Since 2018, The Hennessy Craig Award has been awarded on a biennial basis and is open to any painter under the age of thirty-five exhibiting in the open submission section of the Academy’s Annual Exhibition, who has studied at a recognised art college on the island of Ireland.
Stephanie Deady
Stephanie Deady graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Limerick School of Art and Design in (2014). Upcoming solo exhibitions include, Kevin Kavanagh Dublin (2024), Claremorris Gallery (2025).
Group and solo exhibitions include Ballinglen First Biennial (2023), Boyle Arts Festival (2023), RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin (2023), Measure for Measure, Solo Exhibition, Kevin Kavanagh Dublin (2022), The Pleasure Ground, Rathfarham Castle (2022), SILVER, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2019), Hennessy Craig Award, Shortlisted Group Show, RHA Dublin (2019), Make Haste Slowly, Goeth-Institut Irland,Dublin (2018), Island Life, Kevin Kavanagh Dublin (2018), Primed Vision, SoloExhibition, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2018), An Act of Hospitality can only be Poetic, Highlanes Gallery Drogheda curated by Linda Shevlin and Aoife Ruane (2018), Atrium Space, ‘Temple Bar Gallery + Studio’s 6th Annual ‘Dublin Art Book Fair’ (2016). Exhibited at Art Rotterdam (2023) and London Art Fair (2020). Winner of the Claremorris Gallery Award,
Ballinglen First Biennial (2023). Winner of the Fergus Ahearn Award, Boyle (2023). Individual Arts Bursary Limerick (2023), Arts Under the Arts Scheme Limerick (2022), Agility Award The Arts Council of Ireland (2021), Bursary Award The Arts Council (2021). Shortlisted for the RHA Hennessy Craig Biennial Award (2019). Tony O’Malley Resident administered by the RHA (2017/2018).
