1949                Born Co. Tyrone

1971-72           Ulster College of Art & Design

1972-75           Canterbury College of Art

1975-78           Royal College of Art

1978                J Andrew Lloyd Award for Landscape Painting (RCA)

1981                Major Award Arts Council of Northern Ireland

                        Mural Commission, Royal Liverpool Hospital

2002                Residency: Ceil Rialaig, Co. Kerry

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1979                Arts Council Gallery, Belfast

                        Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1981                Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin

                        Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1982-3             Paton Gallery, London

1983                Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery

1984                Arts Council Gallery, Belfast

1985                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

                        Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1987                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

                        The Winchester Gallery (touring exhibition)

                        Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport

                        Worcester City Art Gallery

1988                Opening of the Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

1989                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

1990                Sligo Arts Festival, Ireland

                        Narrow Water Gallery, Co. Down

                        John Claire Series, University of Liverpool

1991                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

                        Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham

1992                Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

                        Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

1993                Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham

                        Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

1994                Art First, London

1995                Aldeburg Festival

                        Ainscough Gallery, Liverpool

1996                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

                        Art First, London

1998                Art First, London

1999                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

                        View Gallery, Liverpool

                        Monaghan County Museum, Ireland

2000                Hallward Gallery, Dublin

2002                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

                        Art First, London

                        Hallward Gallery, Dublin

2003                Art First, London

2006                Hallward Gallery, Dublin

                        gordon gallery, Derry

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1978                John Moores Liverpool Exhibition XI (Prizewinner)

1981                Hibernian Inscape, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin

                        Orchard Gallery, Derry

                        Third Eye Centre, Glasgow

                        Triptychs, Ian Birksted Gallery, London

1982                The Ulysses Project, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin

                        Irish Art, Vermont, USA

1983                The Granada Collection, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

1985                John Moores Liverpool Exhibition XIV

                        14 Artists from Belfast, Mexico City

1987                Kunst Aus Liverpool (5 Artists), BBK Gallery, Cologne

1988                Ulster Art in the ‘80s, Gallaher Gallery, Dublin

                        Art Cologne 1988 (Fenderesky Gallery), Cologne

1990                Art Cologne 1988 (Fenderesky Gallery), Cologne

1991                Parable island (Irish Art), Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1991                The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Midlands Contemporary Art

                        John Moores 18, Liverpool (Prizewinner)

1994                Art ’94, The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First

                        The Featured Land, Art First, London

1995                The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First

                        Landscape at Large, Art First, London

                        House Painters, Bluecoat Art Centre, Liverpool

                        Words, Aspex gallery, Portsmouth touring to Fringe Gallery, Glasgow

1996                Art ‘96, The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First

1997                Three Years on!, Art First, London

                        Art ‘97, The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First

1998                Rolling Devolution, Crawford Art Centre, St. Andrews, touring Scotland, Ireland and Wales

                        Art ‘98, The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First

                        Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

                        Henley on Thames Festival, with Art First

1999                Art ‘99, The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First

                        Starting a Collection, Art First, London

                        Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

2000                Art 2000, The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Art First

                        Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

2002                H20, Water’s Edge, Art First, London

                        Summer at Art First, New York

                        Carlton Festival Exhibition, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

                        Boyle Arts Festival

                        Works on Paper, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast

                        Living Landscape, Skibereen, Co. Cork and tour to Scotland

BIBLIOGRAPHY

                        Liam Kelly, Exhibition Catalogue, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast,1985

                        Martin Anglesea, Portraits and Prospects, Ulster Museum, 1989

                        James Hamilton, Irish Arts Review Year Book, 1993

                        Frances Ruane, AIB Art, 1995

                        Liam Kelly, Thinking Long, 1996

                        Brian McAvera, Land and Sea, Exhibition Catalogue, Art First, 1996

                        Brian McAvera, Rolling Devolution, Exhibition Catalogue, 1997

                        Pam Meecham, Revisiting Landscape, Fenderesky Gallery, 1999

                        Enda Wyley, Opening the Door, Exhibition Catalogue, Art First, 2000

                        Brian McAvera, ‘Memory and Invention’, Irish Arts Review, 2006*

COLLECTIONS

                        Allied Irish Bank

                        Amersham International

                        Arthur Anderson & Co.

                        Arts Council of Great Britain

                        Arts Council of Northern Ireland

                        AXA Insurance

                        Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

                        City Hospital, Belfast

                        Davies, Wallis, Foyster (Solicitors)

                        Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)

                        European Parliament (Brussels)

                        Granada Television

                        IBM United Kingdom

                        Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

                        Littlewoods Organisation

                        Lombard and Ulster

                        Malthouse & Co. (Chartered Accountants)

                        Office of Public Works

                        Royal College of Art

                        The Royal Liverpool Hospital

                        Ulster Museum

                        Ulster Television

                        Unilever Ltd.

                        University of Liverpool

                        Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

                        Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead