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237 Lisburn Road, Belfast
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BT9 7EN, Northern Ireland
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George Callaghan
George Callaghan was born
in County Antrim, N.Ireland in 1941, attending Carr's Glen Primary School up the Old Park Road. At the
age of four his family emigrated to South Africa where he was educated in the ways of apartheid. He
also became the "Western Province Boxing Champion" (Gnat weight division). At the age of 14 the impending
death of his Grandfather forced the family to return to Belfast, throwing him in the deep end of sectarianism.
George attended Ashfield Secondary Imtermediate, he left school at 15 to work at Nicholson and Bass (printers
and box makers, Alfred Street) as an apprentice Commercial Artist. A year later he commenced studying
Art at the Belfast College of Art on a Scholarship.
George started work in Dublin as a juior designer
with Janus Advertising Agency and 8 months later moved to Kennys Advertising Agency as a senior designer.
He then moved to London as a designer, 8 months later he emigrated to Sydney, Australia. For a year
he worked as a senior designer at McCann Erickson then moved to Leo Burnetts where he stayed for the
next 11 years as an Art Director. At the age of 32 he then moved to the Australian Island State of Tasmania
where he has lived for the last 27 years. In this time he has been recognised as one of the States leading
Artists. He also enjoys the reputation of being Australia's leading Harp maker and a leading exponent
of the Celtic Harp. The recordings of his harp music include 2 compact discs, 'Traditional Airs', and
'Rhyme and Reason' along with several cassettes.
Exhibitons
1962 Cema Art Gallery, Belfast
1963 Grafton Gallery, Dublin
1963 I.C.A. Gallery, Dublin
1964 Highgate Gallery, London
1965
Highland Gallery, London
1966 Aladdin Gallery, Sydney
1968 Blaxland Galleries, Sydney
1992
Salamanca Collection, Tasmania
1969 Contempory Art Society, Sydney
1970 Saddlers Court, Tasmania
1970 Saddlers Court, Tasmania
1971 Saddlers Court, Tasmania
1972 Charlie Miller Gallery,
Tasmania
1972 Saddlers Court, Tasmania
1973 Hamilton Gallery, Tasmania
1974 Saddlers
Court, Tasmania
1975 Saddlers Court, Tasmania
1977 Saddlers Court, Tasmania
1978 Saddlers
Court, Tasmania
1979 Hamilton Gallery, Tasmania
1986 Bower Bank Mill, Tasmania
1989 Swan Gallery,
Cygnet Tasmania
1990 Srickland Gallery, Tasmania
1991 Srickland Gallery, Tasmania
1991 Crohill
Gallery, Canberra
1994 Kenny's Gallery, Galway
1995 Saddlers Court, Tasmania
1995 Bower Bank
Mill, Tasmania
1996 Palm Beach Gallery, Sydney
1996 Kenny's Gallery, Galway
1996 Liberator
Gallery, Adelaide
1996 Cork Art Society, Cork
1996 Cavehill Gallery, Belfast
1996 Salamanca
Collection, Tasmania
1997 Red Chapel Gallery, Hobart
2001 Eakin Gallery, Belfast
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