Biography
Cecilia Moore is a silversmith and sculptor based in Dublin. She was awarded an MFA in Design (2015), and a First Class Honours Degree in Design from NCAD (2014), having previously graduated in silversmithing from the Birmingham School of Jewellery. Moore has also studied sculpture at the Firestation Studios in Dublin. Her work encompasses metalwork, sculpture, furniture making, drawing, print and animation, with a strong emphasis on found objects and reusing materials in all aspects of her work. Cecilia Moore has completed several public art commissions, and her work can be found in the Office of Public Works, the Irish Management Institute, the Axa Art Collection and the National Irish Visual Arts Library.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Hotel Ballymun Installation Room, Dublin
2001 Sculptural Pieces, Inaugural show, Axis, Dublin
2001 Mixed Media, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Collect 2023 with Cavaliero Finn, Somerset House London
2023 Schmuck und Gerät Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
2022 Made in Ireland F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge
2022 Royal Ulster Academy 141st Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum
2022 Meister der Moderne , Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, Munich, Germany
2022 What Colour is Metal National Design and Crafts Gallery, Kilkenny; Winchester
2022 Golden Fleece Award: 21 Years, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
2022 Artefact Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London, with Cavaliero Finn Gallery
2022 Royal Hibernian Academy 192nd Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2022 Modern Irish Sculpture Kenmare Butter Market, Kenmare
2022 Collect 2022 London with Cavaliero Finn Gallery
2022 Makers Gallery, Ireland Pavilion, World Expo, Dubai
2022 Made in Ireland National Design and Crafts Gallery, Kilkenny, Farmleigh Dublin
2021 What Colour is Metal Coach House, Dublin Castle
2021 Made in Ireland National Design and Crafts Gallery, Kilkenny
2021 Double Estate Works from the State collection, St.Enda’s Rathfarnham, Dublin
2021 Royal Ulster Academy 140th Annual Exhibition Belfast
2021 Royal Hibernian Academy 191st Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2021 Pluid Farmleigh, Dublin
2021 Sculpture in Context, National Botanical Garden, Dublin
2021 Crossings Boyle Arts Festival
2021 Conjuring Form Design and Crafts Council Critical Selection, Doneraile Court, Cork
2021 Artefact Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London, with Cavaliero Finn Gallery
2021 Crafting a Difference, curated by Brian Kennedy at SoShiro London with Cavaliero Finn Gallery
2020 Royal Ulster Academy 139th Annual Exhibition Belfast
2020 Double Estate Works from the State collection, St.Enda’s Rathfarnham, Dublin
2020 European Silversmiths Forum, Zilver Museum Schoonhoven, Netherlands
2020 Sculpture in Context, National Botanical Gardens, Dublin (online)
2019 Royal Ulster Academy 138th Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2019 RHA 189th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2019 Sculpture in Context, National Botanical Gardens, Dublin
2019 Volle Kanne Handwerksform Hannover, Germany
2019 Renewal European Silversmiths Forum, V&A Dundee, Scotland, and Goldsmith Centre, London
2019 Qurky and Unfamiliar stories Valcke Gallerie, Ghent, Belgium
2019 Slip.Flux.Flock: Intuitive Forms Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2019 Surface Matters Portfolio, Critical Selection Design & Crafts Council of Ireland, Dublin Castle; and Centre d’Artesania Catalunya, Barcelona; National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
2018 Mason Hayes Annual Art Exhibition
2018 Dublin Winter Open, Rua Red, Dublin
2018 Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2018 Royal Hibernian Academy 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2018 National Gallery of Ireland, Irish Women Artists
2018 Deutschen Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
2017 Geschmiedet/Forged” Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
2017 Royal Dublin Society Craft Awards, at RDS Dublin
2017 Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2017 Narratives In Making, Portfolio DCCOI Kilkenny, Ireland
2017 Verve, Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
2017 Meister der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2017 The Cabinet of Wonders, Linenhall Arts Centre, Mayo
2015 Oak 2015, Killenure Castle, Tipperary
2015 Gormleys Fine Art Gallery, Dublin
2014 2 person exhibition (with printmaker Elke Thonnes) axis, Dublin
2014 Design Show, NCAD Gallery, Dublin
2014 Gormleys Fine Art, Vue, RHA, Dublin
2014-2012 Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2014 Great Northern Craft Graduate Showcase, Manchester
2014 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
2014 See the future, Degree show NCAD, Dublin
2013 Eigse, Visual, Carlow
2013 Artist’s Books, Wexford
Awards
2022 Centre Culturel Irlandais Residency DCCI
2021 Arts Council Agility Award
2021-2022 Critical Selection, Portfolio DCCOI.
2019-2020 Critical Selection, Portfolio DCCOI.
2018 Winner of Golden Fleece Award.
2017-2018 Critical Selection, Portfolio DCCOI.
2016 RDS Craft Award for Established Maker in Silversmithing/Metalwork
2016 Thomas Dammann jnr. Memorial Trust Award
Collections
National Museum of Ireland
State Collection, Office of Public Works
Irish Management Institute
National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL)
Axa Art Collection