The RDS Visual Art Awards 2021 Exhibitor Announcement

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP is delighted to support the 2021 RDS Visual Art Awards, one of the most important platforms for visual art graduates in Ireland with a prize fund of over €30,000. Now in its fifth year, the RDS Mason Hayes & Curran LLP Centre Culturel Irlandais Residency Award gives the winner full-time access to a room and studio space for 3 months in the Centre Culturel Irlandais in the heart of Paris.

Commenting on the firm's support of the award, Christine O'Donovan, Chair, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, said "Mason Hayes & Curran LLP is very pleased to continue our support in 2020 for the RDS Visual Art Awards for graduating students from Irish art colleges. We primarily support artists based in Ireland, through commissions, hosting exhibitions and purchasing work for our collection and we are the proud custodians of one of the most important private corporate collections of contemporary art. The RDS Mason Hayes & Curran LLP Centre Culturel Irlandais Residency Award provides the winner with a wonderful opportunity to further their professional development and we hope this award will act as a springboard for an emerging artist at the early formative stage in their career.”

Congratulations to the 10 visual art graduates who were selected by the judging panel for inclusion in the 2021 RDS Visual Art Awards exhibition, listed below.

IADT Dún Laoghaire

Karolina Adamczak

Lauren Conway

Limerick School of Art & Design

Fiona Gordon

Finn Nichol

Roibí O Rua

MTU Crawford College of Art & Design

Rachel Daly

National College of Art & Design

Vanessa Jones

Orla Kelly

Juliette Morrison

TU Dublin School of Creative Arts

Catherine McDonald

Further information on the awards can be found here.