Joe Dunne RHA
2014 Lemon and Passion Fruit Egg/oil tempera on paper 26 x 38 cm
Joe Dunne was born in Dublin in 1957 and graduated from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 1978. His work has most often remained within the traditional genres of still life, landscape and portrait painting with occasional forays into more stylised or abstract pieces. He is equally accomplished in watercolours, oils and his preferred medium of egg tempera, and has also successfully explored print making. His paintings have won prizes at the Arnotts National Portrait Awards and the Keating McLaughlin Medal, for a group portrait, at the RHA Annual in 2006. He was awarded 1st prize in the inaugural Davy Portrait Awards in 2008.
Commissions by the Office of Public Works include his portraits of former Taoiseach Eamon deValera and of President Mary McAleese.
His work is included in the collections of AXA Insurance Ltd., The Royal Dublin Society, The Office of Public Works, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council,
The National University of Ireland at Maynooth, Ballinglen Art Foundation Archive, The National Self-Portrait Collection, The Irish Medical Organisation, Dublin Dental School and Hospital, and The Boyle Civic Collection.
He is a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy and held the position of Principal of the RHA School of Drawing from 2011-2014.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Bruach Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
2016 Near Ocean Ballinglen Gallery, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
2015 Life Stilled RHA Ashford Gallery, Dublin
2011 30 Years of Portraits 1980-2010 Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise.
2009 Recent Works - Paintings from Home
Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin. October 9th - 24th 2009
2007 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
2004 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin
2001 Scáileanna Gréine (Shadows/Reflections of the Sun)
RHA Ashford Gallery, Dublin
1990 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin
1982 Baggot Gallery, Dublin
1980 Sparkasse Bank, Freiburg, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2019 National Gallery of Ireland
Zurich Portrait (Highly Commended Award)
2017 Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin
Family, Friends & Lovers; A celebration of contemporary Irish Portraiture
2017 Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Crazy Jane (92 invited artists) Christmas Miscellany Exhibition
1982 to date RHA Annual Exhibitions
(Silver Medal 1986, Niccolo Caracciolo RHA Awards 1993 and 2001)
2016, 2017 Royal Ulster Academy Annual
(Ross’s Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers Watercolour Prize)
2009 RHA Annual Exhibition Axa Insurance Drawing Prize
2008 Davy Portrait Awards - First Prize
2006 RHA Annual Exhibition - Keating McLoughlin Medal
2004 Artist's Residency, Scoil Naithi, Ballinteer, Co. Dublin
2003 Fellowship at Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
2004 to date Kilcock Art Gallery, County Kildare
1997-2001 Íontas Small Works Exhibition Sligo
1997 Oireachtas, Dublin
BP Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London
2001 Dundrum Open, Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council, Dublin
1995-6 Banquet Exhibitions, Royal Hibernian Academy
1994 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
1993-4 National Portrait Awards, Arnotts Dublin - Anniversary Award 1993
1991-3 Íontas, Small Works Exhibitions, Sligo Art Gallery
1990-1 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Co. Mayo
National Portrait Awards, Arnotts Dublin - Under 35’s Award 1990
1987-8 Oireachtas, Dublin - Life & Pensions Award for landscape 1987
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2003 The National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Portrait of Dr. Seamus Smith (President NUI Maynooth)
2002 The Royal Dublin Society
Portrait drawing of Dr. F.J. O’Reilly (Past President RDS)
2000 Portrait drawing of Mr. R.C. Lewis Crosby (Past President RDS)
2000 Portrait drawing of Mr. G. Gilbert Butler (Past President RDS)
Office of Public Works
2001 Official portrait of Her Excellency President MaryMcAleese
1997 Portrait of former Taoiseach Mr. Eamon DeVelera
1996 Portrait of former Chief Justice Mr. Timothy O’Sullivan
An Post - General Post Office
2000 Olympic Games Four commemorative stamp designs
1997 Democracy Set Four stamp designs
1996 Irish Festivals Two stamp designs
1995 TT Race Irish Winners Four stamp designs in a joint issue
with the Isle of Man Post Office
The Adelaide Hospital, Dublin.
1994 Portrait of Professor David McConnell
Irish Independent Newspapers.
1987 The yacht ‘Irish Independent’ at Fastnet Rock
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Dublin Dental School & Hospital
The Irish Medical Organisation
Ballinglen Art Foundation Archive
Irish Management Institute, Dublin
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council
The Mater Private Hospital, Dublin
The Royal Dublin Society
Axa Insurance
Boyle Civic Collection
The National University of Ireland, Maynooth
The Office of Public Works
The Adelaide Hospital, Dublin
National Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick University