Born 1963, County Mayo, Ireland,
EDUCATION
1989 Master of Fine Arts, Painting/Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1986 Bachelor of Arts, Painting, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
1985 National Diploma in Fine Arts, Painting/Printmaking Regional Technical College, Sligo,
Ireland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Beag, Linehall Art Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2006 Dwellings, Paintings 2003-2006, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Paintings, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle WA
2000 Western Light, Woodland Art Gallery, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Paintings, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Paintings, Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland
1994 Toher-Lumen, The Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1992 New Paintings, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paintings, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1991 Paintings, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 1991-1992 Fellows, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2005 The Neddy Artist Fellowship, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
A Decade of Excellence: Celebrating the Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
University of Washington Painting Faculty, Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2002 Dreams, Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland
2001 Music, Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland
2000 Mirabilia Artis, University of Washington Summer Arts Festival, Meaney Hall Theatre,
Seattle, WA
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 A Salute to The New Millennium, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
From Here to the Horizon: Artists of the Rural Landscape, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
1998 Paul Harcharik, Helen O’Toole, Jill Sabella, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 New Faculty, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995 Living Landscape ‘95, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, La Salle Gallery, Singapore
1993 Emerging Chicago Abstraction, Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL
1992 Helen O’Toole/Helen O’Leary, SXU Gallery, St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Work Center 1991-1992 Visual Fellows, Provincetown Art Association and
Museum, Provincetown, MA
1991 Contemporary Fine Arts Invitational, August College, Rock Island, IL
Gallery Northwest, Indiana University, Gary, IN
Fine Arts Work Center Visual Fellows, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1990 Skowhegan in Chicago, Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, IL
5 Young Chicago Artists, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 The Chicago Show, The Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Springboard, selected graduates of Ireland’s Art Colleges, 1985-88, Irish Life Exhibition Centre, Dublin, Ireland
1989 Surrounding Abstraction, Five Painters from Chicago, Armstrong Gallery, Cornell College, Mt Vernon, IA
New Talent 1, Contemporary Art Workshop Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Natalie Clark/Helen O’Toole, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, IL
1987 Paper Products, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1986 NCEA Art and Design ‘86, Guinness Hops Store, Dublin, Ireland
Guinness Peat Aviation Awards for Emerging Artists Exhibition, Royal Hospital,
Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland
Graduate Exhibition, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1985 Print Society Exhibition, Yeats Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Graduate Exhibition, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
AWARDS
2007 Milliman Endowment Fund, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Graduate School Award, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1999 Junior Faculty Development Award, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Graduate School Award, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1992-93 Residency, The Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NE
1992 Residency, The Tyrone, Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
1991-92 Kenneth Stubbs Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1991 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Office of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1989 Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
Travel Award, The Arts Council of Ireland
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Regina Hackett, Review, Seattle Post Intelligencer, What's Happening, March 17
1999 Ruairi O’Cuiv, essay for exhibition, August
Review in Sligo Champion, August
1995 Sall McQuaid, review in Artist Writer, February
1994 Alan G. Artner, review in Chicago Tribune, December 2
1992 Colin Teevan, essay for exhibition, September
James Yood, review in Art Forum, December
Victoria Lautman, National Public Radio, Artistic License, September 19
1991 Kathryn Hixon, review in Arts Magazine, June
Victoria Lautman, National Public Radio, Artistic License, April 20
David McCraken, review in Chicago Tribune, On the Gallery Scene, April 5
1987 Aidan Dunne, Irish Women Artists, From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day
TEACHING
2002-present Associate Professor, Painting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1996-2002 Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1999/2004 Autumn Quarter, University of Washington Rome Program, Italy
1993-95 Lecturer, LaSalle/SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
McKinsey and Co., Chicago, Il
Amdahl Corporation, Hinsdale, IL
Tuthill Corporation, Hinsdale, IL
National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Regional Technical College, Sligo, Ireland
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