MAY 2006

Inishowen Artist elected to Aosdána

A former LYIT student has been elected to Aosdána, the highest artistic accolade in Ireland. Sean Fingleton was born in Malin in 1950. He studied English and Philosophy at UCD and then undertook a painting course at the Regional College, now LYIT, where he was taught by Eddie O'Kane, Lecturer in Fine Art, and he graduated in 1979. Fingleton then studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.

Sean's work is regularly exhibited in Donegal at the Cavanacor Gallery, Lifford, where his former lecturer is a Director. Sean 's contribution to Irish Art has been regularly acknowledged and he has received a number of awards including the Independent Artists Painting Bursary, GPA Emerging Artists Award, Fergus O'Ryan RHA Memorial Award and he is twice prize winner in the Claremorris Open Exhibition.

Storm Gull painted in oils on canvas by Sean Fingleton

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