Exhibitions and Awards (selected)
Saatchi Gallery London - 'Portfolio' at COLLECT - The Saatchi Gallery London - May 2010
Castlecomer Estate Sculpture Gardens 2010' - Castlecomer, Kilkenny - April 2010
'Portfolio' 2010 at The National Craft Gallery Kilkenny The Crafts Council of Ireland
'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 Exhibition 09'at Castle Upton Gallery, Templepatrick, Co. Antrim Click here
London 'Art Below' London Underground - Kensington Station Summer 09'
RDS National Crafts Competition and Exhibition 2009' 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 08' and 09' at The National Botanic Gardens, Dublin - Click to view 08' Exhib
Denmark - Gallagher has recently been Invited to Represent Ireland by the National Museum of Ireland in a Major European Exhibition 'European Glass Context 2008' in Bornholm, Denmark - Click here to preview
China, Shanghai and Beijing - 'Is Mise Ireland 08' Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Ireland - The Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
'Heal' 2007,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 ~ Pilchuck. Session five 2003, Instructor Mitchell Gaudet (New Orleans)
Seattle, USA, Summer Exhibition 03’ Group Exhibition.
Collections
The McCann FitzGerald Collection
'The Guerkin', London. Click here
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 (selected)
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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.
