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Education:
BA Art & Design Fine Art, Centre for the Creative Arts and Media, Galway 2015.
FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Art, Ennistymon Community College, Co. Clare 2008.
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Broken Ground, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
2019 Grünewald, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
2018 Water and Ground, McKenna Gallery, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
2017 Here, There and Somewhere in Between, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
2017 Uncode all Landscapes, Red Couch Space, Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Co. Clare.
2016 Of Land & Sea, The Ledge Gallery, Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre, Co. Clare.
Awards/Residencies/Other:
2024 The Alex Bradley Award for mid-career artist, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition '24
2023 Agility Award Arts Council Ireland.
2022 Painting selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021, London
2021 Agility Award, Arts Council Ireland.
2021 Shortlisted for 253rd RA Summer Exhibition 2021, London
2020 Recipient of Clare Artists' Mentoring Scheme Glór, Supported by Creative Ireland & The Arts Council.
2020 RHA Really Helping Artists' Micro Grant.
2019 The Cill Rialaig Project Residency Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry.
2019 The Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award.
2019 Shortlisted for 251st RA Summer Exhibition 2019, London.
2019 Curators Choice March 2019, Hunt Museum, Limerick.
2018 Invited Artist by the Royal Hibernian Academy, 189th Annual Exhibition 2018, Dublin.
2018 Residency, Heinrich Böll Cottage Achill Island, Co. Mayo in 2019.
2017 Tyrone Guthrie Artist Bursary Award, Clare County Council, Clare County of Culture.
2016 3rd Prize, 1 FT SQ, The Higher Bridge Gallery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
2016 The Cill Rialaig Project Residency, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry.
Group Exhibitions:
2024
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2024, London.
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition 2024, Dublin.
Beyond Brushstrokes: Between Matter and Memory, Burren Art College, Clare.
Hermione Exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin.
Art in the Gardens, Mount Congreve Gardens, Waterford.
The Kilkenny Portrait Show, Kilkenny.
Beyond Brushstrokes: Between Matter and Memory, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
St. Brigid's Well: Irish Artists Exhibition, with Hamilton Gallery, Embassy of Ireland, Bejing, China.
2023
Climate & Health Art Exhibition, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin.
Winter Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, Cork.
First Biennial Exhibition, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Mayo.
RHA 193rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
Summer Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, Cork
St. Brigid's Well Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.
2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly , London.
Cairde Visual 2022, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.
RHA 192st Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
2021
The way that we went, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Mayo. (Curated by Anne Mullee)
Lightning Bolts of Ordinary Things, (Two-Person Show), Glór Gallery, Glór, Ennis, Co. Clare.
RHA 191st Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
2020
Winter Opening 20, The Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
RHA 190th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
Trasna IX, The Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Falling in Love with Nature, Online Group Exhibition, I Am of Ireland, Waterford.
2019
'Geopark Captured on Canvas Exhibition' with Burren & Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, Foust Gallery, Co. Clare.
Kerry Visual Artists Showcase 2019, Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Cairde Visual 2019, The Model, Sligo.
RHA 189th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
ENSEMBLE Group Exhibition, Hambly and Hambly, Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
1 FT SQ Expo, Hambly & Hambly Galley, Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Trasna 8 Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery & Studio’s, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
2018
Eclectic Christmas Exhibition, Hambly & Hambly Galley, Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Rún, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo (Invited Artist).
Trasna 8 Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery & Studio’s, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
1 FT SQ Exhibition, Shrule Art Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh.
Canvas to Canvass, Women of the West Exhibition, Galway’s Great Read, Ballinasloe Library.
September Group Show, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
Cairde Visual 2018, The Model, Sligo.
Gathering, 29th Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (Invited Artist).
Landmarks, (Two Person Show) Cultúrlann Sweeney Kilkee & Clare Arts Office, Kilkee, Clare.
RHA 188th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2. (Invited Artist).
Hermione 2018, Alexandra College, Miltown, Dublin 6. (Curated by Aisling Prior).
Daughter of the Dagda (International Women’s Day) NUIG, Galway.
1 Ft Square Exhibition, Shrule Art Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh.
2017
Aontacht, The Courthouse Gallery & Studio's, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Trasna VII, The Courthouse Gallery & Studio's, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Celebrating Traditions Exhibition, The Hunt Museum, Limerick.
