Ger Sweeney
1959 Born in Castlebar, Co.Mayo
1982 Diploma in Painting and Print Galway RTC (GMIT)
1983 - BA Honours Degree NCAD
1983 1985 Lecturer in Fine Art Painting and Print GMIT
1989 1996 Artist & Director Artspace Studios, Galway

Exhibitions 2002
Abstract Collyer-Bristow Gallery, London, UK & The Stanley Gallery, London, UK
Artworks C. Duell Gallery, Boston, USA
Compulsion Collectors Exhibition, Galway AC., Ireland
Chimaera Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland
Summer Show Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
Spectrum The Granary Gallery, Waterford, Ireland

Solo Exhibitions 1989-2002
2002 Galway Arts Centre
2000 Town Hall Gallery (Galway) Ireland
1995 Theatre Artaud (San Francisco) USA
1994 European Parliament (Brussels) Belgium
1993 Foyle Arts Centre (Derry) Ireland
1993 Irish Arts Club (London) U.K.
1993 Linenhall Arts Centre (Castlebar) Ireland
1993 Guinness Hop Store, (Dublin) Ireland
1992 Eigse Arts Festival (Carlow) Ireland
1992 Riverrun Gallery (G.A.F.) Ireland
1991 Bridge Mills Gallery (Galway) Ireland
1990 Cliffden Arts Festival Ireland
1989 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland
1989 Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland
1989 Galway Arts Centre, Ireland

Selected Group Exhibitions 1983 - 2001
Chimaera: Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland
Imaginaire Irlandais: Lyon, Loreaunt, France
Blue: Mayo Artists Exhibition, Linen Hall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Eigse Festival: Carlow, Ireland
Galway Printmakers: UCG Gallery, Galway. Geoghegan Gallery, Galway, Ireland
Dolan Moore Gallery, Athlone, Co.Westmeath, Ireland.
Irish Club, London, England
Island Connection Exhibitions: Arts Club, Dublin. Inis Boffin, Galway.
Clare Island, Mayo., (Ireland) Canary Islands Spain
Artspace Exhibitions: Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland. Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland.
Western Artists Exhibition: Galway & Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Fools Gold: Artists response to mining in Ireland. Winnower Gallery, Galway, City Arts Centre, Dublin (Ireland)
Ten: Ashwagh Hall, Springs, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y., USA
Graduates Group Show: Soloman Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Graduates Exhibition NCAD: Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland
GPA Awards Show: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Claremorris Open Exhibition: County Mayo, Ireland
Awards and Nominations
G.P.A. Awards Exhibition in Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin)
U.N.E.S.C.O. Awards Visual Art & Theatre
Kilkenny Arts Awards Visual Art Painting
C.O.E. Awards - Exhibition

Collections
European Parliament Collection, Belgium
O.P.W. (Dublin) Ireland
O.P.W. (Waterford) Ireland
Guinness Group Ireland
Dept. of Taoiseach Ireland
Mayo Co. Council Ireland
Bausch & Lombe Ireland
First Active Bank (Dublin) Ireland
Private Collections
Ireland, UK & Europe