Ann Quinn was born in Donegal in 1978 and received a BA in Fine Art Painting from the National College of Art & Design in 2000.

Solo shows include Taylor Galleries (2025, 2023, 2021, 2018, 2016), Regional Cultural Centre (2024), Custom House Gallery & Studio (2019), Dock Arts Centre (2013), the Ashford Gallery (2009). Group shows include the Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition (2004-2024), It Took a Century: Women Artists and the RHA, National Gallery of Ireland (2023), Regard X: Celebrating the Outstanding Contribution made by women to the National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, Bourn Vincent Gallery, UL (2019).

One of her artworks was selected by writer Cristín Leach for her RTÉ commissioned ’21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks’ series and the following exhibition as part of the Earagail Arts Festival, 2019.

Some of the awards Quinn received include the Anita Young Bursary (RHA Annual Exhibition, 2024), a Visual Artists Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland (2024, 2020, 2009), a Travel and Training Award from the Arts Council of Ireland (2016), the Thomas Dammann Award (2022, 2019, 2017, 2015), the K & M Evans Award (RHA Annual Exhibition in 2012), and the Hennessey Craig Scholarship (RHA Annual Exhibition in 2009).

Quinn has undertaken artist residencies including the Ucross Foundation (USA, 2023), the Ragdale Foundation (USA, 2022, 2016), the VCCA (USA, 2014), Centre d’ Art I Natura (Spain, 2015, 2010), the Fundación Valparaíso (Spain, 2014, 2008). Residencies in Ireland include the Tyrone Guthrie Centre (2025, 2008), a studio residency at the RHA (2009), Heinrich Boll Cottage (2010) and Glenveagh National Park (2007).

Her work is in the collections of the Office of Public Works, Trinity College Dublin, the National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, Donegal County Museum, Donegal County Council, Donegal County Library, and the Health Service Executive.

Ann Quinn was elected as an Associate Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2022. She is represented by Taylor Galleries, Dublin.

CV

2022: Elected an Associate Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
1997 – 2000: BA Degree in Fine Art / Painting, National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annquinnartist/

AWARDS

Visual Arts Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland, 2024, 2020, 2009
Anita Young Bursary, Royal Hibernian Academy, 2024
Ulster Watercolour Society Prize, Royal Ulster Academy, 2024
Artist Bursary, Donegal County Council, 2009 – 2024
Thomas Dammann Travel Award, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2015
Decade of Centenary Award, Donegal Museum, 2021
Travel and Training Award, Arts Council of Ireland, 2016
K & M Evans Prize for Painting, Royal Hibernian Academy, 2012
National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, University of Limerick, 2012
Per Cent for Art Scheme Commission, Health Service Executive, 2011
Hennessey Craig Award, Royal HIbernian Academy, 2009
Shortlisted, the Golden Fleece Award, 2009
Dublin City Council, Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary, 2008
Shortlisted, Hennessey Craig Award, RHA, 2008
Glenveagh National Park Residency Award & Bursary, 2007

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 The Last Wolf, Taylor Galleries, Dublin
2024 Northern Light, mid-career retrospective, Regional Cultural Centre, Co. Donegal
2023 Twilight Time, Taylor Galleries, Dublin
2023 Northern Light Vision, Hjelmelandsvagen, Hjelmeland, Norway
2021 North Calling, Taylor Galleries, Dublin
2019 Ann Quinn Paintings, Custom House Gallery & Studios, Mayo
2018 The Human Presence, Taylor Galleries, Dublin
2016 The Place Where I Stand to Look Out Over This World, Taylor Galleries, Dublin
2016 Sky’s Windows, Jack House Gallery, Old Portsmouth, England
2013 Metamorphosis Created by Distance, The Dock Arts Centre, Leitrim
2011 She would argue a crow is white, Cross Gallery, Dublin
2010 The Lunacy is Safely a Field Away, Mullan Gallery Belfast
2010 Fields of Vision, Cavanacor Gallery, Co. Donegal
2009 Different Silences, Ashford Gallery, RHA Gallery, Dublin
2008 Autumn in Middle East, Summer in West, Cross Gallery, Dublin
2006 Settlers and Warriors, Cross Gallery, Dublin
2006 Night Too Bright, South Tipperary Art Centre
2005 I’m Wearied Treeless, Irish Arts Centre, New York
2002 Blue Heavens, Appleloft Gallery, Sligo

RESIDENCIES

Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, 2027
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan, 2025, 2008
Ucross Foundation, Wyoming, United States, 2023
Ragdale Foundation, Illinois, United States, 2023, 2016
Andøy, Norway. Organised by Donegal County Council Cultural Services & Vesterålen Cultural Council, 2018
Fundación Valparaíso, Almeria, Spain, 2016, 2008
Centre d’ Art I Natura, Catalonia, Spain, 2015, 2010
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, United States, 2014
Independent Studio Artists Ltd, Temple Bar, Dublin, 2011 – 2014
Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, 2010
Royal Hibernian Academy, Studio Residency, Dublin, 2009
Aras Eanna, Inis Oirr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, 2009
The Cill Rialaig Project, Co. Kerry, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014
Glenveagh National Park, Co. Donegal, 2007

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 194th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Invited Artist: Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon

2023 It Took a Century: Women Artists and the RHA, National Gallery of Ireland. 193rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Invited Artist: Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon

2022 192nd Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

2020 190th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

2019 21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks, curated by Cristín Leach, Glebe Gallery, Donegal. 189th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Regard X: Celebrating the Outstanding Contribution made by women to the National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick. Other Worlds, Two person exhibition with Robert Ryan, Claremorris Gallery, Co Mayo. Irish Art Now, Contemporary Art Auction, Pallas Projects, Dublin. Invited Artist, Legacy, 30th Anniversary of the Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon

