Breon O’Casey

Breon O’Casey (1929-2011) was born in London in 1928 and studied at the Anglo-French Art Centre from 1948-1950. An assistant to Barbara Hepworth from 1961-1963, he was later linked with the School of St. Ives through his friendship with the leading artists who were his contemporaries. He lived and worked in Cornwall until his death in May 2011. His major solo exhibitions included Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, USA; Oxford Gallery, Oxford; Kruger Gallery, New York; Fulham Gallery, London; Marjorie Parr Gallery, London; Taylor Galleries, Dublin; Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin and Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin. Group exhibitions include Bath Festival Gallery, Bath; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol; Berkley Square Gallery, London and Tate Gallery St. Ives. His work is represented in many public collections including the Arts Council of Great Britian, Irealnd and Northern Irealnd; Farmleigh House – OPW, Dublin; Kunstsammlungen Der Veste, Coberg, Germany; Leeds Museum and Art Gallery; Museum of Fine Arts, Heuston, USA; Pforzheim Museum, Germany; Plymouth Museum and  Art Gallery; Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; Tate Gallery, London; Summerville College, Oxford; Trinity College, Dublin and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Origins

Set up in 1992, The Carlow Art Collection is a voluntary community initiative that has been surrounded by goodwill and generosity from the people of Carlow. It has expanded into a diverse collection of work with artists from around the world. CAC became a fully registered charity in 2018. The home of our art collection is in Carlow College. The Carlow Art Collection is free to view in the front halls of Carlow College, Monday to Friday, and in the garden every day of the year.

Today

The art works in the permanent collection include painting, print, drawing, sculpture, sound, photography, live art, film and activism, with more to come. The collection and CAC projects reflect a broad range of art by over thirty artists, many of whom visited, exhibited, engaged with or lived in the area.

Our Goal

The CAC is deeply indebted to the artists who contribute to the collection, to its board members past and present, and to the many people and organisations that support it technically and financially. The Carlow Art Collection will continue to expand on the ideas of what art is and what an art collection can be, and become.