MEET THE ARTISTS

The Chimera Gallery in Mullingar is only made possible by the passionate existence of the artists that exhibit their work, this is a small selection of the artists on show.

NOTE: We are constantly adding artists to this section. For the full list of the 40 plus artists on show, and their individual pages on our website, please visit “GALLERY ARTISTS” on the menu above.

Jonathan Aiken

Jonathan Aiken was born in Lisburn in 1965. He was educated at the Methodist College, Belfast and received formal training in architecture and design at Queen's University.

His style is influenced by the work of Andy Warhol and the Pop Art movement. His unique pieces have an original style, which are characterised by both skill and concept. He creates narratives with reference to popular culture, visually interpreting some of our most identifiable icons. Whether depicting a seemingly mundane object, or the glamour of celebrity, the fusion of striking colour with intriguing texture is symbolic of Jonathan’s work.

Jonathan Aiken

Sean Cotter

Sean Cotter was born in Kildare in 1969, Sean Cotter is former student of the National College of Art and Design and is a multiple award winning artist. Cotter’s paintings are presented through a variety of mediums from oil on canvas to charcoal on paper.

Sean Cotter

Mike Hamblin

Mike Hamblin is an American artist, based in Montana and a graduate of the Art Institute of Seattle.
Mike began drawing at the age of three and more than forty years later, his dedication to his work and his precision as an artist, have enabled him to capture real life using a variety of mediums.

Mike Hamblin

Ann Hugh

Tom McLean

Catherine Creaney

Catherine Creaney is an award winning Irish Artist, born in Dungannon. Self taught her work has been exhibited in in numerous selected group exhibitions throughout Ireland and the UK. Her work focuses on capturing the character and individuality of the human form through the use of pencil, pastel and oil.

Catherine Creaney

Philip Lindey

Philip Lindey was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester in 1968. His parents returned to their native Ireland shortly after he was born, leading him to complete his studies in Sligo and Dublin (a Masters in Fine Arts).

Philip Lindey

Colin Taylor

Colin Taylor is a painter based in Manchester, England and is interested in landscape and our experience of it.
He has exhibited throughout the UK, The United States and Europe and now Ireland.

Colin Taylor

Helen Shulkin

Helen Shulkin is an emerging artist based in Baden-Baden, Germany. In a search for new methods to interpret high tech and urban spaces, Helen is focusing on the idea of a metamorphosis where - through her individual esthesis

Helen Shulkin

Paolo Borile

In my paintings I focus on figures and their interaction with the landscape and architecture. After spending some years being very faithful to the samples, I am now experimenting different styles of painting and alternating portraits

Paolo Borile

Lesley Oldaker

Lesley Oldaker a UK visual artist, currently living in Zurich, Switzerland. She has exhibited in the UK, USA ,Switzerland, Slovakia, Italy, India and China, and has work in private collections in UK, USA, Bratislava, China, Australia and India.

Lesley Oldaker

Jennifer Balkan

Jennifer grew up in one of the countless suburbs of New Jersey in between the Holland Tunnel and the Jersey Shore which spawned her affection and curiosity for all things carnivalesque. She studied behavioral neuroscience at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania which has a huge influence on her process.

Jennifer Balkan

Iva Troj

Contemporary Art Excellence Artist of The Year 2016 and 2013 Towry Best of East England Award Winner, Iva Troj seamlessly incorporates her vast experience of traditional painting techniques with postmodern elements to create engaging Renaissance-style works that challenge the notion of societal conformity.

Iva Troj

Dave West

Dave West was born in Penclawdd, South Wales and raised in Swansea City. He studied at the Carmarthenshire College of Art & Design and is now settled in Balbriggan, North County Dublin.

Dave West

Conor Walton

Award winning Irish artist, born in Dublin in 1970. A graduate of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Conor was awarded a Masters (with distinction) in Art History and Theory at the University of Essex before spending time in Florence, Italy studying painting and old master techniques.

Conor Walton

Gavin Lavelle

Gavin is a graduate of Fine Art painting from the National College of Art and Design. His painting style has evolved considerably over the years. Gavin creates his collages using acrylic paint on gesso-prepared paper or wood. His imagery comes from a variety of sources including maps, bird books, botanical and historical sourcebooks and catalogues.

