Caoimhghin O'Croidheain artist, Dublin, Ireland

Environ-mental, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm

Failed States - Duekoue Cote d'Ivoire, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm (23.6 x 23.6 in)

Failed States - Sortie, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm (23.6 x 23.6 in)

Failed States - Pakistan, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm (23.6 x 23.6 in)

Failed States - Ogaden Ethiopia, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm (23.6 x 23.6 in)

Failed States - Massacre, Oil on canvas, 50 x 60cm (19.7 x 23.6 in)

Mathair, Oil on canvas, 60 x 70cm

Neacht (2), Oil on canvas, 60 x 70cm

Col Ceathrar (1), Oil on canvas, 60 x 70cm

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 Aesthetics and History of Irish Art for Boston University and Intercultural Communication for Champlain College in Dublin while doing research on a database of Realist and Social Realist art from around the world. These paintings can be viewed country by country on his blog.
Website: www.GaelArt.net
Blog: gaelart.blogspot.com
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