Irish artist John Shinnors studied at the Limerick School of Art and Design from 1970 to 1972 and has exhibited extensively since the 1980s. Shinnors is a member of Aosdána and is the visual artist on the EV+A committee. He also promotes the arts through the Shinnors Scholarship and Shinnors Drawing Award. His work is represented in collections including The Arts Council; The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland; Banks Trust, IFSC, Dublin; and the Contemporary Irish Art Society.