Divided Loyalties by Mick O’Dea PPRHA reflects the artist’s strong interest in the Decade of Centenaries period and this exhibition showcases a number of his works from this period as part of Clare County Council’s Decade of Centenaries programme.
Mick O’Dea was born in Ennis, Co Clare in 1958. He studied at the National College of Art and Design Dublin, The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Winchester School of Art in Barcelona and Winchester where he was awarded a Masters in European Fine Art. He lectured in NCAD for sixteen years up to 1999 and has acted as an external assessor and lecturer in Art Colleges and Universities in the USA, UK and Ireland.
O’Dea has had numerous exhibitions and has participated in a wide range of artists residencies in Ireland, the USA and Europe. The recipient of many awards, his most recent include The Ireland US council / Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award in Dublin and The Royal Ulster Academy Portrait Prize in Belfast.
