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Paddy Lennon CV/Biography

Awards & Residencies

2015 – Artlinks Fine Art Award, Wexford.
            Fellowship to Da Wang Cultural Highland Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
            Sculpture Fellowship to Art Echo, Guangzhou
            Invitation to CEAC Residency, Xiamen, China
            Invitation to Red Gate Gallery Residency, Beijing, China
            Culture Ireland Travel Bursary
2014 – Fellowship to Liwa Art Residency, UAE
2013 – Culture Ireland Travel and Training Award
2012 – Fellowship to Cill Riallaig Art Residency, County Kerry, Ireland
2011 – Cultural Ireland International Exhibition Bursary
2008 – Fellowship to Cill Riallaig Residency County Kerry Ireland
2001 – Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin –  Best Oil Painting award
2000 – Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin Best Drawing Award
1998 – Pollok Krasner Foundation Award
1996 – Medal of Honour in the Certamin de Pintura de Albacete, Spain
1985 – Medal de Honour in the Certamin de Dibujo de Antonio Rincon, Spain
1980 – Winner of the Rodney Burns Drawing competition
1979 – Winner of the Rodney Burns Drawing Competition
            Winner of the Amberly Trust Drawing Competition

Works in Private & Corporate Collections

Private Collections

Aidan O’Brien – Trainer and Owner Ballydoyle Stud
Christy Moore – Musician
Richard Harris – Actor
Dermot Cantillon – Stud Owner and Financier
Sheik Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Emir of Dubai, UAE
Brenda Fricker – Actress
Tom Hurt – Actor
William Purvis – HSBC Chairman
John Magnier – Stud Owner and Financier
Malachy McCourt – Actor/Writer
Tom Beringer – Actor
Jim Sheridan – Film Director

Corporate Collections

Allied Irish Bank, Dublin
Citibank, Dublin
The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin
Office of Public Works, Ireland
The University of Limerick, Limerick
The G Hotel, Galway
The Irish Centre, New York, USA
The Druid Theatre, Galway
Ormond Hotel, Dublin
Trinity College Collection, Trinity College, Dublin
The Writers Museum, Dublin
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong, China
Gilbeys Head Office, Dublin
Curragh Club, Hong Kong, China
Brown’s Hotel, Dublin
Museo de Grabado, Marbella, Spain
State University New York, New York, USA
The Spanish Consulate, Dublin
The National Opera House, Wexford
UAE International Equestrian Centre, UAE

Group Exhibitions

2020 – I+media ARTS, Beijing, China
             Lavitt Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2019 – The Doorway Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2018 – Kiwi Visual Sculpture Show, Guangzhou, China
            Siddharta Gallery, Irish Artists, Katmandu, Nepal
2017 – Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Leitrim, Ireland
            Art Echo, Guangzhou, China
            One Gallery, Wuxi, China

Solo Exhibitions

2020 – Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland
2019 – Clifden Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
            John Hewitt Summer School, Armagh Arts Centre, NI
            Westgate Design, Wexford, Ireland
2018 – Dungarvan Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland
             Kenny’s Gallery, Galway, Ireland
             Aspects Literary Festival, Bangor, Co Down, Ireland
             Dublin Book Festival RDS, Dublin, Ireland
2017 – Gallery One, Wuxi, China
            Art Echo, Guangzhou, China
2016 – CEAC, Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen, China
            Da Wang Cultural Highland Art Centre, Shenzhen, China
2015 – Arteco, Guangzhou, China
            The Gaslamp Gallery, Gorey, Ireland
2014 – The Lightbox Gallery, Yas Viceroy, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2013 – Gallery Freiling, Vich, Geneva, Switzerland
             The Gallery, Wexford Opera Festival, Wexford, Ireland
2012 – St Helen’s Gallery, Rosslare Harbour, Ireland
2011 – Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
            Dubai International, World Trade Centre, Dubai
2010 – Cill Rialaig Gallery, Kerry, Ireland
2009 – Kenny’s Gallery, Galway, Ireland
2008 – Tramyard Gallery, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, Ireland
             The Norman Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
             Greenacres, Wexford, Ireland
2007 – Kill Rialaig Art Gallery, Kerry, Ireland
             Bridge Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
             Oisin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006 – Cockleshell Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland
             Waterfront Gallery, Wales, UK
2005 – Kenny’s Gallery, Galway, Ireland
2003 – Irish Representative Lorient Festival, France
            Bridge Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
            Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
2002 – Kenny’s Gallery, Galway, Ireland
             South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
            Triskel Arts Centre, Cork City, Ireland
            Dunmaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Ireland
2001 – Old Market Arts Centre, Dungarvan, Ireland
            Bridge Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2000 – Bourne Vincent Gallery, Limerick University Ireland
             Abstract Studios, Wexford, Ireland
            Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland
1999 – Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
1996 – Arte Espacio, Jerez, Spain
1995 – Portico Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1994 – Museo de Grabado, Marbella, Spain
            Hilton Hotel, Hong Kong, China