“These paintings take the viewer across the dystopian notion of a Brexit on the border”
-Dermot Seymour

Dermot Seymour, born in Belfast (1956), lives and works in Mayo. Recent solo exhibitions include Fliskmahaigo, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2014), Fish, Flesh & Fowl, Golden Thread, Gallery, Belfast (2011) and at Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris (2012). Seymour has also exhibited with Solstice Art Centre, Navan (2012), Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Co. Armagh (2004) and at Westport Arts Festival, The Custom House gallery, Westport (2003). Recent group exhibition include Instant Crush, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2014), The Horse Show,  Kinsale Arts Week, curated by Gemma Tipton and Patrick T.Murphy (2011), In the Mind’s Eye, State Art Collection Touring Exhibition (2009), The Happiest Country in the World, An t-Oireachtais Exhibition, Curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey and Ruairi O’Cuiv (2005) and Art for Amnesty, In the Time of Shaking, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2004). Dermot Seymour is an elected member of Aosdana and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Marten Toonder Award (1996) and the Cultural Relations Committee / An Roinn Gnothai Eachtracha award (1994). Seymour’s work is held in numerous public and private collection including the European Central Bank, AXA Insurance, the Office of Public Works, the University of Ulster, the National University of Ireland, Galway and the Arts Council of Ireland.