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artists born in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

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* Arthur Armstrong (1924–1996) *

Array Collective Array Collective is the alias of 11 Belfast-based artists and activists. In 2021 they became the first People of Northern Ireland, Northern Irish winners of the Turner Prize. Work Array Collective are known for projects that support "LGBT right ...

(active 2016–present) –Northern Irish collective of artists and activists who won the 2021 Turner Prize

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James Bingham James Bingham may refer to: * James Bingham (artist), Belfast-based painter * James Bingham (Indiana politician) James Bingham (March 16, 1861 – August 19, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the nineteenth Indiana Atto ...

(1925–2009) * Basil Blackshaw (1932–2016) *

Bogside Artists The Bogside Artists are a trio of mural painters from Derry, Northern Ireland, consisting of brothers Tom and William Kelly, and Kevin Hasson (b. 8 January 1958). Their most famous work, a series of outdoor murals called the People's Gallery, is ...

Alicia Boyle Alicia Louisa Letitia Boyle ''RBA, RHA, RUA'' (1 August 1908 – 11 January 1997) was an Irish abstract marine and landscape artist. Early life and education Alicia Boyle was born on 1 August 1908 to Brudenell P Boyle, an engineer, and his wife B ...

(1908–1997) * Terry Bradley (1965–) *

Muriel Brandt Muriel Brandt (16 January 1909 - 10 June 1981) was an Irish artist known for her portraiture and murals. Early life and family Muriel Brandt was born Muriel McKinley in Colenso Parade, Belfast on 16 January 1909. Her parents were Florence Ann ...

(1909–1981) *

Deborah Brown Deborah Brown (27 September 1927 – 8 April 2023) was a Northern Irish sculptor. She is well known in Ireland for her pioneering exploration of the medium of fibre glass in the 1960s and established herself as one of the country's leading scu ...

(1927– ) * John Byrne

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Joseph W. Carey Joseph William Carey ARUA (1859–1937) was an Irish artist. Joseph was the son of the Rev. J. W. Carey, the minister of the Moravian Church in Kilwarlin, County Down. He trained as an illustrator with Marcus Ward & Co., publishers. When this fi ...

(1859–1937) * Thomas Carr (1909–1999) * W. H. Conn (1895–1973) *

William Conor William Conor OBE RHA PPRUA ROI (1881–1968) was a Belfast-born artist. Celebrated for his warm and sympathetic portrayals of working-class life in Ulster, William Conor studied at the Government School of Design in Belfast in the 1890s ...

(1881–1968) * William A. Coulter (1849–1936) *

James Humbert Craig James Humbert Craig (12 July 1877 in Belfast – 12 June 1944) was an Irish painter.Craig was born in Belfast to Alexander Craig, a tea merchant, and a Swiss mother, Marie Metzenen, from a family with a painting tradition. He was raised in ...

(1877–1944)

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* Colin Davidson (1968– ) * Gerard Dillon (1916–1971) *

Willie Doherty Willie Doherty (born 1959) is an artist from Northern Ireland, who has mainly worked in photography and video. He has twice been a Turner Prize nominee. Life and work Doherty was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and from 1978 to 1981 studied a ...

(1959– ) * Keith Drury (artist) (1964– ) *

Rita Duffy Rita Duffy (born 1959) is a Northern Ireland artist, described in 2005 as the province's "foremost artist". She describes herself as a Republican, pacifist and feminist. Her installations and projects often highlight socio-political issues and ...

(1959– )

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Brendan Ellis Brendan Ellis (born 1951) is an Irish artist and teacher based in Belfast. Education Ellis studied at St Mary's Grammar School and the Ulster Polytechnic (now Ulster University). He moved to London in 1974 and he gained his master's degree at th ...

(1951- )

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* T P Flanagan (1929–2011) * Hugh Frazer (1795–1865) *

Rowel Friers Rowel Boyd Friers ''MBE'' ''PPRUA'' (13 April 1920 -21 September 1998) was a cartoonist, illustrator, painter and lithographer. Early life and career Friers grew up in the Lagan Village area of Belfast near the Ravenhill Road. He was appre ...

