Grainne Cuffe

Gráinne Cuffe is a distinguished Dublin-born visual artist specialising in fine art printmaking, with a particular focus on large-scale botanical studies. She graduated in Fine Art from the Institute of Art and Design, Dún Laoghaire in 1979, and went on to complete postgraduate training in etching and lithography at both Graphic Studio Dublin and Black Church Print Studio.

Throughout her career, Cuffe has received numerous prestigious awards, including a Fulbright Scholarship to study lithography at the Tamarind Institute in New Mexico, an Italian Government Scholarship to study etching with Giorgio Upiglio in Milan, and an Irish Arts Council award to work and lecture in Västervik, Sweden.

She is a member of Graphic Studio Dublin and Fins Graefisk Vaerksted in Denmark. Her work is exhibited regularly at the Graphic Studio Gallery in Dublin and has featured in major group shows such as the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Annual Exhibition and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London.

Cuffe’s prints are held in prominent public and private collections including the Arts Council of Ireland, Chester Beatty Library, the Office of Public Works, Dublin City University, University College Dublin, and institutions across 17 U.S. states.

Her intricate and often monumental studies of plants are characterised by their rhythmic form, colour, and structural elegance. While not strictly botanical, her compositions distill the essence of each flower’s presence into a refined visual language. Dr. Angela Griffith (Trinity College Dublin) notes:
“The monumental presence of each flower head – their colour, their structure, their design, their rhythmic form – is carefully distilled and presented.”