Education:



1993-94                     M.A. Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland

1989-92                     B.A. Hons. Fine Art, Camberwell College of Art & Design, London Institute, London, England

1988-89                     Foundation Studies Art & Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London Institute, London, England

Exhibitions:

2020                           Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

2019                           Christmas Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

2015                           Royal Ulster Academy Annual Show, (invited Artist), Ulster Museum, Belfast, N. Ireland

2013                           Everything that Everybody Always Wanted to See, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

2012                           Proper Nouns, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Charles Walsh: Paintings / Die Farbenkugel part 1, Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down, N. Ireland

2011                           Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   N. Ireland Group Show, United Arts Club, Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

                                   Into the Black: Neil Shawcross & Charles Walsh, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Dry Grass and Shadows, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

2010                           Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Show, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Rep of Ireland

2009                           Visual Force, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Show, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Rep of Ireland

                                   London Art Fair, Golden Thread Gallery, Islington Design centre, London, England

2008                           Three Colours, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Charles Walsh / Alan Graham, Hylands Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Drawing a Line, A contemporary survey of Northern Irish Art, Museum of Heilongjiang Daily, Harbin, Rep of China

2007                           Corry & Walsh, Design Festa Gallery, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan

                                   Modern and Contemporary Irish Art, Sotheby’s, New Bond Street, London, England

                                   Modern and Contemporary Irish Art, Sotheby’s, Waterfront Hall, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Modern and Contemporary Irish Art, Sotheby’s, RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

                                   Things we may have missed, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   In and Out of Geometry, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

2006                           A Seed of Zero, Golden Thread Galley, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Revolving Ambiguities, the Grove Gallery, St. Patrick’s Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down, N. Ireland

                                   Charles Walsh: Paintings, Old Museum Arts Centre (OMAC), Belfast, N. Ireland

2005                           Urbane, the Grove Gallery, St. Patrick’s Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down, N. Ireland

2003                           Colour Chart, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

                                   Relic, the Grove Gallery, St. Patrick’s Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down, N. Ireland

2002                           Charles Walsh: Smaoineamh Daithini (Thinking Colour), An Galeari, Ceardlann nagCroisbhealach, An Fal Carragh, Co. Donegal, Rep. of Ireland

2001                           Ben Smith Mermorial Show, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

2000                           Ben Smith Mermorial Show, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

1999                           International Watercolour Symposium, Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down, N. Ireland

                                   Masters of Fine Art, Twenty-Five Years, University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland

1997                           Kunst Aus Irland, Nordirland, Schotland, Bergwedel Hanover, Germany

1996                           Royal Ulster Academy Annual show, Ulster Museum, Belfast, N. Ireland

1994                           M.A. Fine Art Show, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

                                   M.A. Fine Art Show, 99 Hutchinson Street, Glasgow, Scotland

                                   M.A. Fine Art Show, University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland

1992                           Camberwell Degree Show, Camberwell College of Art & Design, London

                                   Cleaning Cork Street, (performance: Jon Adie & Charles Walsh), Cork Street, London, England

1988                           Foundation Art & Design Show, Chelsea Sch. Of Art, Bagleys Lane, London, England

Work is in both Public and private collections

Reviews - Books, Journals & Publications:

Sverakova, Dr. S (2011) Into the Black, HUMA 3, http://huma3.com/huma3-ita-reviews-id-558.html

Savage, J (2011) Into the Black, Culture Northern Irelang.org,

Kelly, L. Prof. (2009) Abstract Art in Northern Ireland, International Association of Art Critics (IACA), University of California Los Angeles, (UCLA).

Royal Hibernian Academy. (2009), 179th Annual Exhibition 2009, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Rep. of Ireland

Sverakova, Dr. S (2009) The Visual Force, Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

Art Museum of the Heilongjiang Daily (2008) Drawing a line, A Survey of Contemporary Northern Irish Art, Art Museum of the Heilongjiang Daily, Ministry of Propaganda, Harbin, Republic of China.

Sotheby’s of London (2007) Modern and Contemporary Irish Art, Sotheby’s, London, Dublin, Belfast, N. Ireland, Sotheby’s London, England

Mir Fenderesky, J (2007) In and Out of Geometry, Ormeau Baths Gallery.
Sverakova, Dr. S (2007) A Seed of Zero, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, www.recirca.ie.

Univeristy of Ulster (2005) University of Ulster Masters of Fine Art, Twenty- Five Years, Ormeau Baths Gallery, p.36-37

Arts Council of Northern Ireland (2005) Collection Acquisitions, Arts Council of N. Ireland, p.67-68

McAvera, B (2004) Painters in Profusion, Irish Arts Review, Special Edition, p.12
McAvera, B (2003) Relic, The Grove Gallery, N. Ireland, p.5
Donnelly, Dr. N (1994) Cancelled Vision – Re viewed. University of Ulster at Belfast, 2nd Feb 1994

Weston, G (1994) M.A. Show, The Sunday Times, The Culture, 4th Sept, p.54

Bartley, T (1994) Further Adventures in Ross’s Court, GLS / The Big Spoon, Summer, N. Ireland, p.24

Mills, T (1994) Three Artists, Exhibition, The Irish News, Arts, N. Ireland, 3rd Feb, p.11