The National College
Design Staff
Brendon Deacy, BA(Hons), MA, MIDI
Lecturer, Visual Communication, Illustration
Brendon Deacy graduated from Leeds Polytechnic with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design in 1988. He worked for a number of British design agencies before he became an educator. He taught in various colleges before taking up his position as lecturer in Visual Communication at NCAD in 1994. As a visiting tutor he has taught in many colleges including Leeds Metropolitan University, Coventry Technical College, Sutton Coldfield College, Portlaoise Prison (Educational Unit), The Midland Prison, Helsinki University, Lahti Polytechnic, Finland, University of Central England and the RCA. In 1998 he was awarded an MA from NCAD. He was appointed as external examiner at Cork Institute of Technology in 2003.
His commissioned and consultancy work has included clients such as Abacus Books, Abbey National, ABTA, Akajava Films for TG4, Bernard Hodes Advertising, Cadburys, Computer Manuals Ltd, Designed Communication, Dillons the Bookstore, Eagle Works Gallery, Fagins, Hammick’s Bookstore, Hugh Lane Municipal Art Gallery, Independent Newspapers, Knowledge Box Ltd, Radharc (RTÉ TV), Que Books, John Schutte Associates (art advisor in legal cases) and Wolfhound Press.
Significant public collections hold examples of his personal work including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Trinity College Dublin, The National Library of Ireland, Birmingham Central Library, Manchester Metropolitan University, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, The Office of Public Works, The Ohio State University, University of Delaware, Georgetown University, Washington DC, Wexford Arts Centre and Laois County Council. His work is also in many private collections in Europe and the UK.
In 1998 he published The State We’re Out a limited edition ‘novel without words’ about Irish Emigration, with a foreword by Roddy Doyle, which was printed on letterpress at NCAD. His current ‘artist’s book’ and exhibition, A Life in Relief inspired by Michael Davitt, is touring throughout 2006. He has contributed an article about this work when it was in progress to CIRCA (No 107, Spring 2004). He is a member of the Michael Davitt Centenary Conference Committee and is involved in organising this international conference to be held at St Patrick’s College, Dublin in May 2006.
| Solo exhibitions | |
| 1992 | Eagle Works Gallery, Wolverhampton. |
| 1994 | Keele University, Staffordshire. |
| 1998 | The Graphics Studio, Dublin. Foxford Exhibition Centre, County Mayo. The Station Master's Exhibition Centre, Kiltimagh, County Mayo. |
| 1999 | Birmingham Central Library, UK. Mountshannon Arts Centre, County Clare. Dunamaise Arts Centre, County Laois. |
| 2006 | The Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax, UK. |
He has also contributed to many group exhibitions and represented Ireland at the Kandinsky to Corneille, Linoleum in 20th Century Art, exhibition at the Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, in The Netherlands.
