about sharkey
ONE OF IRELAND’S MOST COLLECTED CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS.
SHARKEY IS KNOWN FOR BOLD, COLOUR-DRIVEN ABSTRACT WORKS AND DISTINCTIVE FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS.
OVER 10,500 WORKS ARE HELD IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ACROSS EUROPE, THE US AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
A self-taught Irish artist whose work has become
one of the most widely collected of his generation.
10,500+
Works in private collections
GLOBAL
EUROPE, US, MIDDLE EAST
Press
SUNDAY TIMES, CNN, YAHOO
based in
Dublin and Portugal
PUBLICATION
It’s The Devil Himself is a remarkable true story set in rural Ireland in 1961.
It follows Kevin, a young adopted Black child, navigating extreme physical, emotional, and racial abuse while struggling to belong.
At the centre of the story is his adoptive mother, Kitty — the primary source of his suffering — yet one he never stopped loving.
All proceeds from the book support survivors of the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland.