CURRICULUM VITAE
Kathy Tynan
Born 1984, lives and works in Dublin.
EDUCATION
2011 MA Art in the Contemporary World, National College of Art and Design
2008 BA Painting, National College of Art and Design
EXHIBITIONS
Selected Solo and Two-Person
2024 Meantime, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2022 Positions Art Fair, two-person booth with Salvatore of Lucan, Berlin
2022 Soft Fascination, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2022 Keep some steady friends around, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
2021 Fresh Ruins, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2020 Two Painters with Andrew Vickery, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
2019 Luminous Twitch, The Cube, The Lab Gallery, Dublin
2019 Green Like Now, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2017 Atonal Supersound, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2016 Hands Laid On with Aileen Murphy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Selected Group
2023 Behind the Curtain, VISUAL, Carlow
2023 Push & Pull, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
2023 Virtual Lectures, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
2022 Övergång, Galleri Magnus Karlsson & Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin artists
2022 Golden Fleece Award 21 Years, Solstice Arts Centre, Meath
2021 Dubliners, 6th Biennial of Painting, Zagreb
2021 The Way That We Went, Ballinglen Museum of Art, Mayo
2021 Home, The Glucksman, Cork
2020 Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland & Crawford Gallery, Cork
2019 Hennessey-Craig Prize, RHA, Dublin
2019 Everything is in Everything, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork
2019 Silver; 25 Year Anniversary Show, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2019 RHA Annual Exhibition, shortlisted for Hennessey Craig Award
2018 Traversées du Marais, Cité International des Arts, Paris
2018 Trophy Hunters, Dada Post, Berlin
2018 Island Life, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin & Custom House, Westport
2018 Hermione, Alexandra College, Dublin
2017 Constellations, Kuvataide Academia, Helsinki
2017 Many Worlds, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2016 There Are Little Kingdoms, Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow
RESIDENCIES
2020 St.Patrick’s Lodge, Dublin City Council
2019 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2019 Sirius Arts Centre, Cork
2018 Cité International des Arts, Paris
2017 Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
2015 SÍM, Reykjavik, Iceland
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Landscape and Environment in Contemporary Art, book by Dr Yvonne Scott
2022 Up here my eyes are green leaves, book collaboration with Benjamin Stafford
2020 Magic Words, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times
2019 Not in Alphabetical Order Vol 2, Fingal County Council
2019 Waking Hours interview with Ciara Dwyer, Sunday Independent
2018 Proud & Strong All Day Long, Artist Book published by Kevin Kavanagh Dublin
2018 Residency Review, Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet
2017 Atonal Supersound, Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times
AWARDS
2022 Bursary, Artist Council of Ireland
2022 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2022 Artist Bursary, DLRCOCO
2020 Golden Fleece, Special Award
2020 Zurich Portrait Prize, Shortlist
2019 Dublin City Council Bursary
2019 Hennessey-Craig Prize for Painting, Shortlist
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council of Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Office of Public Works
Fingal County Council
Private Collections in Ireland, Europe and the United States