Ruth O'Donnell - exhibitions |
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Ruth O'Donnell began printmaking as a student at the Institut Saint Luc, Brussels (1986-90) She has been exhibiting consistently in solo and group exhibitions, as well as working on commissions, in Ireland and internationally, for over 30 years and has been a member of Graphic Studio Dublin since 1991. Between 1996 and 2000 she was also a member of Artichoke Print Workshop in London. In 2014 she was awarded a three-month residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. Her work is widely collected. Selected Exhibitions and events: 2024 Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin St Brigid's Well, Beijing, China 2023 Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin Winter Gathering, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Farmleigh, Dublin Impressions, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Home Again, Graphic Studio with Simon Communities Ireland 2022 St Brigid's Well, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Returning Home, Graphic Studio with Simon Communities 2021 Mews Art Gallery, Clogherhead, Co Louth The Art of Home, Graphic Studio with Simon communities of Ireland, CHQ Building, Dublin Diamond Point, Blue House Gallery, Schull, Co Cork 2020 Eilís Dillon: language, landscape & legacy Visual Arts Commission, Galway Public Libraries, A Delicate Blue, Dower House Gallery, Emo Court, Co Laois The Human Heart Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin Among School Children, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Eva Gore-Booth, Museum of Literature Ireland Small Wonders a set of 25 small watercolours for dlr Artworks Home 60 Years of Graphic Studio Dublin, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo Diamond Point, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin 2019 WSI Annual Exhibition, Farmleigh, Dublin Impressions 2019, Galway Discoverprint 19, Green Acres Gallery Wexford Sixth Silk Road International Art Exhibition, Xi'an, China Perfectly Ordinary, solo exhibition of new etchings, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, and Hamilton Gallery, Sligo 2018 Masters of Contemporary Printmaking, Blue House Gallery, Schull Mór, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin True Grit, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin 2017 Interiors, Blue House Gallery, Schull Impressions 2017, Galway Summer Show, Graphic Studio Gallery Sarah Walker Gallery, Castletownbere WSI Annual Exhibition Another Bite of the Cherry, National Botanic Gardens (November) Hamilton Gallery, Sligo (December) 2016 All is not lost, solo exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery Waterbased, Glór, Ennis, Co Clare Blue House Gallery, Schull, Co Cork The Connacht Tribune Printworks, Galway SO Fine Art, Dublin The Printmakers' Gallery, Drury St, Dublin Urbis Felicitas, Graphic Studio Gallery Water Colour Society of Ireland 2015 Finders and Keepers, DLR Lexicon Gallery Water Colour Society of Ireland, Annual Exhibition, winner of the Adams Award Impressions 2015, Galway Summer Ensemble, Graphic Studio Gallery Talk on Sources of Inspiration, National Gallery of Ireland Session in the Gallery, Tradfest 2015, live printmaking and music event at Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin with musician Nick Roth and sound artist Keith Lindsay 2014 Portes Ouvertes, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris Amárach/Interplay, SO Fine Art Editions, South Anne Street, Dublin 2 Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin 2013 A Natural Selection, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin Variations on a Theme, Graphic Studio Gallery WSI Annual Exhibition Strumpet City, Graphic Studio Gallery PRESSED, an exhibition of contemporary print, Dun Laoghaire DLR Open Submission, County Hall, Dun Laoghaire Limerick Printmakers, Open Submission, Print Show 33rd miniprint exhibition, Cadaqués, Spain 2012 Lines of Descent, solo exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery Festival Interceltique Lorient, France WSI Annual Exhibition 2011 Shades of Light, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, (two-person exhibition, with Gráinne Cuffe), Bienal Internacional de Gravura Santos, Brazil, International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Poland - Lodz 31st Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Spain 2010 Surface and Depth, two-person exhibition, with Swedish artist Eva Grytt, Original Print Gallery, Dublin, RHA Annual Exhibition, Gold, Graphic Studio Dublin Gallery, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Airfield, Graphic Studio 50th Anniversary, Farmleigh, Original Print at Rathfarnham Castle, Editions, Lavit Gallery, Cork, BIG VISION...small works, Kilcock Art Gallery, WSI Annual Exhibition. 2009 Winter Island, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, Artist's Proof, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Making Waves, Kenny Art Gallery, Galway, RHA Annual Exhibition, WSI Annual Exhibition 2008 Little Christmas, Graphic Studio Dublin Gallery, Temple Bar, RHA Annual Exhibition, Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Still Life and Landscape, Droichead Arts Centre, The Graphic Studio Goes West, Kenny's Gallery, Galway 2007 Ruth O'Donnell '07, Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands - solo exhibition, Ideal Conditions, Coole Park, Co Galway - audiovisual installation 2006 Observations, Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin - solo exhibition, WSI annual exhibition, Pygmalion, Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin, The Burren Wall, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co Clare 2005 Tulca - Galway Season of Visual Arts, Observations, Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands - solo exhibition, Gardens of Earthly Delight, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 5eme Biennale Internationale de Gravure, Liege, Belgium, 2004 The Cracked Lookingglass, inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, touring to New York and Stockholm - joint curator, RHA annual exhibition, Figurative Art Now, Dun Laoghaire 2003 RHA annual exhibition, Figurative Art Ireland, Dun Laoghaire, London Original Print Fair, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2002 Grafiska Sallskapet Gallery, Stockholm, Holy Show, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Impressions, Galway Arts Centre, Éigse, Carlow Visual Arts, Kilcock Art Gallery, Co Kildare - two person exhibition (with Niall Naessens), Nordens Ljus Gallery, Stockholm 2001 New Works, Graphic Studio Gallery, - solo exhibition, Works on Paper, Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin, Black Pool, Glasgow Print Studios, Irish Printmaking, Galway Art Gallery, Graphic Studio Dublin at Konstforum, Norrkoping, Sweden 2000 Flower Show, Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin, Vital Arts, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, 1999 The Contemporary Print Show, Barbican Centre, London, International Small Print Exhibition, Lodz, Poland, 1998 Art/Art at the National Gallery of Ireland, The Contemporary Print Show, Barbican Centre, London 1997 Academy Without Walls, RHA, - selected by critic, Bruce Arnold 1996 Print, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Academy Without Walls, RHA, - selected by the Council of the Academy 1995 Graphic Studio Dublin Gallery, three person exhibition, Editions Limited Gallery, Liverpool, Guinness Gallery, Foxrock, RHA annual exhibition 1994 MOther Ireland, Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry, Siolrú, RHA, Dublin, Beasts from Green Street East, Kilcock Art Gallery 1993 Academy Without Walls, RHA, selected by Patrick Hickey HRHA, Of Cabbages and Kings, Pantheon Gallery, Dublin, two person exhibition (with Stephen Lawlor) 1992 Art of the State, Dublin Castle, Oireachtas , Dublin, The Graduate Show, UCG and Kenny's Gallery, Galway 1989 La Narration, Artelier, Anderlecht, Brussels |