Stephen Lawlor

Stephen Lawlor (born 1958 in Dublin) is an honours graduate of its National College of Art and Design from 1980-1983. During the 1980s he taught in Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology Dublin, his work during this time was based on the figure of the horse which he developed through drawings etchings, lithographs and monotypes. An accomplished painter as well as a master printer, Lawlor has recently started to make sculpture in bronze. He has had solo shows in Ireland, England and the U.S.A. and has participated in numerous International Group exhibitions. His work is in private collections in the United States, Australia, The Far East and most of Europe.

He has been a member of Graphic Studio Dublin since 1984 and is its current Chairman. 1997 Hillsborough Fine Art, Dublin 1993 Pantheon Gallery, Dublin 1990 Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda 1990 Talent Store Gallery, London

Selected group exhibitions 2004 Paintings and Prints, Stockholm, Sweden 2002 Northern Ljus Stockholm, Sweden 2001 Galleri Hippo, Stockholm, Sweden 2000 Triennale Mondiale Paris, France 1999 Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon 1999 R.H.A. Gallagher Gallery, Dublin 1999/8 The Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, London 1998 Irish Heritage, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlottesville, N. Carolina 1998 Art into Art, National Gallery, Dublin 1998 International Ex., Stockholm, Sweden 1998 5 Printmakers, Frank Lewis Gallery, Killarney 1997 The Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, London 1997 Trinnale Mondiale Chamalieres, France 1997 Out of Ireland, Keenesaw State University, Georgia, U.S. 1996 Yello Gallery, Cork Office of Public Works Butler Gallery, Kilkenny The Smurfit Group The Hastings Group Irish Intercontinental Bank National Gallery Of Ireland