Education
1994-1999 University of Ulster, Belfast. B.A. hons Fine and Applied Arts (First Class)
2001-2003 University of Ulster, Belfast. Masters Fine Art-pass with distinction
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Solo Exhibition, Third Space Gallery, Belfast
2007 A Gap in the Bright, Millennium Court Art Centre, Portadown
2006 Yo Sweden, Third Space Gallery, Belfast
2005 ASBO, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast
2004 All Imperial Gold, Draiocht, Dublin
Group Exhibitions
2008 There not There, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork. RHA Annual, Invited Artist, Ely Place, Dublin
2007 Double Image, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. Resolutions, Katzen Art Centre, Washington DC . Things you may have missed, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2006 A seed of zero, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. Utopias (Invited Artist), Eigse’06, Carlow. 25 years of MFA, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast.
2005 Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. The Happiest Country in the World, OPW, Dublin. Four Now, Lewis Glucksman, Cork.
2004 BOC Exhibition, Triangle Gallery, SPACE Studios, London. ‘Out of Context: Contemporary Painting from Ireland’, Archeus Fine Art, London.
2003 Crawford Open 4, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork .Colour Chart, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast . EV+A’03, selected by Virginia Perez-Ratton.
Awards
2006 Nominated Artist, Jerwood Painting Prize, UK
2004 Short Listed Finalist, BOC Emerging Artist Award 2004, London Short listed Finalist
2004 AIB Artist of Promise Award . Awarded Artists Council NI General Art Award and Travel Award
2003 Taylor Student Award/Winner Lewis Crosby Painting Prize
Residencies
2008 New York Residency, ACNI
2007 TBG and Studio’s, Dublin
2006 Belmont Mills Residency, County Offaly
2005 Ballinglen Arts foundation, Artist fellowship, Co Mayo Irish Museum Modern Art, Artist Residency Programme, Dublin
Publications
'A Gap in the Bright', Slavka Sverakova, Circa 123, Spring 2008
‘Spacing Out’, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, December’07
‘Is the wall big enough for both them’, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times,
Oct’07 ‘A seed of Zero’ Slavka Sverakova, Circa online
July’07 ‘Blowing up Utopia at the crossroads’, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times,
13/07/2005 ‘Resident Easel’. by Cristin Leach, The Sunday Times (Feature Review)
10/10/2004 ‘Crawford Open 4’, by Cristin Leach, The Sunday Times Culture
11/01/2004 Sunday Business Post, 11/01/04 ‘Colouring our perception’, by Aidan Dunne, Irish Times
14/11/03 EV+A’03 ‘A stab at defying the stereotype’, by Medb Ruane, Sunday Times Culture, Mar’03
Catalogues
A Gap in the Bright, MCAC, 2007
Double Image, Goldenthread Gallery, 2007
Resolutions, Katzan Arts Centre and Goldenthread Gallery, 2007
Collection Acquisitions 2003-2005, ACNI
Utopias, Eigse, Carlow festival, 2006
25 Years ON, Published by University of Ulster, 2006
Happiest Country in The World, Oireachtas na Gaeilge, 2005
Four Now, Arts Council publication, 2005
Crawford Open1-4, published by Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
EV+A’03, published by Limerick City Gallery
See What I Mean’, published by Queens University, Belfast
Collections D.O.E. Northern Ireland The Arts Council of Northern Ireland The University of Ulster Private Collections