Trained at Edinburgh College, DA(Edin.), and Ulster Polytechnic, Art & Design Centre(Advanced Diploma in Printmaking).  Currently Honorary Trustee of Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Co. Down.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2007        Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin – ‘a pale yellow sky’ and ‘Reflections on a Visit to Japan

2006        The Guinness Gallery, Foxrock, Co. Dublin

2005        The Naughton Gallery Queen‘s University Belfast - ‘a pale yellow sky’ - a collaborative  ensemble of mixed media & music with

                composer Deirdre McKay.

2003        The Guinness Gallery, Foxrock, Dublin

2002        October/November - “Compulsion Doth in Music Lie” - exhibition of original prints

                The Arts Centre, Wexford as part of the Wexford Opera Festival

                February/March - “The Fly” - installation & exhibition - Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast

2000        Jean Duncan Still Dancers - Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin - Live performance by Vanbrugh Quartet with projected images, National

                Concert Hall, Dublin, Cork and at Jacqueline

                Du Pré Hall, University of Oxford.

                ‘Still Dancers’ - paintings, prints & video film Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim

1999        ‘Still Dancers’ - paintings and prints, Harmony Hill Arts Centre, Lisburn

                In Stillness and Heat - The Guinness Gallery, Dublin

1998        'Still Dancers' - A performance of projected images with music by the Nossek Quartet , Waterfront Hall, Belfast.

                'Still Dancers' - an exhibition of paintings and prints, Waterfront Hall, Belfast.

1996        Elizabeth Guinness Gallery, Dublin.

1995        One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast.

1994        The Protecting Veil - A series of etchings and projected images with a performance by the Goldberg Ensemble - Royal Northern

                College of Music, Manchester

1993        One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast.

1990        TSB Bank N.I.(now First Trust Bank)

                Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain.

GROUP SHOWS:

2007        Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast

                Renewal: Printmakers from Northern Ireland – Washington D.C. & touring.

                Seacourt Print Workshop

                Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

2006        Origin Gallery. Dublin

2005        Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennale 2005, Japan

                Bry Gallery, University of Louisiana at Monroe

                Karborundumtryck - Form and Farg Gallery, Eskilstuna, Sweden

2004        Seacourt Print Workshop annual show selected by Mickey Donnelly - touring

                Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin

                Refined Views,  The Tile Refinery Gallery, Belfast

2003        Invited artist 3rd International Small Engraving Exhibition Cremona 2003, Italy

                Invited artist Gravura 2a Bienal Internacional Douro 2003, Portugal.

                Iontas open exhibition, Sligo, Ireland and touring

                Trust in Art, Hillsborough Castle, Hillsborough, Co. Down

2002        Seacourt Celebration Exhibition - 21 years of printmaking - Belfast & Dublin

                Spring Award 2002 - Gallery Slovenijales, Ljubljana.

                Tokyo International Mini-print triennal.

2001        Gravura - 1st Biennal International, Douro, Portugal

2000        5th Triennale mondiale - Chamalieres 2000, France

                Chong Print Festival, China

1999        ‘Genitor’ - two person show - Ards Art Centre, Newtownards, Co. Down

                New Art of the Irish - Flowerfields Arts Centre,  Port Stewart, Co. Derry

                Printmakers’ Council Open Biennale - London

                IV Graphic Art Biennale Drypoint International - Uzice, Yugoslavia

                Paper Works - Department of the Environment NI. & Office of Public Works, Dublin touring exhibition.

1998        "Aisling an Cheoil" - Original Print Gallery, Dublin.

                Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.

                Original Print Fair, London

                Annual selected exhibition - Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Co. Down

                Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast.

                "Double Take" - Engine Room Gallery, Belfast

                Christmas Exhibition, Cavehill Gallery, Belfast   

1997        Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.

                Ulster/Texas Exchange - Waterfront Hall, Belfast.

                Ulster/Texas Exchange - Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, Texas.

                Mini-biennale 1997, Olofstrom, Sweden.

1996        Two person show - Ryedale Festival, North Yorkshire.

                Two person show - Graphic Gallery, Dublin.

                'A Crazy Knot' - Tour of Northern Ireland by Arts Council of N.I.

1995        Conflicts of Spirit - Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast.

                Impressions - Galway Open Exhibition, Ireland.

                Monaghan Open Painting Exhibition, Ireland.

1994        Women Light Up the Night' - Berlin.  A nocturnal open-air slide show of artworks by women.

                Five French and British Painters, Martel, France.

