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Joe Dunne was born in Dublin in 1957 and studied at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin from 1975 to 1978. Early works were mostly small in scale and painted in watercolour. The subject matter was predominantly landscape or streetscape and often painted in a traditional plein air manner to capture fleeting changes in atmosphere and light. A development towards a more realistic style was apparent with his first serious portrait works ‘Portrait of my Father’ and ‘Portrait of Tina’ (Triptych) painted in 1983. These were among his earliest paintings in egg tempera, a versatile medium which was to become favoured for most of his work to date. He has received a number of awards including the RHA silver medal for a self portrait in 1986 and the Don Niccolo Caracciolo RHA Award in 1993. He won two awards at the Arnotts National Portrait Awards in 1990 and 1993 and more recently the Keating McLoughlin Medal for a group portrait at the RHA Annual in 2006 and the inaugural Davy Portrait Award in 2008. Commissions by the Office of Public Works include his portraits of former Taoiseach Eamon deVelera and of President Mary McAleese. In 2003 he completed a residency and was awarded a fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Co. Mayo and in 2004 he was selected by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council as artist in residence Scoil Naithí gaelscoil in Ballinteer, Dublin. His work is included in the collections of the Royal Dublin Society, the Office of Public Works, Irish Independent Newspapers, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, the Irish Management Institute, Maynooth University of Ireland, the Ballinglen Art Foundation Archive, the Dublin Dental School and Hospital, and the Boyle Civic Collection. |
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