(1920–1998)

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* William St. John Glenn "Bill Glenn" (1904–1974) *

William Crampton Gore William Crampton Gore RHA (1871–1946) was an Irish painter. The son of an army officer from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Gore studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1897 and practising until 1901. An intervening perio ...

(1871–1946)

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Siobhán Hapaska Siobhán Hapaska (born 1963) is an Irish sculptor. Early life and education Hapaska was born in Belfast and studied art at Middlesex Polytechnic from 1985 to 1988 before completing a master's degree at Goldsmiths College in 1992. In 1993 she w ...

(1963– ) *

Sarah Cecilia Harrison Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941) was an Irish artist and the first woman to serve on Dublin City Council. Life Early life and education Harrison, who went by the name Cecilia, was born to an affluent family in Holywood, County Down. She ...

(1863–1941) *

Maurice Harron Maurice Harron (born 1946) is a sculptor from Derry, Northern Ireland. Harron was educated at St Columb's College. At the Ulster College of Art and Design in Belfast, he studied sculpture. Much of his work is public art sculpture and he has ...

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Jeremy Henderson Jeremy Henderson was an Anglo-Irish artist and painter. Henderson was Artist in Residence at Kingston University, with art exhibited at the Royal Academy and National Art Collections. Life Jeremy Henderson was born at Lisbellaw, County Ferma ...

(1952–2009) * Olive Henry (1902–1989) * Paul Henry (1876–1958) * Martin Heron (1965– ) * Seán Hillen (1961– ) *

Mercy Hunter Mercy Hunter ''HRUA PPRUA ARCA MBE'' (22 January 1910 – 20 July 1989) was a Northern Irish artist, calligrapher and teacher. Hunter was a founding member of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, where she was later to become president and she w ...

(1910–1989)

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Oliver Jeffers Oliver Brendan Jeffers (born 1977) is a Northern Irish artist, illustrator and writer who now lives and works in Brooklyn. He went to the integrated secondary school Hazelwood College, then graduated from the University of Ulster in 2001. ...

(1977– ) * Patrick J. Jones Sci-fi and fantasy artist

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* John Kindness (1951– )

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Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his ''Essays of Elia'' and for the children's book ''Tales from Shakespeare'', co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–18 ...

(1893–1964) *

John Lavery Sir John Lavery (20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941) was a Northern Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions. Life and career John Lavery was born in inner North Belfast, baptised at St Patrick's Church, Belfast a ...

(1856–1941) * John Long (1964– ) *

John Luke John Luke may refer to: * John A. Luke Jr., chief executive officer of MeadWestvaco * John Luke (artist) (1906–1975), Irish artist * John Luke (New Zealand politician) (1858–1931), New Zealand politician * John Luke (MP) (1563–1638), English p ...

(1906–1975)

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* Gladys Maccabe (1918–2018) * George MacCann (1909–1967) * Kathleen Isabella Mackie (1899–1996) * Elizabeth Magill (1959– ) * Cecil Maguire (1930–2020) * Jim Manley (1934– ) * Padraig Marrinan (1906–1973) *

Violet McAdoo Annie Florence Violet McAdoo (1900 -22 November 1961) was an Ulster born watercolour and landscape painter, a graduate from the Royal College of Art, a one time secretary of the Ulster Academy of Arts, and a time served educator. Biography McAdo ...

(1896–1961) *

Charles McAuley Charles McAuley (1910–1999) was an Irish painter. He was born on 15 March 1910 at Lubatavish, Glenaan, near Cushendall, the youngest of eight children in a family whose forebears had inhabited the Glens for many generations. McAuley pursu ...

(1910–1999) *

Samuel McCloy Samuel McCloy (13 March 1831 – 4 October 1904) was an Irish artist who trained at Belfast School of Design and later at Somerset House. He exhibited widely in group shows across the British Isles and was known for his watercolours, genre pa ...

(1831–1904) *

Norah McGuinness Norah Allison McGuinness (7 November 1901 – 22 November 1980) was an Irish painter and illustrator. Early life Norah McGuinness was born in County Londonderry. She attended life classes at Derry Technical School and from 1921 studied at ...

