Francis Tansey

Education
1978-83 Graduated National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland

History
1959 Born in Dublin, Ireland
1985-86 First Artist in Residence, Butler Gallery, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
1994 Director of Butler Gallery, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Selected Exhibitions
1983 National College of Art and Design Degree Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
1984 Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1985 One man show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1986 International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London, England
1986 Represented Ireland at International Festival of Painting, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
1986 "Six in the Sticks", Butler Gallery, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
1986 One man show, Solomon Gallery, London, England
1986 Two man show (with Michael Warren), Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1987 "Nua", Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Furniture with Paintings by Francis Tansey, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1987 "Kilkenny 9" Nine Kilkenny Artists, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1987 The Riggs Gallery, Le Jolla, California, USA
1987 One man show, Solomon Gallery, London
1988 Represented Ireland in Rose International Exhibition of Art, Dublin, Ireland
1989 Aer Rianta Annual Exhibition, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland
1989 'Images from Ireland' Brussels, Belgium
1989 One man show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1992 New Acquisitions, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland
1992 Aer Rianta Annual Exhibition, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland
1992 "Geometrics" group show, Bistango Gallery, Irvine, California, USA
1992 "Abstract Prospectus" International Group Show, L.A. Art Core, Los Angeles, USA
1992 One man show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1993 LACA, Los Angeles Contemporary Art Exhibition, Group Exhibition
1994 Group Show, Chicago Group Show, Pizzaro Design, Malibu, USA
1994 "Real or Unreal", James O'Donoghue Gallery, Kilkenny Arts Week, Kilkenny, Ireland
1995 One man show, Max Factor Building, Wilshire, Brentwood Plaza, LA, USA
1995 One man show, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1995 "Kilkenny Colorists", Group show, Market Cross Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
1996 "Kilkenny Colorists II", International Group show, Market Cross, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
1997 First Annual Summer Exhibition, Ballyreddin, Bennettsbridge, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
1997 Aer Rianta 10 Year Retrospective Exhibition, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland
1998 Second Annual Summer Exhibition, Ballyreddin, Bennettsbridge, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
1998 Contemporary Kilkenny Artists, Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford, Ireland
1999 One man show, Grosvenor Gallery, Ormond Hotel, Dublin, Ireland

Corporate Collections
Industrial Development Authority Manley & O'Reilly
Guinness and Mahon Bank Guinness Group
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc Yamanouchi, Ireland
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ireland Ulster Museum, Belfast
B.A.S.F. International, Ireland Central Bank, Dublin
Allied Irish Investment Bank Irish Life plc
Contemporary Irish Arts Society Ulster Bank Group Treasury Ltd
Craig Gardner & Company Gandon Securities Ltd
The Arts Council of Ireland Arthur Anderson & Co.
Allied Irish Bank Adsert Inc. Los Angeles
AIB Computer Centre Glen Dimplex
William Miller & Sons The Summit Group, London
AIB Uxbridge, UK The Perrin Museum, Jamica
Merck Sharp & Dohme Irish Management Institute
Hibernian Life The Butler Gallery Collection
Aer Rianta Development Corporation
Greencore plc. Ulster Bank, Dublin
Citibank plc. Hoechst, Frankfurt, Germany
Mason Technologies Dublin Writers Museum
Autobahn Music, Munich Elan Corp, plc. Dublin
Brandon Hotel, New Ross National Concert Hall, Dublin
Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford, Ireland Sonopress, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Sanmina Corp., Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland Lorcan Lyons & Associates, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

Bibliography
1985 Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, April 23, 1985, Review of Exhibition
1986 Desmond McAvock, The Irish Times, November 11, 1986, Review of Exhibition
1986 Accountancy Ireland, Vol 18, No. 2, Cover Illustration
1986 Sunday Tribune, Interview with Francis Tansey
1987 Patrick J. Murphy, Irish Arts Review, Vol. 4, No. 1.
1987 Cover and Article with Colour Plates
1988 "From the Air Collection of Twentiety Century Irish Art", AIB 1988 Calendar
1988 Rosc '88 Catalogue
1988 Sunday Press, August 14, 1988, Preview of Rosc '88
1988 Sunday Tribune, August 1988, Preview of Rosc '88
1989 Spirit of Europe, Ryanair In-Flight Magazine, Article and Colour Plates
1990 Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, October 4, 1990, Review of Exhibition
1992 Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, September 5, 1992, Review of Exhibition
1992 Patrick Gallaher, Sunday Independent, September 6, 1992, Review of Exhibition
1992 Aidan Dunne, The Sunday Tribune, September 6, 1992, Review of Exhibition
1993 Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, Review of Kilkenny Arts Week
1994 Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, Review of Kilkenny Arts Week
1995 resemay Hamilton, The Kilkenny People, May 19, 1995, Review of Exhibition
1995 Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, May 11, 1995, Review of Exhibition
1999 Gerry Watson, Decision Business review, May 1999, Article and Colour Plate