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词条 Niall McCormack
释义

  1. Education

  2. Career

  3. Solo exhibitions

  4. Collections

  5. References

  6. External links

{{notability|Biographies|date=October 2011}}Niall McCormack (born 1960 in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland) is an Irish painter. Since the 1980s, he exhibited in England, Italy, France, Sweden, the USA, and Ireland.[1]

Education

McCormack is deaf from birth. In 1964, he received his special education at Mary Immaculate School for Deaf

Children run by the Daughters of the Cross of Liege in Stillorgan, South Dublin. Six years later, he was transferred to

Christian Brothers, St. Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys, Cabra in North Dublin. He was one

of two first pupils to sit the Leaving Certificate examination in

1980.

He studied Architectural Drawing at Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin. He secured a place to study Art Foundation

course at Dun Laoghaire School of Art, Dublin in 1982 and was awarded a NCEA

certificate in Visual Education. In 1983, McCormack studied Fine Art Painting

at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He

obtained a NCAD diploma in Painting in 1986 and a BA(Hons) degree in 1987. He was a first deaf student to study Fine Art at

NCAD.

Career

In 1988 McCormack taught deaf children Art on a part-time basis in his old school, Mary Immaculate School, Stillorgan for two years. He also worked from his studio in Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin.

In the same year 2002, He was asked to have a solo exhibition

at the Custom House Studios, Westport, Co. Mayo. Mr John O’Donaghue, the

Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism officated the opening of the new

Arts centre where he was the first artist to have an exhibition there.

Since 2007, He has exhibited at the RHA regularly. [2] He had four solo exhibitions in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015.

In 2011, he had a solo exhibition at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, his birthplace.[3]

He is included in the dictionary of Living Irish Artists.

He currently lives and works in Westport, Co. Mayo. He has a black and white cat called Domino.

Solo exhibitions

2015 "Ocular Mantra", Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2012 "New Work", Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2012 "Exhibition of Portraits", Westport Arts Festival, Westport, Co. Mayo
2011 "The Incidence of Light", The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
2010 "Inside Out" Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2009 Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
2008 "Gothic Pastel" Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2005 Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2002 Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland

1998 Solo show, Diorama Art Gallery, London.

Collections

  • AXA Insurance
  • Westport Town Council
  • Mayo County Council
  • DeafHear, Dublin
  • University of Limerick
  • Gallaudet University, Washington DC
  • See Hear, BBC, London, England
  • Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants, Dublin
  • Mary Hare Grammar School, Newbury, Berkshire, England
  • private collections in Ireland and abroad.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.culturefox.ie/event/niall-mccormack--the-incidence-of-light/426.aspx|title=Niall McCormack - The Incidence of Light|publisher=culturefox.ie|accessdate=11 October 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.molesworthgallery.com/exhibitions/19_McCormack/index.html|title=Niall McCormack|publisher=Molesworth Gallery|accessdate=11 October 2011}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12603:arts-niall-mccormack-to-exhibit-in-castlebar&catid=52:going-out&Itemid=146|title=ARTS Niall McCormack to exhibit in Castlebar |date=3 May 2011|publisher=Mayo News|accessdate=11 October 2011}}

  Article in The Irish Times

External links

  • Niall McCormack - official website
  • Molesworth Gallery Niall McCormack
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