MARY BURKE - BIOGRAPHY Awards The Square’s People’s Choice Award RUA RED Winter Open (2015) Arts Grant, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (2015) Arts Grant, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (2010) Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary (2009) Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary (2007) Special Merit Award Golden Fleece Award (Lillias Mitchell Trust) 2003 Arts Council/Aer Lingus Artflight Award (1998) Arts Council Travel Grant (1995) United States Information Agency Fellowship (1993) Arts Council Materials Grant (1993) Arts Council Documentation Grant (1989) Arts Council Exhibition Grant (1986) Grumbacher Artists Brushes Award (1984) Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Bursary, Montreal (1984) Taylor Bequest Painting Scholarship, R.D.S. (1981) Residences Irish Residency (JCSP ‘Artist in the Classroom’ Initiative,) Mount Seskin Community College, Tallaght, Dublin (2014) Arts Council Artists in Prison Scheme, Cloverhill Prison, Clondalkin, Dublin (2011) Arts Council Artists in Prison Scheme, The Training Unit Prison, Mountjoy, Dublin (2009, 2010) Arts Council Artists in Schools Residency, St Brendan’s Community School, Birr (1990) Artists Residency, Tyrone Gutrie Centre, Annaghmakerigg, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan (1986) International Residences Artists Residency, Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada (1996) Artists Residency, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A. (1993) Lecturing Part-time lecturer NCAD (National College of Art & Design, Dublin) & IADT (Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire) External Examiner, GMIT (Galway Mayo Institute) 2013-2014 71