Jo Tinney
Jo Tinney is one of Ireland's premier female artists. She was born and lives in the beautiful Fermanagh Lakeland. She studied first at Belfast College of Art for 3 years and then at Manchester University where she qualified as a teacher of Art and Design. She spent the following eight years teaching art before leaving to concentrate full time on her career as a painter. Her first solo exhibitions were held in The Studio at Ardhowen, Enniskillen and since then her work has been exhibited in the Bell Gallery Belfast, the Higgin Gallery Belfast, Sligo Art Gallery, the Kenny Gallery Galway, The Mall Gallery London, The Bank of Ireland Arts Centre Dublin, The Tom Caldwell Gallery Belfast and Gormleys Galleries in Dublin and Belfast.Her paintings in watercolour, pastel and acrylics can now be found in many parts of the world in the collections of people such as President Clinton, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Dublin Merrion Hotel and the University of Limerick to name just a few.
Exhibitions
| 2007 | Exhibition entitled 'Cold Blow and the Rainy Night' - our lakes and oceans bring us such great joy and yet terrible pain. |
| 2006 | Exhibition of pastels and watercolours, 'White Beach, Blue Sky', the Buttermarket, Enniskillen |
| 2005 | Exhibition of Small Works, the Buttermarket, Enniskillen. |
| 2004 | Presented with the F.B. Steven Award at the annual exhibition of the Ulster Watercolour Society in Belfast. |
| 2004 | Group exhibition (June) 'Irish Watercolours' Sligo Art Gallery. |
| 2003 | Invited Artists Exhibition (December) 'Dreams' Sligo Art Gallery. |
| 2003 | Solo exhibition (May-June) 'Still Blue' Sligo Art Gallery. |
| 2001 & 2002 | Paintings chosen to illustrate the First Trust Bank Calendar |
| 2001 | Presented with the Wilfred Haughton Award by the Ulster Watercolour Society becoming the first female artist to receive this honour. |
| 1999 | Career reviewed on 'Awash with Colour' with Dermot Cavanagh on BBC TV |
| 1996 | Presented with the Max McCabe award by the Ulster Society of Women Artists |
| 1995 & 1998 | Won the Laing Award at the Higgin Gallery in Belfast. |