C.V.
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTSand Casting with Hot Glass Workshop (March 2011)
Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Leitrim, Ireland with Keith Seybert
International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art (June 2010)
Kidwelly Industrial Museum, Kidwelly, Dyfed, Wales
BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture (2006 2009)
Taught by Andy Griffiths, Robert Harding & Paul Kincaid
WWSOTA (West Wales School of the Arts)
Jobs Well Road, Carmarthen, SA31 3HY
Wales
US National Conference on Cast Iron (April 2009)
Sloss, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Study Abroad Program (Spring Semester 2008)
Sculpture II & III, Taught by Casey Westbrook
Metalsmithing, Taught by Lynn Cool
20th-Century Art History III Taught by Glen Brown
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
USA
Leaving Certificate (1997)
St. Olivers C.C.
Rathmullen Rd
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Ireland
EXIBITIONS
1st Dec 5th Jan Droichead Arts Centre Christmas Group Show
2010 Selected to exhibit In tribute to the life of Teddy Doyle
Drogheda, Ireland
3rd 5th Dec 2010 Scoil Aonghusa Fundraiser
Scoil Aonghusa, Drogheda, Ireland
26th Aug 2010 "Cuckoo's First Flight"
No.48 Clanbrassil St, Dundalk, Ireland
18th Sep 26th Nov Pour 2010
2010 An exhibition of cast iron artworks by invited artists
Fire and Iron Gallery
Rowhurst Forge, Oxshott Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0EN
9th 11th Jul 2010 6th International Conference Open Exhibition
International Conference of Contemporary Cast Iron Art
Kidwelly Industrial Museum, Kidwelly, Wales
Jun 1st 15th 2009 Annual Degree Show
WWSOTA
Jan 9th 28th 2009 Faculty of Fire Exhibition
Pembroke Dock Library,
Water St, Pembroke Dock, SA72 6DW, Wales
Nov 2008 Incubator by Ointment
Ointment created a space in WWSOTA for students to use how they saw fit. On the 17th I created a performance of myself physically destroying a large cardboard sculpture, which was symbolic of a change in direction I wanted to take with my work. This was captured on camera and turned into a flick book.
Oct 9th 25th 2008 Bronze An exhibition of contemporary bronze sculpture
by invited artists
greyfriars art space,
43 St. James St, Kings Lynn, PE305BZ, UK
Mar 31st Apr 18th Undergraduate Student Comprehensive Art Exhibition
2008 Commerce Bank, 727 Poyntz Ave ste101,
Manhattan, Kansas 66502, USA
Feb 2008 The Student Medal Project
British art medals society
London, UK
May Sep 2007 WWSOTA Exhibition
The National Botanic Garden of Wales
Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG, Wales
Feb 2008 The Student Medal Project
British art medals society
London, UK
Jun 1st - 3rd 2006 The Gate Bridge Club Fundraiser Exhibition
Westcourt hotel, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland
May 26th - 27th 2006 DIFE Graduation Show
The Village Hotel, Bettystown, Co. Meath, Ireland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ EMPLOYMENT
Mar 2011 Abaile Autistic Youth Group - Stop motion animation workshops
Jan 2011 Art Classes on an ad hoc basis
Drogheda Youth Development
Mar Jul 2010 Accommodation Officer
International Conference of Contemporary Cast Iron Art
Kidwelly Industrial Museum, Kidwelly, Wales
Oct 2009 Melt Performance Iron pour and demonstration
Swansea Maritime Museum
Nov 2008 Incubator by Ointment
Ointment created a space in WWSOTA for students to use how they saw fit. I was involved in keeping the space in good order and scheduling of students use of it.
Oct 2008 Day of the Dead Iron Pour (performance pour)
WWSOTA
Summer 2008 Ceramic shell and soldering
AB Fine Art Foundry
1 Fawe St
London, E14 6PD
May 2007 Assisted in the installation of the 2007 Graduate show
WWSOTA
Oct 2007 Day of the Dead Iron Pour (performance pour)
WWSOTA
Sep 2007 Kilgetty (Stepaside) Ironworks and Grove Colliery (performance pour)
Run by WELE 1st pour there in 130 years
Oct 2006 Day of the Dead Iron Pour (performance pour)
WWSOTA
June 2006 Assisted in the organisation and hanging of the DIFE graduation show The Village Hotel, Bettystown, Co. Meath, Ireland
TECHINICAL COMPETENCIES
Glass Working:
Hot glass casting in open face sand moulds
Wood Working:
Subtraction and fabrication, assisted in steaming & bending
Stone Carving:
using traditional tools and techniques
Welding:
Mig, Tig, Oxy-Acetylene
Mold Making:
Plasters, Rubbers, Alginates, Ceramic Shell, Chemically Bonded Sands, Standard Investments
Metal Casting:
Cupola Iron, Cupolette Iron, Bronze, Copper, Aluminum
Foundry Processes:
Assisted in the operation of Various Metal Casting Furnaces both production and performance pours
Metalsmithing:
Riveting, sinking & raising, lamination, marriage of metals
ORGANISATIONS
Drogheda Arts Society member
Treasurer of the Faculty of Fire (2007)
WWSOTA student run charity promoting Iron Pours in Wales
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Creating Disorder (Out of Order) (2009)
Dissertation
British art medals society (2006)
Commentary on being part of bronze casting process in the catalogue