About the Portrait Artist, Benita Stoney

Artist Statement:
Usually I work in egg tempera, sometimes in oils, to make portraits which convey the personality as much as the likeness. I will work to commission.


Art Education:

2006 BA in Fine Art, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Castlebar Campus


Collections:
Mayo County Council
Private Collections Ireland, UK, USA, Australia, Germany

Benita Stoney - Portrait Artist


Exhibitions:
2009 National Portrait Gallery, London, Mystery Portraits
2009 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Annual Exhibition
2008-9 BP Portrait Award 2008, National Portrait Gallery, London; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Aberdeen Art Gallery; Aberystwyth Arts Centre
2008 Faith in Form, Kinsale
2008 RHA Annual Exhibition
2007 RHA Annual Exhibition. Jorgensen Fine Art Award for a work of distinction.
2007 ‘Foursight’, group show, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo
2006 ‘Foursight’, group show, Museum of Country Life, Turlough, Castlebar
2006  12 Degrees, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
2006 RHA Annual Exhibition
2005 RHA Annual Exhibition
2005 Royal Dublin Society Student Art Awards and Travelling Exhibition, RDS, Dublin; Axis Centre Ballymun; Custom House Westport Co Mayo
2004 RHA Annual Exhibition
2004 ‘Food for Thought’, group show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
1989 ‘New Work’ with Bridget Tempest, Green College, Oxford

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