Geraldine O'Reilly

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Geraldine O'Reilly, Visual Artist and Printmaker. She is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.  Awarded a Fulbright scholarship to New York in 1989 to research Irish emigration to America for her exhibition 'Journal'. She has had many solo exhibitions and shown in selected group exhibitions throughout Ireland, America, Australia, France, Belgium, Sweden, England and Poland. A former board member of Graphic Studio Dublin and elected chairperson in 2008. In 2004 she was elected to Aosdana for her contribution to the arts in Ireland.

A series of photo etchings titled 'The Deserted Village' was purchased by Quinnipiac University, Conneticut, USA for the launch of their new museum 'The Great Hunger Museum/ An Gorta Mor'  - dedicated to the Irish Famine. She was selected for the exhibition Ciall/Sense in April 2011 at the Aislann Centre, Gweedore, Donegal where she was awarded the judge's prize.
In October 2011 she was awarded % for art commission by Offaly County Council to produce artwork based on exploring the Grand Canal. She completed a commission for Dublin City Council Arts Office as part of their public art programme in January 2013. She was selected to make work for an exhibition celebrating 400 years of the Franciscans in Louvain, Belgium and Irelands presidency of the EU. The exhibition opened at the Irish College, Louvain, Belgium on the 9th May 2013. The exhibition was titled 'Shaping Identities Together/Ag Cruthu le Cheile. It transferred to the National Print Museum in Dublin in August 2013.
In May 2014 she exhibited at the Lab, Foley Street, Dublin in a two person exhibition titled 'Of Space and Place' accompanied by an essay by Professor Luke Gibbons of National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co Kildare.  She completed a residency at the Irish Cultural Centre, Paris, France in July 2013. In August 2014, O'Reilly was at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in County Mayo. Her work features in the volume on Art and Architecture -  A 5 volume set published by the Royal Irish Academy.

In November 2014. She was selector/curator for the annual open submission exhibition at Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise 2014 and in July 2015 selector/curator for the Birr Arts Festival. In July 2015 she was selected to exhibit at the Burren Cchool of Art Gallery in a group exhibition titled 'Postcript' and was artist in resident at Aras Eanna, Inis Oirr, Aran Islands in May 2015 - where she made the work for 'Postscript'. In March 2016 she exhibited a suite of new etchings and 3d prints for a three person exhibition titled 'Fragments, Metaphors and Smithereens' at the Graphic Studio Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin. The prints were based on her researches into the history of the Irish College/Centre Cultural Irlandais, Paris.  Also in March 2016, she exhibited a new suite of drawings in the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, County Mayo in the exhibition 'Kathleen Lynn- Insider on the Outside' as part of their 1916 commemorations. Co Mayo. She made a short documentary with RTE television as part of their 1916/Every county has a story/Mayo which can be viewed now on You Tube.