Comhghall Casey - Biographical Details

Comhghall Casey was born in 1976 in Letterkenny, Co.Donegal. He grew up in Omagh in Co. Tyrone, where he lived until moving to Belfast in 1994 to study for a Certificate in Foundation Art and Design at the University of Ulster. In 1998 he graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Arts, specialising in painting. After two years in Belfast he moved to Dublin, where he has since been living and working as an artist.

Group exhibitions

'From Ballinglen to Cork', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Summer Exhibition, Solomon Fine Art, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Northern Bank Building, Belfast
Christmas Group Exhibition, Solomon Fine Art, Merrion Hotel, Dublin

Summer Group Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Collectibles, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Make Straight for the Shore, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co.Tyrone
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Titanic Drawing Offices, Belfast
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Important British and Irish Art, Solomon Fine Art, Merrion Hotel, Dublin

2007

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Summer Group Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

2006

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Summer Group Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Christmas Group Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin

2005

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
‘The Nude’, Emer Gallery, Belfast
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival, St. Patrick’s College, Carlow
‘Drawings and Sketches’, Coloured Rain Gallery, Templepatrick, Co.Antrim
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

2004

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

2003

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
'Sedare', James Baird Gallery, St.John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

2002

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
BP National Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London
‘Artists From Ulster’, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
‘Aisling Gael’, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

2001

Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Íontas Small Works Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

2000

Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
"Arts Sans Frontiers", Gallerie des Expositions, L' Hay les Roses, Paris
"New Images from North Mayo", Ballinglen Arts Centre, Ballycastle, County Mayo 
Victor Treacy Award, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny

1999

'Fresh', Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

1998

'Set', Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Íontas Small Works Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Christmas Exhibition, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast

1997

Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Christmas Exhibition, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast

1996

'Young Contemporary Artists', Ross's Court, Belfast
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Christmas Exhibition, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast

Solo exhibitions

2007

Solomon Gallery, Dublin

2005

Emer Gallery, Belfast

2004

Coloured Rain Gallery, Templepatrick, Belfast

2003 

Emer Gallery, Belfast

2002

Gorry Gallery, Dublin

2001

Emer Gallery, Belfast

1999

Murneen Gallery, Antrim Town
Omagh Arts Festival, The Gallery, Omagh
Emer Gallery, Belfast

Awards

2007

Runner Up, Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition 2007

2006

Emer Gallery Prize, Best Self-Portrait, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition 2006

2004

Nominated, Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition 2004

2003

Nominated, Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition 2003

2002

Emer Gallery Prize, Best Self-Portrait, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition 2002

Fellowship, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co.Mayo.

2000

Nominated, Victor Treacy Award, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny

1999

Young Artist of the Year, Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London

Regional Prize (Belfast), Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London

Association of Art Historians Thesis Prize 1999.

Anderson Auctioneers and Valuers Prize, Best Self-Portrait, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition 1999.

Fellowship, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co.Mayo.

1996

Anderson Auctioneers and Valuers Prize, Best Self-Portrait, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition 1996.

Collections

• Ulster Museum.
• Axa Insurance (Ireland).
• Office of Public Works.
• Northern Ireland Department of the Environment.
• Ballinglen Arts Foundation Archive.
• Private Collections.