Cróna Gallagher is an award winning artist in both the Visual and Literary fields. She studied at Grennan Mill in Co. Kilkenny and N.C.A.D, Dublin before completing several apprenticeships in Europe. She is based in the Leitrim Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim.
Fine art Print work has been exhibited at national and international level and is held in both private and public collections including Caddebostan Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Awagami International, Japan and Ginestrelle contemporary art in Assisi, Italy among others.
Written material in the form of short fiction and poetry has featured in quality literary journals and anthologies. Her work has been nominated or shortlisted for a Pushcart award, the South Million award and The Raymond Carver competition, iYeats, The Jonathan Swift award and The Montreal International poetry award.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 – ‘INIS GLÓRA’ – ÁRAS INIS GLUAIRE, BELMULLET, CO. MAYO – Solo Exhibition of Print and Mixed Media.
2024 – ‘MARK MAKING’ – HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, YEATS HOUSE, SLIGO – With Tom Callery – Invited Artist (Sligo Artists Panel) – Print/Mixed Media
2018 – ‘EIKYO 2’ - FÉILE an PHOBAIL, BELFAST, CO. ANTRIM N.I. – Print and mixed media
2017 – ‘EIKYO’- HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, CO. SLIGO – Print and mixed media
2017 - HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, CO. SLIGO – ‘Eikyo’ - Print and mixed media
2014 - LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE, CO. LEITRIM – ‘The Hare of Ben Bó’ 2014 – Poetry and Intaglio Print.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 – 143rd ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2024 – LIMELIGHT CREATIVE ARTS CENTRE, Oranmore, Co. Galway ‘Eyes on Gaza’ - Print
2024 - FESTIVAL DE LA GRAVURE 21st EDITION, Galerie De La Maison de la Culture Museé D’Histoire Diekirch, Luxemburg –Print (Invited Artist)
2024 – 194th ANNUAL EXHIBITION – ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY, DUBLIN - Print
2023 - WINTER EXHIBITION – LHQ Gallery, Co. Cork Ireland ‘Small Things like These’ - Print
2023 – 142nd ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2023 – FESTIVAL DE LA GRAVURE 20th EDITION, Galerie De La Maison de la Culture Museé D’Histoire Diekirch, Luxemburg –Print (Invited Artist)
2023 – MINIPRINT KAZANLAK, Art Gallery Kazanlak, Bulgaria – ‘Annual Exhibition’ - Print
2022 – 141st ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2022 – BOYLE OPEN ART EXHIBITION – ‘The Bank’, Bridge St, Boyle, Co. Roscommon – Print
2022 – CAIRDE VISUAL 2022 – Hamilton Gallery, Co. Sligo - Print
2022 – 8th BOTANICAL AND FLORAL ART IN BLOOM EXHIBITION. ‘In Bloom’, Board Bia, Dublin - Print
2022 – 8th ANNUAL ON PAPER INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING AWARD ‘ONPaper’, Barcelona, Spain - Print
2022 – MAYO DAY ART EXHIBITION, Castlebar, Co. Mayo - Print
2022 – GLEBE GALLERY EASTER OPEN ART COMPETITION 2022 – Churchill, Co. Donegal - Print
2022 - GALERIE DE LA MAISON DE LA CULTURE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE DIEKIRCH – ‘FESTIVAL de la GRAVURE, 19th Edition’ -LUXEMBURG – Print (Invited Artist).
2022 – THE HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, YEATS HOUSE, Co. Louth – ‘InPrint’ M.P.G. Group Exhibition. - Print
2021 – AN TÁIN ARTS CENTRE, Co. Louth – ‘Together Again’ Annual Exhibition – (Invited Artist) – Print.
2021 – 140th ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2021 – GALERIE DE LA MAISON DE LA CULTURE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE DIEKIRCH – ‘FESTIVAL de la GRAVURE, 18th Edition’ – LUXEMBURG – Print (Invited Artist).
2021 – AWAGAMI INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE PRINT EXHIBITION – ‘AIMPE ‘– Japan – (Print)
2021 - ATHENS PRINTMAKING ART CENTRE – ‘BESTARIUM’ Pandolfini and Siaterli, ETCH INK Art Space Athens, Greece – Print.
