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Biography
Stephen Doyle is a member of Backwater Studios and graduate of Crawford College of Art and Design (2017). They are the recipient of two international art prizes ‘Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize’ & ‘Sunny Art Prize’. Their work was acquired by Crawford Art Gallery making it the first piece in the National Collection to discuss transgender/queer identity.
They have had multiple solo exhibitions in Lavit Gallery (2018), SO Fine Art Editions (2018), Ashurst Emerging Artist Gallery (2019) Triskel Arts Centre (2020) Kilkenny Arts Festival (2022) to name a few. As well as being selected for prestigious group exhibitions such as the Zurich Portrait Prize, NGI (2018) Queer As You Are, Luan Gallery (2021) GENERATION 22 – New Irish Painting, Butler Gallery (2022) and The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London (2022).
Doyle has been granted the Visual Art Bursary Award (2020) by the Arts Council of Ireland, commissioned by the Glucksman Gallery, included in the Art History syllabus for the Leaving Cert and added to the peer panel for the Arts Council of Ireland. They were also awarded the Cork City Arts Council Individual Bursary (2022/2024).
Solo Exhibitions
2025 A Fly’s Perspective Of Loss, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2025 Untitles, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda
2020 Numb, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. Curated by Miguel Amado, director of Sirius Arts Centre
2019 Post-Binary, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2019 Sunny Art Prize Winner Exhibition London
2018 Alt Masc, Lavit Gallery, Co.Cork. Student of the Year Award.
2018 Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Shortlist Exhibition and Solo Exhibition, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold St, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Winter Exhibition 2024, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2024 FEEDBACK, LHQ Cork County Council/ Studio 12, Cork
2024 Cairde Visual Arts Festival, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2024 Now You See Me, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2024 Stories of Art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
2024 Winter Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Dublin
2023 Winter Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 Bodywork, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2023 Royal Hibernian Academy 193rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2023 Summer Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2023 All Eyes on Us, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2023 Decennium, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2022 Generation 2022 – New Irish Painting, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
2022 Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
2022 Self Identity: An Exploration, Solo Exhibition, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny
2022 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London/ The Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke/ Arthouse Jersey, Jersey. Judges Include: Lucy Byatt, Danie Mellor and Isabel Seligman
2022 Behind The Scenes: Collection at Work, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2022 Winter Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2021 NUA, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2021 Human Animal, Studio 12, Cork
2021 Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
2021 Queer As You Are, Luan Gallery, Athlone
2021 Royal Hibernian Academy 191th Annual Exhibition, Invited Artist, Dublin
2021 New Threads, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2021 30th Anniversary Backwater Artists Studio, Blue House Gallery, Cork
2020 Lavit Gallery’s Annual Members Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2020 Royal Ulster Academy 139th Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2020 Winter Show, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2020 Mason Hayes & Curran Private Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2019 Harmony Art Exchange Program, Group Exhibition/Residency, Shanghai, China
2019 Sunny Art Prize Winner Exhibition, London
2019 Royal Ulster Academy 138th Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2019 Small Town Decline: Rural Patterns of Decay, Glor, Ennis, Clare
2019 VUE, National Contemporary Art Fair in association with SO Fine Art Editions, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2019 This is a Painting Show, Sternview Gallery, Cork
2019 Winter Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2019 Art on a postcard, Online/London, England
2018 Alt-Masc, Lavit Gallery, Co.Cork. Student of the Year Award. Guest Speaker – Curator of exhibitions at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Sean Kissane.
2018 Beyond the Binaries, UK Emerald Winter Pride Art Awards, The House of St. Barnabas, London, UK. Judges Include Simon Tarrant, Brenda Emmanus, Frances Segelman, Suzanne van Rossenberg, Ki Yoong.
2018 Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Shortlist Exhibition and Solo Exhibition, London, UK. Judges Include Conrad Carvalho, Dr. David Bellingham, Aindrea Emelife, Howard Lewis, Briony Marshall, Rosa Sepple, Dr. David Anfam, Anthony Fawcett.
2018 Sunny Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition, London, UK. Judges include Wu Xiaohai, Zhao Jun, Lin Guanhong, Pedro Ip, Chu Weiming, Fan Yaokai, Jocelyn Burton, Yemyungji, Tim Andrews
2018 Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland. Judges Include Geraldine O’Neill, Sue Rainsford and Tanya Kiang
2018 Residency Showcase, Crawford College of Art and Design
2018 VUE, National Contemporary Art Fair in association with SO Fine Art Editions, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2017 Beyond Dialogue, Crawford College of Art and Design, Co. Cork
2017 ReCollective, St. Peters Event Centre, Co. Cork
2017 6Marks Drawing Collective, C.I.T Wandesford Quay Gallery, Co. Cork
2016 K – Fest, Art Festival, Kilorglin, Co.Kerry
2016 Murmuration, 3rd Year Group Exhibition, Village Hall, Co. Cork
2016 A Good Start Exhibition, C.I.T Wandesford Quay Gallery, Co. Cork
2016 Christmas Art Exhibition, C.I.T Wandesford Quay Gallery, Co. Cork
2015 Reconnect, CCAD Fine Art/ Applied Art, C.I.T, Co. Cork
Awards/Residencies/Bursaries/Accolades
2023/24 Glucksman Gallery Painting Tutor
2022 Masterclass Teacher at the RHA
2022 Shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
2022 Individual Art Bursary – Cork City Council
2021 Peer Panelist for the Arts Council of Ireland
2021 Cork Pride Residency
2021 Added to Art History Syllabus for Leaving Cert
2021 Lewis Glucksman Gallery Commission
2021 Butler Gallery Pride Residency
2021 & 2019 Work added to National Art Collection at Crawford Art Gallery
2020 Visual Art Bursary Award – Arts Council of Ireland
2019 Harmony Exchange Program, Shanghai Residency
2019 Top 50 People to watch by Irish Times
2018 Shortlisted for Zurich Portrait Prize in the National Gallery of Ireland
2018 Sunny Art Prize Winner
2018 Winner of Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize
2018 Shortlisted for the UK Emerald Winter Pride Art Awards
2017 Backwater Studios Residency
2017 Student of The Year Award
2015 Chairperson of Crawford Society – Awarded ‘Academic Society of the Year’