Elva Mulchrone lives and works in Dublin.
She is an alumnus of Trinity College Dublin (Economics) and The National College of Art & Design, Dublin Fine Art-Painting. She received an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art, London in 2022. She is a 2024/5 Fulbright Scholar in Visual Art.
Recent solo shows include Before...After, a two part exhibition at CUNY Graduate Center, Eudaiomonia dreaming at Dublin City University, Res Ipsa Loquitur with Gibbons & Nicholas, Building Blocks at the Blyth Gallery, Imperial College London, and Irrational Exuberance with Eight Gallery, Dublin.
Selected recent group exhibitions include The Second Ballinglen Biennial Exhibition, Ballinglen Museum of Art, At days end, the whole sky (2 person show with Brian Duggan) Rathfarnham Castle OPW, Dublin, Highlanes Gallery Open Submission, The Distance Between (3 person show), The Hockney Gallery, London, The First Ballinglen Biennial Exhibition, Ballinglen Museum of Art, The 193rd Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Connections, The Boyle Arts Festival, Art on Paper, NYC, Arrival, Municipal DLR Lexicon, Dublin, Shuffle Show, Institut Fur Alles Mogliche Berlin and Context, Art Miami. She has received numerous awards including a 2026 Residency at Ballinglen Museum of Art and Art Foundation, The Dublin City Council Incubation Space Award 2024, Visual Artist in Residence 2022/23 at Dublin City University, The Thomas Dammann Trust Award, The Mainie Jellet Travel Bursary, The Emerging Artist Bursary, DLR and an Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland. Her work is in many public, corporate and private collections including the OPW (Irish State), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, Imperial College London and CUNY Graduate Center collections.
