Education Staff

Kenneth Donfield
Lecturer in drawing and painting

Kenneth Donfield was born in Dublin in 1962. He is a graduate of fine art painting from Dun Laoghaire College of Art now known as D.I.A.D.T. in Dublin. He also studied on a postgraduate scholarship to the Art students league of New York in 1985 USA's oldest art academy and art college for postgraduate studies in painting. He continued further studies during the summer of 1984 in Florence under the master portrait painter professor Pietro Annigoni. Later in the early 1990's while living in London he studied in the life room of the Slade school of Fine Art with the figure painter Euan Uglow.

At this time he also lectured in life drawing and painting at a number of art colleges in London. Including working for Roger deGrey, PPRA at the Royal Academy Schools and City and Guilds Art School in London. In 1982 he won the Taylor scholarship for painting awarded by the R.D.S. He is since 1995 a lecturer in painting and drawing at the N.C.A.D. in Dublin . He also reviews art exhibitions,he has written for a number of publications over the years including the Sunday Independent.

EDUCATION

BA, Fine Art Painting.
Post-Grad Scholarship to Art Students League,New York, 1984-85.
Studies in Florence summer ' 84 at Accademia with Professor Pietro Annigoni.''portrait painter to the Pope and President JFK.''
Further Studies in painting at the Slade school of fine Art
with Professor Euan Uglow, London,' 92

SOLO EXHIBITION

March 2003, FROM THE LIFE ROOM AND OTHER STORIES, Arts centre,Temple Bar, Dublin .

SELECTED PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS.

1. Dr.Michael Smurfit. 1984.
2. Mr.Dick Spring. T.D. and Tanaiste.1984.
3. Mr. David Frame. 1985.
4. Bishop James Kavanagh,Bishop of Dublin, 1989.
5. Mr.Charles J. Haughey.ex Taoiseach of Ireland, 1987.
6. Ms Victoria Smurfit. 1984
7. Mr Dermot Smurfit,Jnr. 1984.
8. Mr.Trevor Scott. Principal, Dun Laoghaire College of Art,1984.
9. Mr.Neil Shawcross, RHA, RUA, 2002
10. Professor John Turpin, NCAD,.HRHA .2002.
11. Euan Uglow, drawing from life when living London.
12 Roger deGrey,PPRA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS.

Royal Over Seas League, LONDON.
Royal Hibernian Academy since 1985 and selected years to date.
Royal Ulster Academy since 1992 to date.
Trinity college Dublin .
Royal Academy summer show, London .
BP Portrait EXH.National Portrait Gallery, London.
Arnotts National Portrait exhibition.Dublin.
Hunting competition and exhibition, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London,1999. The Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris .
The Mall Galleries in London .
C.O.E. Mayo.
Galway arts festival.
Oireachtas exh, Dublin .
Caldwell Gallery,Belfast.

RECENT AWARDS INCLUDE

1.R.U.A. Portrait Painting Award 1997.
2 Arts council Grant.
3 Hunting prize, Royal College of Art,London, 1999
4.Elected to membership UWS, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST,2003. 5.Elected to membership, DPSC, 2005. established 1878 eqv,NEAC .
6. Nominated for election to membership of the RUA,2006.

COLLECTIONS CONTAINING MY WORK.

1. University College London .
2. Barclays Bank, London .
3. Trinity College Dublin .
4. Sir Anthony and Lady O'Reilly.
5. Queens University,Belfast.
6. Smurfit Collection.
7. A.I.B..Collection.
8. O P W. Dublin.
9.Bank of Ireland Art Collection and CD rom
10. Other major collections at home and abroad.