Biography
Shane O’Driscoll is an Irish printmaker and visual artist that practices mainly in screen printing. He studied Visual Communications and is a member of Cork Printmakers and Graphic Studio Dublin.
He has exhibited his work internationally and throughout Ireland. Shane has also displayed work in The Irish Print Museum, IMMA and has a number of works in the O.P.W. collection. In 2019 his work was acquired by The National Gallery of Ireland as part of their permanent collection.
Shane is also a director of For The Love Of, a platform for both emerging and established Irish creative talents, which showcases their work together in one accessible and contemporary environment. As part of which, he has curated exhibitions for Design Week Ireland, PhotoIreland Festival and OFFSET creative festival. His work can be described as minimal yet concise.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Open Eye Signals, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 Slow is the move and pace is the trick, Bluehouse Gallery, Schull, Cork
2022 Biting Lightning, Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford
2018 Few Tings, Skibbereen Arts Festival with Doswell Gallery, Cork
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Muscles and Mind, Waterford Gallery of Art, Waterford
2024 Past, Present, Future, Perfect, Design & Crafts Council of Ireland Gallery, Kilkenny
2023 Into the weave, Lavit Gallery, Cork City, Cork
2024 Summer Show 24, Graphic Studio Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin
2023 Winter Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 Decennium, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2022 Winter Show, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2022 Summer Show, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2022 Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2021 Winter Show, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2020 New Light, Glucksman UCC as part of Cork Midsummer Festival
2019 Winter Show, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2019 Acquisition of artwork for The National Gallery of Ireland permanent collection
2019 Moving Spaces, Glucksman Gallery UCC
2019 Full Turn, SO Fine Art Gallery, Dublin
2019 imPRESSions Print Biennial, Galway International Arts festival
2018 STAMPA ORA/PRINT NOW, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork. Garter Lane Gallery, Waterford
2018 BOLD, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2018 Invited artist for Art & Style, Brown Thomas, Dublin
2018 Stampa Ora, Villa Benzi Zecchini, Italy
2017 COLLISION group show with SO Fine Art Editions, Law Society of Ireland, Dublin
2017 VUE Art Fair, RHA, Dublin
2017 BALLOT, Invited artist, Crawford College of Art, Cork & Norwich University of Arts
2016 Young III, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2016 25, Cork Printmakers 25 year anniversary Exhibition, Cork City Hall, Cork
2016 Present, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking Connecticut, USA
2016 16, Exhibition toured Ireland and Liverpool
2015 West Cork Arts Centre Members’ Exhibtion, Skibbereen County Cork June’15
2014 Black Church Printmakers benefactors exhibition, Dec’14
2013 Proof It, Black Church Print Studio fundraiser, The Library Project,Dublin, Dec’13
2013 Nova, CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Dec’13
2013 Ireland: Alphabet Series, West Cork Arts Centre Skibbereen, Ireland
2012 Cork Printmakers at 21, City Hall, Cork, Dec’12
2012 Alphabet Series, Irish National Print Museum, Dublin, April ‘12
2012 This OFFSET Space, Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin, March ‘12
2011 Alphabet Series, Irish Arts Centre, New York, April ‘11
2011 Urban Outfitters – Artist showcase, Templebar, Dublin, March ‘11
2010 R. Mutts Kunsthole, Monstertruck Studios, Dublin, Dec ‘10
Collections
The National Gallery of Ireland, Permanent Collection
Office of Public Works, Irish state Art Collection
Crawford Gallery, Cork
Waterford Gallery of Art, Waterford
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City
University College Cork, Cork
Residencies
2024 Team Ireland Artist in Residence for Paris Olympics, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
2023 Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2010 Cill Rialig Arts Centre, Kerry