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Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris 17th September – 31st October 2021 Centre Culturel Irlandais is delighted to present Mise en scène, a joint exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptural works by Swedish artist Cecilia Danell, who is based in Ireland, and Denmark-based Irish artist Eamon O’Kane. Both explore encounters with landscape. Their approaches upend romantic notions […]

I’m really delighted to be the recipient of the ESB Moran Award and Silver Medal for an Outstanding Artwork in the 190th RHA Annual Exhibition. The award is kindly sponsored by ESB Networks Ireland in memory of painter Sean Keating. In the Birch Plantation, oil and acrylics on canvas, 95×130 cm, 2019. I am also […]

I am delighted to announce that the Arts Council of Ireland have recently acquired ‘The Octopus Salt Lick’ from my August solo exhibition at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery for the Arts Council Collection. www.artscouncil.ie. The Arts Council Collection has been acquiring exceptional works of Irish art for 58 years and counting. It is one of the […]

Kevin Kavanagh presents Cecilia Danell, Diana Copperwhite and Vanessa Donoso-Lopez. Swab Virtual Edition 2020 www.swab.es The protection of Swab participants is our top priority, and therefore, exploring formats and ways to respond to the new reality, we proudly present an exclusively digital edition. Swab has created a 3D virtual environment through which visitors can walk […]

‘The Light Falls’ – oil and acrylics on canvas, 130×170 cm, 2019. 6th – 29th August, Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm.The artist will be present in the gallery from 12-7pm on Thursday the 6th August. Cecilia Danell’s paintings are organic, magically playful and densely rich; however, they are also curiously geometric and linear, working […]

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery are running a series of online exhibitions in the viewing room on the gallery website. From the 20th May – 2nd June I will be showing a series of notebook watercolours made at home during lockdown. www.kevinkavanagh.ie

Kevin Kavanagh Gallery will present work by four gallery artists at the London Art Fair, Islington in January. They are Cecilia Danell, Joe Scullion, Stephanie Deady and Margaret Corcoran. You can find Kevin Kavanagh Gallery at booth P19 in the Art Projects section of the fair. For further information see the London Art Fair WEBSITE.

‘Our Choice Our World’ opened in Dunamaise Arts Centre Portlaoise Co. Laois on Friday 4th of October. The exhibition was curated by young students of 5th and 6th class from Scoil Bhride Primary School in Mountrath Co. Laois. These young creatives selected art works from Kevin Kavanagh’s new Store Room feature on the gallery’s website. […]

I was recently invited by the editors of West of Ireland-based poetry magazine Skylight 47 to be featured artist for issue 12 of the magazine and I was very happy to accept. It was launched on the 8th September and features my painting ‘Inside a Shadow’ on the front and back cover as well as […]

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a 2 month residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and The Visual Artists Ireland Suki Tea Art Prize which funds the residency. I can’t wait to live and work in the centre of Paris and view lots of art. Thank you to Centre Culturel Irlandais, […]

14th March: Opening Reception 6-8pm. 27th March: Ashford in Conversation, Cecilia Danell and writer Sue Rainsford Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland Gallery Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 11am – 5pm Wednesday LATE opening: 11am – 8pm Sunday: 12pm – 5pm www.rhagallery.ie

I’m delighted to have been named by critic Cristin Leach as one of eight artists to watch in 2019. Read the full article at: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/0129/1026177-eyes-peeled-eight-artists-to-watch-in-2019/

www.kevinkavanagh.ie Kevin Kavanagh Gallery Chancery Lane, Dublin 8, Ireland. +353(0)1 475 9514. info@kevinkavanagh.ie Opening hours: Tues – Fri 10.30 am – 5.30 pm Saturday 11 am – 5 pm (Sunday & Monday Closed)

