Art Resume - Fiona Coffey



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1962 Born in Dublin, Ireland
1984 Graduated from Limerick School of Art & Design, Diploma Ceramic Design.

Biography
1999 - Present: Founder and Acting Director of Glendarragh Artists Studios
2000 - 2004 Ceramic sculpture commissions for the theatre and private individuals.
1999 - 2004 Part-time Lecturer in Ceramics, Dunlaoghaire Institute of Art Design
and Technology, Co Dublin.
1984 - 1999 Worked in USA, UK, France and Ireland as a modelmaker and Ceramic Artist.

Selected Commissions
2004 The Abbey Theatre, Dublin, ceramic sculpture for the play
'The Art of Metal' by Thomas Kilroy
1998 Serpent Fountain, National Garden Exhibition Centre, Co Wicklow
1996 Rhinoceros Large Scale Semi Relief Tiles of a , private collector in Kenya, .
1995 Ordofextus, Large Scale Semi Relief Tiles, Private Comission
1994 Dust Series, Ceramic Panels private commission

Selected Exhibitions

2004 'Umha Aois Group (Experimental Bronze Casting Artists) Wicklow Co Council
2003 Open Day Glendarragh Studios, Co Wicklow
2003 The Baileys Cow Sculpture Parade, Exhibition, Dublin
1995 'Exposition Ceramics', Soubrant, France
1995 'Past Lives' Coopers Restaurant, Greystones, Co Wicklow (Solo)

Symposiums with Umha Aois (Experimental Bronze Age Casting Group)
2004 Umha Aois Artists, Birr Castle, Co Offaly. Project Coordinator
2003 Umha Aois Artists, Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland
2001 Umha Aois Artists, Dingle, Co Kerry

Private Collections in:
Kenya, Africa, Perth, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France

Professional Membership
Member of the Sculptor’s Society of Ireland
Member of Umha Aois (experimental bronze age casting group)