Daniel Coleman
Daniel Coleman (b.1994, Co. Armagh) is an Irish Visual Artist specialising in Painting based in the North of Ireland.
He has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland, since graduating with First Class honours in Fine Art Painting from the Belfast School of Art (2016). Selected group and solo exhibitions include, ‘As Far As The Eye Can See’, F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studio, Banbridge, Down (2025), ‘The Hennessy Craig Award and The Homan Potterton Prize’, RHA, Dublin (2024), ‘Visual Presence’, Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon (2024), ‘194th RHA Annual Exhibition’, RHA, Dublin (2024), ‘The First International Biennial Exhibition’, Ballinglen Arts Foundation and Museum, Mayo (2023-2024), ‘SHADOWS ON THE WALL’, The Georgian Gallery, Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards, Down (2023) (solo), ‘MATTERS OF TABLE’, Periphery Space, Wexford (2023), ‘193rd RHA Annual Exhibition’, RHA, Dublin (2023), ‘URGENCIES (2023)’, CCA, Derry (2023), ‘New Exits: 10 Years of Painting Shows’, The MAC, Belfast (2022–2023), ‘Ag dul i dtreo na gréine’, Arcade Studios, Belfast (2022), ‘Curacha’, National University of Ireland, Galway and Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Galway (2021) (touring exhibition) (Installed as part of the Galway International Arts Festival and Galway Culture Night 2021), ‘PeripheriesOPEN’, Periphery Space, Wexford (2018), ‘Adˈvɑːnst’, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast (2017), ‘Very Good Waves Now’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast (2016) and ‘All That Remains’, The Braid, Ballymena, Antrim (2016) (solo). He is also a member of the drawing collective, ‘The Drawing Journal’, recent collaborations include, ‘Quiet Wanders Laughing’, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo (2023), ‘Thing;’, Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards, Down (2021) and ‘Image of Thought’, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast (2020–2021).
Daniel Coleman is the recipient of the Interface Inagh Residency Award, Connemara, Galway, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland (2024), RHA/ Áras Éanna Residency Award, Inis Oírr, Galway (2021) and is shortlisted for The Hennessy Craig Award and The Homan Potterton Prize, RHA, Dublin (2024 & 2026). He has been awarded funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (2023 & 2021), and the Freelands Foundation (2020). His work can be found in public and private collections throughout Ireland, UK (London) and USA (Boston).
In addition to his own practice as an Artist, he is a Teacher of Art & Design, Media, Moving Image Arts and SEN. He was an invited Guest Lecturer for BA Fine Art, at Liverpool Hope, University, Liverpool (2021).
