Donald Teskey

Island Perimeter 2005 Charcoal on fabriano paperTimeline 27 1/2" x 39 1/4"

Donald Teskey

Irish 1956

1978

Graduated from Limerick College of Art & Design, Diploma in Fine Art

2003

Elected member of Royal Hibernian Academy

2006

Elected member of Aosdana

Selected Awards and Residencies

Josef Albers Foundation, CT. USA. Residency, 2006

Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship, Co. Mayo, 2004

Residency to Cill Rialaig Project, Co. Kerry, 2004

Elected Member of Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 2003

Awarded Fellowship to The Vermont Studio Centre, USA, 2003

The Keating McLoughin Medal and Prize & The Don Niccolo d'Ardia, 2002

Caracciolo Prize at the RHA Annual Exhibition, 2002

Return Residencies to the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, 2001/2002

Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship, Co. Mayo, 1996

Fergus O'Ryan Award, RHA Gallagher Gallery, 1995

Residency Annamakerrig, Tyrone Gutherie Centre, 1995

Arts Council Exhibition grant, 1991

Claremorris Open Exhibition, Overall Winner, 1984

Arts Council Bursary, 1983

EV+A Limerick Drawing Prize, 1981

Collections

The Arts Council of Ireland

Irish Museum of Modern Art

Limerick City Art Gallery

The Contemporary Irish Arts Society

The Office of Public Works

Allied Irish Banks

Baring Asset Management, London

KPMG, Dublin

Ulster Bank, Dublin

National Drawing Collection, Limerick

Butler Gallery Collection, Kilkenny

First National Building Society

Augustus Cullen & Sons Solicitors

Irish Life Assurance

Ballinglen Arts Foundation

Boyle Civic Collection

Limerick City University

Kelly's Hotel, Wexford

St Lukes Hospital

St Patricks Hospital

Royal Victoria Hospitals, Belfast

Private Collections in Ireland, UK, Europe, & USA

Exhibitions

2006

Coastline Narratives, Art First, London (solo)

2006

Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition. King House, Boyle also 05, 04

2006

RHA Annual Exhibition, also 05, 04, 02, 01, 00

2005

Siar 50, Irish Contemporary Art Society collections at IMMA

2005

Rhyme and Resin, a collaboration between poets and artists. Organised by Poetry Ireland

2005

RHA Members Drawing Exhibition Ashford Gallery, Dublin

2005

Tidal Narratives, new large-scale paintings and drawings Limerick City Gallery of Art (solo)

2005

Land Fall Variations, drawings, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (solo)

2005

Paintings, Vangard Gallery, Cork (solo)

2004

Not Only Forms, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (solo)

2004

H2o, Model Arts Centre and Niland Gallery

2004

Time of Shaking, Art for Amnesty Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2004

An Irish Eye; Landscapes of Fact and Imagination, Cape Town South Africa

2003

Eire/land, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, USA

2003

Reflecting on Success - Past Winners, Claremorris Open Exhibition

2003

Paintings from the Red Mill, Art First, London (solo)

2002

Art First, London (solo)

2002

Mullan Gallery, Belfast

2002

Starting a Collection, Art First, London

2002

Art London, Art First, London

2001

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (solo)

2000

Art First, London (solo)

1999

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (solo)

1999

Starting a Collection, Art First, London

1999

Primal Means (Curated by Samuel Walsh)Belltable Art Centre, Limerick; West Cork Arts Centre, Skibberreen

1999

Vangard Gallery, Cork

1998

Art First, Three-Person Show, London (Gwen O'Dowd & Janet Pierce)

1998

Vangard Gallery, Co. Cork (solo)

1997

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (solo)

1997

Landscape & Recollection, The Ballinglen Experience, RHA Gallagher Gallery

1997

Clink Wharf Gallery, London

1997

Art Club Burgwedel e. V. Hannover, Germany (work from Ireland & Scotland)

1997

Eigse Festival, Carlow (Invited Artist)

1996

National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, Limerick City Gallery of Art

1996

Living Landscape, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibereen

1996

Connaught Brown Gallery, London

1996

Clink Wharf Gallery, London (solo)

1995

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (solo)

1994

Coram Gallery, London

1993

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (solo)

1991–1992

Touring Exhibition (Drawings) - Limerick City Gallery of Art; West Cork Arts Centre, Co. Cork ; Garter Lane, Waterford; Butler Gallery, Kilkenny; Siamsa Tire, Tralee (solo)

1991–1992

The Arts Centre, Galway (solo)

1990

Three-Person Show, Riverrun Gallery, Dublin (Michael Quane & Ian Sutherland)

1984–1988

Divisions, Crossroads, Turns of Mind, Some New Irish Art, touring exhibition of North America, Canada and Finland - curated by Lucy Lippard

1984

Three-Person show, Lincoln Gallery, Dublin (Marc Reilly & Tony Carroll)

1984

Three Realists Peacock Gallery, Craigavon

1983

EV+A Prizewinners Exhibition, Dublin, Belfast and Limerick

1982

GPA Awards Exhibition, Dublin

1981

GPA Awards Exhibition, Dublin

1979–1981

Exhibition in open exhibitions including; Irish Exhibition of Living Art; Independent Artists Exhibition; EV+A Exhibition; Oireachtas Exhibition; Claremorris Open Exhibition; Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition.

1980

Ghosts '79-'80, Lincoln Gallery, Dublin (Drawings) (solo)

1979

Three Person Exhibition, Stone Art gallery, Spiddal

Literature

Donald Teskey Paintings from the Red Mill, Catalogue introduction by Rikki Ducornet, Author. Published by Art First, London. ISBN 1-901993-38-8. To coincide with an exhibition at Art First, London, 2003

Donald Teskey New Paintings, catalogue essay by Aidan Dunne, Art critic with the Irish Times. Published by Art First, London. ISBN 1-901993-27-2. To coincide with an exhibition at Art First, London, 2002

Donald Teskey Paintings 1993-1999, catalogue essay by Andrew Lambirth. Published by The Rubicon Press Ltd. in association with Art First London. ISBN 0-95327044-6-5. To coincide with an exhibition at Art First, London, 1999