Biography
Esther Breslin graduated from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art – Printmaking in 2011. Based on the work Breslin exhibited in her graduate show, she was granted awards by both The Printmaker’s Gallery and Graphic Studio Dublin, where she became a practicing member. Breslin is also a member of The Water Colour Society of Ireland. Breslin’s work is primarily landscapes in the form of small, detailed etchings, which she uses to explore the theme of the subjectivity of memory.
Esther Breslin has exhibited in Ireland and abroad, and her work is included in the private collections of NUI Maynooth and AXA Insurance.
Selected Exhibitions
2022 STILE, Galleri KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2022 Tangible Traces, K-U-K Popup Gallery, Trondheim, Norway
2021 Summer Exhibition, Galleri Tøysentralen, Tolga, Norway
2020 Rambu Summer Exhibition, Galleri Elgen, Tynset, Norway
2019 The Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2018 Ijzingwekkend 5, Kunsthal 45, The Netherlands
2018 Nord Østerdalsutstillinga, Galleri Elgen, Tynset, Norway
2018 Råvarer, Esther Breslin and Marius Reed, Galleri Elgen, Tynset, Norway
2017 Dronningen Sonja Kunststall, Oslo, Norway
2017 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Enter Into Art 2016, Cologne, Germany
2015 Esther Breslin and Marius Reed, Galleri Elgen, Tynset, Norway
2015 2nd Global Print, Alijó Printmaking Centre, Douro, Portugal
2015 14th Lessedra Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 7th International Printmaking Biennial av Douro, (invited artist), Portugal
2013 TRØKK, Norske Grafikere Galleri, Oslo, Norway
2013 A Natural Selection, Various, Ireland, Sweden
2013 Repetition, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin
Awards
2011 The Printmakers Gallery Graduate Purchase Award
2011 Graphic Studio Dublin Graduate Award
Public Collections
National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
AXA Insurance, Ireland
Public Commisions
2018 Tynset Council Culture Prize
2018 Tynset Council (Artwork commisioned for the the Director of the National Health Archives)
2016 Tynset Council Culture Prize