MARIE FOLEY
BORN 1959 Cork Ireland
EDUCATION
1977-1982 Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork
1986 University of London, Goldsmiths College
1986-1987 Cardiff College of Art, Wales
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1981 National Diploma in Fine Art with Distinction (Sculpture)
1982 Principles of Teaching Art Diploma
1987 MA Degree
EXHIBITIONS
(*Exhibition catalogue)
Solo Exhibitions:
1988 Limerick City Gallery of Art
1989* Project Arts Centre, Dublin
1989 Limerick City Gallery of Art
1990 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
1990 Kilkenny Arts Festival. Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
1990 Galway Arts Centre, Galway
1991 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
1991 Galleria Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
1993* Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1993 Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Canada
1995 TristAnns Gallery, Dundalk
1995 Limerick City Gallery of Art
1997 Limerick City Gallery of Art
1997* Model Art Centre, Sligo
2002* Kilkenny Arts Festival
2003 Fenton Gallery Cork
2004 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
2011-12 Slow Seeing, The Joinery Thurles Co Tipperary
2012 Slow Seeing, Castalia Hall, Callan, Co. Kilkenny
2014 Rilke Hymn Boxes + Black Elk Drawings, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2014-15 Aesthetic Logic, Triskel and Christchurch, Cork
2016 Aesthetic Logic Video
2022 Limerick City Gallery
Group Exhibitions:
1981 Crawford College of Art
1982* International Ceramics Exhibition, Cork
1983 New Irish Ceramics, Bank of Ireland, Dublin
1983 New Irish Ceramics, Ulster Museum, Belfast
1984* Marie Foley + Peter Wenger, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
1985* Cork Art Now, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
1985 Cork Art Now, Heineken Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1986 Oxford/Ireland, St Johns College, Oxford, England
1987 Post Graduate Exhibition, Goldsmiths College, London
1986 Clay for Today, Smiths Gallery, London, England
1986* Ob Art, Paris, France
1986* European Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan
1987 New Ceramics, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
1987* Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin
1987 Sculpture and Drawing, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
1987 Critics Choice, Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
1987 MA Degree Exhibition, Art gallery, Cardiff College of Art
1988 International Ceramics Exhibition, Poorvoo, Finland
1988 Sculpture Open, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
1988 Cork Sculpture, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
1988 New Ceramics, HQ Gallery, Dublin
1988* EV+A, City Art Gallery, Limerick (Curator: F. Bex/A. Roshin)
1989* 46th International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
1989* Open Ceramics, Harmony Hill Arts Centre, Lisburn
1990 Éigse Carlow, Carlow
1990 RHA Banquet Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
1990 Contemporary Irish Art, Austin Desmond Fine Art, London
1991* Inaugural exhibition Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1991* Parable Island, Blue Coat Gallery, Liverpool, England
1991* In a State, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
1991* Configura, Erfurt, Germany
1991* 47th International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
1991 Living Landscape, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen
1991 Works on Paper, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
1991 Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1991 Siamsa Tire Arts Centre, Tralee
1992* Gateway to Art, Aer Rianta, Dublin
1992 RHA Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
1993* Cork Artists, Cracow, Poland
1993* Relocating History, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast + Orchard Gallery, Derry
1993 Euro-Threshold, Contemporary Irish Art Exhibition, Millstreet
1994* A Kaleidoscopic Pilgrimage, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
1994 ITA Exhibition, Killarney
1994* Cracow/Cork, Art Hive, Cork
1994 Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
1994 Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1995 A Kaleidoscopic Pilgrimage, Musee d'Art Moderne,Toulouse; La Rectoria, Barcelona; La Caixa, Lleida; Spain
1995* EV+A, City Art Gallery, Limerick (Curator: Maria de Corral)
1995 Dawn, TristAnn's Gallery, Dundalk
1995* Aura, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
1995* Bridges and Crossroads, Touring Exhibition
1996 Pro'em, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1996 Women's Art, TristAnn's Gallery, Dundalk
1996 Sculpture in Context, Conrad Hotel, Dublin
1997* Gateway to Art, Aer Rianta, Dublin
1997 Iontas, RHA Gallery, Dublin; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen
1998 25 Years of Arts Week, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
1998 Peace Offerings, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig
1998* EV+A, City Gallery, Limerick ( Curator: Paul O Rielly )
