Biography
| 1948 |
Born in Dublin |
| 1965-1970 |
Studied Fine Art, National College of Art & Design |
| 1970 |
Graduated, National College of Art & Design |
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Awarded scholarship to Paris by the Department of Education |
| 1971 |
First solo exhibition |
| 1976 |
Awarded MacAuley Fellowship in Painting by the Arts Council |
| 1980 |
Nominated for Mont Kavanagh Award for Environmental Art |
| 1981 |
Awarded prize in "Sport in Art" competition in Tulfarris Gallery |
| 1983 |
Commended in Mont Kavanagh Award for Environmental Art |
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Commended in Church Art Competition organised by Dublin Diocese |
| 1984 |
Appointed to Board of National College of Art and Design by Minister for Education |
| 1993 |
Work used in Junior Certificate textbook |
| 1998 |
Appointed to Cultural Relations Committee (to promote Irish Art abroad) by the Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Batik "2000" used as millennium symbol by the Diocese of Dublin |
| 1999 |
"St. John" batik presented to his Holiness Pope John Paul II by President Mary McAleese |
| 2000 |
Re-appointed to Cultural Relations Committee |
| 2003 |
Three batiks used in new Junior Certificate textbook |
| 2005 |
"St.Benedict" wall hanging presented by An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2006 |
Kenny Gallery, Galway |
| 1994-2005 |
Wexford Arts Centre |
| 2005 |
BASF in Schwarzheide, Germany |
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Basement Gallery, Dundalk |
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Hibernia Gallery Florida, USA |
| 2004 |
Hallward Gallery, Dublin |
| 2003 |
Galleri Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway |
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Lavit Gallery, Cork |
| 2000 |
Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin |
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Cavanacor Gallery Co. Donegal |
| 1997, 1980 |
Bell Gallery, Belfast |
| 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 |
Hallward Gallery, Dublin |
| 1996 |
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, UK |
| 1994 |
Wexford Arts Centre |
| 1991 |
Gordon Galleries, Derry |
| 1987 |
Hendricks Gallery, Dublin |
| 1982-1986 |
Tom Caldwell Gallery, Dublin |
| 1980 |
Bermingham Gallery Alabama, USA |
| 1977-1979 |
Keys Gallery, Derry |
| 1976 |
Cork Arts Society |
| 1975 |
Mews Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 1972-1975 |
Peacock Theatre, Dublin |
| 1971-1979 |
Davis Gallery, Dublin |
Collections
ESB, Dublin and Cork . Department of Foreign Affairs . Department of Defence . Wexford Festival Opera . Irish Air Corps . St James Hospital Dublin . Office of Public Works . Bank of Ireland . Norwich Union . Friends Provident . Dylon International . Irish Cement, Drogheda . South Dublin County Council . Irish Intercontinental Bank . Irish Ferries . Japanese Gardens, Co Kildare . All Hallows College, Dublin . Aer Lingus . Air Rianta . Coca Cola . Shield Life . First National Building Society . John Carroll University Ohio . Harp Ireland . Attorney General's Office . Bord Bia . Abbey Life . Citibank . Anglo-lrish Bank . National Museum of Ireland . Mater Private Hospital . Smurfit - Paribas Bank . Arts Council . Ulster Museum . Shannon Airport . AXA Insurance . Eircom . Louth County Council . Dundalk Town Council . Environmental Protection Agency . Wexford County Council . Athlone Institute of Technology
"In Ireland, the name Bernadette Madden is virtually synonymous with batik. That is so because she has taken a medium that was chiefly associated with decorative craft and developed it as a means of artistic expression. In doing so she has, with exceptional technical virtuosity both revealed the versatility of batik and exploited its painterly possibilities as never before. It is evident from her work that she exercises a remarkable degree of control over the play of rich, saturated colour and tonal variations that the technique of fabric dyeing allows. But she has also immeasurably extended its conventional range of subject matter and its compositional possibilities."
Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times
(from his introduction to Irish Impressions BASF in Schwarzheide, Germany 2005)
