Joe Neeson
Joe Neeson studied at both the Limerick School of Art & Design and the Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork between 1992 and 1996. In 1996 he moved to New York and worked in the Bedi Makki Art Foundry in Brooklyn. He now lives and works in Cork City with his studio based in the National Sculpture Factory.
Neeson has been working in the area of Irish Public Art since 2000 and has produced large scale sculpture for Kerry, Cork, Mayo and Kildare County Councils. He has also produced work for Dúchas, the Government Departments of Justice and Agriculture and corporations such as Ely Lilly and Shannon Development.
He was awarded the Thomas Dammann Jnr. Memorial Trust Award in 1996. His work has been exhibited widely in Ireland including the Crawford Gallery, Cork and the Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin.
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SUMMER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited Artists 30 Jul - 29 Aug 2020An extensive and varied exhibition offering a vibrant mix of painting, sculpture and print by Ireland’s leading artists including Margo Banks, John Behan, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent, Eamon...Read more -
Winter Group Exhibition 2018
Gallery & Invited artists 23 Nov - 22 Dec 2018Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Show. The exhibition which runs right up to Christmas will showcase painting, sculpture and print by a range of...Read more -
Summer Group Show
Gallery & Invited artists 3 - 25 Aug 2018Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its annual Summer Group Exhibition. This stunning mix of paintings, sculpture, drawing and print by Ireland’s leading artists includes work by Anthony Scott,...Read more -
Joe Neeson
New Works 6 - 28 Jul 2018Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host a first solo exhibition of new sculpture by Joe Neeson.Read more
Joe Neeson studied at both Limerick School of Art And Design and the Crawford College of Art and Design between 1992 and 1996. He moved to New York where he worked in The Bedi Makki Art foundry in Brooklyn. Joe currently lives and works in Cork with a studio space in the National Sculpture Factory.
Joe has been focusing on public sculpture since the year 2000, producing large scale public works for Kerry, Cork, Mayo and Kildare County Councils. He has also produced work for Duchas and Government departments of Justice and Agriculture and corporations such as Ely Lilly and Shannon Development. He was awarded the Thomas Dammann Jnr. Memorial Trust Award in 1996.
His work has been exhibited in Iontas, Sligo, The Lavitt Gallery, Cork, The Crawford Gallery, Cork, The RHA, Dublin and Frank Lewis Gallery, Killarney.
