The Story So Far

Collections:

• The permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Purchase funded by Christopher M. Gorman-Evans.
• The National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, purchased through the Contemporary Collection of Design & Craft, a joint initiative of The National Museum of Ireland and Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
• Loewe
• The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
• The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, U.K.
• The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
• The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, U.K.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A. (Gift of Michael and Tamara Root)
• Shanghai Municipal People's Government, China
• Office of Public Works, Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland
• National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
• Columbus State University, Georgia, U.S.A.
• Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
• Irish Department of Foreign Affairs - Foreign Embassies Collection - Canberra, Australia (2005); Madrid, Spain and The Hague, The Netherlands (2007); Beijing, China (2013)

Panels:

• Member of the Experts Panel - Loewe Craft Prize - 2018 and 2019
• Member of the Judging Panel - RDS Craft Awards - 2018 and 2019

Awards:

• Golden Fleece Award - Merit - 2019
• Loewe Craft Prize Finalist 2017
• Golden Fleece Award - Merit - 2016
• Peter Brennan Pioneering Potter Award, Ceramics Ireland, 2010
• C.C.O.I. Travel Bursary Award 2006, 2007
• Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (D.C.C.O.I). Research and Development Award 2005

International Residencies:

It is my pleasure to have been awarded the opportunity to work on two International residencies..

• 2013 - Liverpool (U.K.), undertaking a 6-week residency at Hope University in partnership with the Bluecoat Display Centre and supported by The Crafts Council of Ireland.
• 2011 - I was one of 13 Irish Makers selected to participate in a month-long residency in FULE International Ceramic Art Museums, Fuping, China