Born in Liverpool in 1958, Suzy O’Mullane has been painting and drawing from an early age. A graduate from University College Cork and the Crawford College of Art & Design, the artist had been the recipient of many prestigious awards, commissions and residencies. Her works may be found in many important collections in Ireland and abroad. Suzy is represented by the Blue leaf Gallery in Dublin.
Selected Biography
1986 B.A. English & Geography, U.C.C.
1995 B.A. (Hons.) Fine Art, Painting, Crawford College of Art & Design,Cork
1996 Post Graduate in Painting, Crawford College of Art & Design
Recent Solo Exhibitions :
2005 The Colour of Love and Loss, Triskel Art Centre, Cork
2005 The Colour of Love and Loss, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin
2003 The Weimar Mouth, Solo Show, Pembroke Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin
2003 The Weimar Mouth, Solo Show, Crawford Muncipal Art Gallery, Cork
2001 Anatomy Of Discomfort, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin (solo show opened by Minister for Arts etc. , Síle De Valera)
2001 Anatomy of Discomfort, solo show, Siamsa Tire, Tralee, Co. Kerry
1999 The Butterfly Girls and Other Works, Solo Show, Tig Filí Gallery, Cork
1997 Solo Show, U.C.C., Cork
Recent Group Exhibitions :
2004/05 C2 - Contemporary Art From Cork, group exhibition Crawford Muncipal Art
Gallery, Cork
2004/05 Two person show with Michael Mulcahy, Ballinskelligs, Cillrealig, Co. Kerry
2004 Terrible Beauty, with Backwater Artists, Angera, Italy
2003 Backwater 2003, Group Show with Backwater Artists, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.
Sligo Arts Centre and Clothworthy, Antrim, (Selected by Eilis O’ Baoill)
2002 Figure It Out, figurative group exhibition, UCC. Curated by Suzy O’ Mullane
2001 Gilt, 4 person show at Pi Restaurant as part of Art Trail 2001
2000 Go Figure (selected), Vanguard Gallery, Cork
2000 The Martha Show, Tig Filí, Cork
1999 Milchof e. V. Und Freunde, residency and exhibition with two other Cork Artists
1999 Backwater in Berlin, Dock 11 Gallery, Berlin 10435
1998 Short Circuit, 4 person exhibition of Backwater Artists, Limerick
1998 The Figure Show, Körner Park, Berlin (8 Irish artists selected)
1998 The Water is Wide‚, A Celebration of Irish Art, 82 Eaton Sq., London (selected)
1998 Group Show, Vanguard, Macroom (selected)
1998 8 x 4, Wexford Arts Centre (selected)
1998 Ko Raw Gallery, London, 3 person figure show with Helen Farrell and Billie Moloney (selected)
1998 Backwater in Wexford, Wexford Arts Centre
1998 Drawn and Quartered‚ 4 woman Show, Siamsa Tire, Tralee, Co. Kerry
1997 Contemporary Irish Art‚, The Soar Gallery, London W8 (selected)
1997 Drawn and Quartered‚, 4-woman show, Kennedy Gallery, Dublin
1997 New Generations, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (selected)
1997 Women, Image and Text‚, Tig Filí, Cork
1997 Next Step, RTC, Cork (Selected. Opened by Síle De Valera)
1996 Semestre Irlandese, Varese, Italy (selected)
1996 Scoip‚ Group Show, Tralee, Co Kerry (selected)
Collections
University College, Cork, University College Dublin, Sile De Valera (Dept of Arts etc.), Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork and private collections throughout Ireland, Germany and London.
Commissions
Portrait for Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, and other private commissions
Residencies
2001 Cillrealig, Co. Kerry
1999 Atelier Milchofe, Berlin
2003 Cillrialaig, Co. Kerry
2004 Private Studio, Paris and Cillrealaig
Suzy O'Mullane Bio (click to view)
