Bart O'Reilly

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EDUCATION:                                                      _________________________________________        
       1995-           National College of Art and Design
       2000           100 Thomas Street
                            Dublin 2, Ireland
                           Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art Painting
                           (BFA First Class Honors/Magna cum laude).

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
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        2008          Two  man show with Sheldon Drake, AXD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
        2007           Materializing the Story load of Fun Studios, Baltimore MD. USA (Sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland       
Washington DC)
2006           Found Fragments, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD. USA
        2005           Passing Places, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD. USA             

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 
2009            Escape, American Contemporary Gallery, Annapolis, MD, USA 
2008            What is Green, The Wind Up Space, Baltimore, MD. USA
If it’s Yellow, Load of Fun Gallerie, Baltimore MD. USA 
2007             Recent Work, Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland 
                              New paintings, Art Concepts, Walnut Creek, California, USA
                              Marquee Ball, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD. USA         
        2006           The Art of Making a Living, MIM, Baltimore, MD. USA
2005            A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
New Horizons, Group exhibition of 3 gallery artists,
Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD., USA      
2004           Spring Willow Breeze, Group exhibition of gallery artists,
Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD. USA.
2003           Group Show Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland.
PaintedSignal Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Painted, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
 2002           Painted, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
                      Painted, (Six painters at the Linenhall), Linenhall Arts Centre,    
Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2001             Heaven on Earth (In aid of UNICEF), Rubicon Gallery, Dublin,
Ireland.
Eruption, Players Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
                      Group Six, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin Ireland.     

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Darcelle Bleau, City Paper 26th June 2007, Materializing the Story
Bret McCabe, City Paper, 13th June 2007, Critics Pick
Alice Ockleshaw Urbanite, December 2006, Life Imitating Art 
Dan Collins, Baltimore Examiner, November 2006, Artist in Profile. 
Dan Collins, Baltimore Examiner, April 29th 2006
Glenn McNatt, Baltimore Sun, Live Section, Three Small Shows near the Harbor are worth a Look, January 20th, 2005
Baltimore Sun, Live Section, Best Bets, November 25th 2004
Aidan Dunne, Group six review, Irish Times, 13 June 2001.
Aidan Dunne, Students after Saatchi, Irish Times, 14 June 2000

COLLECTIONS
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Ballymore Inn (Sold at DeVeres Auction)
Creative Solutions Ltd.
Axa Collection
NCAD Collection
Private Collections

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Art Manager at Providence Art Institute, Millersville, MD.
Curator for Load of Fun Gallery, 2006