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Niall McCormack (born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland) is an Irish painter. Since the 1980s, he exhibited in England, Italy, France, Sweden, the US, and Ireland.




Education


McCormack is deaf from birth. he received his special education at Mary Immaculate School for Deaf
Children run by the Daughters of the Cross of Liege in Stillorgan, South Dublin. Six years later, he was transferred to
Christian Brothers, St. Joseph's School for Deaf Boys, Cabra in North Dublin. He was one
of two first pupils to sit the Leaving Certificate examination.
He studied Architectural Drawing at Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin. He secured a place to study Art Foundation
course at Dun Laoghaire School of Art, Dublin and was awarded a NCEA
certificate in Visual Education. McCormack studied Fine Art Painting
at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He
obtained a NCAD diploma in Painting and a BA(Hons) degree. He was a first deaf student to study Fine Art at
NCAD.




Career


In 1988 McCormack taught deaf children Art on a part-time basis in his old school, Mary Immaculate School, Stillorgan for two years. He also worked from his studio in Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin.
In the same year 2002, He was asked to have a solo exhibition at the Custom House Studios, Westport, Co. Mayo. Mr John O’Donaghue, the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism officiated the opening of the new Arts centre where he was the first artist to have an exhibition there.
Since 2007, He has exhibited at the RHA regularly. He had four solo exhibitions in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015.
In 2011, he had a solo exhibition at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, his birthplace.
He is included in the dictionary of Living Irish Artists.
He currently lives and works in Westport, Co. Mayo. He has a tuxedo cat called Domino.




Solo exhibitions


2015 "Ocular Mantra", Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2012 "New Work", Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2012 "Exhibition of Portraits", Westport Arts Festival, Westport, Co. Mayo
2011 "The Incidence of Light", The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
2010 "Inside Out" Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2009 Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
2008 "Gothic Pastel" Molesworth Gallery, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
2005 Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2002 Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
1998 Solo show, Diorama Art Gallery, London.




Collections


AXA Insurance
Westport Town Council
Mayo County Council
DeafHear, Dublin
University of Limerick
Gallaudet University, Washington DC
See Hear, BBC, London, England
Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants, Dublin
Mary Hare Grammar School, Newbury, Berkshire, England
private collections in Ireland and abroad.




References






External links


[1] Article in The Irish Times
Niall McCormack - official website
Molesworth Gallery Niall McCormack

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