Eilís O'Connell

Eilís O'Connell was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1953. She studied at Crawford School of Art, Cork (1970-74), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston (1974-75) and again at Crawford (1975-77). Her awards include those from the GPA for Emerging Artists (1981); the British School at Rome (Arts Council of Northern Ireland Fellowship, 1983-84); the PS1, New York (Arts Council Fellowship, 1987-88); and the Royal Society of Arts (1998). In 1996 she had sculpture residencies at the ...

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