CAROL HODDER
Carol Hodder is a self taught painter who has exhibited widely around Ireland, in Beijing China and also at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. In 2015 she won the Republic of Ireland Award for the UK’s National Open Art Exhibition, which took place at the RCA, London and toured to the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. In 2017 she was invited to undertake a two month Residency at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut which was grant aided by the Arts Council of Ireland. She is a Fellow of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, and is represented by Solomon Fine Art, Dublin (www.solomonfineart.ie).
AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES
Nes, Skagastrond Iceland,
2022, 2019
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut
2017
Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award 2017
The Republic of Ireland Award, National Open Art,
London (NOA 2015)
The Golden Fleece Award 2014 (shortlisted artist)
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation; Fellowship and Residencies; 2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2000,1999
Arts Council Travel Grant, Beijing, China, 2007 B.I.G.C Beijing China
The Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland, Canada, 2006
Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry, 2002
COLLECTIONS
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
The Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art
OPW
The Chichester Arts Trust
Cork University Hospital, Millennium Collection
The Druids Glen, Wicklow
Limerick County Council
Newtown School, Waterford
Patrick J Murphy
Scott Tallon Walker
Ballymaloe House
Bank of Ireland
Carlton Hotel Group
Dripsey Castle
2024 Solomon Fine Art Spring/Summer?Winter Exhibition
Boyle Arts Festival
Gathering Gallery, London for Art on a postcard
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
SumGood at Copper House Gallery
Saltspace Studio, Glasgow (for Beermats for Balls - testicular cancer awareness exhibition and auction)
2023
Solomon Fine Art Summer Exhibition
Neither Here Or There - 4 person show Catherine Hammond Gallery
Bantry
Solomon Fine Art Spring Show
Art on a Postcard at
The Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
2022
Solomon Fine Art: Spring Show
Solo Exhibition Solomon Fine Art Dublin
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
London
2021
Solomon Fine Art: Spring/Summer /Winter Group show
Art on a postcard - London
Outhouse
Lismore Castle Arts / Verso Art Project
Scoop Foundation
Catherine Hammond Fine Art
2020
Facing North Solo Exhibition, Solomon Fine Art
Solomon Fine Art, Summer Group Exhibition
Art on a Postcard, for International Women's
Day, The Allbright, Mayfair, London
Scoop Foundation, Auction, May 24th
Solomon Fine Art, Spring Group Exhibiton Mar-Apr
Catherine Hammond Fine Art
2019 Vue Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin
Solomon Fine Art, Summer Group show, Dublin
McKenna Gallery, Co. Tyrone
Shortlisted Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Solomon Fine Art, Easter Group Show
Catherine Hammond Gallery
Legacy Boyle Arts Festival 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Co. Roscommon
2018 Solomon Fine Art, Dublin - Spring Group Exhibition,
Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
Skibbereen Arts Festival
Solomon Fine Art - Solo (Aug/Sep)
2017 National Open Art (NOA) 2017, Bargehouse, Oxo
Tower Wharf, Southbank, London
Solomon Fine Art, Dublin, winter exhibition
VUE Contemporary, RHA, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon July 2017
Art on a postcard - secret auction London
2016 Shorelines - Catherine Hammond Gallery (solo)
CASE - Lavit Gallery Cork, Sep-Oct
DRAW - Backwater Artists, Cork
NOA, Arundel Castle, Sussex
VUE Art Fair, RHA, Dublin Nov 3-6
Art on a postcard - secret auction - Maddox Gallery, London
2015 NOA - The Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Winners Exhibition, Pallant House Gallery Chichester
Harrogate International Visual Arts Expo (HIVE)
Art on a Postcard; Soho Revue Gallery, London
VUE Contemporary, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Catherine Hammond Gallery
Skibbereen Arts festival
2014
Vue Contemporary, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
The Royal Academy summer exhibition, London
On the Edge of the World, Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo
Catherine Hammond Gallery
2013
inside out, The Lime Tree Gallery, Kenmare
celebration, Catherine Hammond Gallery, Glengarriff
The Abscence of Realism, The Lavit Gallery, Cork
2012
CASe , The Lavit Gallery, Cork
2011
leanings, Catherine Hammond Gallery, Glengarriff; (in conjunction with the West Cork Literary Festival) (solo)
2010
on the edge of abstraction, Urban Retreat Gallery
landmarks Catherine Hammond Gallery, Glengarriff (solo)
2009
From Ballinglen to Cork, The Lavit Gallery, Cork
Images from North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle
2007
wetlands, The Pigyard Gallery, Wexford (solo)
Through Irish Eyes, Bejiing Institute of Graphic Communication, Bejiing, China
2006
Tidelines, Gallery One Kilkenny (two person)
2005
Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
C2, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
2004
Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
Catherine Hammond Gallery, Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Decade II, The Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
Hillsboro Fine Art, 3 Annes Lane, Dublin 2
2003
Eigse Carlow Arts Festival
Decade The Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
Tidelines, Gallery One, Kilkenny (two person)
40th Anniversary Exhibition', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Ballinglen The Artists in Rural Ireland, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
2002
Oireachtais Dunlaoighre County Hall, Dublin
CASe 2002, Lavit Gallery, Cork
Bass Contemporary Art Awards, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Waterfront Hall, Derry
Belfast + Down Civic Arts Centre
Art in St. Fin Barre's 2002, Cork
Aisling Geal, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
2001
Oireachtais , Dunlaoighre County Hall, Dublin
Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow
Iontas , National Small Works Exhibition, Sligo, Belfast, and Cork
Inside Cork, Lavit Gallery, Cork
CASe Lavit Gallery, Cork
Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ballinglen Artists', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Cill Rialig project, Waterville, Co Kerry
Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Lime Tree, Kenmare, Co Kerry
Art of Love Gallery 44, Cork
2000
COE 2000', Claremorris, Mayo (solo)
Silent Echoes, Kilmallock, Co Cork (3 person)
Iontas National Small Works Exhibition, Sligo, RHA Dublin, and Belfast
Landmarks, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh Co. Cork (solo)
1999
Coast to Coast', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
Iontas, Sligo, Limerick and Belfast
1998
Ceramics and Small Sculptures', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
Iontas, National Small Works Exhibition
Sligo, RHA, Dublin and Ormeau Baths, Belfast
Newtown Connections, Garter Lane, Arts Centre, Wexford
Cork University Hospital, 20th Anniversary Exhibition
1997
Source to Sea', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
The Antique Print Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
New Generations', Triskel Gallery, Cork
Art Trail '97, Proby's, Cork
The Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford
1996
Living Art' Liberty Hall, Dublin
Caldwell Gallery, Belfast
The Antique Print Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
1995
Scoip'95' Siamsa Tire, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Iontas, National Small Works Exhibition
Sligo, Dublin and Ormeau Baths, Belfast
Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
Spillers Lane Gallery, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
1994
Us Above', Lavit Gallery, Cork
Uisce , Jameson Gallery, Midleton, Co. Cork
Laid Bare', Wellspring Gallery, Tralee, Co. Kerry
1993
Royal Hiberian Academy, Dublin
Iontas, National Small Works Exhibition, Sligo
1992
Royal Hiberian Academy, Dublin
1991
Royal Hiberian Academy, Dublin
Board member Sirius Arts Centre from 2000-2005