Curriculum Vitae
Tracy Sweeney - Contemporary Abstract Painter
Education:
2005 BA (Hons), First Class, Fine Art, specialising in Printmaking, ATU, Galway, Ireland
2003 Diploma in Fine Art, Distinction, specialising in Printmaking, ATU, Galway, Ireland
2005 Thesis with Distinction: Hidden Truths: The Ambiguous Photographs of Northern Ireland
2003 Thesis with Distinction: Photographing Ireland: Contemporary Views of the Irish Locale
Awards & Grants:
2013 Culture Ireland, for Station/Wall, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
2009 Mentoring Award, Kilkenny Co. Council & Artlinks, Southeast Arts Initiative, Ireland
2008 Verge Emerging Artist Award, Kilkenny Arts Office, for Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland
2005 Student Of The Year / De Blacam & Meagher Award, ATU, Galway, Ireland
2005 Mayo County Council Printmaking Award, Mayo, Ireland
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Tracing Terrain: The Poetics of Place, The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2019 Fighting with Shadows, Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, USA
2013 Station/Wall, Grafiska Sällskapet Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Stories from the Abandoned City, Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 New Works by Tracy Sweeney, The Graphic Studio Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
2010 Quick! Cops! Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Artefact & Error, The Galway Arts Festival, Official Programme, Galway, Ireland
2008 Thus Spoke the Silent Spaces Central Bank, Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland
2008 If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home by Now, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland. Curated by Hugh Mulholland, former Director, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2007 Thus Spoke The Silent Spaces, Watergate Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2006 Thus Spoke the Silent Spaces, The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2006 AP-Art, The Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026 A Journey of Hope, Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
2024 Art Source, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland
2023 Mayo Artist’s Exhibition, The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2019 Straight Out of Ireland Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
2019 Saatchi Art Exhibition, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2014 Saatchi Art Exhibition, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland
2013 NP33 Galleri, Norrköping, Sweden
2013 How the Light Gets In Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2013 Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, with Grafiska Sällskapet
2011 Biennale 109, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2011 Hong Kong Graphic Art Fiesta, City Hall, Hong Kong, China. With Leinster Printmakers.
2011 Bladverk Grafiska Sällskapet Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Le Cheile Oriel Yns Mon Museum, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales, UK. Curated by Jim Creed, Regional Print Centre, Wrexham, Wales
2010 Matrix Graphic Print Studio Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
2010 Dynamics Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 XIV Grafiktriennalen Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden. Officially opened by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden
Exhibition subsequently travelled to: Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall - Kulturens Hus, Luleå - Falkenbergs Museum, Falkenberg - Landskrona Konsthall, Landskrona
2010 Längtans Landskap Grafiska Sällskapet Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Le Cheile Rhyl Arts Centre, Wales, UK
2009 Group Exhibition Gallery Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
2009 Impact University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
2009 Bog 50 x 70 Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland. Curated by Peter Jones, Dublin Institute of Technology
2009 Endangered Studios Exhibition Kilkenny Arts Festival, No. 72 John St. & Fennellys, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
2009 Bog 50 x 70, The Factory Space, Capel St. Dublin, Ireland
2008 Greenstar Mermaid Art Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
2007 Iontas Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland. Curated by Michael Dempsey, Curator, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Within & Without Limerick Printmakers Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
2007 Within & Without The Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
2006 Impressions The Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
2006 Within & Without White Room Gallery, Galway, Ireland. Selected by Ruairí Ó Cúiv, Public Art Manager, Dublin City Council, Dublin
Commissions:
2026 Soft Anatomies: Diagnostic Imaging in Clinical Environments A collection of watercolours for the Diagnostic Imaging Centre / Clinical Services Hub, Bon Secours Hospital Limerick. Commissioned by Alliance Medical Ireland.
2025 Rooted in Care - Fréamhaithe i gCúram: Medicinal Irish Plants in Critical Care Settings A Collection of Artworks for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Maternity Hospital Limerick. Percent for Arts Commission with the Health Service Executive
2013 Spår/Track The Marker Hotel, Grand Canal Square, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Pillar of Stone Sculpture, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2005 Galway County Council & Galway Arts Centre Commission Galway, Ireland
2003 Shortlisted for Mayo County Council Commission for Castlebar Courthouse, Mayo, Ireland
Selected Collections:
Health Service Executive (HSE), Ireland
Ernst & Young Global, Dublin, Ireland
Ireland’s Museum of the Great Hunger, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, USA
E. Graham Architects, North Yorkshire, UK
Microsoft-Sweden
Åhléns-Sweden
Apoteket-Sweden
Office of Public Works, Ireland
Allied Irish Bank Collection, Ireland
Gallery Representation:
Grafiska Sällskapet Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Selected Publications and Media:
2026 Inside Limerick’s New Neonatal Unit Irish Examiner, January 2026
2026 Home Connaught Rugby, artist video feature
2022 Art Basel Edition EQ Magazine, NYC, October 2022
2021 The Irish Times, April 2021
2021 Artistic Licence, The Gloss / The Irish Times, July 2021
2015 Irish Artists Pulling Power The Irish Examiner, January 2015
2012 The Power Beyond The Irish Arts Review, March 2012
2010 ‘De flydde från den irländska krisen’, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, November 2010
2010 Grafiknytt Nr 2, Ny Medlem Tracy Sweeney, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, June 2010
2008 Crafts Council of Ireland Curriculum, Photographs by Tracy Sweeney
2006 Present Tense; Words & Pictures, Poems & Photographs from County Mayo Published by Mayo County Council, November 2006