Mick O'Dea (born 1958) PPRHA is an Irish artist best known as a painter of portraits and historical subjects.
[1] From 1976 to 1981, O'Dea studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and the University of Massachusetts.
Among the public collections in which his works are included are: The National Gallery of Ireland, the Arts Council of Ireland, the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Bank of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Limerick, The National Self-Portrait Collection, the National Drawing Collection, and the Limerick City Gallery of Art.
[8] In 2009, O'Dea was commissioned by the National Gallery of Ireland to paint a portrait of playwright Brian Friel.
[9] Recent historical themes in his art have included paintings depicting the Black and Tans and the Irish War of Independence.