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Royal Hibernian Academy 2019 Exhibition

Royal Hibernian Academy 2019 Annual Exhibition “Man in a hat” RHA selected painting My submission for the Royal Hibernian Academy this year is “Man in a hat”, which is a...

Zurich Portrait prize – National Gallery of Ireland

Zurich portrait Prize 2018 – £20000 Back row l-r: Miseon Lee, Cara Dunne, Debbie Godsell, Gillian Cullen, Yvette Monahan, Mandy O’Neill, Brian Hunt, Head of Regulatory Affairs & Head of...

Royal Ulster Academy 2018 Submissions

RUA 2018 submissions, Ulster Museum, Belfast “Gerry” Drawing in charcoal on paper One of my submissions for the Royal Ulster Academy this year is entitled,”Gerry”.This is a...

Shortlisted Artist of the Year 2017

Shortlisted Artist of the Year 2017 Incredibly fortunate to be nominated for a second time as Artist of the year 2017 especially after having the opportunity to exhibit alongside one of my favourite...

Two Paintings selected for the RUA 2017 Exhibition

Two Paintings selected for the Royal Ulster Academy 2017 Very fortunate to have been selected to exhibit in the Royal Ulster Academy in the Ulster museum in 2017. This is the third time I’ve had...

Caligulas Horse Album cover commission

Caligulas Horse Album cover commission by Connor Maguire I was contacted by Australian Rock band members of Caligulas Horse , Sam Vallen, Dave Couper and Jim Grey asking if I would be interested in...

Artists Cookbook for Syria Vibes-Scoop foundation

Artists Cookbook for Syria Vibes-Scoop foundation I was contacted by Andy sweeney, founder of the Scoop foundation and organiser of Syria vibes. I was asked if I wished to contribute a piece of work...

“Barry” BP Portrait Awards 2017 Shortlist

BP Portrait Awards 2017 shortlisting Its always been a life goal of mine and ambition to get into the BP Portrait Awards in the National Gallery of London. This year I was notified by the BP Portrait...

Framewerk Gallery Exhibition

Solo Exhibition – Framewerk Gallery, Belfast Belfast City hall – Woodcut print – 30cm x 30cm Paintings, Drawings and Woodcuts is a solo exhibition of work by Connor Maguire which...