Sean
McGuill
Education
2014-2018, Limerick School of Art & Design
Printmaking & Contemporary Practice – BA (Hons)
Selected Exhibition History
2023, Cork Printmakers Members Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2023, Midleton Arts Festival, Main Street, Midleton Co. Cork
2023, Roaming, LHQ Gallery, Cork
2022, Cause Célebre, The Sailor's Home, Limerick
2022, Christmas Print Show, Cork Printmakers Studio Gallery, Cork
2022, HALFTONE Print Fair, The Library Project, Dublin
2022, Woolwich Print Fair, Woolwich Works, London
2022, Contested Territories / IMPACT 12, The Station, Bristol
2022, WorldWide Prints Project, Travelling Exhibition by Incisori Contemporanei, Italy
2022, SCOOP Art Auction, The Copper House Gallery, Dublin
2021, 140th RUA Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2021, Circuit Arts Festival, Pop-Up Gallery at Corbett Court Shopping Centre, Galway
2021, 191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2021, Cork Printmakers at Working Artist Studios, Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob, Co. Cork
2021, Discover Print 21, Green Acres Gallery, Wexford
2021, Cork Printmakers 30, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2021, Awakening, Damn Fine Print, Dublin
2020, Winter Open, The Courthouse Gallery, Clare
2020, Ollphéist, Ormston House, Limerick
2020, HALFTONE Print Fair, The Library Project, Dublin
2020, 190th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin
2020, Seacourt International Mini Print Biennial, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor
2019, [Solo] The Great Filter, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
2019, Cork Printmakers Summer Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2019, State Of Print, CCAD Gallery / 46 Grand Parade, Cork City Hall, Cork
Printmakers, Cork & Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
2019, K-Fest Arts Festival, Killorglin
2018, 20:20 Print Exchange, Travelling Exhibition by Hotbed Press, UK
2018, Fitz Fair, Origin Gallery, Dublin
2018, [Solo] Culture Night Open Studio, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk
2018, IMPACT 10, Biblioteca Central de Cantabria, Santander
2018, Flux – LSAD Graduate Show, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick
2017, Hennessey Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
2017, All Inked Up – Artist Book Fair, The Brewery Tap UCA Project Space, Canterbury
2017, Der Rote Block, Kunsthaus LA 54, Berlin
Awards & Funding
Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, 2022, 2021
Covid-19 Crisis Response Award, Arts Council of Ireland, 2020
Grants Under the Arts Act, Louth County Council, 2019
First Solo Award, Droichead Arts Centre, 2018
Emerging Artist Residency Award, An Táin Arts Centre, 2018
Shortlisted, Hennessey Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland, 2017
John Shinnors Selection, LSAD Drawing Awards, 2017
Florence Vere O’Brian Lace Drawing Award, 2016
LIT Purchase Award, LSAD Drawing Awards, 2015
Bibliography
"Damn Fine Print have revealed the 30 artists taking place in their Awakening Showcase",
St. Patrick's Festival (stpatricksfestival.ie), 09/03/21
Spread Zine 003: The Anger Issue, 16/10/20
“Dundalk Artist Sean McGuill to host solo show at Louth gallery” Dundalk Democrat, 23/10/19
Artist Made Platform Magazine, 26/07/19
"Seek murals bring town to life", The Argus, 29/06/19
“New Generation Gallery”, Irish Arts Review (www.irishartsreview.com), 25/07/18
“Artist Sean to work at An Tain” The Argus, 16/06/18
"Dundalk artist proud to see portrait hung in The National Gallery", Dundalk Democrat, 01/12/17
"Hennessy Portrait Prize: verdict on shortlisted paintings", The Irish Times, 18/11/17
“The Arts Interview” Limerick Leader, 17/11/17
“The Late Lunch” radio interview, LMFM, 16/10/17
“Dundalk Art Student wins LSAD drawing award” The Argus, 11/03/17
“Beds, Not Benches”, The Hunt Museum (www.huntmuseum.com), 29/11/15
Presentations/Workshops
2020, Presentation, ‘Artist Zoom Talks’, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk [Online]
2020, Hydroprinting Workshop, Creative Spark Print Studio, Dundalk
2019, Hydroprinting Workshop, The Yard, Droichead Print Studio, Drogheda
2019, Paper Stencil Workshop, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival, Co. Offaly
2019, Street Art Workshop, SEEK Festival, Dundalk
2018, Drawing Workshop, An Táin Arts Centre & Dundalk Youth Centre, Dundalk
2018, Artist Talk, ‘Workspace Social #36: Sean McGuill’, Ormston House, Limerick
Residencies
July – September 2018, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk
Collections
Business to Arts
Associazione Nazionale Incisori Contemporanei
The Mayson Hotel, Dublin
Taisce Lú – Louth County Council Collection
Limerick Museum & Archives
Limerick Institute of Technology
Louth Meath Education & Training Board
Private Collections
Memberships
Visual Artists Ireland
Cork Printmakers
National Sculpture Factory
Ormston House
Creative Spark Print Studio (September – October 2018)