Kilkenny based artist Elizabeth Cope (born in 1952) is best known as a painter of bright, colourful pictures. She paints spontaneous, spirited still lifes, views of interiors, animals, portraits, and landscapes. Elizabeth Cope has exhibited widely, both in Ireland and Abroad and her paintings are are held in a number of important public and private collections.

Education:
1970: NCAD
72/74: Sir John Cass School of Art, Whitechapel, London
1972: Travel in Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Iran
74/77: Chelsea School of Art, Fine Art Painting
78/79: Lives in Paris
1997: Six months in France
1999: New York (Autumn)
2005-2006: City and Guilds College of Art, MA Fine Art, London

Awards:
2001: Grant for Mexican exhibition awarded by Cultural Relation Committee Dept. of Foreign Affairs
2000: Travel Award to Boston
2000: Artist in Residence Massachusetts College of Art
97/98: Trocaire Artist in Residence, Central America
94/95: Trocaire Artist in Residence, Somalia
94/95: Arts Council Travel Bursary to Somalia
1994: James Adams Award for Artist with Potential
1994: Sunday Times Sponsorship to Somalia
1994: Galtee Deercare, Mitchelstown, Sponsorship to Somalia
92/93: Travel Award to Zurich
1987: 1st Prize in ‘Drawing the line’ Competition, sponsored by Bord Gais, grant aided by Arts Council
1982: French Government Grant to Aix-en-Provence
1974: Spanish Government Grant (from London) to Madrid and Segovia

Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibition Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin 2005; Jacques Lamy Gallery, Dallas, USA; Dallas Museum USA; Walton Gallery, London; Dean Corbett Studio, Dallas USA; NIFCA Helsinki, Finland; Pecanins Gallery, Mexico; Conrad Hotel, Brussels; Solomon Gallery, Dublin; Butler Gallery, Kilkenny; London Contemporary Art Fair; Park Walk Gallery, London; Wexford Arts Centre; Midleton Arts Centre; Hanne Brehm Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland; Wooster Gallery, New York USA; Kerlin Gallery Belfast; Grant Fine Art, Newcastle, Co. Down; Tulfarris Gallery, Co. Wicklow; Peacock Theatre, Dublin; Walker Gallery Harrogate; Gallery Thorigny, Paris; Couleurs du Temps, St. Paul de Vence; John Martin, London; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; Bronte Contemporary Art, Boston and Florida; Kennys Art Gallery, Galway; Boyle Arts Festival; Claremorris Open; Royal Hospital Kilmainham; Odette Gilbert Gallery, London..

Public Collections:
AIB Group; A & L Goodbody; Behaviour & Attitudes; Hotel Conrad; C.I.A.S.; Lombard & Ulster Bank; Limerick University; Hibernian Life; Jury’s Hotel Group; Kelly’s Hotel Rosslare; Manley & O’Reilly; McNicholl’s & Co.; Stokes Kennedy Crowley; Delta Airlines; DCU.; Lord Bagnall Carlow; Kildare St. Club; IBEC; Cantrel & Cochrane Ltd.; IIU IFSC.; Mrs. Jean Kennedy Smyth USA.; Domaine des Anges; Ketchum Ltd Washington USA; Dorothy Draper & Co. New York; Swiss Credit Bank Zurich; Government Offices Dublin.