BRENDAN THORPE O’NEILL

Brendan gratefully acknowledges the prominent portrait and figure sculptors he has studied under, including Eugene Daub as well as sculptor Walter Matia, who has generously mentored him and greatly influenced his work.

• 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.