Cóilín Ó Dubhghaill Biography
Cóilín is a silversmith producing work that explores vessel forms through a study of process, materials and colour.
Cóilín trained at Grennan Mill craft school and Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 1996.
He subsequently worked as a designer for industry in India, the Philippines, and the UK, and set up a workshop in Kilkenny, Ireland.
In 1998, he moved to Tokyo, to study in the metalwork department at the National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), receiving a doctorate in 2005.
From 2007-2019, Cóilín worked as a Senior Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University. He currently lectures in the School of Design at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.
He exhibits his work internationally and has pieces in collections including the National Museum of Ireland, the Goldsmiths’ Collection, London, and the Marzee collection, Netherlands.
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Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | ‘Transmutation’, Galerie Marzee, Netherlands |
| 2011 | ‘Cóilín Ó Dubhghaill’, Galerie Marzee, Netherlands |
| 2010 | ‘Focus’, Contemporary Applied Arts, London |
| 2008 | ‘Cóilín Ó Dubhghaill’, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2006 | ‘Cóilín Ó Dubhghaill’, Galerie Marzee, Netherlands |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | ‘Surface Matters’, The Coach House, Dublin Castle, Ireland |
| 2018 – 2019 | ‘European Prize for Applied Arts’, Site des Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium; The National Design and Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland |
| 2018 | ‘Melting Point’, Makers' Guild in Wales, Cardif, |
| ‘Collect’, Saatchi Gallery, London, | |
| 2017 | ‘Tresor’, Messe Basel, Switzerland, |
| ‘Forged’, Galerie Handwerk, Munich | |
| ‘Narratives in Making’, National Design and Craft Gallery, Kilkenny | |
| ‘Objets, Mes Amis’, Artmonte-carlo, Monaco | |
| ‘Collect’, Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| ‘TASTE at Artgenève’, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 2016 | ‘In Residence II ’, Oliver Sears Gallery, 33 Fitzroy Square, London |
| ‘Women’s Stories & Emblems 1916-2016’, Galway City Museum, Ireland | |
| 2015 | ‘Finders and Keepers’, dlr Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin |
| ‘Portfolio’, Solomon FIne Art, Dublin | |
| ‘In Residence’, Oliver Sears Gallery, Six Fitzroy Square, London | |
| ‘The Silversmith's Art’, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | |
| ‘Modern Masters’, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh | |
| ‘Aesthetics of Manufacture II’, Butcher Works, Sheffield | |
| ‘Side by Side’, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France | |
| ‘Meister der Moderne’, IHM, Munich, | |
| 2014 | ‘Vase, Vessel, Void’, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin |
| ‘Collect’, Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| 2013 | ‘Five into Four’, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin |
| ‘Collect’, Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| ‘Aesthetics of Manufacture’, Butcher Works, Sheffield | |
| ‘Frame@Schmuck’, Internationale Handwerks Messe, Munich | |
| ‘Future Beauty’, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland | |
| 2012 | ‘Beneath the Skin’, Galerie Marzee, Netherlands |
| 2012 – 2014 | ‘Out of the Marvelous’, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny; Solstice Arts Centre, Navan; Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Ireland |
| 2012 | ‘domesticMATTERS’, CAA, London |
| ‘KunstRAI’, Amsterdam RAI, Netherlands | |
| ‘Collect ’, Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| 2011 – 2012 | ‘Dubh’, AIHS, New York and Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, USA / Ireland |
| 2011 | ‘Collect’, Saatchi Gallery, London |
| ‘Silverstruck’, Ruthin Craft Centre and National Museum of Wales, Wales | |
| 2010 | ‘Silver Time’, Galeria Sztuki w Legnicy, Poland |
| ‘Portfolio ’, National Craft Gallery, Ireland | |
| ‘Collect’, Saatchi Gallery, London | |
| 2009 | ‘KeyPiece’, SIA Gallery, Sheffield |
| ‘Sterling Irish’, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland | |
| ‘Object’, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| 2008 | ‘National Metalwork Design Award’, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield |
| ‘9 Create’, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh | |
| ‘Treasures of Today’, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin | |
| 2007 | ‘Seven Smiths’, Blackwell, Lakeland Arts Trust, UK |
| 2007 – 2008 | ‘Silver of the Stars’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; The World Art Museum, Beijing; The Museum of Kyoto, The National Museum of Scotland, U.K. / Russia / China / Japan |
| 2007 | ‘In Praise of Shadows ’, Bodhi, London Design Festival, UK |
| 2006 | ‘KunstRai’, Amsterdam RAI, Netherlands |
| ‘Collect’, V&A Museum, London | |
| 2005 – 2006 | ‘100% Proof’, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, USA; Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco; Flow Gallery, London; Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, USA / UK |
Public Collections
| 2018 | Museums Sheffield |
| 2016 | Galway City Museum |
| 2013 | Irish State Art Collection |
| 2012/2009 | The International Contemporary Collection of Irish Design & Craft |
| 2012/2006 | Marzee Collection, Netherlands |
| 2011 | The Goldsmiths' Company, Modern Collection, London |
| 2010 | Galeria Sztuki w Legnicy, Poland |
| 2008 | National Museum of Ireland, Dublin |
| 2007 | Incorporation of Goldsmiths, Edinburgh |
| 2006 | Glasgow Cathedral, UK |
| 2005 | Irish State Art Collection, Farmleigh House |
| 2003 | Toride City Collection, Japan |
| 1996 | Birmingham Assay Office Collection, UK |
Awards, Scholarships
| 2019 | Shortlisted, European Prize for Applied Arts |
| 2015 | Bavarian State Prize, Germany |
| 2009 | Arts Council England Grants for the Arts |
| 2008 | Shortlisted, National Metalwork Design Award, Museums Sheffield |
| 2007 – 2010 | AHRC Fellowship |
| 2007 | Sasakawa Foundation grant |
| 2006 | Special Merit Award, Golden Fleece, Ireland |
| 1998 – 2005 | Monbusho Scholarship, Japan |
| 1997 | Work-study Scholarship, Penland School Of Crafts, USA |
| Ronald J. Pearson Scholarship, Haystack School of Crafts, USA | |
| 1996 | Birmingham Assay Office, Silver Design Award |
| Designer Silversmith Awards, Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, U.K. (Highly Commended) |
Education
| 2002 – 2005 | Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music (Tokyo Geidai), Doctor of Fine Arts |
| 2000 | Seoul National University, College of Fine Arts, Korea, Exchange Program |
| 2000 – 2002 | Tokyo Geidai, Master of Fine Arts |
| 1997 | Haystack School of Crafts, USA |
| Penland School of Crafts, USA | |
| 1995 | Maine College of Art, USA, Exchange Program |
| 1992 – 1996 | Edinburgh College of Art, B.A. (Hons), Design and Applied Arts |
| 1991 – 1992 | Grennan Mill Craft School, Kilkenny, Ireland |
Academic
| 2019 – | Lecturer, National College of Art and Design, Ireland |
| 2007 – 2019 | Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University |
| 2005 – 2007 | Visiting Lecturer/ Academic Researcher, Glasgow School of Art |
| 1996 – | Visiting lecturer at: |
| National College of Art and Design, Ireland | |
| Edinburgh College of Art, UK | |
| London Metropolitan University, UK | |
| Buckinghamshire Chilterns University, UK | |
| Tokyo Geidai, Japan | |
| Tama Art University, Japan | |
| Royal College of Art, UK | |
| Australian National University, Canberra, Australia | |
| RMIT, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Hong Kong Design Institute |