Conor Walton was born in Ireland in 1970 and trained at NCAD in Dublin and Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy. He has had nine Irish and six international solo exhibitions. He has won numerous prizes for his work including ModPortrait 2017, Portrait Ireland 2005, The Taylor Prize 1993 and was shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award 2005. He lives and works in Wicklow, Ireland.
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