bio

Anne Harkin-Petersen is an Irish painter living in Co. Galway, Ireland. She has a research-based M.A. in the History of Art, a B.A. (Honours) in Fine Art & Design from the Centre of Creative Arts and Media in Galway and a Diploma in Theology extramural from Maynooth University.

Harkin-Petersen’s work has been featured on two covers of Windows Publications "Authors and Artists", and was also included in The Irish Arts Review, Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet, The Irish Examiner and numerous regional publications.

Harkin-Petersen has completed selected funded residencies both nationally and internationally.

Residencies

  • The Mark Rothko Plain Air, Latvia.

  • Belmont Art Studios, Co. Offaly, Ireland.

  • Cill Rialaig, Co.Kerry, Ireland.

  • Multyfarnham Franciscan Friary, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.

  • The Shed, Galway, Ireland.

  • The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan, Ireland.

  • Lodestar Hybrid Residence, Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick, Ireland.

Published Written Work

  • Essay: ‘Honouring Rothko’  published Visual Artists Ireland Newsletter March/April edition 2011

  • Essay: ‘Art: Gateway to the Transcendent’ published by Columba Press in book titled Beauty, Truth and Love 2007

Awards

  • Patricia Burke Brogan Annual Arts Award - 2002

  • Tyrone Guthrie Regional Bursary Award - 2003

  • Tyrone Guthrie Regional Bursary Award - 2008

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