Paul McKinley

Education:

1996 BA (HONS), Sheffield’s Hallam University, Fine Art Painting

Solo Exhibitions:

2003
Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh, Co Armagh

Group Exhibitions:

2005
Borderline, Four, Dublin
A Moment in Time, TBG&S, Dublin
Fused 05 ,Tallagh County Council, Dublin
Ashford Gallery, RHA, Dublin

2004
Annual exhibition (invited), Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Cavanacour Gallery, Lifford, Co Donegal

2003
Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Crawford Open 4, Crawford Municipal gallery, Cork
Summer show, Fenton Gallery, Cork

2002
Group Show, Fenton Gallery,Cork
Grennan Mills Gallery, Co. Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Claremorris Open, Claremorris, Co Mayo
Two Person Show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin

2001
Group Show, Solomon Gallery,Dublin

2000
Precinct, Pallas Studios, Dublin

Awards:

Ballinglen Arts Fellowship in Ballycastle, Mayo in 2004
Breaking Ground 2 Commission, Ballymun Regeneration Ltd Per Cent for Art Scheme, 2003
Membership Studio in Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin

Statement

Paul’s new work is about perception and the complexity of cultural memory. He is interested in the idea of the landscape being a product of culture before it registers as nature and how ones sense of the landscape comes from, and is informed by, memories, myths, folklore, songs, poetry and painting.