CECILIA DANELL
Born 1985, Motala, Sweden. Lives & Works in Galway, Ireland.
Represented by Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Education
2004 – 2008, BA Honours Degree in Fine Art Painting
Centre for Creative Arts & Media, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland
2012, An introduction to Jungian psychology,
University College Gävle, Sweden, 15 ECTS credits
2014, The films of Ingmar Bergman,
Linnaeus University Kalmar, Sweden, 7.5 ECTS credits
Awards & Residencies
2024 (forthcoming) Interface Inagh, residency with writer Michaele Cutaya, Connemara IRL
2024, Aras Eanna Arts Centre, residency, Inis Oirr, Aran Islands IRL
2024, Monson Arts, residency, Monson, Maine, USA
2023, Bursary Award, Arts Council, Ireland
2022, Hennessy Craig Award for painting, RHA Dublin IRL
2021, Agility Award, Arts Council, Ireland
2021 Invited Fellowship Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, IRL
2020, Bursary Award, Arts Council, Ireland
2020, ESB Keating Award & Medal for an Outstanding Artwork, 190th RHA Annual Exhibition, IRL
2020, RCSI Art Award shortlist, 190th RHA Annual Exhibition IRL
2020, Centre Culturel Irlandais, 2 month residency as recipient of the 2019 VAI & Suki Tea art Prize, Paris FR 2019, Bursary Award, Arts Council, Ireland
2017, Next Generation Award, Arts Council, Ireland
2017, Summer Residency, GMIT Centre for Creative Arts & Media, IRL
2017, Project Award for Solo Exhibition at Galway Arts Centre, Arts Council, Ireland
2016, Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, 2 Month Residency funded by Norwegian Ministry of Culture, NOR
2015, Individual Artist Bursary Award Galway City Council, IRL
2015, Proposal development shortlist, Percent for Art Commission, St Brigid’s School, Dublin, IRL
2013, Individual Artist Bursary Award, Galway City Council, IRL
2012, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award, Galway City Council, IRL
2011, Wexford Arts Centre Emergence Award, IRL
2011, Project Award ‘Build your own: Scandinavian Loneliness’, Arts Council, Ireland
2010, Bursary Award, Arts Council, Ireland
2009, Young Artists’ Training Award, Liljesonska stiftelsen, Co Östergötland, SWE
2008, GMIT Paint Student of the Year, sponsored by Allied Irish Bank, IRL
2007, Prize Winner, Claremorris Open Exhibition, IRL. Selected by: Ingrid Swenson
Solo Exhibitions
2024, Kevin Kavanagh Presents: Cecilia Danell, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, IRL
2023, A Stillness Expanded, Claremorris Gallery, Mayo IRL
2022, Brush Lightly Through Fireweed Forests, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin IRL
2022, Tactile Terrain, Luan Gallery, Athlone, IRL Curated by: Carmel Duffy
2021, I Trust the Quiet, Burren College of Art Gallery, Clare IRL
2020, I set a Bait for the Unknown, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin IRL
2019, In a Landscape, Royal Hibernian Academy, Ashford Gallery, Dublin. IRL Curated by: Ruth Carroll 2019, Winter Wanderer, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin IRL
2017, The Last Wilderness, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, IRL Curated by: Sarah Searson 2017 The Last Wilderness, Galway Arts Centre, IRL
2014, I am a Forest, and a Night of Dark Trees, Eight Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2012, Secretly, we Thirst for Reality, Wexford Arts Centre, IRL
2012, The Consoling Dream Necessity, Talbot Gallery, Dublin, IRL
Two-person Exhibitions
2024 (forthcoming) Galway Arts Festival, 126 Gallery, Galway IRL
2021, Mise en scène, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris FR 2016, Adventure Time,, TACTIC, Cork, IRL
2014, Your Spaces are my Places too, Motala Konsthall, SWE 2012 (Non)Fiction, Ballina Arts Centre, IRL
2008, Here and Elsewhere, Crow Gallery, Dublin, IRL Curated by: Maeve Mulrennan.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024, Magic and Loss, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2024,Forging Wild, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon IRL
2023, Following Threads, Crawford Art Gallery , Cork IRL
2022, GENERATION2022: New Irish Painting, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny IRL Curated by: Anna O’Sullivan
2022, Parklife: Biodiversity in Contemporary Irish Art, The Glucksman, Cork IRL Curators: Chris Clarke & Fiona Kearney
2022, Hennessy Craig Award Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. IRL
2021 The Way That We Went, Ballinglen Museum of Art, Co Mayo IRL Curated by: Anne Mullee
2020, 190th RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin IRL
2020, Swab Barcelona Art Fair, Kevin Kavanagh (virtual fair), ES
2020, London Art Fair, Kevin Kavanagh, Islington, London, UK
2019, Our Choice Our World, selected Kevin Kavanagh artists, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaois, IRL
