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Education

2011 to 2015BA in Applied Art – Textiles CIT
Crawford College of Art and Design– Cork
2010 to 2011Professional Art PracticeSt. John’s College – Cork
2009 to 2010Arts, crafts and designMcEgan College – Cork

Awards

2021 The Art of IsolationRecognized for Distinctive Interpretation of Theme
Green exhibitionBest in show award (solo-exhibition online
+ 6-page feature in Gallery table book)
Nature Art exhibitionHonourable Mention
2019Cadenza exhibition – Cork Textiles NetworkLong Note Award
2015Degree ShowCIT Purchase Prize
2015Degree ShowEli Lilly Purchase Prize
2015Degree ShowTextiles Residency Award CCAD
2013Camac Student Textile Design ChallengePostcard made of design

Exhibitions

2025Irish CraftsGroup exhibition – Cahir Arts Gallery – Cahir- Tipperary – Ireland
Oh, the things you can thinkGroup exhibition – LHQ Gallery – Cork – Ireland
Face The MusicGroup exhibition with Cork Textiles Network – School of Music – Cork – Ireland
Voice of the CraftGroup exhibition with Cork Craft and Design – St. Peter’s Church – Cork – Ireland
Second NatureSolo-exhibition at On the Pigs Back – Douglas – Cork – Ireland
Botanica            Group exhibition with Cork Textiles Network – Bishopstown Library
Past Present, Future PerfectGroup exhibition with Cork Craft and Design – National Gallery of Craft and Design – Kilkenny – Ireland
2024ReverieGroup exhibition with Cork Craft and Design – Glucksman Gallery – Cork – Ireland
Made by Hands   Group exhibition – LHQ Gallery – Cork – Ireland
Past Present, Future PerfectGroup exhibition with Cork Craft and Design – National Gallery of Craft and Design – Kilkenny – Ireland
2023 All is connected in nature and time Solo-exhibition – Blackwater Valley Makers Gallery – Ireland
In small things we find ourselvesGroup exhibition – Laneway Gallery – Ireland
9 songs of the sea, 9 poems of the forestExhibition in collaboration with sculptor Denis Lynch
Chapel Hill School of Art – Ireland
Treasured Moments Online exhibition with Arts to Hearts online global platform
2021Solo-exhibition series2 months online solo-exhibition with Camelback
Gallery – USA
Re-Connectedsolo-exhibition – MicroGallery project Gallery nr46 – Ireland
The Art of IsolationOnline exhibition with Shanti Arts – USA
OSCA Spring ExhibitionOnline exhibition with Open School of Creative Arts and Well-being – UK
Alone TogetherOnline exhibition curated by Shannon Skye Robinson – UK
GreenOnline exhibition with The Artist’s Circle Gallery – USA
Nature Art Online exhibition with Grey Cube Gallery – international online platform
5th Annual Colors Art ExhibitionOnline exhibition with Fusion.Art Gallery – USA
Make something that makes you feel good Online exhibition with LUVA Gallery – UK
Being HumanOnline exhibition with Pepney Gallery – Ireland
AffinityOnline exhibition with Pepney Gallery – Ireland
2020Collaboration and exhibitionGalerie Kunstlokaal Kerkrade – The Netherlands
Scythia – 13th Textile Biennial Ukraine
Positive Pandemic Experience PPEOnline exhibition via Instagram
The abandoned projectOnline exhibition with Cork Textiles Network – Ireland
Renewed awareness Online exhibition with Global Artists’ Collaboration Platform
A light in the dark  Online exhibition with Las Laguna Gallery – Laguna Beach, USA
Covid19. The Art of Isolation / Survey 2Online exhibition with Curator’s Voice Art Projects – Miami, USA
Celebrating our strength in our diversity  Online exhibition with Doncaster Art Fair
Post-Covid-19 EraOnline exhibition with Independent Image and Art Space -China
The Virtual Art FairOnline exhibition with The virtual Art Fair – UK
2019 Cadenza exhibition – Cork Textiles NetworkCork School of Music, Cork City, Ireland
‘Making and mending my way through’Solo Exhibition- Town Hall Macroom, Ireland and Vilnius, Lithuania
Painting exhibition by local recreational artistsTown Hall Macroom – Tutor and curator
2018Small Steps Art Activism exhibitionNorth Docks – Liverpool – UK
Paintings by local recreational artistsTown Hall Macroom – Tutor and curator
2017Painting exhibition by art group Father Ryan HallLibrary Macroom – Tutor and curator
Painting exhibition by local recreational artistsTown Hall Macroom – Tutor and curator
2016‘Affective Entities’ ExhibitionWandesford Gallery – Cork – Ireland- Participating artist and co-curator
Create 2016- Gallery of Found ArtBrown Thomas – Cork – Ireland
2015‘Emerging Artists’ ExhibitionSt. Patrick’s University Hospital – Dublin – Ireland
‘Fledglings ’15’ ExhibitionLavit Gallery – Cork – Ireland
 ‘We Do Not Leave Piramids’ – degree showDegree Show Crawford College of Art and Design – Cork – Ireland
‘Nexus – paper’ ExhibitionKurogawa INN Museum – Fukuoka – Japan
2014 ‘Things/Daktai’ ExhibitionWandesford Gallery – Cork – Ireland
Camac Student Textile Design Challenge Warner Textile Archive Braintree – Essex – UK
2013Camac Student Textile Design ChallengeWarner Textile Archive Braintree – Essex – UK