                'Ink-pressure-paper', Flowerfield Arts Centre, Port Stewart.

1993        Feste Italiana, Dublin Castle, Dublin.

                Seacourt Print Workshop, Heritage Centre, Bangor, Co. Down.

                Bradford Open Print Biennale.

                Religion & Art - International Art Project, Priboj, Yugoslavia.

                'Martel Banner' - Exhibition of paintings by French & British artists, Martel, France.

1992        Northern Ireland - Cultural Counterpoint, New York.

                Group show & Sense of Place - One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast.

1991        Two person show - Ulster Arts Club Gallery, Belfast.

                Women on Women - Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast.

                Selected for Prix Trace - Idémédia Crédome, Paris.

1990        Open Exhibition, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast.

                Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor.

1989        Twelve artists selected from Min Print International Exhibition, Hospital de la Cruz, Barcelona.

                6 Printmakers - Kerlin Gallery, Belfast.

                Impression II - Spanish Arch Gallery, Galway

.               Mini Print International - Cadaques, Spain.

                Seacourt Print Workshop - Tower House Gallery, Bangor, Co. Down.

                Tutors' exhibition - Galerie Kahn, Martel, France

                Claremorris Open Exhibition, Ireland.

                2nd Irish Mini Print Exhibition, Dublin.

                Prints with a Point - Off Centre Gallery, Bristol.

1988        Two person show - Prints & Drawings - Flowerfield Arts Centre, Port Stewart, Co. Derry.

                Tutors' exhibition - Galerie Kahn, Martel, France.

                Mini Print International 1988, Cadaques, Spain.

                Espana '88 International Print Exhibition, Malaga, Spain.

                Border Vision - Monaghan, Ireland.

                EVA 1988, Limerick, Ireland.

1987        2nd Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley, Scotland.

                Prints with a Point, Hard Times Gallery, Bristol.

                Druckgrafik Kunstpreis '87, Landesbank, Stuttgart, Germany.

1987        Art Endeavour - Otter Gallery, Belfast.

                Xian College of Fine Arts, Xian, China.

Exhibits Royal Ulster Academy regularly - elected R.U.A. 1994

Founder member of the Octagon Gallery, Belfast

Co-founder and Director, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Co. Down

Founder member, Artists' Collective of Northern Ireland and CIRCA Art Magazine, Belfast

1987 elected to the Ulster Society of Painters in Watercolour.

COMMISSIONS:

                The Ulster Independent Clinic

                Bangor First Presbyterian Church

                The Linenhall Library, Belfast; Robert McKinstry FRIBA

                Hastings Hotels

                The Goldberg Ensemble, Manchester

                Waterfront Hall, Belfast

COLLECTIONS:

                Arts Council of Northern Ireland

                University College, Dublin

                Dundee City Art Gallery

                Department of the Environment for Northern Irelan

                Belfast City Council

                Belfast City Hospital

                The Ulster Independent Clinic

                Lurgan College of Further Education

                Hastings Hotel Group

                UTV, Belfast

                Northern Bank

                Irish Intercontinental Bank,

                AIB Bank

                First Trust Bank

                Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Dublin

                Office of Public Works, Dublin

                Irish National Self Portrait Collection, Limerick University

                Royal Ulster Academy Diploma Collection

                Bank of Ireland

                Queen’s University, Belfast

AWARDS:

                Award winner Mini Print International 1988, Cadaques, Spain.

                Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1990, 1997, 2007

                Residency - Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland 1994, 1996 & 1997

                Royal Ulster Academy - The Paul Henry Landscape Award 2003

                Cill Rialaig Project Residency 2004

                Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial 2005 - Jury Award

                Arts Council of Northern Ireland Travel Grant 2005

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

                              Dictionary of British Art - 20thC painters & sculptors by Frances Spalding

                              Artist of the Month - Ulster Tatler

1991                      Belfast Telegraph - Spotlight on Talented Duo - Elizabeth Baird

February 1993:     The Irish Times - Tuscan Experience - Ian Hill

                              Irish News - Review - Nuala Haughey

                              Belfast Telegraph - Review - Elizabeth Baird

February 1995:      The Irish Times - The French Connection - Ian Hill

February 1996:      The Irish Times - Margaret Arthur & Jean Duncan - Brian Fallon

February 1998:      Belfast Telegraph - Review - Elizabeth Baird

March 1998:          Sunday Times - Review - Gavin Weston

April 1999:             Belfast News Letter - Review - Ian Hill

February 2002:      Belfast Telegraph - Review - Elizabeth Baird