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.

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

Group exhibitions

'Life Room', Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly, London
Summer Exhibition, Mullan Gallery, Belfast

Christmas Exhibition, Mullan Gallery, Belfast
Christmas Group Exhibition, Solomon Fine Art, 15 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
Davy Portrait Awards, Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast;
                                     Farmleigh House, Dublin;
                                     Fota House, Cork.
Summer Exhibition, Mullan Gallery, Belfast
Éigse 30 Year Retrospective, Visual - Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow

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'From Ballinglen to Cork', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Summer Exhibition, Solomon Fine Art, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Northern Bank Building, Belfast
Christmas Group Exhibition, Solomon Fine Art, Merrion Hotel, Dublin

Collectibles, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Make Straight for the Shore, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co.Tyrone
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Titanic Drawing Offices, Belfast
Important British and Irish Art, Solomon Fine Art, Merrion Hotel, Dublin

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Christmas Group Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Dublin

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‘The Nude’, Emer Gallery, Belfast
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival, St. Patrick’s College, Carlow
‘Drawings and Sketches’, Coloured Rain Gallery, Templepatrick, Co.Antrim

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'Sedare', James Baird Gallery, St.John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

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BP National Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London
                                                 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
‘Artists From Ulster’, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
‘Aisling Gael’, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare

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Íontas Small Works Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo

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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

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'Fresh', Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London

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'Set', Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Íontas Small Works Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
Christmas Exhibition, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast

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Christmas Exhibition, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast

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'Young Contemporary Artists', Ross's Court, Belfast
Christmas Exhibition, Cavehill 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.
• Queen's University Belfast
• Axa Insurance (Ireland).
• Office of Public Works.
• Northern Ireland Department of the Environment.
• Ballinglen Arts Foundation Archive.
• Private Collections.