Rosaleen Davey (born 1947) is an Irish visual artist.

Biography

Rosaleen Davey was born in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

in 1947. She has lived in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

since the 1970s. Davey studied in the Ulster College of Art in Belfast and at

Leeds University , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

. Davey studied with Colin Harrison. She has taught painting at the

National College of Art and Design The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) is Ireland's oldest art institution, offering the largest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the country. Originating as a drawing school in 1746, many of th ...

. Davey creates figurative or abstract. Her works have been exhibited in a number of galleries in Ireland such as the Ayesha Castle Gallery, Co. Dublin in 1997,

Butler Gallery Butler Gallery is a contemporary art gallery and museum in Kilkenny, Ireland. It presents a collection of works by Irish and international artists from the 18th century to the present day. A wing has been devoted to the work of the Callan artist ...

, Kilkenny in 1996 and the Caldwell Gallery, Dublin in 1982. She has also exhibited at the Cavanacor Gallery, Taylor Galleries, Fenderesky Gallery, the RHA, the

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

and

Crawford Art Gallery The Crawford Art Gallery ( ga, Áiléar Crawford) is a public art gallery and museum in the city of Cork, Ireland. Known informally as the Crawford, it was designated a 'National Cultural Institution' in 2006. It is "dedicated to the visual arts ...

. Davey's work is included in Irish public collections.

Sources

1947 births Living people Artists from Belfast 20th-century Irish painters 21st-century Irish painters {{Ireland-bio-stub