Tricia O’Neill recently completed a BFA, with a concentration in photography, from the dual degree program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. Prior to this degree Tricia studied the art of hand lettering at Butera School of Art and went on to found Signs Unique in Dublin, Ireland in 1985. She continues to run her business in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Photography and the pursuit of a fine art degree are fitting extensions of Tricia’s creative endeavors. While studying at the Museum School and Tufts she investigated a myriad of photographic formats including; medium format, large format, digital and printing both in the darkroom and in the digital lab.

Tricia’s photography has been exhibited throughout the Boston area; at the Photographic Resource Center, the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Aberjona River Gallery, Boston Private Bank and Trust and at a juried show in the New England School of Art and Design. She won the Stephen D. Paine scholarship from the Boston Art Dealers Association and the Boston Foundation. The scholarship entries were juried by William Stover, Curator of Contemporary Art at the MFA, Boston. Her work has been published in national magazines, SMFA publications, on a CD (cover and interior) for the Dropkick Murphys and on the web. Tricia has volunteered her time shooting for both the Photographic Resource Center and the Griffin Museum of Photography’s fundraising events. Tricia will be showing her Long Beach work, in a solo show, at the Artist's Foundation April-May 2007. She will also be volunteering for the PRC's Mother's Day shoot again, this year.