A new series of paintings from recent visits to Dugort in Achill and Mweenish Island off Carna in Connemara. These artworks will be on display in the Doorway Gallery in Wicklow Street from Thursday Oct 1 to Thurs Oct 15.
Conor Gallagher is a graphic designer and artist from Sligo, Ireland. He has exhibited in places as diverse as woodlands in Sligo, a small island in Denmark, a clubhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and the Salon Prado in Madrid, Spain. He won Best Irish Artist at the 20th National Open Art Exhibition in London in October 2016 and has exhibited at the Royal Academy Annual Exhibition in London, the RHA Annual Exhibition in Dublin and the RUA Annual Exhibition in Belfast.
Originally from Sligo, he has been a graphic designer for over 30 years. He lives beside the Royal Canal in the North Inner City and his studio is based in the Chocolate Factory Creative Space in Kings’ Inns Street in Dublin 1. In 2008, he started an art course with CEAD (Centre for Continuing Education) at NCAD. The encouragement he got from teachers and fellow pupils was the catalyst to start out.
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