Julie Cusack – Curriculum Vitae
2004 -2006 Flexible Studio Support Programme – Ormonde College, KK
1999 -2003 National Diploma in Art and Design (Painting) – GMIT.
1988 -1998 Resident in Chicago, USA.
Various courses in Art history, drawing and writing were undertaken during this time.
1987- 1988 Certificate in Visual Education – W.I.T
Group Exhibitions
2018 – Summer Group Show, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
2018 – ‘Talking in Paint ‘ ,Lavistown House Garden Gallery , Kilkenny Arts Festival
2017 – Winter Group Show, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin.
2016 – Winter Group Show, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin.
2016 – Winter Group Show, Chimera Gallery, Mullingar.
2015 – Summer Group Show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin.
2015 – Winter Group Show, Chimera Gallery, Mullingar.
2015 – Winter Group Show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin.
2014 – Kilkenny Arts festival Group show, 15 Kieran’s St., Kilkenny.
2014 – Easter Group Show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin.
2013 – Selected for Open Submission Eigse.
2013 – Selected for Open Submission RHA
2011 – Kilkenny Arts festival, Open House, Kilbline, Bennetsbridge.
‘5 go down to the sea’, group show, Tbay, Tramore.
2010 – Kilkenny Arts Festival, Shutterbug, group show with Endangered.
2007 – Selected for Open Submission Eigse Ormonde College, Group Exhibition, AIB.
Bank, the Parade, Kilkenny
2006 – ‘An Corp’ Arts Festival, Kilkenny. (Ormonde College Exhibition)
Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford.
2005 – Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ormonde College group show.
2004 – Selected for Open Submission Eigse
2003 – GMIT Diploma Show.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 – ‘GROUND’ Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny Arts Office
2016 – ‘Dreaming in Blue’ Solomon Fine Art, Dublin
2013 – ‘Hawthorn and Lace’ Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Awards: – Received Artlinks Bursary Award in 2013
Received Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Award 2018 /*
Residencies – 6 Month Studio Residency, Kilkenny Arts Offices 2013- 14
My work is represented in the OPW collection as well as private collections in New Zealand, England, Portugal, America and Ireland. A number of my paintings were recently selected and purchased by The London Clinic.
I am currently a member of ‘ NOT AN EMPTY SPACE’, a Kilkenny based artists studio space supported by the Kilkenny Arts Office. I was a member of Endangered Studios in Callan from 2008 -2012.
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE: I have been facilitating workshops in Kcat Art and Study Centre for the last 6 years. I am currently part of a tutor panel working to develop courses within the Kcat programme. I have been a facilitator with Open Circle Community Arts Collective in Kilkenny for the past 5 years.
