Sharon Lee

Born in Galway, she studied Fine Art Printmaking at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and the Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia. She graduated in 2003 with first class honours, receiving a Graphic Studio Dublin Graduate Award and has been a member since. She was involved in Graphic Studio Dublin Visiting Artist Programme as a printer and collaborator and served on the board of directors from 2006-2008. In 2008 she completed the Master Printer Programme at Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was elected to the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, London in 2015. She is represented in major collections including the National Gallery of Ireland, Chester Beatty Library and Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

During her time at the CCI Sharon wishes to study archives at local museums for inspiration and begin to create source imagery for future works. She also intends to collect textures from local environs and network with Parisian print studios.