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About Marie Hanlon
- In 2015 Marie Hanlon was elected as a member of Aosdána, the cultural body which recognises major and sustained contribution to the arts in Ireland.
- Hanlon is almost unique among contemporary Irish artists for the extent of her engagement with contemporary music.
- She has collaborated as co-equal with Irish composers, most notably Rhona Clarke, in creating works that may encompass music, installation and video. Hanlon grew up in the village of Goresbridge on the banks of the River Barrow in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
- She was the only daughter of eight children born to Margaret and Thomas Hanlon.
- Following a primary and secondary education in Goresbridge she studied History of European Painting and English at University College, Dublin, graduating in 1977.
- While at UCD she was awarded a Dr.
- Henry Hutchinson Stewart Literary Scholarship from the National University of Ireland.
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