MacSherraigh

Professional Activities
1999: Co-founded the Illustrators Guild of Ireland [the national representative organisation for professional illustrators in Ireland].
1999: Solo exhibition in Alliance Française, Dublin
2000-5: Chairman of Illustrators Guild of Ireland [IGI]
2002: Co-curated and exhibited in the IGI’s first major group exhibition, ‘Illustration –the Art of Contemporary Illumination’ Chester Beatty Library [European Museum of the Year 2002].
2002: December: Invited to attend one week in Cill Rialaig Project, Artists’ Retreat, Co. Kerry
2003: Co-ordinated ‘4 day Artists’ Drawing Retreat’ attended by 10 artists in Clomantagh Castle, Kilkenny with the support of Irish Landmarks Trust.
2003/4: Sat on organising committee of National Design Week
2003: Took part in second group exhibition of IGI members ‘The Coloured Stuff’ Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
2005: Represented Ireland as IGI delegate to inaugural meeting of European Illustrators Forum [EIF], Turin
2006: Organised IGI members to join IVARO [Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation]
2006: Co-ordinated ‘4 day Artists’ Drawing Retreat’ attended by 10 artists in Galley Head Lighthouse, Co. Cork with the support of Irish Landmarks Trust.
2007: May. Invited to show solo exhibition ‘Marrow Envy & Other Stories’, Alliance Française Dublin.
2007: April: Selected by jury to exhibit in show ‘Les Trésors Cachés de nos Artistes’ Musée de la Publicité, Le Louvre, Paris
2007: April: Invited to attend 2 weeks in Cill Rialaig Project, Artists’ Retreat. Co. Kerry
2007: August. Invited to show in group exhibition: ‘A Nation’s Obsession: Illustration and Architecture in Ireland’s Changing Economy’ in the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Dublin.
2008: May. Invited to show in exhibition ‘Resonance’ Alliance Française, with Culture Ireland, Centre Culturel [Collège des Irlandais].
2008: June. Invited to show in group exhibition ‘Candy Karaoke’ an exhibition of re-worked LP covers in association with Candy Culture
2008: July. Invited to show in group exhibition, ‘SLANT: Imitation - flattery or battery?’ a collaboration between the Illustrators’ Guild of Ireland and the Association of Illustrators [UK]. Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast.
2008: Invited as visiting lecturer on the subject of illustration:

• National College of Art and Design
• DIT College of Marketing & Design, Mountjoy Square
• National Print College, Bolton Street

Professional memberships
• Member: Illustrators Guild of Ireland
• Member: IVARO [Irish Visual Artists’ Rights Organisation]

Awards received:
Illustratorsireland.com Awards:
Best Editorial Illustration 2004;
Best Self-promotional Illustration 2004.
Best Self-promotional Illustration 2005
Best Illustration, 2005 [Grand Prix]
Best Self-promotional Illustration 2006

Represened by Three in a Box Artists Agents
Toronto [English-speaking countries].
Ph: +1 416 367 2446

Representé par Marie Bastille [France/ les payes francophone].
Ph: +33 1 45 26 70 09