2020 – TRANSITIONS17 CIC, Teeside Print Prize, The Palace Hub, North Yorkshire, U.K. - Print
2020 - HALFTONE PRINT FAIR 2020, The Library Project, Temple Bar, Dublin - Print
2020 – THE INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF MINIATURE ART, Timisora, Romania 2020 - Print
2020 – WESTIVAL 2020 – Arts Festival, Westport, Co. Mayo – Print.
2020 – SEACOURT INTERNATIONAL MINIPRINT BIENNIAL 2020, Bangor, Northern Ireland – Print.
2020 - ATHENS PRINTMAKING ART CENTRE – ‘BESTARIUM’ Pandolfini and Siaterli, ETCH INK Art Space Athens, Greece – Print.
2020 – BEALTAINE ARTS FESTIVAL, Sligo – Print Commission.
2020 – BOYLE ARTS FESTIVAL, Boyle Co. Roscommon - On-Line Arts Exhibition 2020.
2019 – HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, Co. Sligo, ‘Dún’ Annual Exhibition Fundraiser (invited artist) Print
2019 – PHOTO IRELAND FOUNDATION, Temple Bar, Co. Dublin ‘HALFtone Print Fair - Print
2019 - WESTIVAL ARTS FESTIVAL, Westport, Co. Mayo ‘Brittle/Fragile’ Exhibition - Print
2019 – 138th ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2019 – THE GALWAY INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, Co. Galway. ‘ImPRESSions Printmaking Biennial’ - Print
2019 – THE MODEL GALLERY, Co. Sligo ‘Cairde Visual’ - Print
2019 – THE GLEBE GALLERY, Co. Donegal ‘Annual Easter Exhibition’ - Print
2018 – 137th ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2018 – AN TÁIN ARTS CENTRE, Dundalk, Co. Louth– ‘HORIZON’ - Print
2018 – FÉILE AN PHOBAIL, Belfast, N.I.– 30th Anniversary Exhibition – Print
2018 – THE MODEL GALLERY, Co. Sligo – ‘Cairde Visual’ - Print
2018 – WEST YORKSHIRE PRINT EXHIBITION, U.K.– ‘Japan’ - Print
2018 – MADE OF MAYO FESTIVAL, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo (curated by Patrick T Murphy) – ‘Annual Exhibition’ - Print
2018 – SOLOMON GALLERY, Co. Dublin – Incognito – Intaglio Print
2017 – 136th ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2017 – YOSHINOGAWA CITY, Japan - Awagami International Mini Print Expo – Print
2017 – ORIGIN GALLERY, Co. Dublin – ART250 – Intaglio Print
2017 – ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY, Co. Dublin – Annual Exhibition – Intaglio Print
2016 – THE GREAT HIGHWAY GALLERY, San Francisco, U.S.A – ‘A Differing Feather’ – Intaglio Print
2016 – 135th ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Ulster Museum, Belfast. – Print.
2016 – HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, Co. Sligo – ‘Legacy’ National Fine Art Print Comp – Intaglio Print
2016 – V. INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION, Istanbul, Turkey– Intaglio Print
2015 – HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, Co. Sligo– ‘A poem for winter’ – Intaglio Print
2015 – L.S.C. MANORHAMILTON, Co. Leitrim – ‘North West Open’ - Intaglio Print
2015 – HIGHER BRIDGES GALLERY, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh – ‘1 ft Square’ – Intaglio Print
2015 – THE LIBRARY PROJECT, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 – ‘Halftone’ – Intaglio Print
2015 – HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY, Yeats Building, Co. Sligo – ‘YEATS 150’ exhibition – Intaglio Print
2015 – CILL RAILAIG, Co. Kerry, Nepal and Co. Kildare – ‘Nepal Trust’ – Intaglio Print
2014 – DUNAMAISE ARTS CENTRE, Portlaoise, Co Laois – ‘Annual exhibition’ – Intaglio Print
2014 – HIVE EMERGING GALLERY, Michael St, Co. Waterford – ‘Dissemination’ – Intaglio Print
2013 – LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE, Co. Leitrim– ‘Against the Grain, Art & Agriculture’ – Intaglio Print
2013 - GINESTRELLE, ARTE GALLERY DE LOGGE, Assisi, Italy - Int. Contemporary Art – Intaglio Print and Poetry
POETRY AND FICTION
2024 – SEÁN DUNNE POETRY AWARD 2024, Lafcado Hearn Japanese Gardens, Tramore, Waterford - Commended
2024 – ‘SPOKEN WORD’ Hyde Bridge Gallery for BEALTAINE FESTIVAL SLIGO, with writers Margaret Kilcoyne, Maeve McCormack and Maeve McKenna.
