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John O'Leary (1929 - 1999)
Born, Cork City Ireland ; 1929
Studied Fine Art at Crawford School of Art, Cork City; 1954 - 1957.
1957-58; Gibson Bequest Scholarship to study Art in Paris, France.
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2005 Hidden Sources, Photography, Sligo Art Gallery
2002 John O'Leary (1929 - 1999) Retrospective,
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Sligo Art Gallery,
Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo
1999 Irish Mist, Images from Ireland, Photography, Dublin School, Barcelona, Spain
1994 Recent Works, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1991 Sligo - Landscape of memories; New Paintings & Drawings,
Sligo Art Gallery, Galway Arts Centre,
Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Kilkenny People's Gallery
1989 New Painitngs & Drawings, Dolan -Moore Gallery, Athlone
1988 Lavit Gallery, Cork
1986 Bank of Ireland, Sligo
1985 Photography, Sligo Arts Festival
1964 Little Theatre, Cork
1962 Imperial Hotel, Cork
1961 Dublin Painter's Gallery, St. Stepans Green, Dublin
S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2020 The Gibson Bequest, At home and away; Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2019 To have and to hold, 60th anniversary of the Niland Art Collection, The Model, Sligo
2018 National University Galway Art Collection, Irish Embassy, Paris France
2015 A Shared Vision, The Model Centre, Sligo
2009 John O'Leary, In Retrospect, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2007 Ballinglen Foundation; The First 15 Years,
Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
2005 Realism & Modernism in Irish Art, (1900 - 1990),
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
2000 The O'Leary Family, John, Caitriona & Cormac, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1999 Music, Sligo Art Gallery
A Platter of Art, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1998 On Board, Sligo Art Gallery
1997 Source to Sea, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1996 Academy without walls, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (Invited Artist)
1995 John O'Leary / Margaret O'Sullivan, Ballydehob, County Cork
Generation, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Cruinniu, Sligo Art Gallery
1,2,3 O'Leary, Carroll Gallery, Longford
1994 Art & Craft, Expressions of Contemporary Ireland,
Philadelphia Art Alliance, USA
1993 30th Anniversary Show, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1990 / 91 / 93 Iontas, National Small Works Open Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery (toured)
1990 / 91 Drawings, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1990 Southern Artists, lavit Gallery, Cork
1989 John O'Leary & Robert Stewart, Sligo Art Gallery
1988-99 CASe, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1986 John O'Leary & Sean McSweeney, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
1987 SADE, Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
1984 Cork Painters, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1986-89 Western Artists, Kenny Gallery, Galway
1986 - 90 Claremorris Open, Mayo
1966 Irish Ecclesiastical Art, Dublin
1965 Obair '65, Cork
1964 / 66 Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Dublin
1964 Two Painters, John Teahon & John O'Leary, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1963 College Gallery Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
1954 - 60 Munster Fine Art Exhibitions, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y
2002 John O'Leary, (1929 - 1999) ; A Retrospective.
Text by Peter Murray, Caitriona O'Leary, Julian Campbell.
(Gandon Editions, 2002)
1991 Sligo - A Landscape of Memories, Text by Terry Barry, Ronan MacEvilly
(Sligo Art Gallery publication)
C O L L E C T I O N S
Arbutus Lodge Hotel, Cork
The Modern Art Collection, University College Cork
Ballinglen Archive, County Mayo
Crawford Municipal Art Collection, Cork
Model Arts & Niland Collection, Sligo
Office of Public Works
Trinity College, Dublin
Represented in private collections in Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Germany, and the USA.