Exhibitions and Awards
The Mall Galleries London UK - The Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition - Oct 2012
‘Engaging with Glass’ – Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA USA 2012
Áras an Uachtaráin – Invited to submit proposal for outdoor commission for President Mary McAleese
Saatchi Gallery London - 'Portfolio' at COLLECT - The Saatchi Gallery London
Castlecomer Estate Sculpture Gardens - Castlecomer, Kilkenny
'Portfolio' at The National Craft Gallery Kilkenny The Crafts Council of Ireland
Tokyo - ‘Pillar of Art’ Exhibition Tokyo, Japan
'Evolution' Dublin, Ireland - Joint Exhibition by Sculptors Alva Gallagher and Jason Ellis - Click here to View
'Pillar of Art' Berlin Mitte, Berlin, Germany Click here for images
'Reflections of our Coast' Winter Collection @ Castle Upton Gallery, Templepatrick, Co. Antrim Click here
London 'Art Below' London Underground - Kensington Station
RDS National Crafts Competition and Exhibition Dublin Horse Show
Gallagher is the 2008 Winner of The Allianz Business to Arts Jim McNaughton Tilestyle Bursary Award - The Largest Award presented to any individual at the 2008 Ceremony and is awarded for work of high distinction in Corporate commissioning with the Beacon Medical Group
'Sculpture in Context' at The National Botanic Gardens, Dublin - Click to view 08' Exhib
Denmark - Gallagher was Invited to Represent Ireland by the National Museum of Ireland in a Major European Exhibition 'European Glass Context in Bornholm, Denmark - Click here to preview
China, Shanghai and Beijing - 'Is Mise Ireland' Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Ireland - The Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
'Heal',The Naughton Gallery, Belfast. Gallagher was rewarded for work of distinction at the 'Heal' Exhibition preview in Belfast
Paris, La Galerie SEMA, 23 Ave Daumesnil, Paris, France.Major Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Applied Art, Formally opened by H.E Anne Anderson, Ambassador of Ireland in France Click here for Images
ECB Frankfurt, Germany ~ Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Art, Hosted by the European Central Bank. Major International Group Exhibition including works by Alva Gallagher, Dermot Seymour, Geraldine O’Neill, Tom Fitzgerald, Sean Hillen, Mark Scallan, Robert Ballagh, Brian Maguire, Louis Le Brouquay, Stephen Loughman, Blaise Drummond. Catalogued Exhibition
Pilchuck, Seattle, WA, USA. Awarded the first Irish Partner Scholarship for Sculptural hot Glass at the worlds most prestigious Glass School ~ Seattle WA USA
Seattle, USA, Summer Exhibition - Group Student Exhibition.
Collections
MasterCard Worldwide HQ
Private Collection in Sydney, Australia
The ‘Gherkin’, London, UK. 30 St Mary’s Axe. Major Private Corporate Commission Click here
The McCann FitzGerald Collection
The Bruce Shaw Collection
The Beacon - Hospital Sandyford, Dublin. Click Here to View
State Collection - Office of the Secretary General at the Department of Education and Science. Click here to View
The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks - National Collection
The Office of Public Works - State Collection
BMW - Corporate Collection
Holland,The Hague. Private Collection - Agip Oil Consultants, The Hague
Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin
Ahern and Co. Private Collection
Harcourt Developments, Corporate Collection, Dublin
The Oyster Circle Collection, Blackrock, Dublin
AWAS - Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin.2 - Corporate Collection
Private Collection of Lady and Lord Dunraven
Publications (select)
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‘Engaging with Glass’ 2012 Traver Gallery Seattle WA – Catalogued ISBN 978-0-9555120-6-3
An Post publication of Prestige booklet to house Year of Craft Stamps with CCoI 2011
The Irish Times Magazine 2010 - Cover and full page
Portfolio 2010 - Irish Craft Portfolio with The Crafts Council of Ireland. Catalogued ISBN 978-1-906691-12-7
European Glass Context -Representing Ireland in Bornholm, Denmark. Catalogued ISBN 978-87-89059-79-2
The Central Academy of Fine Art - Beijing, China. Catalogued ISBN 978-1-906713-01-0
The Times - Announced as The Winner of The Jim McNaughton/Tilestyle Bursary Award at the 08' Allianz Business2Arts Awards
Art in State Buildings - 20yrs of Irish Contemporary Art, Farmleigh OPW Catalogued Exhibition + Peer Reviewed ISBN 0-7557-7401-9
La Monde, March 07' Paris Exhibition Review
Contemporary Art from Ireland - Catalogued Exhibition, European Central Bank, ECB, Frankfurt, Germany ISBN 92-9181-656-6
Murano, Italy 2003, Sculptural hotwork.
