Sheila is a multidisciplinary artist based in Kilkenny and Dublin, Ireland. Since beginning her practice in 2013 with a focus on figurative sculpture, her work has evolved into abstract and semi-abstract forms centred on mark-making. Exploring themes of lived experience, resilience, and connection, her work engages with nature, climate, hidden illness, and feminism. Sheila has exhibited in group shows at the Schoolhouse for Art Enniskerry, Galway City Gallery, MART Gallery Dublin, and NCAD.

Education

Visual Arts Practice Certificate, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, 2023-ongoing

Post Graduate Certificate in Sustainability Leadership, TU Dublin, 2022

Figurative Drawing Courses based on the Bargue Cours de Dessins, the Drawing Studio Dublin 2018-2022

Life Drawing, Grennan Mill Craft School, Kilkenny, 2017-2018

Gratefully, I have had the pleasure of attending workshops with inspiring artists such as Elizabeth O’Kane in Dublin, Sanne van Tongeren and Eran Webber in the Florence Academy of Art, Paul Scully and Alan McGowan in the Schoolhouse for Art Enniskerry, and Hannah Fitz in the RHA Dublin.