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Janet Hoy

Janet Hoy is a visual artist whose work is driven by ideas, politics and thought-provoking observations.  She works in a variety of mediums, including painting, print, video, sound and sculpture.

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Hoy has taken part in a number of curated and juried exhibitions and projects in the U.K., Ireland and Europe, and recently won the prestigious "Painting Prize" (2019) at the Royal Ulster Academy's Annual Exhibition.
 

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​Awards & Prizes

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  • Artists' Bursary Scheme, Donegal County Council, 2021

  • Artist & Practitioners Award, Derry & Strabane District Council, 2020

  • Scheme of Arts Grant, Donegal County Council, 2020

  • The Painting Prize, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, 2019

  • The Walled City, 400 Years, Event Funding, Derry City & Strabane District Council, 2019
     

Solo Exhibition

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  • Sept 2017, "What Leaves, What's Left Behind", Saldanha Gallery, Donegal

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Public Artwork
 

  • Sept 2019, "The Stone Tapes", Walled City 400, Derry/Londonderry

 

Juried Open Exhibition

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  • Oct 2021, 140th Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

  • Nov 2020, Borders Art Fair "Future Landscapes", 
    THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space  and at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice

  • Oct 2019, 138th Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

  • April 2018, Open Art Exhibition, Glebe Gallery, Donegal

  • ​Aug, 2017, "Manifold", Artlink Members' Exhibition, Saldanha Gallery, Donegal

  • April 2017, Open Art Competition, Glebe Gallery, Donegal

  • April 2015, Open Art Competition, Glebe Gallery, Donegal

  • Aug 2014, "Hereinafter", Artlink Members' Exhibition, Saldanha Gallery, Donegal

  • Feb 2014, Open Art Competition, Ross Gallery, Letterkenny

  • April 2013, Open Art Competition, Glebe Gallery, Donegal

  • Oct 2012,  131st Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

  • April 2012 Open Art Competition, Glebe Gallery, Donegal

  • Oct 2011, 130th Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

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  • Sept 2023, Derry Print Workshop Members' Exhibition, Urban Arts Gallery, Derry

  • May 2023, Bishop Street Studios Summer Exhibition, The Garden of Reflection, Derry

  • Jan 2022, "Frontier Work", Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny

  • Aug 2021, "Crossings", Boyle Arts Festival Main Exhibition, King House, Boyle, Roscommon

  • May 2020, "Drawn From Borders", ArtlinkOnline.ie

  • May 2020, "Still", ArtlinkOnline.ie

  • June 2018, "C a r r y", Void Gallery, Derry

  • ​Aug 2017, "Icons", Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo

  • Feb 2017, "Wild Atlantic Way", Alley Theatre Gallery, Strabane

  • Nov 2016 “The Big Small Exhibition”, Bishop St Studio Artists, Warehouse Gallery, Derry

  • Sept 2016 Inishowen Rural Artists Network, Garden of Reflection, Derry

  • May 2016 "Wild Atlantic Way", Bishop St. Studio artists, Garden of Reflection, Derry

  • Sept 2015, Derry Print Workshop Exhibition, Warehouse Gallery, Derry

  •  July 2015 Derry Print Workshop Members' Exhibition, The Social, Derry

  •  Feb 2014 “Ima9ine”, Roe Valley Arts Centre, Limavady

  •  Jul 2013, "Ima9ine", London Street Gallery, Derry

  • May 2013, "Ima9ine", Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

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Selected Media​

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  • #Ireland Performs, Facebook & Culture Ireland in asso with RTE, 21 May 2020

  • Irish Arts Review, Winter (Dec 2019 - February 2020)

  • "Soundscapes" with Stephen McCauley, Radio Ulster, Weds 18 Sept, 2019

  • The Mark Patterson Show, Radio Foyle, 10 September, 2019

  • The Arts Programme, Radio Ulster, 16 June, 2018

  • The Arts Programme, Radio Ulster, 24 February, 2017

  • Culture NI, May 2016

  • Ulster Tatler, July 2013, Arts Diary

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Education

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  • BA Hons 2:1, English, Leeds University, 1983

  • Asso. Degree in Fine & Applied Arts, University of Ulster, 2013

Contact Me

janethoystudio@gmail.com

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