Biography
Peadar Jolliffe-Byrne was born in Harare, Zimbabwe 1991. In 1996, he relocated with his family to Pretoria, South Africa where he attended Pro Arte Alphen Park Secondary School. In 2008, he moved to Dublin and later attended the Institute of Art Design and technology (IADT) where he completed a BA in art in 2016.
Peadar was shortlisted for the Talbot Gallery Most Promising Graduate Award and was awarded the RHA Peer Residency in 2017. In 2018, Peadar completed a MSc in World Heritage Management and Conservation at University College Dublin (UCD).
Peadar Jolliffe-Byrne currently lives in Mexico City and his recent paintings have been a collection of interpretations, visions and reactions to his time spent there during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Selected Group exhibitions
2019 Onwards, MART, Dublin, Ireland
2018 Stream at Sailors Home, The Sailors Home. Limerick, Ireland
2018 Stream, The Complex. Dublin, Ireland
2017 Stream, The Complex. Dublin, Ireland
2016 Conference, Institute of Art Design and Technology Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
2016 Juvenoia, Pallas Projects and Studios, Dublin
2015 Islands, MART, Dublin
2014 Separate, MART, Dublin
2013 IMMAgination, The Drawing Project, Dublin
Residencies and Collections
RHA Peer Residency Programme (2016-2017)
OPW Collection