Michael Kane

1935		

Born in Dublin, Educated in County Wicklow 



1956-1958	

Studied at National College of Art, Dublin



1958 -1959	

Travelled and studied in Spain, Italy, and Britain



1961-1963	

Studied etching with Patrick Hickey, Graphic Studio, Dublin



1971		

Fellow, Salzburg Seminar	

Member of Aosdana (Toscairi 1982-1986)



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS



2005

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin (with Artists Book 'if it is true')

Norman Villa Gallery, Galway



2002		

Recent Paintings & Selected Works, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Cutting Edge, Art Space Gallery, London



2001		

Heads, Figures and a Park, Art Space Gallery, London

New Paintings, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin 



1999		 

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Paintings and Drypoinys, Art Space Gallery, London



1998		

Vanguard Gallery, Cork



1996

Recent Paintings, Art Space Gallery, London

Oireachtas exhibition, Hop Store, Dublin



1995		

Retrospective Exhibition, R.H.A. Gallagher Gallery, Dublin

Where the Poet has been, I.M.M.A., (honouring Anthony Cronin, Poet)

The Story of Narcissus, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin; Art Space Gallery, London



1993		

New Work, Art Space Gallery, London

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin



1991		

Woodcuts & Drawings, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Town Hall, Dundalk



1990		

A Sense of Ireland1, Art Space Gallery, London

Recent Paintings, Rubicon gallery, Dublin



1989		

Retrospective selection, woodcuts, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin



1987		

Homage to P.K, Project Arts Centre, Dublin



1986		

Galway Arts Centre, Galway Arts Festival



1984		

Lincoln Gallery, Dublin



1977-75	

Emmet Gallery, Dublin



1970-67	

Project Gallery, Dublin



1969		

Galerie La Fourmier, Zurich



1963		

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin



1960-61	

Ritchie Hendericks Gallery, Dublin



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS



1999		

When Time Began to Rant & Rage, Figurative Painting from 20th

Century Ireland, Liverpool, Berkeley, New York



1998		

Monotypes, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin



1997		

Monotypes, Art Space Gallery, London

Small Works, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin



1994		

Gateway to Art, Aer Rianta Arts Festival, Dublin Airport



1993		

Gateway to Art, Aer Rianta Arts Festival, Dublin Airport

Boyle Arts Festival

Contemporary Irish Art Society, I.M.M.A., Dublin



1992		

Balance/Imbalance,  Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Four x Fore, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, (John Kelly, Charles Cullen, John Behan)

Christmas Exhibition, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin



1991		

European Large Format Printmaking, Hop Store, Dublin



1990		

EC Presidency Exhibition (50 Irish Artists), Brussels

Gateway to Art, Aer Rianta Arts Festival, Dublin Airport

Irish Art the European Dimension, RHA Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin

Summer Exhibition, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

RHA Banquet Invitation Exhibition, RHA Gallery, Dublin



1989	

Exchange, (Irish section), Wurzburg, Bonn, Frankfurt

First  National Self Portrait Exhibition , National Gallery, Dublin



1988		

Independent Artists small group show, project Arts centre, Dublin

Three-person exhibition, paintings, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

Exchange, Germany/Ireland (site of 20 woodcuts)

Hop Store, Dublin; Limerick, Cork, Belfast; (Bonn & German tour 1989)	



1987		

Irish Graphics in Cuba						



1986/87	

First Irish Mini Print Exhibition, Hendricks Gallery, Dublin



1986		

The Artist and the Bomb, Temple Bar gallery, Dublin.

The School Show, Monaghan Town and Irish Tour



1985		

Dublin/Edinburgh. Edinburgh Festival



1983		

Making Sense, Contemporary Irish Painters, Projects Arts Centre, Dublin and tour



1982		

Painting 82, 12 Figurative Artists, Lincoln Gallery, Dublin



1979		

1st European Biennale of Graphical Art, Heidelberg



1978		

Municipal Galleries, Rauma and Tampere, Finland



1976		

Graphic Studio Retrospective, Municipal Gallery Dublin



1974		

International Exhibition of Original drawings, Rijecka, Yugoslavia

1st International Biennale of Graphic Art, Segovia, Spain



1973		

Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Art, Yugoslavia

Premio Internazionale, Biella



1972		

Galerie Klubschule, Zurich



1968		

Galerie Laubli, Zurich

Galerie in der Kleeweid, Zurich



1967		

Piccadilly Gallery, London

Clytie Jessop Gallery, London

Galerie des Deux Mondes, New York



1966		

Project167 Inaugural Exhibition, Gate Theatre, Dublin

Galerie Zum Gelben Hahn, St. Gallen, Switzerland



1965		

Swiss and Irish Artists, Galerie Obere Zaune, Zurich

Group 65, Dublin



1964		

International Graphics Exhibition, Municipal Gallery, Dublin



1963		

Five Young Artists , Ritchie Hendricks1 Gallery, Dublin



1962		

Salzburg Biennale



1960		

Five Irish Painters of Distinction, Ritchie Hendericks Gallery, Dublin



PUBLIC COLLECTIONS



Abbey Theatre;  Allied Irish Banks; Aer Lingus; 

Bank of Ireland;  Contemporary Irish Art Society;  

Coras Iompair Eireann;  An Comhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council;  

Government Buildings Dublin; Gulbeukian Foundation, Lisbon; 

Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin;  

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Jurys Hotels; Kerry County Libraries;  

Limerick City Art Gallery;  Monaghan County Museum;  

National Self-Portait Collection, University of Limerick;  

Office of Public Works; Caspar Reinhart Collection, Zurich;  

Municipal Gallery;  Tampere Finland; N.I.B Capital Bank London;   

Trinity College, Dublin; Irish Diplomatic Residences, 

Bern, Brussels, Rome, Washington  and many more collections.



PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 



Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, 

Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S.A.



BROADCASTS



RADIO		

Numerous Talks and interviews, RTE, BBC, Independent Radio, New York, 

1967  to the present



TELEVISION		

Appearances RTE, UTV, BBC, ITV, Danish and Finnish Television,

'I Live Here', one hour biographical programme RTE, 1989

'The Great Book of Ireland',  RTE 2, 1991

'State of the Art', RTE/BBC, 1992

Artist Homepage | Resume | Bibliography | Past Exhibitions