Martin Finnin
Nationality: Irish

Solo Exhibitions:
2007   Origin Gallery, Dublin
   A snippet from the seventh soup, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2006   The world is blue like an orange, New Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin
   Stepping out of the stream of time, Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
   Life beyond the hedge, Cill Rialaig Art Centre, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry
2005   A miracle outside the window, Form Gallery, London
   The Marching Hugs, Origin Gallery, Dublin
   Meanwhile…in a foreign land, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2003   The origins of optimism, Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
   Songs of a recluse, Vangard Gallery, Cork
   In Fall, Ashford Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
2002   Vermont Studio Gallery, Vermont
2001   A subtle consolation of existance, Vangard Gallery, Cork
   The Big Picture, Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
1997   Forest of Banquets, Tig Filí Gallery, Cork
1996   Spionza, Blackcombe Gallery, Cork
   Triskel Art Centre, Cork
1995   Ivory Tower Restaurant, Cork
   Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin
1994   Art Hive, Cork
1993   Blackcombe Gallery, Cork
   Lost Boys Coffee Shop, Harlem, Holland
1991   Everyman Palace, Cork
1990   Iveagh Markets, Dublin
1988   La Galleria Lucierna, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico





Group Exhibitions:
2007   Art London, John Martin Gallery, London
2006   Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry
   Tribute to Beckett, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2004-05   The People's Gallery, Cork
2003   Myth and Magic, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2002   RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher
2001   Íontas 2001, Sligo Art Gallery; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
   Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2000   Tom Climent, Martin Finnin, Brian Smyth, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1998   Sense of Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork


Awards and Residencies

2004   Dedaldo Art Competition, Tuscany (also 2005,2006; 1st prize, 2004)
   Cill Rialaig Art Centre, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry (artist's residency; also 2005, 2006)
2002   Vermont Studio Center, USA(painting scholarship)
   Department of Foreign Affairs (Cultural Relations Committee Award)
   Vermont Studio Center, USA (fellowship award)
1998   Nominated by Crawford Art Gallery for Glen Dimplex
   Sense of Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (prizewinner)
1995   An Chomhairle Ealaion / The Arts Council bursaries (studio rental, 1995, 2001; materials grant, 1997,2001;Artflight, 1996)