9 Walls Group Exhibition, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo.
Kerry Visual Artists Showcase 2017, Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Claremorris Open Exhibition 2017, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
Cairde Visual 2017 Open Submission Exhibition, The Model, Sligo.
Facing West, Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Boyle.
Reset the Compass, Hamby & Hamby, At Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Daughter of the Dagda, Group Exhibition, KAVA Courthouse, Kinvara, Co. Galway.
Postcards to Alaska: Artists on Climate Change, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 427 D Street, Anchorage, Alaska.
1 FT SQ Exhibition, Strule Arts Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh.
2016
1 FT SQ Exhibition, The Higher Bridge Gallery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Trasna VI Open Submission, The Courthouse Gallery & Studio's, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Art at' The House Restaurant Christmas Exhibition, Howth, Co. Dublin.
Affordable Art Fair, 126 Gallery, Hidden Valley, Galway.
Cairde Visual 2016, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats's Memorial Building, Sligo.
186th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin.
2015
Affordable Art Exhibition, Gallery Revival, Moneygall, Co. Offaly.
Clare Notebooks 2015, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Trasna V, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Art is a Wound Turned into Light Exhibition, Please Talk NUIG, Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway.
Still Life & Nude Exhibition, Gallery Revival, Moneygall, Co. Offaly.
Galway 20/20 Gallery (July Exhibition), Galway City Centre, Galway.
Graduate Degree Show, GMIT's Centre for the Creative Arts &Media, Galway.
2014
Seven by Five, Exhibition, Belltable, Limerick.
Clare Notebooks 2014 - "A Summer to Remember", Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Visual Artists for Gaza at 126 © Kerry Guinan, Galway.
Galway Fringe Festival, BAAD Artists Group, Galway.
Proximity G.M.I.T Galway Campus.
2013
Proximity G.M.I.T. Galway Campus.
Glorious Freaks Exhibition, Quad Art Gallery, NUI Galway.
2012
Trasna III, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Outdoor Exhibition, Ennis Street Festival, Ennis, Co. Clare.
2010
Art & Photography Exhibition, Corofin Traditional Music Festival, Co. Clare.
2009
Ausgewählte Arbeiten Exhibition, Café Aroma, Ennis, Co. Clare.
2008
FETAC Student Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Art Fair Representation:
VUE Art Fair 2017, RHA Dublin, represented by Claremorris Gallery, Mayo.
Media and Publications:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/five-art-shows-to-see-this-week-1.3959147
http://www.mayonews.ie/living/going-out/34012-claremorris-gallery-to-host-exhibition-and-artist-talk
http://www.mayonews.ie/living/32771-landscape-reclaimed
https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/103354/reimagining-pdraic-conaires-most-famous-tale
Claremorris Gallery VUE Art-fair Catalogue 2017
Kerry Visual Artist Showcase Catalogue 2017
Claremorris Open Exhibition COE'17: Celebrating 40 Years Catalogue 2017
https://curatoronabike.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/claremorris-open-exhibition-2017/
http://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-kerryman-north-kerry/20170913/283454961535267
https://www.killarneytoday.com/killarney-line-art-attack/
http://visualartists.ie/listings/exhib-connaught/here-there-and-somewhere-in-between-land-sea-and-bog-kaye-maahs-at-claremorris-gallery/
https://www.clarecoco.ie/recreation-culture/news/bursaries-for-two-clare-artists.html
North Clare Local, North Clare Arts News, February 2017
Clare People, Regional, Burren/Ennistymon, January 20, 2017
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/visual-art-the-rha-s-phoenix-like-rise-from-the-ashes-1.2585942
186th Exhibition Catalogue, RHA, Dublin
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/galway-artists-launch-new-exhibition-for-mental-health-week-1.2371251
http://www.artsandhealth.ie/2015/10/02/art-is-a-wound-turned-into-light-at-nui-galway/
http://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation-artist-work/kaye-maahs/
http://www.gmit.ie/sites/default/files/public/creative-arts-and-media/docs/gmit-ccam-newsletter-march2014.pdf
Other activities:
Facilitator - Offsketch Galway#2 - 2016.
Invigilator - ‘30 Years, Artists, Places’ Exhibition, Glór, Ennis, County Clare 2015.
Facilitator - Offsketch Galway - 2015.
Volunteer - (Admin) Galway Design Week 2015.