(1901–1980) *

Frank McKelvey Frank McKelvey (3 June 1895 – 30 June 1974) was an Irish painter from Belfast. Early life and education Francis Baird McKelvey, also known as Frank McKelvey, was born 3 June 1895. He was born in Belfast at 31 Woodvale Road. He was bapti ...

(1895–1974) * Cherith McKinstry (1928–2004) *

F. E. McWilliam Frederick Edward McWilliam (30 April 1909 – 13 May 1992), was a Northern Irish surrealist sculptor. He worked chiefly in stone, wood and bronze. Biography McWilliam was born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland, the son of Dr William McWilliam ...

(1909–1989) * Colin Middleton (1910–1983) * Crawford Mitchell (1908–1976) * George C Morrison (1915–1993) * Albert Morrow (1863–1927) * George Morrow (1869–1955) * Jack Morrow (1872–1926) *

Carolyn Mulholland Carolyn Mulholland '' HRHA'', ''HRUA'' (born 1944) is an Irish sculptor. Life Carolyn Mulholland was born in 1944 in Lurgan, County Armagh. She attended the Belfast College of Art, and in 1965 was awarded the Ulster Arts Club prize for sculp ...

(1944– )

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* Paul Nietsche (1885–1950)

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* Daniel O'Neill (1920–1974) * Dennis H. Osborne (1919–2016) * Jean Osborne (1926–1965)

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* Charles Peers (1875–1944) * Raymond Piper (1923–2007) *

Rosamond Praeger Sophia Rosamond Praeger, MBE, HRHA, MA (17 April 1867 – 16 April 1954) was an Irish artist, sculptor, illustrator, poet and writer. Early life and education Praeger was born in Holywood, County Down, Ireland on 17 April 1867. Her parents ...

(1867–1954)

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Clifford Rainey Clifford Rainey (born 1948, Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish glass sculptor. he began his career as a linen damask designer and worked in William Ewarts linen manufacturers from 1965 to 1968. He later studied at Horns ...

(1948– ) * Maria D. Robinson (1840–1920) *

Markey Robinson David Marcus Robinson ( – 28 January 1999) was an Irish painter and sculptor with a primitive representational style. Early life Robinson was born on in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of a house painter. Robinson began drawing at an ...

(1918–1999) *

George William Russell George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a centra ...

(1867–1935)

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* William Scott (1913–1989) *

Paul Seawright Paul Seawright (born 1965) is a Northern Irish artist. He is the professor of photography and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (previously Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Belfast School of Art) at Ulster University in Belf ...

(1965– ) * Elizabeth Shaw (1920–1992) * Neil Shawcross (1940– ) *

Oliver Sheppard Oliver Sheppard (10 April 1865 – 14 September 1941) was an Irish sculptor, most famous for his 1911 bronze statue of the mythical Cuchullain dying in battle. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the ...

(1865–1941) *

James Sleator James Sinton Sleator (27 June 1885 – 9 January 1950), was an Irish artist, born in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland. Painter of portraits and still life, James Sleator was son of William Slator (different spelling, as James changed this, ...

(1889–1950) * Hamilton Sloan (1945– ) *

Victor Sloan Victor Sloan Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 1945) is a Northern Irish photographer and artist. Life and work Sloan was born in 1945 in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He studied at the Royal Sch ...

MBE (1945– ) *

Andre Stitt André Stitt (born 1958 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an artist currently based in Cardiff, Wales, where he is a Professor of Fine Art at the Cardiff School of Art & Design. Background Stitt's family moved from Belfast in the 1960s an ...

(1958– )

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* Romeo Toogood (1902–1966)

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James Ward James Ward may refer to: Military *James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1833–?), American Civil War sailor * James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1890) (1854–1901), American Indian Wars soldier *James Allen Ward (1919–1941), New Zealand pilot and Vi ...

(1851–1924) * Ross Wilson (1958– )

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John Butler Yeats John Butler Yeats (16 March 1839 – 3 February 1922) was an Irish people, Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a nu ...

Snoddy 2002, pp.743-751 (1839–1922)

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