2023 – ‘BRIGID’, Sligo Arts Services and Primary Colours Project – Poetry Commission
2023 - BEALTAINE ARTS FESTIVAL, Co. Roscommon Arts Office with Catherine Fanning - Sligo Arts – Poetry Commission
2022 - BEALTAINE ARTS FESTIVAL, Co. Sligo– Poetry Scroll Commission
2021 – WRITING TIME AWARD, (The Dock Arts Centre/The Reading Room Bookshop) - Shortlisted poet for ‘Feda Bus, Bundoran Stop’
2021 – THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2021, (Frogmore Press) – Shortlisted Poet.
2021 - THE CORMORANT BOOK (Tread Softly Publications) Co. Sligo – Poetry, invited artist.
2020 – THE CORMORANT BROADSHEET, ISSUE 5, Co. Sligo - Poetry
2020 – BEALTAINE ARTS FESTIVAL, Co. Sligo– Poetry Postcard Commission
2019 – THE CORMORANT BROADSHEET, ISSUE 3, Co. Sligo - Poetry
2019 – SHINING ROCK POETRY ANTHOLOGY, U.S.A- Poetry
2018 - POETRY IRELAND REVIEW, Co. Dublin - Poetry
2015 - SHINING ROCK POETRY ANTHOLOGY, U.S.A - Poetry
2014 - ‘PB$’ – Ireland - Winter - Essay
2013 - REVIVAL JOURNAL, Co Limerick - Spring - Poetry
2013 - BIG MUDDY, U.S.A - Summer 2013 - Short Fiction
2013 - PRAIRIE SCHOONER, U.S.A - Spring 20 -Short Fiction
2013 - GLOBAL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY, Canada- Poetry
2012 - THE MOTH, Co. Cavan- Spring - poetry
2012 - POPSHOT, U.K- issue 7 The Power issue - Poetry
2012 - DRUNKEN BOAT, #15, Online - nominated for a Pushcart Award 2012 – Fiction
2012 – CRANNOG, Co Galway – Autumn - Fiction
2012 – MAGMA, U.K. – Winter - Poetry
2012 - CHATTAHOOCHEE REVIEW, U.S.A - Winter – Poetry
2011 - DUBLIN QUARTERLY INTERNATIONAL LITERARY REVIEW, Co. Dublin - Winter - fiction
2011 - POETRY BUS 3, Co. Dublin- Winter - poetry and illustration
2011 - RAYMOND CARVER - Short Story competition 2011 shortlisted – Fiction
2007 - DOVES OF THE FOREST NIGHT (Collection of Poetry). ISBN 1-905425-23-6
BURSARIES, AWARDS and RESIDENCIES.
2024 – BEALTAINE FESTIVAL SLIGO, - ‘SPOKEN WORD, HYDE BRIDGE GALLERY’ and ‘MARK MAKING’ Twp person exhibition with Tom Callery. Funded by Sligo County Council Arts Service and The Arts Council of Ireland.
2023 – EAGLES FLYING IRISH RAPTOR RESEARCH CENTRE – Collaboration with Dr. Lothar F. Muschketat.
2023 – NORTH LEITRIM MEN’S GROUP LIMITED – Residency in Arts and Crafts – Funded by Leitrim County Council.
2023– THE GLENS CENTRE with THE IRISH HOSPICE FOUNDATION Residency ‘Creative Explorations of Loss in Leitrim’ (and Artists Collective ^).
