Cliona Doyle was born in Dublin in 1968. She studied fine art at National College of Art and Design, Dublin. She received an Honours Degree in fine art in 1991. Since then Cliona has been a member of the Graphic Studio Dublin and has exhibited widely at home and abroad. Her work has been exhibited in the following Institutions – The National Gallery, Dublin, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Her work is in many public and private collections. Cliona was a director of the Graphic Studio, Dublin (2005-2009). She teaches etching classes and drawing workshops.
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2000 “Paper Garden” Original Print Gallery, Dublin.
2001 “Paper Garden” Wexford Arts Centre.
2003 “Pairidaeza” The Graphic Studio, Dublin.
2003 “Pairidaeza” The Airfield Trust, Dublin.
2008 “Il Giardino “ The Graphic Studio Gallery
2012 “The Orchard” The Droichead Arts Centre
2018 “The Art of Perfume” So Fine Art Editions
2018 “Bower” The Graphic Gallery Dublin
Two-Person Exhibitions
1995 “The Lotus and The Laughable” Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Exhibited with Paki Smith.
1996 Exhibition with Mary Rose O’Neill at the Original Print Gallery, Dublin.
2000 “Into the Garden” The Mullingar Arts Centre.
2000 Exhibition with Jessica Grehan at The Print Room.
Selected Group Exhibitions
1996 The Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
The Graphic Gallery, Dublin
The Original Print Gallery, Dublin
The Guinness Gallery, Dublin
1997 “Ramus” Exhibition at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. The Dublin Brewing Company
2004 Blooming Fields of Ireland , Origin Gallery, Dublin.
1998 “Art into Art” Contemporary Print Exhibition at The National Gallery, Dublin.
2001 Art Fair, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
2002 Driocht, with Maria Simmonds Gooding, William Crozier and Breon O’Casey
2003 RHA annual Exhibition.
2003 “Editions”, The Lavit Gallery, Cork.
2004 The London Print Fair, Royal Academy London.
2004 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition.
2005 The London Print Fair, Royal Academy London.
2006 “Gardens of Earthly Delight”, The Chester Beatty Library.
2006 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2007 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2008 “Revelation”, The National Gallery, Ireland
2009 Artists Proof, The Chester Beatty Library
2009 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2010 “Revelation”, Iceland
2010 The Works, Behaviour and Attitudes Print Collection, Milltown
2010 Yeats and the Golden Age of Print, Sligo Art Gallery
2011 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2012 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2013 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2013 “ A Natural Selection” at The Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
2014 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2014 Variations on a Theme II, Graphic Studio Gallery
2015 Flowing Forms, Visitors Centre Gallery, Botanic Gardens
2015 RHA Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2016 RHA Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
2017 Another Bite of The Cherry, National Botanic Gardens
2017 Water Colour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition
2019 Water Colour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition
Prizes and Honors
2005 The O’Sullivan Graphics Print award, Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
Selected Collections and Commissions
Allied Irish Bank Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Bank of Ireland The Merrion Hotel Dublin
Ulster Bank Hastings Hotels
Office of Public Works Orpen Franks
Great Southern Hotels Electricity Supply Board
Scott Tallon Walker Mater Private Hospital
Jury’s Custom House Department of the Taoiseach
The Library Council Bewley’s Hotels
Behaviour and Attitudes The National Gallery, Dublin
The Chester Beatty Library, The Burren Perfumery