Comhghall Casey - Biography View Artwork

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 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

2010 Mullan gallery , Belfast
2009 Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
2008 Emer Gallery, Belfast
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
2010 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Royal Ulster Academy, Annual EXhibition Ulster Museum , Belfast
Davy Portrait Awards, NAughton Gallery, Queens University Belfast
Farmleigh House, Dublin
Summer Exhibition, Mullan gallery Belfast
Eigse 30 Year Retrospective, Visual - Cnetre for ContemproARY ART, CARLOW

2009 '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
2008 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
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

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

Awards
2010 The Don Niccolo D’Ardia Caracciolo RHA Medal and Award, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2008 Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2007 Runner Up, Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2006 Emer Gallery Prize, Best Self-Portrait, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
2004 Nominated, Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2003 Nominated, Hennessy Craig Scholarship, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2002 Emer Gallery Prize, Best Self-Portrait, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition


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
Fellowship, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co.Mayo.
1996 Anderson Auctioneers and Valuers Prize, Best Self-Portrait, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition.

Collections

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


Mullan Gallery www.mullangallery.com