office of Public Works Ireland
Numerous private collections, Germany
Arts Council of Ireland
2022
2012
1996
1989
Collections
An Leabhar Mór, Proiseact nan Ealan, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
The Lie of the Land, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
Heathrow Airport Pier 4A BAA PLC, with Public Art Development Trust, London, UK
Gateway to Art, Aer Rianta, Dublin Airport, Ireland
Shifting Borders, The Laing Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
2002
1995
1993
1992
1992
Commissions
Stained-Glass Window installation in a patient’s home in Redding, California, USA
Consider the Object of Art, Frosted Text on Glass Window, NCAD, Dublin, Ireland
Aesthetics of Globalization Journey from Hamburg to Shanghai on a shipping container Vasco de Valdez
Bee Structures and Urban Spaces Collaborative project with residents of Ballymun, Ireland
Nomadic Kitchen, Urban Negotiation, Vila Nova, Sao Miguel, Sao Paulo, Brazil
An Artwork for an Imperfect World, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Five Hours, Taidepanimo, Päijänteenatu 11,15140 Lahti, Finland
Immigrant Vehicle, Temporary time-based nomadic artwork, Ireland
Printemps Celte, La Grande Halle, La Villette, Paris, France
Heathrow Airport Pier 4A BAA PLC, Public Art Development Trust, London, UK
2022
2021
2018
2013 - 2016
2005 - 2007
2003 - 2005
2003
1999
1996
1994
Urban Interventions
VISUAL, The Aesthetics of Labour, Carlow, Ireland
Orchard Gallery, Orchard Street, Derry, Northern Ireland
Galerie Françoise Knabe, WeckMarkt 7-9, D-60311 Frankfurt, Germany
Gallery of Photography, Wellington Quay, Dublin, Ireland
Santa Monica Community College, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Garter Lane Arts Centre, O'Connell Street, Waterford, Ireland
Wexford Arts Centre, Corn Market, Wexford, Ireland
The Pentoville Gallery, 7-9 Chalk Farm, London, England
Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Grapevine Arts Centre, North Frederick Street, Dublin
2019
1999
1996
1992
1992
1987
1987
1986
1985
1984
One Person Exhibitions
The Map is Not a Territory, Washington DC, USA
Art and Activism, THE LAB, Dublin, Ireland
Poetic Landscape, OPW Exhibition, Farmleigh Estate, Dublin, Ireland
NCAD Fine Art Staff Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
The Drawing Show, City Gallery Limerick & Crawford Gallery Cork, Ireland
Whose Day Book, Irish Hospice Foundation / Missing Persons Helpline
Nous Sommes Tant Aimés, Beaux Arts, Paris, France
The Ideal Academy, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
L'Imaginaire Irlandais, École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
The European Face, touring Scotland, Denmark, Hanover, Gdansk, St Petersburg & Vienna
Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
Northern Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England
EVA, Pery's Square, Limerick, Ireland
Shifting Borders, Laing Gallery, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, England, UK
Gateway to Art, Aer Rianta, Dublin Airport, Ireland
European Large Scale Print Exhibition, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland
Irish Contemporary Art Exhibition, RHA, Ely Place, Dublin, Ireland
A New Tradition, Irish Art of the Eighties, Nature and Culture, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
EVA, City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
'A Special Place', The Arts Council of Ireland, Touring Exhibition
Irish Congress of Trade Unions, 'People in the Workplace', Dublin, Ireland
GPA, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
The Decade Show, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland
GPA, IMMA, The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland
Divisions, Crossroad, Turns of Mind : Some New Irish Art, Touring Exhibition, USA
Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland
New Artists / New Works 2, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
2013 - 2016
2012
2012
2005
2001
1999
1999
1997
1997
1997
1995
1993
1993
1992
1992
1991
1991
1990
1990
1989
1987
1987
1986
1986
1985
1984
1984
Group Exhibitions
Empathy as a crucial skill in disrupting disparities in global brain health, Ayhan, Y et al., Frontiers in Neurology, Dec 2023, DOI 10.3389/fneur.2023.1189143
Encountering the City, Manchester University, editors - Jonathan Darling & Helen F Wilson
Barefoot Architects, Journal of Architecture, Chandigarh, India
Social forum of Architecture, Ankara, Turkey
Vitruvius Architectural Magazine, San Carlos USP, Brazil
Magie der Zahl: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 01.02.1997-19.05.1997, Publisher Die Staatsgalerie, 1997
2023
2016
2013
2010
2006
1997
Publications
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), Mexico City, Mexico
Concrete Action, Chandigarh College of Architecture, India
Arts Aesthetic in a Globalizing World, JNU University, New Delhi, India
Ecology, Sheffield School of Architecture, UK
Defining Space, University College Dublin, Ireland
Agency, Activist and Practice, Sheffield School of Architecture, UK
2023
2014
2011
2009
2009
2008