Cormac O'Leary
Born Cork City, Ireland 1969. Currently living in County Leitrim, Ireland.

EDUCATION
1987 - 1991: National Diploma in Fine Art,
Sligo Regional Technical College, Ireland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 / 09: The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
2004 / 06 / 09: Vangard Gallery, Cork
1999 / 01 / 03 / 05 / 08: Hallward Gallery, Dublin
1999 / 01 / 03: Sligo Art Gallery

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 The art of recovery; Teach Ban Nua, Sligo
2008 Tripod - a slice of art; Fairgreen House, Galway
2007 Journeys; Castletown House, Co. Kildare
(Toured to Louvain Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven, Belgium,
University of Ulster, Belfast, Coast Gaurd Station Arts Centre, Waterford,
The Millennium Forum, Derry)
2006 Tribute to Beckett, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2005 3 Person Show, (with Caitriona O'Leary & Philip Lindey), The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
1 in 4, Art Auction, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
2004 Iontas Prizewinners 1996-2001, Sligo Art Gallery (Toured)
C2, Contemporary Art from Cork,Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Eigse Art Festival, Carlow (Invited Artist)
2003-08 Affordable Art Fair, The Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
2003 / 07 / 08 Wexford Arts Festival
2002 Cormac O'Leary & Caitriona O'Leary, The Lavit Gallery, Cork
2001 The Art of Hurling, Kenny Gallery, Galway
2000 Works on paper, LeMoyne Art Foundation, Talahassee, Florida.
1999 Coast to coast, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1999-08 Summer & Christmas Shows, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
1998 On Board, Sligo Art Gallery
1997 Masks at the Hawkswell, Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo
1996 1,2,3, O'Leary, Carroll Art Gallery, Longford
1995 Generation, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1994 Monaghan Open Exhibition
1993 3 of a kind, McCanny Building, Sligo
1992 Beginnings, Sligo Park Hotel
1991 / 94 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Mayo
1990 / 94 / 99 Iontas, National Small Works Open Exhib., Sligo Art Gallery
1989 International Mini-print Show, RHA, Dublin

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2006 / 09 Artisit's Bursary, Leitrim County Council
2001 First Prize, Iontas Painting Award
2000 Milliken Bros., Art Materials Award
1999 / 01 / 04 Studio Residency, Cill Rialaig Artist's Retreat
1999 Studio Residency, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
1993 / 94 An Chomairle Ealaionn / Arts Council Awards
1991 O'Sullivan Graphics Ld., Best Student Award

COLLECTIONS
Nazareth House, Sligo
I.I.B Bank Ireland
Sligo General Hospital Collection
Cork County Library Collection
Sligo County Library Collection
Crawford Municipal Art Collection, Cork
Allied Irish Banks
Office of Public Works, Dublin
Dept. of Finance & Personnel, Northern Ireland
Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
Royal Hospital, Dublin
Setanta Communications, Dublin
Shay Cleary Architects, Dublin
Wellwoman Centre, Dublin
UniCredito Italiano, IFSC, Dublin
Represented in many private collections in Ireland, UK, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, USA and Australia.