Awards and Scholarships
FOAM magazine Talent Award 2011
Selected winner
The World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass 2011
Selected as one of 12 participants
PDN 30 2011
Selected winner
POYI 2011
3rd place in feature picture story category
Artists Award 2010
Gallery of Photography, Dublin - Shortlisted
Nikon Thursday Award 2009
Festival of Documentary Photography Fotopub - Shortlisted
Asia Europe Foundation Emerging photographers Forum, Kula Lumpur 2009
Selected as one of 20 participants
Magenta Foundation Emerging Photographers Award 2008
Selected winner
Toscana Photographic Workshop Masterclass 2008
Selected as one of 12 participants to study under Stanley Greene
The Ian Parry Scholarship 2007
The Sunday Times Magazine/ Getty Images - Winner
The National Portrait Gallery photographic portrait prize 2007
Godfrey Argent young photographer award
The National Portrait Gallery - Winner
The British Journal of Photography Nikon Endframe Award 2007
The British Journal of Photography/ Nikon - Winner
Exhibitions
Foam gallery, Amsterdam
Group exhibition showcasing the Foam Talent winners of 2011
October-December 2011
Rioch-Ring Cube Gallery, Tokyo
Group exhibition showcasing the PDN 30 winners of 2011
September-October 2011
The 3rd Floor Gallery, Cardiff
Group exhibition - Arab Spring
July-September 2011
The Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Exhibited as one of 8 shortlisted artists for the 2010 Artists Award
Nov 2010-Jan 2011
Belfast Waterfront Hall May 2008
The National Museum of Contemporary Art Romania Jan 2009
Thessaloniki Cultural Centre, Greece Dec 2008
Close to Home: A British Council touring exhibition
The National Portrait Gallery
Winner of Godfrey Argent award- Photographic Portrait Prize 2007
Nov 07 - Feb 08
The Getty Gallery – London
Winner of the Ian Parry Scholarship 2007, July 2007
The AOP gallery
London Salon Project, Nov 2007
Education
University of Wales, Newport, UK - 2006
Documentary Photography - BA First Class Honours Degree
Sallynnoggin College, Dublin, Ireland - 2003
Photography - City & Guilds Distinction
