Stephen Bennett

I was born in London and spent the first 20 years of my working life as an illustrator/visualizer for working for leading London advertising agencies. I worked on the accounts of companies such as British Airways, Cadbury’s, B.P. etc. and was part of award-winning creative teams while working for Saatchi & Saatchi and other top agencies.
I left advertising in 1992 to follow my dream of working as a painter in Donegal. I now live in Ardara, the birthplace of my late father, and my paintings are inspired by the people and landscape around me.

Graphics, Design and Illustration Diploma from Barking College of Art, London, 1973

I represented Ireland at the Florence Biennale in 2005.

Solo exhibitions at the Ferrara Gallery, Belfast, An Damhlann, Spiddal, Galway, Dame Street Gallery, Dublin, An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny.