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Short Bio:

Geraldine Leahy returned to education to study painting with The Open College of the Arts (OCA), the distance-learning partner of The University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Her practice involves the observation of traces and imprints in the littoral landscape, the marks of natural processes and human interventions. Observing the entanglements of natural and manmade materials on the beach, she uses shoreline debris in layered processes that suggest changes in the environment and encourage reflection on the effects mankind has had on the landscape.

Recent Education:

BA (Hons) Painting - The University for the Creative Arts

Former Education:

B Ed. Degree - The National University of Ireland
St. Patrick's College Diploma in Art & Crafts

Art Prizes/Competitions:

Shortlisted in The D31 Art Prize 2022
Shortlisted as a potential nominee to enter The Freelands Painting Prize 2022
Shortlisted in The New Emergence Art Prize 2022
Finalist in Artists & Illustrators Portfolio Plus Editor's Pick/Artwork of the Month July 2020

Selected Exhibitions/Features:

Secret Art Sale charity exhibition, online on the One in Four website, December 2022
Hush Hush charity exhibition, Mountshannon Co. Clare, November/December 2022
Catch 22: Art Trá exhibition on beaches in south Co. Wexford, September 2022
Terra & Tide - Envision Arts online exhibition, September 2022
Littoral Shift: A Coastal Terrain in Flux solo exhibition, Rush Library Co. Dublin, April 2022
Sky Above Clouds - Women's Invitational online exhibition at Gallery 118, March-April 2022
Lost and Found online exhibition at Gallery 118, February-April 2022
Carbon: Borders: Voices interdisciplinary project, online exhibition, January 2022
Hush Hush charity exhibition, Mountshannon Co. Clare, November/December 2021
Work featured on @Fern_and_Glade artist-led platform, November 2021
Eco Echo online exhibition at Gallery 118, September/November 2021
The First Fathom: Catch 21 exhibition on beaches in Kilmore Quay Co. Wexford, August 2021
The Flux Review virtual exhibition, August 2021
Work featured by The Big Draw organisation, August 2021
Two paintings selected in #simoncartertakeover, August 2020
#ocarememberedplaces online exhibition, August 2020
OCA Showcase Exhibition Oxo Gallery London, October 2018

Selected Print and Online Publications:

Work featured in Artists Responding To (A.R.T.) magazine Issue 5 p.79-80, January 2023
Frayed Rope featured in Haus_a_Rest zine Issue 29 The Conscious Environment, September 2022
Expired published in Artist Talk magazine Issue 19 p.130-131April 2022
Q & A feature in Bealtaine magazine's A Word With... series on Instagram, April 2022
Flow published in Bealtaine magazine Issue 2 Spring 2022 p.3, April 2022
Expired featured in an Artmaguk post on Instagram, March 2022
Interview with a tutor for The OCA blog #weareoca, September 2021
Q & A interview on The Flux Review blog, August 2021
Traces and Imprints series published in the digital journal @bind_collective, July 2021
Mutation published in Artist Talk magazine Issue 16 p.122-123, July 2021
Mutation series published in Edgezine Issue 11 Catalyst p. 42-47, June 2021 (available on Issuu)
Do Not Go series published in Edgezine Issue 8 Time p 48-49, November 2019 (Issuu)