Maeve McCarthy RHA
BA Fine Art, Painting, NCAD 1987
Solo Exhibitions
The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 2006, 2008, 2010
The Frederick Gallery, Dublin 2002
Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin, (Kevin Kavanagh) 1998
Selected Group Exhibitions
Mullan Gallery Belfast 2010
Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 2006 - 2010
RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin 1995,1999,2000,2004-2010
BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London 1997,2004,2005
National Portrait Awards, Arnotts, Dublin 1985,1986,1989,1999
Iontas small works, Sligo and Dublin 1995
Irish Graduates at The Festival Interceltique, Lorient, France 1987
EV& A, Limerick City Art Gallery 1986
Residencies
RHA Academy studios, Dublin Oct 2010 - Jan 2011
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo Sept/Oct 2010
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig 1997
Selected Awards
Irish - US Council for Commerce & Industry Portrait prize, RHA 2006
The Don Niccolo D’Ardia Carraciolo Award, RHA 1995,2004
Arnotts, National Portrait Awards, Open Award - joint 1st 1989,1999
Irish Arts Council travel grant to Colorado, USA 1995
Selected Commissions
Portrait of Maeve Binchy for The National Portrait Gallery (National Gallery of Ireland), Commissioned and Presented with the support of Irish Life and Permanent plc.2005
Commissioned for one in a series of former TaoisÌ / one in a series of former Chief Justices 1996
Two past Presidents of The Royal Dublin Society 2000
Film work includes portrait of Sinead O’Connor for “The Butcher Boy”, dir.Neil Jordon 1996
Bibliography
500 Portraits celebrating 25 years of the BP Portrait Awards, NPG London 2011
BP Portrait Award catalogues, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 1997, 2004 & 2005
Dictionary of Living Irish Artists, Robert O’Byrne, Plurabelle Publishing 2010
Irish Arts Review RHA Award winners Vol 22- 2/ Maeve Binchy portrait, Vol 22-4