suicide bomber|interrogation, Caoimhghin O'Croidheain, Dublin, Ireland

Boston Winter Memories II 1960s, Oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm

My Paternal Grandmother with Her Mother Out for a Stroll c1930s, Oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm

My Father and his Siblings 1950s, Oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm

My Paternal Grandparents' Wedding Day 1930, Oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm

My Granduncle (Kerry No.3 Brigade I.R.A) Driving a Ford Model T Touring c.1923, Oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm

My Great Grandaunt, My Father's First Cousin, My Father's Paternal Grandmother, and My Grandaunt c1920s, Oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm

Boston Winter Memories I 1960s, Oil on canvas, 60cm x 60cm

AERIAL BOMBARDMENT, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

INTERROGATION, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

AFTERMATH OF SUICIDE BOMBER, Morgue in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

KIBERA, NAIROBI, Kenya, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

FAVELA, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

DHARAVI SLUM, MUMBAI, India, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

SOLDERING CIRCUIT BOARDS, Toy factory Shantou, Guangdong, China, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

PHONE RECYCLING, Mumbai, India, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

RUBBISH DUMP RECYCLING, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

SHIP DISMANTLING,, Alang Shipyard, India, Oil on canvas, 150cm x 150cm / 59.1 in x 59.1 in

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About Artist Caoimhghin O'Croidheain

Caoimhghin O Croidheain (pronounced Kee-veen O Cree-awn) is an Irish artist who has exhibited widely around Ireland. His work consists of drawings and paintings and features cityscapes of Dublin, images based on Irish history and other work with social/political themes.
Caoimhghin studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin where he obtained a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. He subsequently undertook post-graduate study in the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies in Dublin City University obtaining a Masters degree in Communications and Cultural Studies. Caoimhghin is an Irish speaker and holds a PhD in Language and Politics which is published under the title Language from Below: The Irish Language, Ideology and Power in 20th-Century Ireland. He completed work in Dublin City University as a Post-Doctoral researcher on the TRASNA project (a web-based database of references to translations of Irish literature globally). He currently works as a part-time lecturer on the history of Irish art for Boston University in Dublin.
His interests vary widely from Irish history, history of art, Gaeilge, philosophy, world cinema, photography, Asian cuisine, travel, walking, swimming, listening to Irish traditional, world and classical music, teaching Set and Ceili dancing and researching O Croidheain family history. He is currently learning Spanish while concentrating his time on a new series of oil paintings examining the daily existence of people making a living in the worst working conditions in the global economy.
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