Name: Jo Killalea
Address: Lisheenabrone, Swinford, Co Mayo
Mobile: 086 2241996
Email: jokillalea@gmail.com
Social Media http://www.jokillalea.com/
Education
2019 BA (Hons.) Fine Art, Atlantic Technological University Mayo Campus (formerly GMIT)
2013 BA (Ord.) Degree in Art & Design, Atlantic Technological University Mayo Campus (GMIT)
1990 MSc Agricultural Science, University College Dublin
1982 BA (Mod) Natural Science, Trinity College, University of Dublin
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Inis Meáin : Mí an Mhárta, Ionad Pobail, Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, Co Galway
2023 Preservation: Famine, Climate & Peatlands, National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
2021 Not yet saved, Ballinglen Gallery, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo
2013 Picture Inequality: Challenge to Indifference, The Custom House Studios + Gallery, Westport
Collaborative Exhibitions
2016 The State We’re In, a three person show marking the 1916 Centenary, MART Gallery, Dublin
2015 Off the Wall, a four person exhibition on mental health in former asylum at ATU Mayo Campus
Selected Group Shows
2026
Cultúr 2026 – Interface Group Exhibition at Duerr Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine, at Interface Inagh curated by Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
Cairde Visual Art Exhibition, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo
2025
Even in the Darkest Time, Ranelagh Arts Winter Exhibition, Dublin
OXO, Outset Gallery Christmas Open Exhibition, Galway
Mayo Artists Show, Ballina Arts Centre, curated by Aoife Banks
interface Members’ Annual Exhibition, Clifden Arts Festival, Connemara, Co Galway
The Collectors Journey, King House, Boyle Arts Festival 2025, curated by Paul Mc Kenna
Bloodroot, Pulchri Studios, The Hague and Hamilton Gallery Sligo
Mapping Stories/Scéalmhapáil, The Linenhall Arts Centre, curated by Marianne O’Kane Bole
2024
When we Cease to Understand the World, Interface Inagh, curated by Marysia Wieckiewicz
RHA 194th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2023
RHA 193rd Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Cairde Visual Art Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Displacement and Belonging – Home, Rua Red Spring Open, Tallaght, Dublin
2022
Cairde Visual Art Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Between the Sights of the Sun, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival (Maeve Mulrennan)
2021
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, curated by Eamonn Maxwell
RHA 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Mayo Day Visual Art Exhibition, Ballinrobe, Mayo, curated by Patrick Murphy
2017
Mayo Artists Show, curated by Catherine Marshall
2015
Mayo God Help Us, Claremorris Gallery, Mayo (Catherine Marshall & Patrick Murphy)
Lonely Planet, group exhibition at Luan Gallery, Athlone
2014
Claremorris Open Exhibition, curated by Michelle Cotton
2012
RHA 182nd Annual Exhibition, Dublin
RDS Student Art Exhibition, Dublin
Awards
2026 Mayo Artist Bursary Award, Mayo County Council
2025 Áras Éanna Residency Award – Inaugural Artist Residency on Inis Meáin (March’25)
2025 Mayo Artist Bursary Award
2022 Visual Artists Bursary Award, The Arts Council
2021 Agility Award, The Arts Council
2019 GMIT Graduate Bursary Award, Residency & Exhibition at Ballinglen Arts Foundation
Collections
Departed, 2014, Office of Public Works , 2018
Wave of Emigration, 2013, Mayo County Council, 2013
Professional Memberships
Visual Artists Ireland; Photo Museum Ireland; Interface Inagh; Artlink.
Publications
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet, May-June 2026
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet, March-April 2021
https://visualartists.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/VAN-MA-2021_WEB3-copy.pdf
