Michael Wann Irish, b. 1969
Michael Wann was born in Dublin in 1969, and lives and works in Sligo. He studied under Sean McSweeney at Sligo IT, graduating with a Diploma in Fine Art in 1992, and a Bachelor in Fine Art in 2003.
Michael has exhibited his drawing-based work widely in Ireland, including solo exhibitions with the Ashford Gallery, RHA, Cross Gallery, Dublin, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, The Model, Sligo, Custom House, Westport, Solstice, Navan, Draiocht, Dublin, and Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo. His drawings have been selected for the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition every year since 2004, and he was awarded the AXA Insurance Drawing Prize at the RHA in 2006, and the ESB Sean Keating Prize and RHA Silver Medal in 2016. Michael is a Fellow of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and has held residencies at Cill Rialig, Co. Kerry and the Heinrich Böll Cottage on Achill, Co. Mayo. In 2010 Hughie O'Donoghue selected Michael's work for the Tom Caldwell Drawing Prize and the Inaugural Rowel Friers Perpetual Trophy at the Royal Ulster Academy's Annual Exhibition, and in 2012 he was awarded a Merit Prize from the Trustees of The Golden Fleece.
In 2022 the National Gallery of Ireland acquired one of his drawings for their permanent collection. His work also is held in numerous Irish public collections including Boyle Civic Collection, Waterford Municipal Collection, Office of Public Works, Mayo County Council, Fingal County Council, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, AXA Insurance, and the Ballinglen Archive, as well as private collections in Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
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MICHAEL WANN
THE OLD GRIEVING FIELDS 6 Feb - 1 Mar 2025A lament to a landscape in distress, Michael Wann presents a new collection of his distinctive charcoal drawings depicting environments in which terrain and skies are imbued with a sense...Read more -
WINTER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited Artists 21 Nov - 23 Dec 2024Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print by some of Ireland's leading artists. This extensive and varied exhibition will include...Read more -
SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION
Gallery & invited artists 25 Jul - 24 Aug 2024This extensive and varied exhibition, presented in our bright city centre space represents the best of contemporary Irish art and is well worth visiting this summer. A vibrant mix of...Read more -
SPRING GROUP SHOW
Gallery & invited artists 4 - 27 Apr 2024Our annual Spring exhibition of painting, sculpture and print. Featuring work by some of Irelands leading contemporary artists including Margo Banks, Leah Beggs, John Behan, Comhghall Casey, Serena Caulfield, Tom...Read more
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SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION
Painting, sculpture & print by gallery & invited artists 27 Jul - 26 Aug 2023This extensive and varied exhibition, presented in our bright city centre space represents the best of contemporary Irish art and is well worth visiting this summer. A vibrant mix of...Read more -
SPRING GROUP EXHIBITION
Gallery & Invited Artists 6 - 29 Apr 2023Featuring new work by some of Ireland’s leading artists including Margo Banks, Jean Bardon, John Behan, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent, Eamon Colman, Orla de Brí, Ana Duncan, Margaret...Read more -
WINTER GROUP SHOW
Painting, sculpture & print by gallery & invited artists 24 Nov - 23 Dec 2022Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print by some of Ireland's leading artists. This year’s exhibition will include work by...Read more -
SUMMER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & invited artists 4 - 27 Aug 2022A vibrant mix of paintings, sculpture and print by Ireland’s leading artists including work by John Behan RHA, Margo Banks, Jean Bardon, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent, Eamon Colman,...Read more
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MICHAEL WANN
VOID PASTORAL 7 - 30 Jul 2022Solomon is delighted to host its first solo exhibition of work by artist Michael Wann. In Void Pastoral Wann presents us with a new collection of charcoal landscape drawings where...Read more -
SRING GROUP EXHIBITION
Gallery & invited artists 7 - 30 Apr 2022A vibrant mix of new paintings, sculpture and print will include by some of Ireland’s leading artists including Margo Banks, Jean Bardon, John Behan, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent,...Read more -
WINTER GROUP SHOW
GALLERY & INVITED ARTISTS 25 Nov - 23 Dec 2021PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR PRICES, AVAILABILITY AND 'VIEW ON A WALL' OPTIONS: https://www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room/27-winter-group-show-2021-gallery-invited-artists/ Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print...Read more
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Michael Wann shortlisted for this years AIB Portrait Prize
Ireland’s best portraits of 2024: National Gallery of Ireland announces AIB prize shortlists August 22, 2024The National Gallery of Ireland has revealed the 46 artists shortlisted for this year’s AIB portrait prizes. The shortlist for the AIB Portrait Prize, which...Read more -
The Irish Times: Dublin is full of art in the city this month
Michael Wann: Void Pastoral July 9, 2022Currently exhibiting at the Solomon Fine Art Gallery, next door to the Westbury Hotel on Balfe Street, is the first solo show of recent works...Read more -
Michael Wann: Not In Alphabetical Order
Fingal County Council Collection Catalogue June 1, 2019Access the catalogue in full here: http://fingalarts.ie/resources/NiAO2_240x300mm_80pp+Cover_LowRes.pdfRead more -
Michael Wann: Irish Times Review
by chief critic Aidan Dunne (May 2016) May 16, 2016Visual art: Three different ways to pass the Francis Bacon test A talented trio focus on plants, backwoods scenes and crumbling facades By Aidan Dunne...Read more
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Michael Wann: Irish Arts Review
Brenda Moore-McCann visits Sligo-based artist Michael Wann (Spring 2016 issue) May 1, 2016IRISH ARTS REVIEW Michael Wann “In a Garden I Once Knew” exhibition Cross Gallery, April 17th -May 7th 2016. We draw to see what we...Read more -
Michael Wann: Meet the Artist
Draoicht, Dublin April 14, 2011Meet the Artist - Michael Wann 14 April 2011 Wann’s work is specifically drawing-based, and juxtaposes arbitrary or transient images of cleared landscape, with more...Read more