Rod Coyne was born, raised and studied in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
1986-90 Dun Laoghaire School of Art & Crawford College of Art, Cork, IRL
1990-1999 Worked in Düsseldorf Studio, D
Attainments
1997 Irish Foreign Office Funding
1999 Commission: “Prisma Magazine Art Collection”,
Winner: “London South Bank Banner Competition”, GB
2001 Commission: “Gerling Collection”, Köln, D
2002 Arts Council Travel Award
2003 Founded Avoca Studio Gallery, IRL
2008 Purchased for Central Bank, IRL
2014 Guest Artist at International Schildersweek, Domburg, NL
Produced “Secrets of the Palette Knife”, 1 hour painting video, IRL
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1997 “Ireland Pictures”, Sparkasse Bank Hilden, D
2000 “A Home Coming”, Origin Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2002 Roland Galerie, Köln, D
2003 “A Hunger for Painting”, Dalkey Art Gallery, IRL
2004 Olive Art House, Newry, N.I.
2005 “Sea Area Forecast”, Origin Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2006 “Atmospherics”, Dalkey Arts Gallery, Co. Dublin, IRL
2007 “Kerry Dawn, Wicklow Dusk”, Origin Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2008 “Celestial Steps”, Central Bank, Dublin, IRL
2009 “Decade”, Origin Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2013 “DIF2” Studio Hiller, Dusseldorf, D
2014 “My Place”, Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow, IRL
2015 “Waters Soft & Wild”, Origin Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2016 “1916 Portrait Collection”, Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, IRL
2018 “Seeing Red”, Origin Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2023 DIF3, Two-man Exhibition, Dusseldorf, D
Selected Group Exhibitions
1993 “Environment Show”, Gallery 33, Düsseldorf, D
1997 “Irish Artists”, Burgwedel, Hannover, D
“Irish Art”, State University Georgia, USA
1998 “An Oireachtais”, Guinness Hopstore, Dublin, IRL
Flemish and French Universities, Brussels, B
2000 RHA, 170th Annual Exhibition, IRL & Solomon Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2001 Royal Ulster Academy, 120th Annual Show, Belfast N.I.
Hallward Gallery, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin IRL
2002 Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, GB
2003 4man show, Ashford Gallery, RHA, Dublin, IRL
2005 James Adams Salerooms, Dublin, IRL
2006 Kenny’s, Galway, IRL
2007 “Iontas”, Yeats Gallery, Sligo, IRL
2010 “Oceans and Sea” Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2011 “Skellig Brothers” two man show, Urban Retreat, Dublin, IRL
2012 Dublin Biennial 2012, Dublin, IRL
2013 “Affordable Art Fair” Hampstead, London, GB
2014 Dublin Biennial 2014, Dublin, IRL
2015 NOA, Royal College of Art, London, UK. Barbara Stanley Gallery, London, GB
2020 Contemporary Irish Arts Center L.A., USA. “Through the Artist’s Eye”, in Birr Castle, IRL.
2021 Art Source, RDS, Dublin, IRL.
2023 Art Source, RDS, Dublin, IRL.
Rod Coyne, Knockanode, Avoca, Co.Wicklow, tel: 0402 –35555, info@rodcoyne.com, www.rodcoyne.com