Sean Fingleton

Fingleton was born in Malin, County Donegal in 1950.^[2] He attended University College Dublin, where he earned a BA in Philosophy and English Studies.^[3] He also received an H.Dip in Higher Education and studied art at Letterkenny RTC^[4] and the National College of Art and Design.^[3] In 2019, 8 pieces of his work related to Donegal were loaned to and placed on display at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, successor to one of his almae mater.^[5]

Fingleton received the Royal Hibernian Academy’s Fergus O'Ryan Award in 1983 and the Guinness Peat Aviation Emerging Artists Award in 1986, as well as the Independent Artists Painting Bursary.^[3][6] He was elected by his peers to the Irish national artists' academy, Aosdána.^[3]

Two of his works are in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art,^[7] his painting, Coastal Scene, is part of the European Parliament art collection in Strasbourg,^[8] and his work is also on display at the Royal Hospital in Gloucester in England, and the residence of the President of Ireland, Aras an Uachtarain.^[3]