Niall Naessens I www.niallnaessens.com

artists statement I selected exhibitions I education I membership I collections I commissions I 

artists statement:  

Niall Naessens was born in Dublin in 1961. He attended the National College of Art & Design 1978-1983. He studied etching at the Graphic Studio Print Workshop 1983-1986. He worked in London from 1986-1990.He was artist in residence in City Arts Centre, Dublin, from 1991-1993. From 1991 to 2006 he worked as a professional printmaker at the Graphic Studio Workshop in Dublin. In 2004 he moved to Brandon in Kerry and has set up his studio there with a view to concentrating more on painting. He was a director of the Graphic Studio Dublin from 2001 to 2006. In 2007 he set up Cló Cill Rialaig, which he is running on behalf of the Cill Rialaig Project in Ballinskelligs, Kerry.

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selected exhibitions:

solo exhibitions:

date	venue	exhibition
2008	Dalkey Arts Centre	'Vico'
2008	The Cat and The Moon Gallery, Sligo	'Paintings and Etchings'
2007	Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin	'Brandon Etchings'
	Art Upstairs, Wexford	'Brandon Etchings'
	Wellspring Gallery, Tralee	'Brandon Etchings'
	Old Town Hall, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA	‘Cé Bhréanainn’,
2006	Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin	South Westerlies’
2005	Diseart, Dingle, Co. Kerry	'Laistíos den Chnoc’
	Millcove at Sheen Falls Hotel, Kenmare, Co. Kerry	‘Painting in Kerry’
2003	Factory Performance, Sligo	‘10 Prints Niall Naessens’

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group exhibtions:

date	venue	exhibition
2009	Chester Beatty Library	‘Artists Proof’,
	Himmelblau Gallery, Tampere, Finland	‘Prints’
2008	Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow	Eigsé
	The Blackbird Gallery, Kilkenny	Group Show
	Kenny’s Art Gallery, Galway	‘GSD @ Kenny’s’
	Dingle, Co. Kerry	‘Feile na Bealtaine’,
2007	The Naughton Gallery, Queens University, Belfast	Heal 2007’
	Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow	Eigsé
	Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin	RHA Annual Exhibition’
	Dublin Port and Graphic Studio Dublin	Port Print’

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education:

date	college	award
1978-1983	National College of Art & Design

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membership of professional bodies:

dates	group	function
2009	Limerick Printmakers	Studio Workshop
1991-2006	Graphic Studio Dublin	Studio Workshop

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collections:

collector	venue/place
Dublin City University
Bank of Ireland
Chester Beatty Library
Office of Public Works
Shelbourne Hotel
Contemporary Art Society of Ireland
National Gallery of Ireland
ABN Amro Bank
Jurys Hotel Group
Global Crossing
William Fry & Company
Mason, Hayes & Curran
St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Northern Bank
Beaumont Hospital
Raddisson SAS Hotel

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commissions: 

commissioner	venue/place of commission
Department of Foreign Affairs (for visit of President Bill Clinton)
University College Dublin
University College Club, St. Stephen’s Green
Ballyroe Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Dublin Port Company

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