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Meghan Heeney is a fine artist and painter based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2015 Heeney graduated from the Ulster University, Belfast, with an honours degree in Fine Art Painting. Whilst there she was recognised for artistic merit and was awarded the Inaugural Award by The Loft collective. She then went on to complete a Master in Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland in 2017. Since her graduation Heeney has extensively exhibited in Belfast, Dublin and throughout Ireland, and has started exhibiting further afield in wider parts of the United Kingdom. At present she is a participant of SO Fine Art Editions, Gallery, Dublin.
Education
2017 Participant of S0 Fine Art Editions, Gallery, Dublin 2
2015- 2017 National College of Art and Design, Masters in Fine Art
2012-2015 University of Ulster, Bachelor of Arts (Honours), in Fine Art
2011-2012 North West Regional College, Limavady, Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design
Qualifications
2017 Second Class Honours Upper Division, MFA, Masters in Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
2015 Second Class Honours Upper Division, B.A Hons Fine Art, Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster
2012 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Distinction Certificate, North West Regional College, Limavady
Exhibitions
2017
The Mary Peters Trust Exhibition, Black Canvas Gallery, Holywood, Belfast
Collision, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7
NCAD 2017 Graduate Show, Annex Building, 101 - 103 James Street, Dublin 8
2016
Mfa Group Exhibition Side to Side, Annex Building, 101 - 103 James Street, Dublin 8
Excess Baggage, Laurieston Arches, Cleland Lane, Glasgow
Group Exhibition Fast Forward, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Carlow Arts Festival 2016, Carlow
KFest Arts and Music Festival, Killorglin, Kerry
2015
Mfa Group Exhibition Good Tidings We Bring, Frawleys, Thomas Street, Dublin
Artists Rest Group Exhibition, Artists Rest Workshop, Balbriggan, Dublin
Drawing Today Exhibition, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow
Culture Night Group Exhibition, The Loft, Belfast
Degree Show, University of Ulster, Belfast
2012
Foundation Final Major Project Exhibition, Art and Design Department, North West Regional College, Limavady
2011
Group exhibition, Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Limavady
Awards
2015 Awarded Inaugural Loft Award for Fine Art Painting, The Loft, Belfast, June 2015.
2014 Awarded Tutoring in Schools Certificate, University of Ulster, May 2014
Artist Talks
2017 Colour mixing and theory, University of Ulster, Belfast
Reviews
2017 The Irish Times, ‘Fine art graduates fuse forces and flex their mussels’ by Aidan Dunne
2016 Billions Jorunal, Review of Art Works, Carlow Exhibition
2015 The Painting Corner, Belfast School of Art
Interviews
2015 Loft Talk VI by Loft Belfast