2018, Winter Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Co Mayo IRL
2018 Futures Series 3 Episode 2, RHA, Dublin. IRL. Curators: Patrick T Murphy & Ruth Carroll.
2018, Island Life, Customs House Gallery, Westport. Curated by: Kevin Kavanagh & Ingrid Lyons IRL
2018, BEEP Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales. Selectors: Andre Stitt & Sue Williams UK 2018 Gathering, Boyle Arts Festival, King House, IRL Curated by: Paul McKenna
2018, Island Life, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin IRL
2018, Narrating Self, translating the Other, Galway Arts Centre IRL. Curated by: Maeve Mulrennan
2018, Hermione Exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin IRL. Curator: Aisling Prior
2017, Material Conditions, Platform Arts, Belfast, NI. Curated by: Hayley Gault & Alex Brunt
2017, Summer Residency Exhibition, GMIT Centre for Creative Arts & Media, Galway, IRL
2017, Facing West, Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle IRL. Curator: Paul McKenna
2017, Hermione Exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin IRL. Curator: Aisling Prior
2016, COE ’16 New Century Retro, Claremorris Open Prizewinners retrospective, Claremorris IRL. Curator: Helen O’Donoghue, IMMA
2016, Creative Wave, Galway City Museum, Galway Arts Festival IRL. Curator: Austin Ivers
2016, Veins, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin IRL. Curators: Davey Moor &Peter Prendergast
2016, Escape, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, IRL Curator: Michelle De Forge
2016, Overlap, Aras Eanna Arts Centre, Inis Oirr, Aran Islands IRL
2016, Hermione Exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin IRL Curator: Aisling Prior.
2015, Höstsalong 2015, Juried Annual Autumn Exhibition, Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna, SWE
2015, 185th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, IRL
2015, Wildscreen, Inagh Valley, Connemara, IRL. Curators: Louise Manifold & Una Quigley.
2014, Tulca Festival of Visual Arts, Festival Gallery, Galway, IRL. Curator: Aisling Prior.
2014, Galway, Gateway to Connaught ,Galerie Du Faouedic, Lorient, FRA.
2014, I kommunens gömmor, Motala Municipal Art Collection new acquisitions, Motala Konsthall, SWE.
2013, Pace, Clifden Arts Festival, IRL. Curator: Shelly McDonnell.
2013, REMEMBER ME (before I forget), Cecilia Danell, Emmet Kierans and Red Bird Youth Collective, Galway Arts Centre, IRL.
2013, Kaleidoscope: Contemporary Art From EU Member States, Representing Sweden. Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, IRL.
2012, Tulca Festival of Visual Arts, The Fairgreen gallery, Galway IRL. Curator: Gregory McCartney.
2012, Latency, Engage Studios members, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, IRL. Curator: Michaële Cutaya. 2012, The Museum Of Miniatures, Skibbereen Arts Festival, IRL. Curators: Tess Leak and Marie Brett.
2012, Solstice ,Cork Midsummer Festival, The Elysian, Cork, IRL. Curator: Aoife Flynn.
2011, Live@8 on Tour, The Exchange, Temple Bar, Dublin, IRL.
2011, VUE: Art Fair, RHA, Dublin, IRL. Represented by Talbot Gallery.
2011, Hammer and feather - experiments in space, The Niland Gallery, Galway, IRL. Curator: Mary Conlon. 2011, Re-fabrication, Collaborative installation with Majella Dowdican, Live@8 on tour, Occupy Space, Limerick, IRL.
2010, Tulca festival of Visual Arts, The Niland Gallery, Galway, IRL. Curator: Michelle Browne.
2010, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, IRL, Curator: Lisa Le Feuvre.
2010, Outside: Insight, Brigit's Garden, Rosscahill, Co Galway, IRL.
2010, Dock Discourse, 126 Gallery, Galway, IRL. Curator: Aoife Considine.
2010, {un}familiar, Galway Arts Centre, IRL. Curator: Maeve Mulrennan.
2010, {un}familiar, Red House Arts Center, Syracuse, NY USA. Curator: Maeve Mulrennan. 2009, Ealaion at Lunasa, Galway Arts Centre, IRL.
2009, 126 Gallery Members show swap Catalyst arts, Belfast, NI and 126 Gallery, Galway, IRL. 2008, Is This Utopia? Honours Degree Exhibition, GMIT Centre for Creative Arts & Media. IRL 2007, Claremorris Open Exhibition, IRL, Curator: Ingrid Swenson.