Gavin Lavelle

Paolo Borile

Paolo Borile ..more to come

Paolo Borile

Neal Greig

Neal Greig is a renowned Irish artist being in born in Belfast in 1965. At an early age he identified his need to peruse his creative passions. His vision and talent took him to the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland, where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art in 1987. His unparrelled desire to hone his talent lead him to completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art in 1990, and his unique talent provided him with the Andrew Grant Scholarship to realize this.

Neal Greig

Cormac O'Leary

Cormac O'Leary studied Fine Art at Sligo RTC and held his first solo show at Sligo Art Gallery in 1999. He has exhibited his work widely in Ireland, the UK and America, winning numerous awards. He is represented in many private and public collections.

Cormac O'Leary

Khara Oxier

Khara Oxier is a self-taught painter living in, and loving southwest Idaho. Khara’s work focuses on exploring life through the process of painting; inspired by politics, culture studies, war, separation, homemaking, and social constructs. Khara began painting later in life in attempt to project herself outside of her traditional household roles.

Khara Oxier

Gavin Lavelle

Kate Beagan

Kate is an Irish Artist currently living in Co. Monaghan. She has exhibited throughout Ireland and Australia. Over the years she has won many art awards such as the Australian Rotring award for Drawing and the Henry Chapman award for watercolour.

Kate Beagan

Michael Wann

Born in Dublin in 1969, Wann lives and works in Co. Sligo, gaining his BA in Fine Art from Sligo Institute of Technology. He has held solo exhibitions at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar (2005), and Sligo Art Gallery (1999, 2002, 2005, 2009), where he won an Iontas Drawing Award in 2000.

Michael Wann

Geoffrey Key

Geoffrey Key was born in Manchester in 1941. Attending Manchester’s High School of Art, he progressed in 1958 to degree and post graduate studies at the Manchester Regional College of Art. Successful studies lead to a post graduate scholarship in sculpture, and the award of the Heywood medal in Fine Art and the Guthrie Travelling Scholarship.

Geoffrey Key

Sorin Dumitrescu

I have finally redeemed myself from the obsession of collapsing into Mannerism. Apart from this, what abides is the joy that I have released myself from the genetic message.

Sorin Dumitrescu

Glenn Brady

My name is glenn brady and i was born in 1966 in Brisbane Australia...
I grew up outside of the city in a suburb that looked like 50 other suburbs...a couple of shops..churches.. 2 schools and a large industrial estate where at one stage i ended up along with other 15 year old school leavers

Glenn Brady

Petra Berntsson

Petra was born in Sweden but now lives and works in Co Louth

Petra Berntsson

James Fraser

Born in Glasgow in 1958 James gained a place as a mature student at Edinburgh College of Art in 1999 after a career in the Civil Service and won the Heriot Watt University award for outstanding merit in his first year, receiving his BA (Hons) in painting in 2004.

James Fraser

Eamonn Higgins

Working within Public and Community Art projects has led to a philosophy that the skills Eamonn uses to design and make his work can be used for stronger community engagement. With a large and varied Art in the Public skills base, community ownership of the work does not have to be restricted to a conceptual understanding but can include communal reconciliation and a skills legacy that celebrates the community’s skills and shared cultural traditions.

Eamonn Higgins

Lorcan Vallely

Lorcan Vallely was born in Armagh in 1979 and completed his foundation course in art and design at the Belfast Art College in 2000, before studying painting at Bath School of Art.

Lorcan Vallely

Ross Watson

A University of Ulster Fine and Applied Arts student has scooped top prize of 10,000 euro by winning an all-Ireland student art competition. Ross Watson was chosen from over 100 entrants to win the Art of Nurture competition – an innovative arts project developed by Commercial Finance Ireland to help boost the career prospects of student artists.
2008/2009 Llloyd's TSB Art of Nurture (Ireland) - National Winner
2009/2010 Lloyd's TSB Art of Nurture (UK) - Regional Finalist
2012 Artist in Residence, University of Ulster Belfast

Ross Watson

Shane Berkery

Shane was born in Tokyo in 1992 and has lived in Both Japan and the USA, he now resides in Ireland. He recently finished his degree in NCAD and has won some major awards in his first year.

Shane Berkery

Mario Sughi

Mario was born in Italy but now resides in Dublin, his work is fresh and exciting with the skill of a portrait artist and the confidence of an impressionist, he has been selected 6 times by the Irish Academy of art RHA.

Mario Sughi

IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST

Due to the phenomal amount of submissions this year we sadly will not be taking on any new artists for the foreseeable future , unless of course Peter Howson wants to join 🙂

YES I'M AN ARTIST, LET'S TALK