Workshops and Collaborations

2025Textile workshops  Strawberry Hill National School and Macroom School of Art – Cork – Ireland
Painting for advanced adults Macroom School of Art and Father Ryan Hall – Macroom – Ireland
 Crochet workshop Cruinniu Na nOg – Dunmanway Library – Dunmanway – Ireland
Crochet workshopsSt. Joseph’s National School – Macroom – Ireland
2024Textile workshops Strawberry Hill National School – Cork – Ireland
Crochet St. Joseph National School – Macroom – Ireland
Felt makingBallymoney National School – Ballineen – Ireland
Painting for advanced adultsMacroom School of Art – Macroom – Ireland
2023 Classes in painting – crochet – knitting and textilesMacroom School of Art
Circular weaving workshopsMacroom School of Art
Circular weaving workshopsHSE Blackpool – Co. Cork
Classes in Painting – Crochet – TextilesChapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland
Circular weaving / Weaving workshopsChapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland
2022Embroidery project ‘Home’Diversity Academy – Collaboration between Cork Migrant
Centre and The Lantern project at Nano Nagle Place – Cork
– Ireland
Circular Weaving workshops          Chapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland
2021Textile workshops and classesChapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland
Papermaking workshop – JoomchiCrawford College of Art and Design – Cork – Ireland
Circular Weaving workshopKilkenny College – Kilkenny – Ireland
‘What colours our lives’workshop and artwork installation in collaboration with The Lantern Project – Nano Nagle Place – Cork – Ireland
Textile workshops and classesChapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland

Catalogues, articles and books

2024—Arts to Hearts Magazine Issue 5
2021 Small ThingsArticle in tinyStudio Creative Life Magazine Issue 10 New Zealand
Zielone KrajobrazyArticle in Florysta – Floral and Art Magazine – Poland
The Artist’s Circle Gallery Volume IV6-page feature in gallery table book
2020Scythia – 13th Textile Biennial – Ukraine       https://scythiatextile.com/scythia-2020.html
Global Artists’ Collaboration Platformhttps://www.bettertogetherartists.net/
Las Laguna Gallery – Laguna Beach, USAhttps://www.laslagunagallery.com/light
Curator’s Voice Art Projects – Miami, USAhttps://curatorsvoice.com/covid19/surve2/
Doncaster Art Fair – UKhttps://www.doncasterartfair.com/
Independent Image and Art Space -Chinahttps://www.independentimage.org/
The virtual Art Fair – UK                  https://www.artsteps.com (TVAF)
2019My art… pulled me through depressionThe Echo – July 3rd 2019
Small Steps events take overhttps://alisonlittleblog.wordpress.com/category/captivity/
2015Stitch stories: Personal spaces and traces in textile art       Cas Holmes – Pavillion Books 2015
We do not leave pyramids Degree show catalogue 2015
Lavit Gallery http://www.lavitgallery.com/page59.htm
Craft WordsPerspectives on making by Frances McDonald   
https://francesmmcdonald.com/tag/annmechelink/   
2014Texere – Textiles Education and Research in Europehttp://www.texere-associ.org/newsletters/newslett-summer-2014.pdf