DREAMING ACROSS THE POND Painting

Niamh O'Connor is an emerging visual artist living and working in County Monaghan. She has exhibited across both the north and south of Ireland and beyond. Of note are her works for her 2015 solo " A Ballast full of hope" Market House, Monaghan, and group shows "Lie the land", Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre Armagh, "Don't step on the cracks", Solas Art Gallery Leitrim and "100" exhibition Luan Gallery, Athlone 2016 where her multidisciplinary works showcased her true ability. Additionally her work has been included in many art led events: The Big Egg Hunt, Pigs on Parade, Sackville Street 1916, Incognito and the Artist Shuffle in Salem Oregon and LA. Niamhs work has also featured as part of an environmentally inspired event by  entitled "Second time around" at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester Virginia USA, and for a number of years as part of the annual arts fair at the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts where she received the 2015 non-USA / International Scholarship award. Fresh from her residency at the Tyrone Guthrie centre she's currently working towards a second solo entitled "Greenest where we water" exhibiting Solace Art Gallery Leitrim Autumn 2017.