Name: Betty Gannon
Address: Liscarney, Westport, Co Mayo
Email: gannonbetty@gmail.com
Website: www.bettygannon.com
Solo Exhibitions selected
2013 The Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre, Co. Armagh. (forthcoming)
2013 Iontas Arts Centre, Castleblayney Co Monaghan, (forthcoming)
2012 Watergate Theatre’s Upstairs Gallery, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny.
2011 Fray and Fragment, Custom House Studios, Westport, Co Mayo
2010 Restless Structures, The Alley Arts Centre, Strabane, Co Tyrone
2009 States of Flux, The Linenhall Arts centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Remnants On The Verge (Photography) Michael Gannon Photography Gallery, Westport
Co. Mayo. Westport Arts Festival
Selected Exhibitions
2012 Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival, Co Carlow
2011 Rua Red, Winter Open Exhibnition, Tallagh, Dublin 24
2011,10 Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Winter Open Exhibition, Leitrim
2011,10 Custom House Studios Winter Open Exhibition, Co Mayo
2011 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Curator: Chris Hammond
2011 Things That Matter, McGings, Westport Arts Festival, Co Mayo
2010 Structure Series Drawings, BOI, Westport, Co Mayo. (2 person exhibition)
2010 Open Submission, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co Laois
2010 Bellacorick Impressions of a Place, Aras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co Mayo.
(3 person exhibition)
2010 Seen/Unseen, John McGing’s High Street, Westport, Co Mayo
2009,08,07 Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Co Roscommon
2008 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Curator: Lizzie Carey Thomas
2007 RDS Students Art Awards, RDS Concert Hall, Dublin
2011,09,07,05, 03 Mayo Artist Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Group Exhibitions
2012 G126, Members Show, Galway
2011,10 Trasna ll,Trasna, The Court House Gallery and Studios, Ennistymon, Co Clare
2011 Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2011 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA
2011 Greenway Artists Group Expo 2011. Mulranny Park Hotel, Co Mayo
2011 Ultramarine, Wright Artists, The Marine Gallery, Westport Arts Festival, Co Mayo
2010 Postcards To the G8, Ontario, Canada
2010 Happy Place Exhibition, ArtMart Studios, 7 Lower the Mall, Sligo
2010 Ballyhaunis Art Exhibition, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo
2010 The Wright Artists Collective, Westport, Co Mayo
2010 Double Vision-GMIT, Custom House Studios, Westport, CoMayo
2010 Eye Candy, Wright Gallery, Westport, Co mayo
2009 G126, Galway and Belfast
2009 Traces, Spectrum Art Group, Castlebar Library, Co Mayo
2009 What Is Europe?, Kornhauschen, Aschaffenburg, Germany
2009 Westport Arts Festival, Westport, Co Mayo
2008 Spectrum, Claremorris Town Hall Gallery, Claremorris Co. Mayo
2008 Inspiring Words, Westport Arts Festival, Westport, Co Mayo
2008 Mantua Badge Art Show, Mantua Arts Project, Mantua, Co Roscommon
2007 Ulster Bank Art Exhibition, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
2007 Art Trail Exhibition, Westport Arts Festival, Westport, Co Mayo
2007 First Fix, the Custom House Studios, Westport, Co Mayo
2007 Claremorris Art Exhibition, Claremorris, Co Mayo
2006 Ballyhaunis Art Exhibition, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo
Education
2008 BA in Fine Art, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
1989 National Certificate in Design, in Communications, Athlone Institute of Technology
1986 Certificate in Visual Education, Sligo Institute of Technology
Grants / Awards
2011 Exhibition Assistance Award, Mayo County Council
2010 Exhibition Assistance Award, Stranbane District Council, Co Tyrone
2009 Exhibition Assistance Award, Mayo County Council
Studio
2009-2010 Custom House Studios, Westport, Co Mayo
Membership
Visual Arts Ireland
Leitrim Sculpture Centre
Ormston House, Limerick
126, Artist-run Gallery, Galway
C4RD Community, London