EXHIBITIONS (SOLO)
2023
- Solo presentation VOLTA Basel Art Fair 2023, Hang Tough Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland, June
- The sheltering sky, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin, March
2022
- Hopefully, The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, November - February 2023
- Words as colour not language, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin, March
2020
- Running, returning, running, Roscommon Arts centre, October
2019
- It's not the worst I have looked, just the most I have ever cared. Studio 11, TBG+S Oct
- Tone as is, Berlin Opticians Gallery, May
2018
- We, Ashford Gallery, RHA, Dublin, November
- the number called value, The Lab, Dublin, November
2017
- Paper thin walls, Eight Gallery, Dublin, August
2014
- What, Steambox Gallery, Dublin, March
2009
- Paintings, Soma, Waterford, August
EXHIBITIONS (Two person)
2020
- Everybody knows (Paul Hallahan & Marcel Vidal), The Complex Dublin, December
2019
- And when he came to,(Paul Hallahan, Lee Welch) Platform, Belfast, Nov
- back on the beach in the freezing sand, (Paul Hallahan, Lee Welch),Garter Lane, Gallery, Waterford, August
- and it was raining out of a low sky (Paul Hallahan, Lee Welch), Sternview gallery, Cork, July
- and the tide was way out (Paul Hallahan, Lee Welch), DLR Lexicon Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, February
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024
- Paper works, Hillsboro gallery Dublin, Feb - March
- Bucolica, Mount Congreve, Waterford, May
- Hermione Art Exhibition, Dublin, May
2023
- Shifting the silence, Rathfarnham Castle, November
- Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, Sligo, July
2022
- Páipéar, Hang Tough Contemporary, Dublin, July
- MADE x NW, The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, July
- Speech Sounds, Carlow Arts Festival, Visual, Carlow, June
- The Golden Fleece Award: 21 years at Solstice Arts Centre, April
2021
- Talamh Buan | Solid Ground, Regional Culture Centre, Letterkenny, June
2020
- The Sky is Blue, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, July
- 601 days, Berlin Opticians Gallery, Dublin, June
- In our colours: artworks from the dlr county collection, February
2019
- This is a painting show, Sternview Gallery, Curated by Padraig Spillane, Cork, December
- ARRANGEMENTS, a project with writer/critic/artist James Merrigan, PPS, Dublin, November
- Mistra Gallery (mini gallery) as part of SILVER, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, November
- BINGO!, Berlin Opticians Gallery, Dublin, June
2018
- Berlin Opticians Gallery Launch, Dublin, October
- Stream, The Sailors Home, Limerick, June
- Tell me, Garter lane Arts Centre, Waterford City, May
- Hermione exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin, March
2017
- Periodical Review 7, Curated by RGKSKSRG, (Rachael Gilbourne and Kate Strain) and Mark Cullen and
Gavin Murphy, Pallas Gallery, Dublin, November
- VUE art fair, RHA, Eight Gallery, November
- Soul-Beating: An exhibition of painting told through the lens of film, curated by James Merrigan, Gorey School of Art, July
2016
- This is Water, Paul Hallahan, Lee Welch & Simon Cummins, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, February
- Mirror, Independent Studios, Dublin, December
- Painting Show, Queen Street Studios, Belfast, December
- Infra, Basic Space project, Gallery Eight, Dublin, September
- Small... far away, curated by Davey Moor and Peter Prendergast, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, July
- Carlow Arts festival, Visual, June
2015
- Waterford Collection, RHA, September
- Too Soon, Too Late, Mart Project Space, Curated by Jonathan Carroll, June
2014
- Art in the Eastside, (billboard project) Creative Exchange Studios, Ulster Bank Festival at Queens,
Belfast, October
- Thirty, Garter lane Arts Centre, Waterford City, September
- Dumbfounded by Nature, Curated by Walter Phillips Gallery and TRUCK Contemporary Art, Banff
Centre, Canada, July
- STICK UP FIR-TREE, IRISHISE, Broadstone Studios, Dublin, February
2013
- I want to be your Dog, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, November
- F, S, P, Engage Studios Too many Dinner Parties project, 126 Gallery, July
2012
- Watching the river flow, Caminhos do Cinema Portugues, Centro de Artes Visuais in Copimbra,
Portugal, November
- TULCA , Curated by Greg McCartney, Galway, November
- Horizon Sprawl, Curated by Stephanie Bertrand, Ormston House, Limerick, August
- Civilizing the Wilderness, Eigse 2012, Carlow, June
2011
- Undertow, Curated by Alice Maher and Aideen Barry, Ormston House Gallery & Barry The Lab,
Dublin December
- NLA (New living art), IMOCA, Dublin, October
- Neu/Now, Tallinn, Estonia, July
PUBLICATIONS and REVIEWS
- James Merrigan, silly renditions of human behavior, *hard copy only* April 2019
- This is tomorrow, and the tide was way out review, feb 2019 (link)
EDUCATION
- 2011 BA (Hons) in Visual Art, WIT
- 2005 classical Animation, BCFE
AWARDS
2023 Fire Station Artists Studio
2023 Culture Moves Europe
2022 Donegal County Council bursary
2021 Balliglen arts residency
2018 Temple Bar gallery and Studios Project Studio Award
2018 Golden Fleece Award
2015 - 2018 Independent Studios residency
2013 Broadstone Invited Artists (BIA), Broadstone Studios
COLLECTIONS
dlr County Council
Industrial Development Agency Ireland (IDA)
Trinity College Dublin
The Office of Public Works
Waterford City Collection
Private Collections