Christopher Banahan

My paintings are concerned with the 'poetics of decay' [ how objects transcend into precious works of art through the erosion of time.

I am know for my contemplative portraits of children, where they are viewed from a future retrospective [ as if looking back on their lives].

1981 First Class Hons' B.A Fine Art Nottingham Trent University
1984 M.A. Goldsmiths College, London.
1990 Rome Award in Painting, British School at Rome.

2017 'Galway 4040/Remains of Us' Solo Exhibition, The Kenny Gallery, Galway

2016 'Saints or Sinners' Exhibition KAVA Old Courthouse, Kinvara, Galway.

2015 'Portraits on Hurley's', Doorus National School, Kinvara, Galway.

2015 New Paintings, Sarah Walker Gallery, Cork, Ireland.

2014 New Works, Galway University Hospital Arts Trust.

2009 'How do they know?' Blank space gallery, Oakland, California, U.S.A.

2005 'Contemporary Art from Ireland' European Central Bank, Frankfurt.