Born Dublin 1971, Ita Freeney graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design with a degree in Fine Art (1994) and is currently based in Cork.

She has had solo shows at the Lavit Gallery, Cork:; Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin; Fenton Gallery, Cork; Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick and the CIT. Two person shows have also been held at  Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin:; The West Cork Arts Centre and The Lavit Gallery, Cork.

2016 saw her stepping back from the gallery work she has been involved with over the years, reducing her hours further to focus more on her own practice. A member of the Backwater Artists for many years, she now works from an independent studio.

Her work is represented in the collections of the Crawford Gallery, Cork (as part of the National Collection), The OPW, Cork County Council, UCC, the Department of Finance and the Dental Hospital, Dublin.





Education:                  

1990 – 1994,                  Degree in Fine Art Painting

                                     Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork.





 Solo Exhibitions:

2024 February 8th - March 3rd Water’s Edge, Custom House Studios and Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo

April 18th - 27th ( excluding 20th & 21st) Water’s Edge, The Paul Kane Gallery at Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin.

2023 Water’s Edge, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel.

2019 Outer Edges, Solo Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork.

2008 A New World, Paul Kane Gallery,  Dublin 

2006                             New Paintings, Fenton Gallery, Cork

2002                             Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick

2001                              Strata, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin

1997                              New Paintings,   Cork RTC.





Two Person Exhibitions:

2018 Outer Edges, Megan Eustace and Ita Freeney, The Paul Kane Gallery at The Irish Architectural Archive.

1999                              Ita Freeney & Deirdre O’ Brien, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin

1998                              Elements, Ita Freeney & Neil Greig, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin

1998                              New Paintings, Ita Freeney & Kevin Gill, West Cork Arts Centre.

1996                              Ita  Freeney & Deirdre O’ Brien, Lavit Gallery, Cork 





Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024 Annual Art Exhibition, Mason, Hayes & Curran, Dublin from December 11th

Winter Group Exhibition, Paul Kane Gallery @ Irish Architectural Archive

Custom House Studio + Gallery Winter Exhibition, December 1st - January 12th

Winter Exhibition, Lavit Gallery Cork, November 1st - January 17th

Works from Stock, Lavit Gallery, Cork , September 27th - October 17th

From Source To Sea, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. June 22nd - September 22nd

Summer Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork. July 11th - August 22nd

Visual Presence, Main Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, King’s Hall, July 18th -August 4th

2023 Ballinglen Biennial Exhibition, The Ballinglen Museum of Art, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

Summer Group Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork

2022 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition

Summer Exhibition, Lavit Gallery, Cork

2021 Christmas Group Exhibitions - Lavit Gallery, Cork,; Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin; South Tipperary Arts Centre.

Winter Salon 2021, Fundraising Exhibition for Backwater Artists Group, Studio 12, Cork.

2020 Summer II Goup Show, Lavit Gallery, Cork        

2019 Christmas Group Exhibition - Lavit Gallery, Cork

 2010                            Twenty  - 10, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Work from the Backwater Artist Group. Curated by Vera Ryan and Stephen Brandes 

Out of Stock – Paul Kane Gallery , Dublin. 

2009                            From Ballinglen to Cork– selected exhibition, The Lavit Gallery, Cork

2008                            Open studios, Backwater Artists Group, Cork

2005                            C2, selected exhibition Crawford Gallery, Cork. (to coincide with Cork’s year of European City of Culture. )     

2004                            The Raw not the Cooked, Fenton Gallery, Cork. (a group exhibition curated by Katherine Boucher Beug)

Art Trail, Cork

2003                             Horizons, The Lavit Gallery, Cork           

2000                            Emerging Art II – Art of the State 2000, Kilkenny Castle, Burnavon Arts Centre, Newry Arts Centre, Siopa  Cil Rialaig   

1999                             Delta Group Show, Tig Fili , Cork

1998                             Group Show, Tig Fili, Cork

Short Circuit  – Backwater Artist’s Group Exhibition, The Wellspring Gallery, Tralee

1997                              Next Step, Group Show, CoRk RTC

Backwater artists, Tig Fili, Cork

New Generations, Group Show, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork

Cork Art Trail “97 

1996                             Group Exhibition, Varese, Italy

Cork Art Trail “96

1995                             New Painters, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork.

Shelter, Christmas Exhibition, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork

1994                            Fledglings Exhibition, The Lavit Gallery, Cork

The Taylor Art Exhibition, R.D.S., Dublin

Christmas Group Exhibition, Boole Library, U. C. C.

Crawford College of Art and Design Degree Exhibition

 

1998- 2024 Winter Exhibitions, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin     

2006, 2001, 1999 Summer Exhibitions, Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin       

2008, 2006 Summer Exhibitions, Fenton Gallery, Cork               

2001 - 2006 Christmas exhibitions, Fenton Gallery, Cork      





Residencies / Commissions


2019 - 2024 Residencies at Ballinglen Art Foundation, Mayo

2004                             Two week residency - Ballinglen Art Foundation, Mayo.

2004 Received Fellowship from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation.

2003                             Submitted  proposal for the commission of artwork for the new Limerick County Council Headquarters and  made shortlist of four.              





Collections:  

Work features in collections  including Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art, Mayo; Cork County Council; The Crawford Art Gallery ( as part of the National Collection); Dental Hospital, Dublin; Department of Finance; The Office of Public Works; UCC and Vision Consulting

 

Other Information:     

2013 - present Working from Independent Studio

2004- 2013      Member of Backwater Artists Group, Cork

1997 – 2004        Working from Independent studio

1994 – 1997        Member of Backwater Artists Group, Cork