• born in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands
• lives in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Employment

• 2019           Creative Associate, Helium Arts
• 1999-2019 Co-founder, Tutor/Facilitator at KCAT Arts Centre

Education

• University of Applied Sciences, Leiden, the Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions, Installations, Commissions

• 2023 Paper Trails, Grilse Gallery, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
• 2021 Lines and Layers, St John’s Theatre & Arts Centre, Listowel, Co. Kerry
• 2021 Shop Local Mural, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
• 2020 Mill Street Mural, Callan, Co. Kilkenny
• 2019 The Space Between, The Watergarden Gallery, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
• 2019 Facebook Artist-in-Residence Program Commission, Ballsbridge, Dublin
• 2017 Mountshannon Arts Festival, Mountshannon, Co. Clare
• 2016 Shaft, Culture Night and open House Dublin, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin
• 2014 Waking Up in Waterford, WHAT, University Hospital Waterford
• 2013 Papierwerken, Hospice Issoria, Leiden, the Netherlands
• 2012 Full Circle, Watergate Theatre Upstairs Gallery, Kilkenny
• 2012 Rock Paper Scissors, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
• 2012 Paperwork, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• 2011 Papercuts, Abhainn Rí Festival, Callan, Co. Kilkenny

Recent and Upcoming Group Exhibitions

• 2024 Longford Lights
• 2024 CWS, Terpkerk Urmond, the Netherlands

Group Exhibitions

• 2022 Made in Ireland, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, UK
• 2022 Conjuring Form, DCCI Portfolio Critical Selection, NDCG, Kilkenny
• 2022 Made in Ireland, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
• 2022 Birr Arts Festival, Birr, Co. Offaly
• 2022 Kells Typetrail, Townhall, Kells, Co. Meath
• 2022 Maximalism, Spacecraft Studios, Limerick
• 2021 Made in Ireland, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
• 2021 Kilkenny Catwalk 2021, MacDonagh Junction, Kilkenny
• 2021 Conjuring Form, DCCI Portfolio Critical Selection, Doneraile Court, Co. Cork
• 2021 Curious Treasures, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
• 2021 Scoop Foundation Art Auction, The Copper House Gallery, Dublin
• 2020 Connected, Sculpture Trail, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
• 2020 Soon is Now, Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
• 2020 Journall, Online Programmy and Exhibition by Valeria Ceregini
• 2019 Artists in Craft, Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
• 2019 Other Dimensions, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
• 2019 Incognito, Solomon Gallery Dublin; Lavit Gallery, Cork
• 2018 Open Submission, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
• 2018 .Obj Digital Handmade, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
• 2018 Collocate, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
• 2018 Mountshannon Arts Festival, Mountshannon, Co. Clare
• 2018 Town Planners, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow
• 2017 Cabinet of Wonders #3, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castelbar, Co. Mayo
• 2016 Dog Days, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
• 2016 Signal Open, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• 2016 The Art of Craft, the Market Place Gallery, Armagh, Northern Ireland
• 2015 Open Submission, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
• 2015 185th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
• 2015 The Pattern Exchange,Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
• 2014 Open Submission, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
• 2014 Verbinding/Connection, CWS, Terpkerk Urmond, the Netherlands
• 2013 The Journeys We Make, Junction Festival, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
• 2012 Between Lines, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• 2012 Running with Scissors, Basement Project Space, Cork
• 2012 Kilkenny’s Finest Contemporary Artists, Carysfort Gallery, Kilkenny
• 2012 182nd RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
• 2012 The Wood between the Worlds, Occupy Space, Limerick
• 2009 Open Submission, Éigse Arts Festival, Carlow
• 2008 Peer-to-Peer, Arts Council Touring Experiment

Residencies and Awards

• 2025 Residency, Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Co. Mayo
• 2024 Open Residency, Cow House Studios, Rathnure, Co. Wexford
• 2024 Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan
• 2023 Residency, Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
• 2023 Artist in Residence, My Father’s Dragon Exhibition, Butler Gallery
• 2021 Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Award
• 2021 Residency, Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
• 2020 Residency, Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
• 2019 Residency, Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
• 2018 Dunamaise Open Residency Award, Arthouse, Stradbally, Co. Laois
• 2018 Artist in Residence, The Breadwinner Exhibition, Butler Gallery
• 2017 Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Award
• 2011 Healthway International Arts and Health Fellowship with DADAA, Fremantle, Western Australia (co-recipient)

Collections

• Office of Public Works
• Kilkenny County Council
• Camphill Communities of Ireland
• Waterford Healing Arts Trust
• Private Collections in the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Australia, UK, USA

Membership

• Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
• DCCI PORTFOLIO Critical Selection 2021-2022
• Visual Artists Ireland
• Artlinks