From Kells, County Meath, Michael Farrell became an internationally recognised Irish artist. He studied at St. Martin's College of Art, London in the late 1950s and was based in France from 1971. His work was concerned with issues surrounding Irish identity, culture, history and politics being especially impacted by the escalating violence in the North. He has received a number of awards internationally, and was elected a member of Aosdána in 1987. His work is included in important collections both in Ireland and abroad, for example the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Ulster Museum, the City Museum of Manchester Art Gallery, and the Pompidou Centre and Musée d'Art Modern in Paris.
Michael Farrell - Storm in a Teacup
