BRENDAN THORPE O’NEILL

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC (BA Economics)
• Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

• Nancy Frankel Studios- Kensington, MD
• Masters Workshop (Eugene Daub), Loveland Academy of Fine Arts, Loveland, CO
• Masters Workshop (Eugene Daub), Academy Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
• Masters Workshop (Paul Lucchesi), The Art League School, Alexandria, VA
• Masters Workshop (Eugene Daub), Scottsdale Artist’s School, Scottsdale, AZ
• Portrait class (Rick Casali), Annapolis, MD
• Masters Figure Workshop (Rick Casali), Davidsonville, MD

• Bust of Chief Dull Knife displayed at Chief Dull Knife College, Lame Deer, MT on Northern Cheyenne Reservation
• Bust of Chief Sitting Bull displayed at the Chief Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates, ND on Standing Rock Reservation
• Bust of young woman commissioned for the dedication of the Katie Fitzgerald Memorial Gymnasium, Darnestown, MD
• Bronze life size wolf head displayed in lobby of Don Bosco High School (home of the Wolf Pack), Silver Spring, MD
• Bust of Bishop Chester Friend to commemorate his 40^th Anniversary as pastor and founder of the Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church, Bethlehem, MD
• 40” x 72” bronze bas relief celebrating the “Student Athlete” displayed in the gymnasium lobby at Gonzaga College High School, Washington, DC
• Bust of Harriet Tubman, commissioned by Governor O’Malley; accepted into the Maryland State Archives; and displayed at the State of Maryland Government House, Annapolis, MD.
• Maquette of Harriet Tubman displayed in lobby of Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter, Wash DC
• Bust of major donor displayed in lobby of Indiana University Law School, Bloomington, IN
• Bust of Harriet Tubman displayed in lobby of Harriet Tubman Visitors Center in the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, Dorchester County, MD
• Bust of Sister Mary Berchmans displayed in Foyer of Berchmans Hall, Georgetown Visitation Girls High School, Washington, DC
• Life size bronze of two Choctaw Native Americans in commemoration of Choctaw 1847 gift to Irish displayed in Choctaw Cultural Center in Durant, Oklahoma
• Bronze copy of Choctaw sculpture displayed at the Irish National Famine Museum, Strokestown, Ireland.
• Choctaw sculpture maquette gifted to Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University, Hamden CT.
• Bronze bust of Frederick Douglass displayed in the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, Dorchester County, MD.
• Stone sculpture of “Eagle Rising” at Monocacy Cemetery in Beallsville, MD to commemorate fallen soldiers buried at the cemetery

• Born St. Louis, MO
• Raised in Washington Metropolitan area
• Married with 4 children and 10 grandchildren
• Served on multiple Boards including the Board of Trustees of the Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD.
• Spent alternate careers in:
  
  • Urban Renewal in Alexandria VA and Washington DC
  • Mortgage Banking in Washington DC
  • Design and building in Washington Metropolitan area.