2022 - OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL ARTS OFFICE – Birr Writers Residency, Brendan House
2022 – LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE – Research and Development Award.
2021 – ARTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND – Agility Award
2021 – LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL/CREATIVE LEITRIM – Artist in Schools Programme
2020 – ARTIST NETWORK SLIGO WITH CREATIVE IRELAND – Artist Network Sligo, Website Creation Package
2020 – LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL/CREATIVE IRELAND – Artist in the Community Award
2020 – LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL/ CREATIVE IRELAND – On-Line Presentation in a Community Setting Award
2020 – LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL – Artists in Schools Programme
2019 – LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL – Individual Artists Bursary
2019 – INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE DUBLIN in partnership with WRITING.IE, ‘Date with an Agent’
2018 – LEITRIM ARTS AWARDS 2018, Outstanding Contribution to The Arts.
2018 – ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY, 137TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION – Printmaking Prize
2016 - TYRONE GUTHRIE CENTRE WITH OBERPFӒLZER KÜNSTLERHAUS, GERMANY - Artists Exchange Award
2016 - LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL – Individual Artists Bursary
2015 - HEINRICH BOLL, ACHILL ISLAND - Literature Bursary and Residency
2014 - CILL RAILAIG, KERRY - Literature Award and Residency
2013 - LEITRIM SCULPTURE CENTRE - Visual Arts Residency Award
2012 - ARTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND - Travel and Training Award
2012 - ARTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND - Literature Bursary
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Board Member at Leitrim Sculpture Centre, (Artist, Art in Education, Youth and Creativity)
Manager / Committee Member of Cluainín Community Co-op. Run by Artists for Artists at all levels of artistic professional practice
Peer Panelist for The Arts Council of Ireland – Invited Artist
Etching Workshop Facilitator/Educator – Leitrim Sculpture Centre
Culture Night Sligo Arts Offices – Invited writer 2024
Board Member at Leitrim Sculpture Centre, (Artist, Art in Education, Youth and Creativity)
Peer Panelist for The Arts Council of Ireland – Invited Artist 2021
GALERIE DE LA MAISON DE LA CULTURE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE DIEKIRCH – ‘FESTIVAL de la GRAVURE, 19th Edition’ –
LUXEMBURG – Cover Design commission 2022.
Sligo Primary Colours Programme 2020, Sligo Arts Service and Sligo County Council childrens education arts programme for 4th-6th class Primary School students and their teachers.
Arts Facilitator for Creative Clusters Schools Programme Ireland 2020 - 2022, through Carrick-on-Shannon Ed Centre and Leitrim County. Council.
Artist for Creative Clusters Schools Programme Ireland 2020, through Sligo Education Centre and Sligo County Council.
Artists Panel Member - Sligo County Council
Artists Panel Member - Leitrim County Council
Bealtaine Arts Festival 2020 - Postcard Print and Poetry commission.
Artists Working with the Community On-Line - Leitrim County Council/Creative Ireland/The Arts Council.
Artist in Schools Programme 2019/2020
Largy National School 2019 (Supported by Leitrim County Council)
Kinlough National School 2020 (Supported by Leitrim County Council)
Crinniú na nÓg 2020/2019
Celebration of Children’s Creativity (Creative Ireland Programme through Leitrim County Council)
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Creative Leitrim, Artists in the Community 2018
Artist with Community Group Our Lady’s Day Hospital Manorhamilton (Creative Ireland and Leitrim County Council)
Wild Words Festival 2018/’19
Children’s Book Festival facilitator, Carrick-on-Shannon, summer 2018 (Leitrim Co.Co, The Reading Room Bookshop and the Irish Writers Centre with the support of the Arts Council)
Teacher/Artist partnership residency 2018 at Drumlease N/S and exhibition at LSC Gallery, Spring 2018 (Dept. Education and Skills, Dept. of the Arts, Heritage and The Gaeltacht)
Artists and Teachers Partnership Training Programme 2018 (Dept. Education)
Arts Judge – North West Agriculture Show 2017/2018
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