Currently Showing
Nov 10 – 21st 2025 At COP30 in Bellem Brazil, Memory Palace of Tree Stories is a building block for a quilt of Community Climate action from the Mary Robinson Centre .
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Nov 1- 21st Group Exhibition ‘Intimate Transgressions’ at Injoy Art Space, Shanghai curated by Fion Gunn. This project began 10 years ago. The work I have showing at this exhibition is the Hair Lock . More about this important project. 
Recent Events
August 27th Branching Out : Tree Stories from Ireland and China
A reception screening tree story videos at the Embassy of Ireland in China .
It was a lovely wrap up of the past 15 years working in China .
August 16th A gathering for the Screening of Beijing Tree Stories
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August 2 2025
When you think you have seen it all!
It is not everyday you get to exhibit inside a TV , under an octopus , next to the beach showing work made 22 years ago on waterways Abra Crossings at Rizhao Binhai International Land Art Festival opened August 2nd 2025 .
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July 1-3 2025 Earth Charter +25 The Hague
Earth Charter +25，in front of the Peace Palace, The Hague, Kingdom of Netherlands, July 1st -3rd 2025
Some amazing people turned up for this gathering of over 300 people , working worldwide with the EC, twenty five years after the framework was drafted. This blog is a quick look at the recent Earth Charter gathering and the ways the Earth Charter is relevant as a working artist. The Earth Charter -an artist’s perspective
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June 19th 2025 Salon at the NEST A gathering of Ecological Thinkers
Salon at the NEST , a Gathering of Ecological Thinkers , June 19th 2025
This event is possibly the most important gathering I have arranged since arriving in China 15 years ago.
Cultivating Ecoliteracy through Art
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NEST exhibition June 10-20th at Dongyue Art Museum
NEST:巢 June 10-20th Dongyue Art Museum, CBD , Beijing
NEST: Exploring Ecological Guardianship Ecological Thinking and Collaborative Learnings
巢: 探索生态守护之道 — 生态思维与协作学习
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May 19th 2025 Garden City Festival at Beijing Academy of Landscape Architecture
Many new things to discover on a visit to Garden City Festival at the Landscape Architecture and Greening Science Academy. Delighted to have ‘Andingmen Bus Stop’ exhibited here .
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Short video clip at recent exhibition
A short video clip of Tree paintings and Tree Stories on videos
showing at the recent exhibition at DongYue Art Museum, CBD Beijing , Spring 2025
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April 27th- May ,East and West group exhibition Songzhuang
Ladybird of DongXiaokou – Dances with Trees (video 6 min 40 secs ) screening and two portraits from the Milk Series will be showing at this large exhibition with an amazing line up of over 70 other artists in Songzhuang, the largest artist community on the planet . Curator Chen Lijun.
Twin Song ( Sunny) Transparent Milk Series , Oil on Canvas , 50x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham 2013
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April 11th 2025 at ISB
Intergenerational Tree Story Workshop
exploring family and cultural values with the parents of ISB school using plant based pigments – April 11th 2025
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March 17th 2025 Duo Exhibition ‘The Story of Trees’
Showing Duo exhibition “The Story of Trees” with prof Zheng Qinyan at the ancient Daoist venue of Dongyue Art Museum .
‘The Story of Trees ‘ opened on March 15th and will continue till March 28th.
Please contact me if you would like a guided tour
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Jan 9th -Feb 10th 2025 ‘Banna Overstory’ showing at Yunnan Literature and Art Museum-云南省文学馆, Kunming, Yunnan .
Delighted to have my painting showing alongside work of sculptor friend Dr Zhu Jinghua.
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Dec 21- Feb 23rd 2025 Sucrose Series showing with ‘On Paper.Supreme’ Group Exhibition Shenzhen
Curator Chang Feng introduces the Sucrose Series at the recent opening of On Paper. Supreme
Showing a selection of original mixed media (not process prints )with this special group exhibition ‘On Paper.Supreme’ at Zhi Art Museum Shenzhen. The grand opening was today and will continue to show until 23rd of February. A big thank you to curator Chang Feng and all at Zhi Art Museum and fellow participating artists.
