Bernadette Madden was born in Dublin in 1948. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 1970, and held her first solo exhibition in 1971.

Madden works mainly in batik and also makes screenprints on paper. Her work is in the collections of the Arts Council, the Office of Public Works, the Bank of Ireland and the Ulster Museum. Awards include the Macauley Fellowship in Painting.

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Collected Impressions, The Kenny Gallery, Galway (Solo)

2020 The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co Dublin (Solo)

2018 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

2014 Jeffrey Leder Gallery, New York ,USA

2013 Solomon Gallery, Dublin

2012 gordon gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland (Solo)
SUNY, Geneseo, NY, USA

2011 Gormleys' Fine Art, Dublin (Solo)

2009 Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise

2007 Hallward Gallery, Dublin (Solo)

2006 The Kenny Gallery, Galway (Solo)
Hallward Gallery, Dublin (Solo)

2005 Schwartzheide, Germany (Solo)
Wexford Arts Centre (Solo)
Hibernia, Florida, USA(Solo)
Basement Gallery, Town Hall, Dundalk(Solo)

2004 Hallward Gallery, Dublin (Solo)

2003 Gallery Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway (Solo)
The Lavit Gallery, Cork (Solo)

2002 Hallward Gallery, Dublin (Solo)

2000 Cavanacor Gallery, Lifford (Solo)

1998 Hallward Gallery, Dublin (Solo)
The Kenny Gallery, Galway(Solo)