BIOGRAPHY - RENATE DEBRUN
Born in Asbach, Bavaria, Germany, based in Ireland since 1989.
Self-taught in art, MA in English/French/Spanish literature/linguistics.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1995-2019
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Oireachtas, Dublin
Monaghan Open Exhibition, County Museum,Monaghan
Graphic Studio Gallery
County Museum, Dundalk
Doorway Gallery, Dublin
Kenny Gallery, Galway
Bridge Gallery, Dublin
Lemonstreet Gallery, Dublin
Bar Council of Ireland
Klinikum Fuerth, Germany
A Fine Line, Irish Life Centre, Dublin (also as curator/organiser)
Another Bite of the Cherry, Botanic Gardens, Dublin 2017
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1995 Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth
1995 Guinness Hop Store,Dublin
1996 Stables Gallery, Ayesha Castle, Killiney, Dublin
1998 Kenny Gallery, Spiddal, Galway
1999/2001 Dublin Writers Museum,
2004 United Arts Club, Dublin
2008 United Arts Club, Dublin
2014 Hambidge Festival, Hambidge Center, Georgia, USA
2016 Helix Exhibition Space, Dublin City University
COLLECTIONS
Office of Public Works, Ireland
Guinness Ireland
Sedgewick Dineen Irish Pensions Trust
Tyrone Guthrie Foundation
Mercer Trust Ltd
Hibernian Pensions
Writers Museum, Dublin, Ireland
Private Collections in Ireland, UK Germany, Spain
RESIDENCIES AND OTHER AWARDS
1995-08, 2000, 2002/3/8, 2012/14/17-19 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
1997 Residency, Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain
1997 Travel Award, Arts Council of Ireland
1999 Hambidge Centre, Georgia, USA
2009 Fellowship, Virginia Centre for Creative Arts, Virginia, USA
2009 Travel Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2010 Studio Grant Arts Council of Ireland
2014 Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Virginia, USA
2014 Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Georgia, USA
2017 Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill, Ireland
BOOK/CD COVERS
Etching 'Cedars' on cover of poetry collection 'Decoding Samara' by P. Deeley, (Dedalus Press 1999)
Painting 'The Edge of the Forest' on CD 'Samara' by Raymond Deane(RTE 2007)
Painting 'Mandala' on cover of novel 'Mother Lake' by Haidee Belshaw (SilverWoodBooks 2014)
Linoprint 'Cereus' on CD cover for 'Noctuary' (Resonus Classics 2014)
Ink & wax drawing "Devil and Dog" on cover of 'The Pilgrimage of Piltdown Man' by Mike O'Leary, Triarchy Press, 2019
MEMBERSHIPS
Visual Artists Ireland
Graphic Studio Dublin
Founder Member/ Director of Marlborough Studios, Dublin (since 2009)
OTHER
Collaboration (with Kerry O'Leary) on two scripts for TV.
Co-Librettist for opera 'Vagabones' by Raymond Deane (premiere Sept 2019)