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Kevin Kavanagh Gallery offsite. 25TH October – 25th November 2018 Custom House Studios & Gallery Westport Quay Co.Mayo A conversation with some of the artists will be held on Thursday the 25th October at 5.30pm. Sonia Shiel, Nevan Lahart, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Kathy Tynan, Aileen Murphy, Marcel Vidal, Stephanie Deady, Stephen Loughman, Lesley-Ann O’Connell, Cecilia […]

I’m delighted to have been selected to exhibit in the 2018 Beep Painting Prize exhibition at Swansea College of Art, Wales. Part of the city-wide Beep painting Biennial. Judges for this year’s prize show were Andrew Stitt and Sue Williams. Launched in 2012, beep (biennial exhibition of painting) is a contemporary painting prize drawing artists […]

Summer Group Exhibition 2018 5th – 28th July Opening Reception Thursday 5th July at 6pm Sonia Shiel, Kathy Tynan, Marcel Vidal, Mark Swords, Salvatore of Lucan, Joe Scullion, Robert Armstrong, Julia Dubsky, Lesley-Ann O’Connell, Pat Byrne, Stephen Loughman, Cecilia Danell, William O’Neill and Stephanie Deady Island Life comprises work by artists who are making and […]

I was interviewed by Alison at AMW Visual last summer about art, music and the importance of creativity. The interview premiered on West of Ireland cultural site An Áit Eile yesterday.

Image: ‘Summer Finds’ – Cecilia Danell Galway Arts Centre is delighted to present a group exhibition featuring artists from Engage Arts Studios Maeve Curtis, Simon Daly, Cecilia Danell, Deirdre Deegan, Brenda Flannery, Noelle Gallagher, Michelle Hill, Séamus Keane, Hilary Morley, Angela O’Brien, Ilaria Pellizzaro, Jane Queally, Avi Ratnayake, Vicky Smith, Ruby Wallis Opening 6pm Friday […]

I’m delighted to have been invited to show work in the annual Hermione Exhibition at Alexandra College, Dublin for the third year in a row. It is curated by Aisling Prior and the line-up is great, so go and see it if in Dublin! I’m showing two paintings, one of them being the brand new: […]

I have a painting featured in the current issue of Abridged Poetry/Art Journal 0-51 Wormwood. Abridged is based in Derry, Northern Ireland and the issue was launched at the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast on the 2nd November. You can read it online :here: or pick up a copy for free in select art venue on […]

I am delighted to announce that I am one of the recipients of the Arts Council Next Generation Bursary Award 2017/18. The purpose of the Next Generation bursary award is to support a group of promising artists across all disciplines at an early but pivotal stage in their career. Recipients will receive €15,000 and will […]

Opening Reception Thursday 5th October 6-9pm. Exhibition running until the 20th October.

I was invited by curator Paul McKenna of the McKenna Gallery in Omagh, NI to show a piece in ‘Facing West’, the main exhibition at Boyle Arts Festival. Over 100 established and emerging artists are featured in the exhibition, including John Behan, Brian Bourke, Bernadette Kiely, Mick O’Dea, Hughie O’Donoghue, Ann Quinn, Dermot Seymour, John […]

A video where I talk about my current exhibition at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland. Cecilia Danell, The Last Wilderness, at The Dock from THE DOCK ARTS CENTRE on Vimeo. I was also interviewed by Amanda Jane Graham for the Arts Hour on Shannonside FM. It was broadcast on the 7th June but you can listen […]

Opening Reception 2nd June at 6pm followed by a free gig in the Dock theatre space featuring Rusted Rail label acts A Lilac Decline (Cecilia Danell), Phantom Dog Beneath the Moon and Loner Deluxe. A Lilac Decline will be joined on the night by Sofia Ek who’s coming over from Sweden. She made the soundtrack […]

I’m delighted with the feedback I’ve been getting on my exhibition ‘The Last Wilderness’ which is showing in Galway Arts Centre until the 20th of April. It’s my most ambitious work to date and was made possible through an Arts Council project award and through working with several different people. The ones that I’d like […]