Personal

Name: Mairead Holohan Dip ANCD; H.Dip Community Arts, Education; MA In Education

Address: Dranagh, St Mullins County Carlow

As an artist and human I seek connection with my chosen sites. In recent years after visiting CillRialig in Kerry, during Covid I developed my morning practice of walking then sitting in the same spot each day sketching on a long continuous sheet.

051 424570/0872236686

maireadholohan@icloud.com

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Education

1975-1979 National College of Art And Design

1975-1976 Pre Diploma

1976-1979 Diploma in Visual Communications

1983-1984 Chelsea School of Art- Screenprinting course

Certificate in Adult tutoring from WIT

2006-2007 Hdip Community Arts education, NCAD (Hons)

2012-2013 MA Education WIT (First)

2024. Prof. Dip in Art and Ecology…… 2 modules done, 2 to go

Facilitation

1996-Ongoing Mairead is on a variety of Panels, DCCOI CRAFTed; Butler Gallery, Artist in Schools; Artist in Prison Scheme; Tutor Panel For Kilkenny/Carlow ETB; Part time Tutor KCAT, Callan, Co Kilkenny; Work with people with Special needs, Travellers, Active Retirement and Multicultural Women’s groups. With some groups she delivers QQI Modules in art and Textiles

Voluntary mentoring for www.connectionsartscentre.ie from March 2024

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Awards

February 2009 Travel and Training Award, the Arts Council,

Workshop in UK with Jennifer McCrae

Art links Mentoring

December 2010/ January 2011 Mentoring via Crafts Council

2017Carlow Arts Act Grant to enable exhibiting at RWS Contemporary Competition Exhibition

2015 Residency Cill-Rialig Artist Village Kerry

2021 Residency Cill Rialig Artist village Kerry

2022 Top 200 Merit Award for International Watercolour Masters

2022 Artlinks bursary award

2023 Artlinks Bursary Award

2023 shortlisted artist for the Hambly & Hambly 2024 residency in France

Exhibitions

March 2024 exhibition of shortlisted artists work at Dunbar House, Enniskilen

May 2024 Invited to show at sustainability show in An Chead Tine Kilkenny

2023. Open selection An Chead Tinne, Winter show, Kilkenny

2022/2023 Kilkenny Art Gallery open selection, Thomastown Creative Arts

2020. Kilkenny Art Gallery

2018/2019 Thomastown Festival

2017 Dunamaise Open Selection

2017 Bankside Gallery, London, RWS, Contemporary

W/C Exhibition.

2015 What Land is this? Garter Lane, Waterford

2015 Solo Show, the Watergardens, Thomastown

2012/2011 Blueprint Eigse Carlow

2010 JF Kennedy Arboretum Heritage exhibiton, 2010

2010 Watergarden, Thomastown

2008 Eigse, Open Selection

2011/2007/2006/2005 Ulster Watercolour Society Annual Exhibition

2006 Eigse Fair selection, Eigse Carlow Artists Selection.

2005/2004 Eigse Carlow Artists Selection

2005 Kennedy’s Harcourt St summer Group Show

2004 The old Market House, Dungarvan, (Group show)

2003 Eigse Open

2001 The Kennedy Gallery, Dublin Summer Show (Group)

2000 Kilkenny County Council Offices (One woman

1999 Berkeley Gallery, Thomastown (One woman)

1999 Bridge Gallery, Dublin Christmas show (Group)

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Publications

‘Exploring Fabric And Fibre’ Part of a series of Craft Resource Books published by Potters Yard Press 2015

Slowtime on the bog. Self published with Artlinks Bursary 2022

Slow time on the mountain Self published with Artlinks Bursary 2023

Website