1998 RHA Banquet Exhibition,Gallagher Gallery, Dublin. Invited artist.
1999* Wood, Art Gallery of Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
1999 Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition, collaboration with Petah Coyne, “Millennium Messages”, organized by the
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, Long Island, New York
1999 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
1999 The Lavit Gallery, Tony O Malley Selection Exhibition
1999 Inscriptions on Stones, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
2000 Exhibition for Chernobyl, The Granary, Waterford
2000* Wood, Limerick city gallery, Limerick
2000 An Artist’s Century, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
2000 An Artist’s Century, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2000* Art and Christianity, West Cork Art centre, Skibbereen
2001 RHA Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin.
2001 The Common Thread, Tígh Filí Gallery, Cork
2002 The Common Thread, Garter Lane Gallery, Waterford
2002 Acquisitions 1991-2000, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
2002 Hermoine Arts Week, Alexandria College, Dublin
2002* Line Exploration, The Lavit Gallery, Cork
2002 Kilkenny/Tipperary, The Fenton Gallery, Cork
2002 White Paintings & 5 Sculptors, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
2002 The 4 Seasons of Art, Aubais, France
2002* Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin. Invited.
2002 Christmas exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2003 Postcards 2003, West Cork Art Centre
2003* CASE, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2003* Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2003 Sligo Municipal Art Collection, RHA Gallagher Gallery,
2004* Art for Amnesty, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2004 Corpus, Limerick City Gallery
2004 Kilkenny Arts Festival, Chez Maya Homburger & Barry Guy
2005* RHA 175th Annual Exhibition, Dublin. Invited Artist.
2005 Fenton Gallery Exhibition Cork 2005
2005-6* Passing Through, Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork
2006* Fresh, re-imagining the collection, Limerick City Gallery
2007* RHA 177 exhibition
2007* Case, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2009 Kanturk Arts Festival
2009* Mapping Form, Drawing and Sculpture, Macroom. Co. Cork
2009 In the extremest beyond concealment all bright stars, Fenderesky Gallery
2010* RHA Exhibition. Invited artist
2010* Éigse Carlow
2010 Ionadh Cultura
2011 Female Artists of the twentieth century, Tipperary Co Museum
2012 Time out of Mind, Irish Museum of Modern Art
2012 Venice Biennale – Vessel by O’Donnell+Tuomey Italy
2012-13* Into the Light, Model Art Centre, Sligo
2013 Venice Biennale at CHQ Dublin
2013 Ealaintoirí Muscraí, Ionad Cultura, Báile Mhuirne
2014 Art of the Great Book of Ireland, Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork
2014 Passage, Luan Gallery, Athlone
2015 O Duiche Mhúscraí, Dánlann Dillon, Belfast
2015* OAK, Killenure Castle, Co. Tipperary
2015* The Art of a Nation, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Liam Ronayne Selects – Lavit Gallery Cork
2017 Royal Scottish Academy 191st Annual Exhibition Edinburgh - Invited Artist
2017 Art in a box Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2018 RHA 188th Annual Exhibition. Invited Artist
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
1977 Cork VEC Scholarship
1981 NCEA Distinction in Sculpture Award
1982 Major Award; International Exhibition of Ceramic Art
1985 Major Arts Council Award
1986 Major Arts Council Award
1988 Bursary: Sculpture Open'88 Exhibition
1991 3 Arts Council Travel Awards (Egypt, Italy, Germany)
1991 Ambassadors Prize (Short listed)
1991 Department of Foreign Affairs Award
1993 Canada Council Award
1993 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts (Short listed)
