Born Dublin, Ireland
Lives and works in Dublin

EDUCATION

2004            MA Fine Art, Goldsmith’s College University of London, UK
2000            BA. National College of Art & Design, Dublin

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
via An Lár, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Whisper Concrete, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
2010
The Armory Show, New York with mother’s tankstation
2008
Co. summer, Angles Gallery, LA. Solo exhibition
Home Rules, solo exhibition, mother’s tankstation, Dublin

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Terrible Beauty: Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance. Dublin Contemporary 2011
Interlude (Aspects of Irish landscape painting) Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin.
2009
Fantopia – A state of impossible perfection. Or, how to live with perfect people (and not kill them). Mother’s tankstation
2008
A Loaf of Bread, A Carton of Milk and a Stick of Butter. Group show, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York
2007
Visual Fictions, Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2006
Utopias, Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
2005
The Happiest Country In The World, Oireachtas Exhibition, Dublin
Millennium Scholar’s Trust Exhibition, Bank of Ireland, Dublin
2004
Night Gallery, London, UK
2003
Made in the UK, London, UK
2001
East International, Norwich, UK
EV+A Annual Exhibition, Limerick, Ireland
Focus on Drawing, Crawford Gallery, Limerick City Gallery

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011
Aidan Dunne, Exceptional ways of looking at the usual, The Irish Times 5 July
Roberta Fallon & Libby Rosof , The Artblog, 12 July
http://theartblog.org/2011/07/dublin-mairead-o’heocha-at-douglas-hyde-gallery-and-sarah-browne-at-project-arts-centre/#more-21942
Gemma Tipton, Gritty and mundane visions of a could-be-anywhere world, The Irish Times, 15 April
Gemma Tipton, Mairead O’hEocha, Picks, artforum.com 14 April
Cristín Leach, Mairead O’hEocha – Whisper Concrete, The Sunday Times, 3 April
2008
Contriving a striking absence on canvas, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 13 February
In her own field, Daragh Reddin, Metro, 31 January
2006
Imagining Utopia in Carlow, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 14
2001
Art to Provoke, David McCaulay, Eastern Daily Press, 7 July

AWARDS

2006
Temple Bar Galleries studio, Dublin
2003
Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholar’s Trust Award Ireland
2001
Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2000
Thomas Dammann Travel Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland