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Biography
Born in Dublin, Jean Bardon studied at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design between 1970 and 1974. She then spent a period living and working in Amsterdam. It was during this time that she developed an interest in printmaking. She became a member of Graphic Studio Dublin in 1990 and since then has exhibited nationally and internationally. She has been involved in many exhibitions at the Graphic Studio, most recently being a member of the committee which initiated and organised ‘Gardens of Earthly Delight’ which took place in the Chester Beatty Library in 2005. Her work is represented in many collections, both public and private, including the Office of Public Works, the Arts Council, the Chester Beatty Library, the Department of An Taoiseach, AIB, the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin and the Arts Council, Sweden. Jean Bardon was an award winner at the RHA Annual Exhibition in 2002, as well as from the Watercolour Society of Ireland in 2009.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 Recent Prints, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2010 Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
2008 New Works, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2001 Recent Prints, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
1995 Recent Prints, The Watchhouse, Enniscorthy, Ireland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Winter Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2023 Decennium, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 Back Country,SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 Pressing Matters, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin, Dublin
2022 RHA, 60 Years of Graphic Studio, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin, Dublin
2022 Ulysses Imagined, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin, Dublin
2021 Winter Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2021 Summer Show, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin, Dublin
2016 Urbis Felicitas – A Celebration of Mountjoy Square, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2015 A Lonely Impulse of Delight: Yeats 2015, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2016 Hamilton Gallery Sligo, 2015, London Art Fair, 2016 & Embassy of Ireland, Beijing, China
2016 – 1993 Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2015 – 2006 Watercolour Society of Ireland, Dublin
2015 A Natural Selection, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden
2013 A Natural Selection, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2013 Launch, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2013 Variations on a Theme, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2013 Pressed, County Hall Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
2013 Botanical Art in Bloom, Dublin
Awards
Adam’s Award, RHA annual exhibition 2016
Invited artist RHA annual exhibition 2014
Tyrone Guthrie Centre Annaghmakerrig Bursary 2013-14 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
The DART Award, Watercolour Society of Ireland, 2009
The D O’Sullivan Award for a work of Graphic Merit, RHA 2002
Commissions
Sponsors’ Portfolio, Graphic Studio Dublin 2010
Behaviour and Attitudes 2009
Collections
Private collections in Ireland and abroad and in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, the Office of Public Works, the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of Sweden, the Royal Opera House Stockholm, the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, the British Library, the University of Limerick, Shelbourne Hotel Dublin, Allied Irish Banks, and the Department of the Taoiseach, Leinster House.