1993 Department of Foreign Affairs Award
1994 Arts Council Travel Award (America)
1995 New Horizons Award, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
1997 Arts Council Travel Award (India and Nepal)
1998 Arts Council Travel Award (America)
2004 Arts Council Travel award (India)
COMMISSIONS
1991 Dermot Desmond, IIU
1991 Self Portrait, National Self Portrait Collection
1992 Ambassadors accredited to Ireland
1992 Swiss Ambassador to Ireland
1995 Allianz Business to Arts Awards
1995 National University of Ireland presentation to the President of Ireland Mary Robinson
1999 Stirring the Depths, Kilkenny Castle, OPW Commission
2000 Six Sycamores, The Link Building, OPW, 51 & 52 St. Stephen’s Green Collaboration with the Poet Paula Meehan.
2002 Three Arrow Loop Spoons, Kilkenny Castle, OPW Commission
2002 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdowm County Council
2007-8 Tools to Separate Heaven and Earth, Wilton Library, Cork
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council of Ireland
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery
Limerick City Gallery of Art
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
National Self Portrait
The Great Book of Ireland
Crafts Council of Ireland
Scoil Mhic Shuibhne, Cork
Office of Public Works
Ulster Museum, Belfast
University College Cork
Graeve Collection The Model Sligo
Arás an Uachtarán
Allied Irish Banks
Kilkenny Castle
Cork County Council
Private Collections
Ireland, USA, Canada, England, Switzerland, France, Germany, Japan, Australia
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Contemporary Irish Art 1982 Roderick Knowles
Cork Art Now 1983 Vera Ryan
Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1988 Sean McCrum
Sculpture, Marie Foley 1989 Aidan Dunne (Project Art Centre)
Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1991 Brian P. Kennedy
In a State 1991 Fintan ÓToole (Kilmainham Gaol Exhibition)
Inheritance & Transformation 1991 John Hutchinson (catalogue essay for the inaugural exhibition, Irish Museum of Modern Art
Marie Foley 1993 Brian Kennedy Irish Museum of Modern art
Relocating History 1993 Fiona Barber (catalogue essay)
A Kaleidoscopic Pilgrimage 1994 Bernard Louglin
National collection drawing 1996 Limerick city gallery
Marie Foley 1997 Kerry Hardie+Paul Durcan+Barry Guy
Wood Ireland & Canada 1999 Sean McCrum & Charlotte Jones
Kingdom of Heaven 1999 Paul O Rielly
Art and Christianity 2000 Vera Ryan
AIB art 2 2002 Frances Ruane
Six Sycamores 2004 Paula Meehan and Marie Foley
Art for Amnesty 2004 Ciaran Benson
Limerick City Gallery of Art 2004 The Poet Ryan
Fresh 2006 Pippa Little, Limerick City Gallery
Art in State Buildings 2006 The Office of Public Works
Art In Ireland 2008 The Fenton Gallery
The Cork Literary Review 2009 Edited By Eugene O’Connell
Mapping Form 2009 Moya Cannon
Irish Arts Review Yearbook 2009 Mapping Form & Brian McAvera
Dictionary of Living Irish Artists 2011 Robert O’Byrne
Irish Arts Review 2012 Winter issue Interview with Brian McAvera
An Fuíoll Feá-Wood Cuttings 2013 Liam O’Muirthile
RESIDENCIES
1987 National Welsh Museum, Cardiff
1988-89 Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
1991 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1993 Ottawa School of Art, Canada
1993 Kaleidoscope Residencies: Annaghmakerrig,Ireland; Farrera, Catalunya, Spain; Les Arques,France
1997 Sanskriti Kendra New Delhi, India
1998 Kokar, Aland, Finland
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Full-time Art Teacher:
!982-85 Scoil Mhic Shuibhne, Cork
Visiting Lecturer:
National College of Art and Design
Crawford College of Art and Design
Limerick College of Art
Irish Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Ireland
Ottawa School of Art
Drawing tutor, Grennan College Thomastown
Galway/Mayo institute of technology
University of Dublin Trinity College
University College Dublin
Tipperary Museum
External Assessor:
1992-1994 MA Degree National College of Art and Design
Membership:
1988-2021 SSI - VAI
1990-2001 Board of Directors Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
1996 Elected a Member of Aosdána