BA Art & Design Fine Art, Centre for the Creative Arts and Media, Galway 2015.
FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Art, Ennistymon Community College, Co. Clare 2008.
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Broken Ground, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
2019 Grünewald, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
2018 Water and Ground, McKenna Gallery, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
2017 Here, There and Somewhere in Between, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
2017 Uncode all Landscapes, Red Couch Space, Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Co. Clare.
2016 Of Land & Sea, The Ledge Gallery, Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre, Co. Clare.
Awards/Residencies/Other:
2024 The Alex Bradley Award for mid-career artist, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition '24
2023 Agility Award Arts Council Ireland.
2022 Painting selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021, London
2021 Agility Award, Arts Council Ireland.
2021 Shortlisted for 253rd RA Summer Exhibition 2021, London
2020 Recipient of Clare Artists' Mentoring Scheme Glór, Supported by Creative Ireland & The Arts Council.
2020 RHA Really Helping Artists' Micro Grant.
2019 The Cill Rialaig Project Residency Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry.
2019 The Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award.
2019 Shortlisted for 251st RA Summer Exhibition 2019, London.
2019 Curators Choice March 2019, Hunt Museum, Limerick.
2018 Invited Artist by the Royal Hibernian Academy, 189th Annual Exhibition 2018, Dublin.
2018 Residency, Heinrich Böll Cottage Achill Island, Co. Mayo in 2019.
2017 Tyrone Guthrie Artist Bursary Award, Clare County Council, Clare County of Culture.
2016 3rd Prize, 1 FT SQ, The Higher Bridge Gallery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
2016 The Cill Rialaig Project Residency, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry.
Group Exhibitions:
2024
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2024, London.
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition 2024, Dublin.
Beyond Brushstrokes: Between Matter and Memory, Burren Art College, Clare.
Hermione Exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin.
Art in the Gardens, Mount Congreve Gardens, Waterford.
The Kilkenny Portrait Show, Kilkenny.
Beyond Brushstrokes: Between Matter and Memory, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
St. Brigid's Well: Irish Artists Exhibition, with Hamilton Gallery, Embassy of Ireland, Bejing, China.
2023
Climate & Health Art Exhibition, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin.
Winter Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, Cork.
First Biennial Exhibition, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Mayo.
RHA 193rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
Summer Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, Cork
St. Brigid's Well Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.
2022
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly , London.
Cairde Visual 2022, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.
RHA 192st Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
2021
The way that we went, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Mayo. (Curated by Anne Mullee)
Lightning Bolts of Ordinary Things, (Two-Person Show), Glór Gallery, Glór, Ennis, Co. Clare.
RHA 191st Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
2020
Winter Opening 20, The Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
RHA 190th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
Trasna IX, The Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Falling in Love with Nature, Online Group Exhibition, I Am of Ireland, Waterford.
2019
'Geopark Captured on Canvas Exhibition' with Burren & Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, Foust Gallery, Co. Clare.
Kerry Visual Artists Showcase 2019, Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Cairde Visual 2019, The Model, Sligo.
RHA 189th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
ENSEMBLE Group Exhibition, Hambly and Hambly, Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
1 FT SQ Expo, Hambly & Hambly Galley, Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Trasna 8 Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery & Studio’s, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
2018
Eclectic Christmas Exhibition, Hambly & Hambly Galley, Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Rún, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo (Invited Artist).
Trasna 8 Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery & Studio’s, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
1 FT SQ Exhibition, Shrule Art Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh.
Canvas to Canvass, Women of the West Exhibition, Galway’s Great Read, Ballinasloe Library.
September Group Show, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo.
Cairde Visual 2018, The Model, Sligo.
Gathering, 29th Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (Invited Artist).
Landmarks, (Two Person Show) Cultúrlann Sweeney Kilkee & Clare Arts Office, Kilkee, Clare.
RHA 188th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2. (Invited Artist).
Hermione 2018, Alexandra College, Miltown, Dublin 6. (Curated by Aisling Prior).
Daughter of the Dagda (International Women’s Day) NUIG, Galway.
1 Ft Square Exhibition, Shrule Art Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh.
2017
Aontacht, The Courthouse Gallery & Studio's, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Trasna VII, The Courthouse Gallery & Studio's, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Celebrating Traditions Exhibition, The Hunt Museum, Limerick.