2018 Invited Artist, 188th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Invited Artist, Gathering, The Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon

2017 Invited Artist, 187th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. ‘Nasty Women Dublin‘, Pallas Projects, Dublin. Facing West, Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon. 4 person show, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo

2016 186th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Pallas Projects Gala Benefit Auction with Whytes at the Georgian Society, Dublin. VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, with Taylor Galleries, RHA, Dublin

2015 185th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Claremorris Open, Co. Mayo. VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, with Taylor Galleries, RHA, Dublin

2014 184th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

2013 VUE: National Contemporary Art Fair, with Taylor Galleries, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. 183rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Subtle Correspondence, three person show, Taylor Galleries, Dublin. Three Person Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo

2012 182th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. VUE, National Contemporary Art Fair, with Taylor Galleries, RHA, Dublin. National Portrait Collection of Ireland, Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick

2011 181st Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

2010 180th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Inscape, four-person exhibition, Galway Arts Centre. Bizarre Bazaar, Pallas Projects, Dublin

2009 Invited Artist, 179th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon. Eigse Arts Festival, Co. Carlow

2008 178th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. The Plinian Sponge, maybe?, Ashford Gallery touring exhibition : Johnston Central Library, Cavan; Ballina Art Centre; West Cork Art Centre; Roscommon Art Centre. Winter Salon, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.Timbuktu, Pallas Projects, Dublin. Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon

2007 177th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Thirty Two Thousand Years Later, Pallas Projects, Dublin.

2006 176th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Four Lights, Letterkenny Art Centre, Co. Donegal

2005 175th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. End of Year Painting Exhibition, Ashford Gallery, Dublin

2004 174th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. Full Circle, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

2003 An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny, Brunswick Mill Studios group exhibition. Temple Bar Gallery, 50/50 group exhibition.

2002 Dunamaise Center for the Arts, Portlaoise, Brunswick Mill Studios group show. Temple Bar Gallery, 20/20 group exhibition. Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Heaven and Earth

COLLECTIONS

Trinity College Dublin; National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, UL; Office of Public Works; Donegal Museum; Health Service Executive; Donegal County Library; AXA Insurance; Glenveagh National Park; Donegal County Council; Four Seasons Hotel Group; Carlton House, Kildare; Kelly’s Resort Hotel, Wexford

REVIEWS AND PRESS

Northern light, review by Margarita Cappock, 40 Years Anniversary edition of Irish Arts Review, 2025
Meet the Artist: Ann Quinn telling a story to the viewer, chapter by chapter, by Philip Carton, Business Post, 13th October, 2023
What Lies Beneath, by Niall MacMonagle, Sunday Independent, 15th October, 2023
Twilight Time, Visual Artists News Sheet, September – October Edition, 2023
10 paintings you wish you’d bought at the 193rd RHA Annual show, by Cristín Leach,
RTE Culture, 23rd June, 2023
Art is thriving in a time of cultural disruption, Year in Cultural Review, by Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 8th December, 2018
The Human Presence, review by John P. O’ Sullivan, Ireland’s Sunday Times, Sunday 16th September, 2018
Art in Focus, ‘Don’t Be Afraid’, review by Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 1st September, 2018
Interview with Seán Rocks on Arena, RTÉ Radio One, September, 2018, https://www.rte.ie/radio1/arena/programmes/2018/0910/992902-arena-monday-10-september-2018/?clipid=102922602
Artistic License : Ann Quinn, by Penny McCormick, The Gloss Magazine, 22nd August, 2018
Interview, Culture File, Lyric FM, January 2018, https://m.soundcloud.com/soundsdoable/sets/anne-quinn
Painting selected by critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach for RTE Culture as one of 21 artworks that define Modern Ireland. https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0830/901026-21-century-ireland-in-21-artworks/
5 Star Review by Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 27/09/2016
What Lies Beneath by Niall MacMonagle, Sunday Independent, 09/10/2016
The Eye of the Storm: Ann Quinn Charts the Development of Her Painting Practice, Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet, May-June Edition, 2014
Subtle Correspondence, review by Cristín Leach Hughes, Culture Magazine, Ireland’s Sunday Times, 30/06/13
New Horizons, review by Denise Ferran, Summer Edition, Irish Arts Review, June 2013
The Ticket, Aidan Dunne, 12/10/12
National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, Catalogue, University of Limerick, 2012
What Lies Beneath, Niall MacMonagle, Sunday Independent, http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/mary-by-ann-quinn-26863535.html ,10/06/12
Painting featured on cover of poetry collection by Kerry Hardie, The Ash and the Oak and the Wild Cherry Tree, The Gallery Press, 2012
Serious work that will bring a smile to your face, The Irish Times, 25.03.09, review by Aidan Dunne
Expressions of Past Tranquility, The Irish Times, 23.01.08, review by Aidan Dunne
Picturing Tehran and Donegal, The Irish Times, 12.01.08, by Fiona McCann
Circa Online Review, by Laura McGovern, 2008 http://www.recirca.com/cgi-bin/mysql/show_item.cgi?post_id=1800
Splendid Isolation, The Visual Artist’s News Sheet, VAI, Jan-Feb 2008
The Plinian sponge, maybe ?, Ashford Gallery, Catalogue, 2008
Shining in Glenveagh, CRANN Magazine, Winter Edition, 2007
Lifelines, New and Collected: Letters from Famous People about their Favourite Poem, Town House, 2006
Poetry Now 2005, two paintings used to illustrate two Leaving Certificate books, Celtic Press, 2005
The Irish Times, 17.01.01, by Sue Carter
The Irish Times, 14.06.00, review by Aidan Dunne