Media Link for On Paper . Supreme
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Oct 18th- Dec 24th 2024 2nd Dehong International Art Biennale, Dehong Museum of Art, Yunnan
Showing the Xishuangbanna Tree Painting ‘Banna Overstory’
Nov 25 – Dec 14 18 Willows Exhibition and Residency ISB ( International School of Beijing)
November 4 – 25 2024 School Artist Residency at ISB, International School of Beijing
Weaving Ecoliteracy and Nature oriented art making with young learners ranging in age from 3-18 yrs.
Nov 2-3 Trees – The Great Connectors at Red Gate Gallery , 798 , Beijing 
A duo show with modern ink artist Zhang Zhaohui, a conversation on the role of art during our ecological crisis.
October 19th 2024 Tree Stories from Xishan, Beijing
Haidian Series of Sino-French Cultural exchange in the Western Hills of Beijing with the Creative Writing Team at Foreign Languages Dept RUC, Renmin University of China presenting Tree Stories from the Western ills of Beijing .
Aug 28 – Oct 12 A 4 Residency Art Centre
Six amazing weeks in Luxelakes, Chengdu, working with other artists exploring various aspects of sustainability. This experience led over 20 new Tree Stories on Video to be added to the Memory Palace of Tree Stories on Video .
Sept 22- Oct 22, 2024 ‘On Paper. Supreme’ at Tinglan Art Centre , Shenyang
exhibiting a collection of seven original sucroses.
On line: My TEDx talk ‘Rekindling our Bond with Nature’
recently released while I was on residency in Chengdu.
You Tube Link Click Here
A short video overview on recent solo exhibition
May-June 2024 The Memory Palace of Tree Stories – The Paintings showing at XLY Xuliaoyuan Modern Design Art Museum during the Chengdu – Europe Culture Season .
Jan 28th 2024 Screenings of Tree Stories on Video at the Community garden An Gairdin Beo, Carlow, Ireland
(Dec 2023) Forest Breath Paintings at Xishuangbanna State Museum in Jinghong
Rhythm of Life Art Residency September 14-28th 2023, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan
In Xishuangbanna, exploring eco diversity , learning more about Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens (XTBG) , we also made a collaborative video in the rainforest .
Also included here is a section on “What the artist says”, this blog is a little longer than usual .
Rhythm of Life artist residency 2023 blog
Forest Breath Paintings from 2023 residency
See the blogs from my visit two years ago .
Forest Breath Artworks made during residency 2021 blog
Memory Palace of Tree Stories at Carlow Garden Festival July/Aug 2023
Thrilled to be working with the Carlow Garden Festival where videographer Patrick Bramley was on site recording visitors’ Tree Stories at the various venue talks.
Huge thank you to the Embassy of Ireland for the opportunity to present my socio eco art practice “The Memory Palace of Tree Stories” at the recent “Ambassadors for Nature” event .
Fireflies in the Heart Exhibition July 28-Oct 15 2023, Changzhou, Liyang,
Meijie Resort exhibiting a selection of videos from the Memory Palace of Tree Stories.
Portraits at EBM Centre
Portraits for Patient Centred Care at the EBM centre , Intelligent Health Care Building , Tsinghua University
Link for previous portrait installations
Memory Palace of Tree Stories
The Memory Palace of Tree Stories is a socio- eco- art practice which now has a specially designated website thanks to public funding by Carlow County Council and Creative Ireland Carlow programme.
Click here to view home page
We currently have over forty one minute Tree stories on video .
Click here to view the Tree Stories on Video
Sucrose Series
Is the crystalisation pushing the ink or is the ink pushing the crystalisation ?
Either way the painting process continues after the creation event
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Link 3 Sucrose Series Discoveries