9 Walls Group Exhibition, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo.
Kerry Visual Artists Showcase 2017, Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Claremorris Open Exhibition 2017, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
Cairde Visual 2017 Open Submission Exhibition, The Model, Sligo.
Facing West, Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Boyle.
Reset the Compass, Hamby & Hamby, At Dunbar House, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Daughter of the Dagda, Group Exhibition, KAVA Courthouse, Kinvara, Co. Galway.
Postcards to Alaska: Artists on Climate Change, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 427 D Street, Anchorage, Alaska.
1 FT SQ Exhibition, Strule Arts Centre, Townhall Square, Omagh.
2016
1 FT SQ Exhibition, The Higher Bridge Gallery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
Trasna VI Open Submission, The Courthouse Gallery & Studio's, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Art at' The House Restaurant Christmas Exhibition, Howth, Co. Dublin.
Affordable Art Fair, 126 Gallery, Hidden Valley, Galway.
Cairde Visual 2016, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats's Memorial Building, Sligo.
186th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin.
2015
Affordable Art Exhibition, Gallery Revival, Moneygall, Co. Offaly.
Clare Notebooks 2015, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Trasna V, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Art is a Wound Turned into Light Exhibition, Please Talk NUIG, Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway.
Still Life & Nude Exhibition, Gallery Revival, Moneygall, Co. Offaly.
Galway 20/20 Gallery (July Exhibition), Galway City Centre, Galway.
Graduate Degree Show, GMIT's Centre for the Creative Arts &Media, Galway.
2014
Seven by Five, Exhibition, Belltable, Limerick.
Clare Notebooks 2014 - "A Summer to Remember", Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Visual Artists for Gaza at 126 © Kerry Guinan, Galway.
Galway Fringe Festival, BAAD Artists Group, Galway.
Proximity G.M.I.T Galway Campus.
2013
Proximity G.M.I.T. Galway Campus.
Glorious Freaks Exhibition, Quad Art Gallery, NUI Galway.
2012
Trasna III, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Outdoor Exhibition, Ennis Street Festival, Ennis, Co. Clare.
2010
Art & Photography Exhibition, Corofin Traditional Music Festival, Co. Clare.
2009
Ausgewählte Arbeiten Exhibition, Café Aroma, Ennis, Co. Clare.
2008
FETAC Student Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Art Fair Representation:
VUE Art Fair 2017, RHA Dublin, represented by Claremorris Gallery, Mayo.
Media and Publications:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/five-art-shows-to-see-this-week-1.3959147
http://www.mayonews.ie/living/going-out/34012-claremorris-gallery-to-host-exhibition-and-artist-talk
http://www.mayonews.ie/living/32771-landscape-reclaimed
https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/103354/reimagining-pdraic-conaires-most-famous-tale
Claremorris Gallery VUE Art-fair Catalogue 2017
Kerry Visual Artist Showcase Catalogue 2017
Claremorris Open Exhibition COE'17: Celebrating 40 Years Catalogue 2017
https://curatoronabike.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/claremorris-open-exhibition-2017/
http://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-kerryman-north-kerry/20170913/283454961535267
https://www.killarneytoday.com/killarney-line-art-attack/
http://visualartists.ie/listings/exhib-connaught/here-there-and-somewhere-in-between-land-sea-and-bog-kaye-maahs-at-claremorris-gallery/
https://www.clarecoco.ie/recreation-culture/news/bursaries-for-two-clare-artists.html
North Clare Local, North Clare Arts News, February 2017
Clare People, Regional, Burren/Ennistymon, January 20, 2017
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/visual-art-the-rha-s-phoenix-like-rise-from-the-ashes-1.2585942
186th Exhibition Catalogue, RHA, Dublin
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/galway-artists-launch-new-exhibition-for-mental-health-week-1.2371251
http://www.artsandhealth.ie/2015/10/02/art-is-a-wound-turned-into-light-at-nui-galway/
http://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation-artist-work/kaye-maahs/
http://www.gmit.ie/sites/default/files/public/creative-arts-and-media/docs/gmit-ccam-newsletter-march2014.pdf
Other activities:
Facilitator - Offsketch Galway#2 - 2016.
Invigilator - ‘30 Years, Artists, Places’ Exhibition, Glór, Ennis, County Clare 2015.
Facilitator - Offsketch Galway - 2015.
Volunteer - (Admin) Galway Design Week 2015.