Róisín de Buitléar. 37 Ashfield Rd Ranelagh Dublin 6. Ph 0877751938
www/roisindebuitlear.com. email rdebuitlear@yahoo.com
Education
1980-83
1987- date
NCAD Diploma Glass Design 1st. Class Hons.
Self-employed artist, Ireland and France
Exhibitions Solo
1992
Ulster Museum, Belfast
1990
Design Aer 90’, Dublin Airport
Recent Group Shows
2011
Adornment Designworks Cork Jewellery and Photography. Curated by Eddie Shanahan
Vogue Fashion Night out, Irish designers, Brown Thomas, Dublin.
‘Engaging with Glass’ - Solstice Art Centre Navan, selected by Dr. Audrey Whitty, National Museum
of
Ireland and Tina Oldnow, Curator of Corning Museum of Glass , New York , USA .
‘21st Century Irish Craft’ National Museum Of Ireland Dublin
21st Century Icons National Craft Gallery Kilkenny Ireland
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
National Craft Gallery at Collect International Art fair for Contemporary objects, Saatchi Galleries,
London UK
General Post Office Dublin, commemorative exhibition on the occasion of the issue of a National
stamp celebrating the international year of craft in Ireland, featuring Glass sculpture - Catch a breath.
EUNIQUE - Crafts of Europe, as part of Arts & Crafts Exhibition 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany
Illuminate, Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland, invitational.
Glass Divas Jerpoint Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland, Curated by Kathleen and Sally Leadbetter
Design Tree Dublin Curated by Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey
Winter Salon Ranelagh Arts Gallery Curated by Sara Edwards
2010
On the Edge; Contemporary Glass from South west England and Ireland, National Craft Gallery
Kilkenny Ireland, National Botanical Gardens Dublin, Garter Lane, Waterford, Triskel Gallery Cork,
Linen
hall Castlebar, Curated By Mary Mackey and Chinks Grylls.
Remarkable Glass Contemporary Applied Arts, London UK. Curated by Sarah Edwards
Royal Hibernian Academy annual exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
Sculpture in Context Botanical gardens Dublin Ireland, selected show
‘Slow architecture and place ‘Travelling Exhibition, Glass Installation, Grand Canal, Ireland,
Waterways centre curated by Mike Haslam
Selected Commissioned Work
2011
Sensory garden Áras an Uachtaráin Official residence of the President of Ireland. Glass and Steel
sculpture
2010
Glass and steel sculpture Viking Triangle Waterford Crystal Plaza, Waterford, Ireland Waterford
City
Council
Take Away Triangle Ranelagh Arts Festival Community based collaborative work, Living plants and
wood
8m x 6m x 4m 2010
2009
Castle Espie Wetland Centre, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland Glass installation 14m x 2m
2008
Pobal Scoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dingle, Co. Kerry ( Percent for art scheme Collaborative work. Steel,
concrete 24m x 6m
Collections include
2011 -2007
National Museum of Ireland
1992
Ulster Museum, Belfast,
1992
Crafts Council of America,
1990
Crafts Council of Ireland, 1985-86
Awards and Residencies
2011
The Grainstore - Dunlaoighre Rathdown Council, Artist in residence
2010
Glenasmole National School Tallaght Dublin. CraftED ‘Water watch’ Artist in residence
2010
Residency; Museum of Glass Tacoma Washington USA
2009
Crafts council Of Ireland Bursary
2002
Nomination Corning Glass Award USA Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship Seatle USA
2001
Travel Grant Dept. Foreign Affairs 1986 Artist in Residence Northern Arts Council England 1985
Workshops and Lecturing
2011
‘Glass is tomorrow’. Nuutjaravi Finland. International conference and workshops, Invited artist
‘Craft master’ RTE television, Invited Workshop leader and mentor, Waterford Ireland
‘Collections’ Community workshop Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin, Bealtaine festival, celebrating
creativity in older people. Mixed media workshop
Sky Arts Den, Dublin Writers Festival, Clay and Print workshops
2010
Pilchuck Glass School - Passion with glass. Invited course leader, Seattle, USA
National College of Art and Design Dublin, Craft and Context Conference Invited artist demonstration
2007
Corning Museum road show, Glass Art Society Conference Pittsburgh Pensylvania, USA, Hot
Casting
1987- 2006.
Lecturer, National College of Art and Design Dublin. Dept Ceramics, Glass and Metal
2004
Pilchuck Glass School - Glass and Rhythm. Invited course leader, Seattle, USA
1986
Japan Lecture Tour. Demonstrations, Practical Workshops and Lectures, 21 Venues.
1985
Guest lecturer, Sunderland Polytechnic Tyne and Wear. Dept Ceramics and Glass
Invited Speaker
2010
Pilchuck Glass School, Invited course leader, Seattle, USA.
Personal Practice Crafts council of Ireland Kilkenny
Waterford Treasures Museum Waterford Ireland
Museum of Glass Tacoma Washington, USA, Artist in residence presentation
2009
Waterford Treasures Museum. Invited speaker.
The Glass Association, of United Kingdom. Guest lecturer.
‘On The Edge’ glass symposium Cheltenham England. Invited speaker.
2008
School of Architecture and Town Planning, Bolton Street. Guest lecturer.
2007
Glass Art Society Conference Pittsburgh Pensylvania, USA. Invited speaker.
2003
GSOI Conference - Inspirational Awakenings, Waterford Ireland “Are we making History?”
2002
Glass society of Ireland Dublin, Guest Speaker
2001
National Museum Dublin ‘See Through History’ series, Invited lecturer, Artist lecture
Recent Publications
2010
Pilchuck glass catalogue Seatle USA
Remarkable Glass Catalogue CAA London
2009.
‘Cullenswood House Old Ghosts New Stories’. Falmer edited by Victoria White
2007
Glass Art Society, Glass Journal USA, Memory and Invention, Contemporary Irish Glass
2004
‘Creativity and Motherhood’ selected essays - ‘Motherhood in Ireland’, edited by Patricia. Kennedy,
Phd.
New Glass Review 25, Corning Museum of Glass,
2003
‘Lustre and Fire’ Irish Arts Review Autumn
2003
‘Contemporary Glass’, The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and MacMillan,
Royal Hibernian Academy, One Hundred and Seventy Third Exhibition Catalogue
2002
‘Contemporary Glass In Ireland’ Artists in Glass Berengo Fine Arts