Personal
Name:
Mairead Holohan Dip ANCD; H.Dip Community Arts,
Education:
MA In Education
Address:
Dranagh, St Mullins County Carlow
Telephone:
051 424570/0872236686
Email:
maireadholohan@icloud.com
Education
1975-1979
National College of Art And Design (NCAD) Dublin
1975-1976
Pre Diploma, as above
1976-1979
Diploma in Visual Communications, as above
1983-1984
Chelsea School of Art- Screenprinting course, London
Certificate in Adult tutoring from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)
2006-2007
Hdip Community Arts education, NCAD (Hons)
2012-2013
MA Education WIT (First)
Facilitation
1996-Ongoing
Sitting on panels in Ireland, Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCOI) CRAFTed; Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Artist in Schools; Artist in Prison Scheme; Tutor Panel For Kilkenny/Carlow ETB, (Educational Training Board); Part time Tutor KCAT, Callan, Co Kilkenny; Work with people with Special Needs, Travellers, Active Retirement and Multicultural Women’s Groups. With some groups she delivers QQI Modules in Art and Textiles
Awards
February 2009
Travel and Training Award, The Arts Council, Workshop in UK with Jennifer McCrae
Art Links Mentoring
December 2010- January 2011
Mentoring via Crafts Council
Carlow Arts Act Grant to enable exhibiting at RWS
Contemporary Competition Exhibition
2015
Residency Cill-Rialig Artist Village Kerry
Exhibitions
2017
Dunamaise Open Selection
Bankside Gallery, London, RWS, Contemporary
W/C Exhibition. February
2015
What Land Is This? Garter Lane, Waterford
2015
Solo Show, The Watergardens, Thomastown
2012/2011
Blueprint Eigse Carlow
2008
Eigse, Open Selection
2011/2007/2006/2005 Ulster Watercolour Society Annual Exhibition
2006
Eigse Fair selection, Eigse Carlow Artists Selection.
2005/2004
Eigse Carlow Artists Selection
2005
Kennedy’s Harcourt St summer Group Show
2004
The Old Market House, Dungarvan, (Group show)
2003
Eigse Open
2001
The Kennedy Gallery, Dublin Summer Show (Group)
2000
Kilkenny County Council Offices (One woman
1999
Berkeley Gallery, Thomastown (One woman)
1999
Bridge Gallery, Dublin Christmas show(Group)
Publications
‘Exploring Fabric And Fibre’ Part of a series of Craft Resource Books published by Potters Yard Press 2015
Website
www.maireadholohan.wordpress.com
I am interested in the process of making art that responds to my day to day life. I work in a variety of media from painting to textiles. At the moment I am working in watercolour, trying to catch the essence of a moment in the landscape through the medium. I like to let the medium do the work as much as possible.