Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host an exhibition of new paintings by award-winning artist Comhghall Casey. In this much anticipated solo exhibition, his first in four years, Casey presents a new body of masterful studies in oil which observe in detail the extraordinary qualities of ordinary items.
Casey’s intimate and often nostalgic still-lives celebrate objects from everyday life, ranging from blocks of cheese to beach toys which are singled out and meticulously observed. His compositions are universally simple, where the object is placed centrally against a neutral background, amplifying it’s presence and highlighting the artist’s skill and spectacular attention to detail.
Born in 1976 Casey grew up in Omagh, Co Tyrone before moving to Belfast to study fine art at the University of Ulster. In 2000 he moved to Dublin where he has since been living and working.
Casey has twice appeared on Sky television’s Portrait Artist of the Year competition. His self-portraits were shortlisted for the esteemed BP Portrait Awards in the UK in 2002, 2013 and 2015 and subsequently hung in the National Portrait Gallery, London, the National Scottish Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh and the Ulster Museum, Belfast. His portraits have also been shortlisted for the Zurich (formerly Hennessy) Portrait Awards at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020 & 2023. Casey has exhibited regularly in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London and has received numerous awards at the RHA and RUA Annual Exhibitions including the prestigious Hennessey Craig Scholarship. In 2015 An Post issued an edition of stamps featuring Casey’s toy paintings. In 2017 he was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Ulster Academy.
Casey’s work features in many notable collections including the National Self Portrait Collection, The Ulster Museum, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Office of Public Works.
Comhghall Casey: New Work
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Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Baby Dress, 2026€ 4,950.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Two Sandcastle Spades (Melvin Plastics), 2026€ 4,100.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Broken Pot Oven with Missing Lid, 2026€ 3,850.00 -
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Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Sandcastle Bucket, 2026€ 3,200.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Red Sandcastle Spade (Melvin Plastics), 2026€ 3,150.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Blue Sandcastle Spade (Melvin Plastics), 2026€ 3,150.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Orange Trawl Float (Nokalon), 2026€ 3,000.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Two Cheeses (Tipperary Brie), 2026€ 2,900.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Self-Portrait, 2025€ 2,850.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Five Potatoes (Roosters), 2026€ 2,700.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Two Cheeses (Durrus), 2026€ 2,550.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano), 2026€ 2,400.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Five Tomatoes, 2026€ 2,200.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Three Cheeses (Cooleeney), 2026€ 2,050.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Wind-Up Train (USSR), 2026€ 2,000.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Cheese (Emmental de Savoie), 2026€ 1,850.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Toy Train (Jean Toys, West Germany), 2026€ 1,850.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Cheese (Cashel Blue), 2025€ 1,800.00 -
Solomon Fine Art - Comhghall Casey, Rock (Limestone), 2026€ 1,450.00
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NEWS / PRESS / MEDIA
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The Car's the Star
Comhghall Casey one of the Irish Times visual arts highlights September 29, 2018The car’s the star: This weeks visual arts highlights Anita Groener, Benita Stoney, Clea van der Grijn, Glenn Fitzgerald and Comhghall Casey Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 05:00 Aidan Dunne Comhghall... -
Master and Motif: Irish Arts Review
Major Comhghall Casey feature in run up to his solo exhibition at SolomonComghall Casey is a keeper of ordinary things made extraordinary through his art, writes Isabella Evangelisti ahead of his exhibition at Solomon Fine Art this autumn. His works 'are alive... -
Comhghall Casey shortlisted
2017 Hennessy Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland October 12, 2017National Gallery of Ireland and Hennessy announce shortlist for Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017 The National Gallery of Ireland and Hennessy have announced the shortlist for the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2017.... -
BP Portrait Award 2015
Comhghall Casey & Helen O'Sullivan-Tyrrell shortlisted April 29, 2015Two Solomon Fine Art artists, COMHGHALL CASEY and HELEN O'SULLIVAN-TYRRELL have been shortlisted for the presigious BP Portrait Awards . Selected from a record-breaking 2,748 entries by artists from 92... -
FRAME FOUNDRY / COMHGHALL CASEY FILM
Short film by Gregory Dunn July 22, 2014Based in Dublin's Stoneybatter, just north of the River Liffey, Morris Deegan's Frame Foundry make exquisite bespoke picture frames for a wide range of clients, including, in this case, renowned...
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