Debbie currently lives and works in Dublin, Ireland
Artist Panels
Selected Artist – Kildare County Arts Panel 2009-2011
Selected Artist – HSE Arts Panel 2010
Artist Workshops/Seminars
Art As Research Practice, Trinity College – May 2010
Drawing Marathon, Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) – March 2010
Approaches to Public Art , VAI – November 2009
Public Commissions
2009 – Institute Technology Tralee Library & Resource Information Centre
Percent for Art Scheme
2007- ‘The Hermitage Medical Clinic’, Dublin
This collection, completed over five months:
5 x paintings 120cm x 150cm and 3 x paintings 2m x 2m
Awards
3rd Place Award – Infinity Art Gallery – International Spring Expo 2010
Finalist – ‘Aesthetica International Creative Works Competition 2009’
(This contemporary art competition had 18,000 entries for only 40 finalists)
Selected Exhibitions
Oct 2009 ‘Operation Art’, NCAD Dublin
June 2009 ‘Art In Action’, Exhibition & Demo., Townley Hall, Drogheda
Nov 2008 Invitational Group Show, Blackrock Hospice, alongside other prestigious artists Pauline Bewick, Graham Knuttel, Mark O’Neill, Michael Gemmell, Rasher etc
June 2008 ‘Art In Action’, Exhibition & Demo., Townley Hall, Drogheda
2007 ‘In Leaving’, Solo, OPW Phoenix Park, Dublin
2007 Invitational Group Show, Blackrock Hospice
2005 ‘But for the Grace of Good’, Solo, Cocoon, St. Anne’s Lane, Dublin
2004 ‘Coming Out’, Solo, Cockleshell Arts Centre, Wexford
2002 ‘There and Back’, Solo, Fresh Art, Launceston, Tasmania
Private Commissions
Large Portfolio of Private Commissions
Collections
The Irish Medicines Board
Alternatives plc
Interspec plc
Avalanche Design
Anne Ryan & Co.
Werner Schwanberg
Lorne House, Isle of Mann
Galleries
Galleries that have recently shown my work include:
Buckleys Fine Art, Cork
Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast
The Blue Leaf, Dublin
Ramon Villa Galleria, Spain
Carrysfort Gallery
The Cockleshell Art Centre, Wexford
Education
Foundation Course in Art & Design, Waterford Institute of Technology
Nat. Dip. Graphic Design, Waterford Institute of Technology
All images are copyrighted by Debbie Chapman and may not be used without written permission. ©Debbie Chapman 2009.
