William Penney

Biography

Bill Penney is an Associate Lecturer in fine art print, his personal research is at the heart of his teaching. He exhibits both nationally and internationally and has represented the United Kingdom at the prestigious Ljubljana Print Biennale and “Britain Meets the Bay” at The Centre for the Arts Yerba Buena in San Francisco. He has also represented Ireland at the Temple Bar International Print Exhibition in Dublin. Penney has won first prize at the German International Biennale for Graphic Art and the Selection Prize at the South Korean Print Biennale in Seoul. The British Council and Arts Councils for Northern Ireland and Great Britain have awarded him several grants. More recently he has been selected for the Northern Print Biennale in Newcastle upon Tyne and “Watershed” in The Centre for the Arts Hong Kong. He is a member of Belfast Print Workshop and a founder member of the Bartolomeu dos Santos Print Workshop in Portugal.

Research Interest

Fine Art Printmaking