Comhghall Casey

Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host an exhibition of new paintings by award-winning artist Comhghall Casey. In this much anticipated solo exhibition, his first in four years, Casey presents a new body of masterful studies in oil which observe in detail the extraordinary qualities of ordinary items.

 

Casey’s intimate and often nostalgic still-lives celebrate objects from everyday life, ranging from blocks of cheese to beach toys which are singled out and meticulously observed. His compositions are universally simple, where the object is placed centrally against a neutral background, amplifying it’s presence and highlighting the artist’s skill and spectacular attention to detail.

 

Born in 1976 Casey grew up in Omagh, Co Tyrone before moving to Belfast to study fine art at the University of Ulster. In 2000 he moved to Dublin where he has since been living and working.

 

Casey has twice appeared on Sky television’s Portrait Artist of the Year competition. His self-portraits were shortlisted for the esteemed BP Portrait Awards in the UK in 2002, 2013 and 2015 and subsequently hung in the National Portrait Gallery, London, the National Scottish Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh and the Ulster Museum, Belfast. His portraits have also been shortlisted for the Zurich (formerly Hennessy) Portrait Awards at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020 & 2023. Casey has exhibited regularly in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London and has received numerous awards at the RHA and RUA Annual Exhibitions including the prestigious Hennessey Craig Scholarship. In 2015 An Post issued an edition of stamps featuring Casey’s toy paintings. In 2017 he was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Ulster Academy.

 

Casey’s work features in many notable collections including the National Self Portrait Collection, The Ulster Museum, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Office of Public Works.