Michael Flaherty

1950	Michael Flaherty was born on the Dingle Peninsula, Co.Kerry
1969-1973	B.A. Degree U.C.C. and H Dip Ed. National University, Maynooth.
1973-1977	Municipal Art College, Cork.  &   Sligo R.T.C.

Solo Exhibitions
Kilcock Art Gallery     1992 – 2008	Sligo Art Gallery
Arches Gallery-Edinburgh	Ginnel Gallery - Manchester
Peacock Theatre – Dublin	Cork Arts Society
Hendricks Gallery – Dublin	Sligo Arts Festival
Heritage Centre – Derry	Siamsa – Tralee
Mount Street Gallery – Dublin	Kenny’s Gallery – Galway
Listowel Writers Week	Wellspring Gallery – Tralee
Greenlane  Gallery – Dingle	Grant Fine Art – Co. Down
New York University	Cork Art Society
Guinness Hop Store – Dublin	Vanguard Gallery – Macroom
Lavit Gallery – Cork	Blue Raincoats Theatre, Sligo
Dalkey Castle	Brendan Kennelly Summer School, Ballylongford
Collections
A.I.B. Group	Dublin City University
Irish Life Insurance	Arthur Anderson & Co
Ulster Investment Bank	I.B.E.C.
Department of an Tanaiste	A.I.B., New York
Electricity Supply Board	Merrill Lynch Corporate Finance
Glanbia plc	Vincent Ferguson Collection
Lee Strand, Tralee	National Treasury Management Agency
Government Offices	DAIWA Bank Plc, New York
O.P.W.
National Portrait Collection, University of Limerick	Commerz Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
New York University, Washington Square, N.Y.	Irish Intercontinental Bank, Dublin
Irish Management Institute.	United Drug plc.
Dock Holdings Ltd.	Brian Burns Collection, U.S.A.
Guinness Peat Aviation	ABN Amro.
St. Lukes Hospital.	Irish Permanent plc.
Colourtech Computing Ltd.	Kerry Foods plc.
Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin	Bausch & Lomb, Waterford
International Company Services (Irl.) Ltd	Shannon Development
Mrs. Jean Kennedy Smyth, Former US Ambassador to Ireland.

"Artists Statement 2010"

“The current series of snow paintings began last year 2009, when we had a heavy snowfall - an unusual event down here on the Dingle Peninsula. While the mountaintops are often white in winter, to have snow down to the sea has not happened since I was a child. It didn't last long, I did a small number of drawings and paintings and then put them aside. The snow in January revived my interest in the theme and I found it suited a method of drawing I have been using for the past while - black and white on paper using a brush. Luckily the days following the snowfall were calm with brilliant sunshine, which is why the imagery has a clarity and lightness, and instead of an oppressive coldness the subtle play of light and shadow was something that immediately suggested itself to me. And because the mountains and sea are so close together the uniformity of colour made the compositions easier than usual to realize. I have really enjoyed working on these pictures - especially at a time of year, which is often dull, wet and windy in Kerry and at times a struggle to get the energy to put paint on canvas. I hope everyone who views the exhibition will enjoy these paintings”