Show as part of the Lines of the Land exhibition at An Chead Tine Art Gallery, Kilkenny. June 2024

Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 100 cm.

I was honoured and grateful to be awarded The Arts Council Agility Award 2024. The support of The Arts Council of Ireland is invaluable to artists in Ireland.

‘Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.’ Purchased by the OPW for the Irish State Art Collection.

Oil on canvas, 140 cm x 150 cm.

Was great to have my work include as part of the Expanded Visions Exhibition held in the An Chead Tine Gallery in Kilkenny. The exhibiton included work that challenged conventional materials and presentation.

It was an honor and delight to contribute to the RTE/ Dyehouse tv art show in 2023. There were two parts to my contribution, firstly I was filmed in studio with my work where I discussed inspiration and process in my paratice. The second part was as art educator, teaching some wonderful young artists about perspective in art and how to use a vanashing point in art. The whole process was a fantastic experience.

Delighted to have been invited to be a part of diverse exhibition took place in Laroche, Belfast and curated by Jane Beattie and Dickon Hall. Artsis’s featured, Trióna Sweeney, Philip Flanagan, Gareth Reid, Hannah Casey-Brogan, Mark Shields and Colin Watson. An exciting inaugural exhibition for Laroche.

https://ncad.works/graduates/triona-sweeney

NCAD Works – MFA Graduate Exhibition
National College of Art and Design, Dublin – June 2022
Exhibited as part of the Master of Fine Art graduate show, showcasing work developed during my MFA studies at NCAD.

My exhibited work explored transitional spaces and non-places through large-scale, layered paintings and drawings.

Trióna Sweeney and Elaine O'Dea present Thresholds, the inaugural exhibition of their joint collaborative project, exploring the spaces where nature and human presence meet. Through reimagined landscapes and sculptural forms, they reflect on how we move through, shape, and are shaped by the environments around us.

My MFA degree show work was longlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards 2022.