Irish artist Michael Canning
Irish artist Michael Canning
Born in County Limerick, Ireland in 1971, Michael Canning studied art at his native Limerick at the School of Art and Design. After finishing school he went to Greece to study at the School of Fine Arts in Athens. But his master’s degree in fine arts he received in 1999 in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. Michael actively participated in art exhibitions across the United Kingdom. In 2003 he was awarded the prestigious Hennessy Craig Award, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. His paintings of hedgerow plants confront the traditions of northern European painting.
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