Olwyn Colgan C.V.
2025
Born: Co. Tyrone, Ireland
EDUCATION
2018 - 2019 NCAD Diploma in Art and Design
1992 – 1995 University of Ulster, Belfast. B.A. (Hons) Fashion and Textiles
1990 – 1992 Cookstown Further education College Co. Tyrone. Diploma in Fashion and Textiles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Custom House Studies and Gallery Wesport, Co. Mayo
2021 'Imagine', Hambly & Hambly, Co. Fermanagh
2019 'Lay of the Land', Icon Factory, Temple Bar, Dublin
2019 'Happenings', De Appendix, Blackrock Dublin, Ireland
2017 'The Journey', Strule Arts Centre Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Ireland
2016 'Fads and Feelings', Inspire Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 May Artist exchange exhibition 2026 @ Kulturwerkstatt Haus 10, Fürstenfeldbruck,Germany.
2025 Nov Dunamaise Gallery, Group Show, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
2025 Nov Custom House Studies & Gallery, Winter Show. Westport, Co. Mayo
2025 Ranelagh Arts Summer Group Show, Dublin
2025 Cairde Visual Annual, Co. Sligo
2025 Courthouse Gallery Summer Open, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
2024 'Lines of the Land' An Chead Tine Gallery, Co.Kilkenny
2024 Ardgillan Gallery Summer Show, Ardgillan Castle, Dublin
2023 McKenna Gallery Winter Show. Omagh Co. Tyrone
2023 34th Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Co. Roscommon (invited artist)
2023 Engine Room Gallery, Summer Show, Belfast
2022 'LARBI', GalleryX, Dublin
2022 33rd Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Co Roscommon (invited artist)
2021 RUA 140th Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2021 'The Annual 44', Artform annual, Co. Waterford
2021 Signal Open 2021, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
2021 'Art in Your Pocket': 6" x 4", Strule Arts Centre, Co. Tyrone
2020 RUA 139th Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2020 Signal Open 2020, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
2020 Westival Gallery, Westport Arts Festival, Mayo
2020 'Vulnerability In an age of oversharing', A Lust For Life, Comfort Zone, Creighton Gallery, Dublin
2020 '1FT Square', Waterways Ireland, Co. Fermanagh
2019 '1FT Square', Strule Art Centre, Co. Tyrone
2019 'Brittle/Fragile', Westival Gallery, Westport Arts Festival, Mayo
2019 'Beneath the Maps', NCAD Cead, Dublin
2018 Engine Room Gallery, Winter Show, Belfast
2018 'The Every Day', IMMA, NCAD, Dublin
2018 Engine Room Gallery, Summer Show, Belfast
2017 'Visibility', Open Submission, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co. Laois
2016 Neon X, Inspire Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Higher Bridges Gallery, Summer Show, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh,
2016 'Abstract', Burren College of Art, Co. Clare
2015 'Hue', Hive Emerging, Co. Waterford, Ireland
2015 'Wake', Liberties College Dublin, Ireland
2014 'Ten', Front Lounge, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Tyrone Open Submission, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co. Tyrone,
2013 'Land', The Mart Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2013 'Art In The East Side', The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
2013 'Vision', The Complex, Dublin, Ireland
2013 'Out of Booooom', Bust & Ruin Springs This, Filmbase, Dublin,
2012 Culture Night, Liberties College, Dublin, Ireland
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2025 (2024,2023,2018) The Cill Rialaig Project Residency, Co. Kerry
2024 Agility Award Arts Council Ireland
2022 Tyrone Guthrie, Annaghmakerrig, Residency bursary Award, Fermanagh & Omagh Distract Council 2019 2019 Bernard Taylor Memorial Prize, NCAD Cead Diploma, Art and Design
COLLECTIONS
Private collection England
ARTICLES
Preview - Visual art in Ireland Feb-Mar 2025 /vol 29 no 2