Background
He was born in Banbridge, Company Down, on 16 March 1983.
He was born in Banbridge, Company Down, on 16 March 1983.
His work focuses on portraits with his paintings typically using oils as the primary media. Boite Postale Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2011 Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 2011 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, 2011-2012 Davy Portrait Award, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, 2010 Naughton Gallery, Belfast, 2010 Boite Postale Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, Dean Gallery of the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2009.
Boite Postale Portrait Award, 3rd place, 2011 Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Emerging Artist Award, Royal Ulster Academy, 2010 Davy Portrait Award, 2010 Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Emerging Artist Award, Royal Ulster Academy, 2009 Selectors Choice Award, Art Society of Ulster, 2006 John and Rachael Turner Award, University of Ulster, 2006.