Biography
James Kearney was born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, and is currently based in Limerick, Ireland. He graduated from Limerick School of Art & Design in 2018 with a degree in Printmaking & Contemporary Practice. After graduating, he completed a 12-month residency at Cork Printmakers in 2019. He is currently a member of Limerick Printmakers, working with a variety of processes such as screen-print, etching, mezzotint, and alternative photography. James’s work has been exhibited in a number of locations across Ireland and Internationally, including the 191st RHA Annual Exhibition and the Halftone Fair in Dublin. His work has been selected for various awards including the Arts Councils Agility Award, and Tipperary Artist awards.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Life is Still, People’s Museum of Limerick, Prior’s Land, Limerick
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Winter Exhibition 2024, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2024 194th RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2023 Winter Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 Decennium, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2022 Halftone Fair, Temple Bar, Dublin
2022 Bold, Winter Exhibition, Crescent centre, Limerick
2022 Summer Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2021 Limerick Printmakers Members Exhibition, Limerick
2021 Mini Print Fair, Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
2021 191th RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2021 Thinking of Place Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
2020 Greenacres Exhibition, Wexford Town, Wexford
2019 Print International 2019, Wrexham, Wales
2019 Cork Printmakers, Members Summer Exhibition, Cork
2019 Birr, Vintage Week, Birr, Co. Offaly
2019 Greenacres Exhibition, Wexford Town, Wexford
2019 Limerick Soviet shilling Project, Limerick
2019 Artist of the month, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
2018 Aurora, Emerging artist group show, Cork Printmakers, Cork
2018 Flux, Graduate show, Limerick school of Art, Limerick
2018 Art box Project New York 1.0, Armory Art week, New York
2017 Uncultured, Sailor’s Home Limerick, Limerick
Awards & Funding
2024 Limerick Arts Council Residential Award
2022 & 2021 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2021 Grants Under the Arts Act, Tipperary County Council
2020 126 Gallery Bursary
2018 Cork Printmakers Bursary