Dublin born James McCreary is an award-winning visual artist. Between 1960 and 1963 he worked at the Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studio and in 1973 he joined the Graphic Studio, Dublin studying etching and lithography becoming the studio manager in 1980.

He set up and managed the Visiting Artists’ programme, which introduced many of Ireland’s leading artists to print making over the past 25 years. Along with Mary Farl Powers and James O’Nolan, he was responsible for setting up of the Graphic Studio Gallery in Cope Street in 1988. In 2004, he left his position as studio manager to concentrate solely on his own work.

McCreary has exhibited widely, both nationally and abroad. His work can be found in the public collections of the Modern Art Museum in Cairo, the Chester Beatty Library, the National Gallery of Ireland and the Crawford Municipal Gallery in Cork.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015 Custom house Studios, Westport, Co. Mayo

2014 Hamilton Gallery, Sligo

2011 Taller Galeria Fort, Caqaques, Spain

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Winter Exhibition 2024, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin

2024 Mini Picture Show 2024, Bankside Gallery, London

2023 Decennium, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin

2022 Back Country, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Annual Exhibition, Dublin
60 Years of Graphic Studio Dublin, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

2021 Winter Exhibition 2021, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

2020 Graphic Studio Dublin at London Original Print Fair, Graphic Studio Dublin

2019 Re Original Prints 2019, Bankside Gallery, London
The Works, B&A Print Collection