Michael Wann lives and works in north Sligo. Originally from Dublin, he graduated from Sligo Institute of Technology in 1992 with a Diploma in Fine Art, and in 2003 with a Bachelor in Fine Art. In 2001 he won an Iontas Small Works Drawing Award from Sligo Art Gallery, and has been awarded resedencies at Cill Riallaig Artists Retreat in 2001, 2004, and 2008. Michael has held many solo exhibitions of his work, and has been selected for the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, where he was awarded the AXA Insurance Drawing Award in 2006. His work forms part of both private and public collections nationwide, including the Office of Public Works, AXA Insurance, Yeats Society, Mayo County Council, Lissadell House, Sligo, Fingal County Council, Dublin, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and Boyle Civic Collection. Michael's work was included in Boyle Arts Festival's 'Emerging Artists' exhibition in 2007, and also in 2007 he was awarded a Fellowship from the Ballinglen Foundation in north Mayo. He is currently working towards two solo exhibitions, at the Ashford Gallery at the RHA, Dublin in early 2009, and later the same year at Sligo Art Gallery. |
