Some people I’ve worked with

Facebook, Google, Bank of Ireland, Musgrave, TBWA/Dublin, Kilkenny County Council, Barnstorm Theatre Company, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Cat Laughs Festival, Transport for Ireland, Fresh Film Festival, Damn Fine Print, Cartoon Saloon.

Some recent Recognition

Highly Commended World Illustration Awards 2023 (Global)

Longlisted Folio Book Illustration Award 2022 (UK)

Runner-up Professional Comic Competition FreakCon 2022 (Málaga- Spain)

Shortlisted Communication Arts Illustration Competition 2021 (US)

Shortlisted World Illustration Awards 2020 (Global)

Shortlisted Communication Arts Illustration Competition 2020 (US)

Honorable Mention at 3x3 Professional Illustration Show 2019 (US)

Shortlisted Irish Times/The Comics Lab short Graphic Story Competition 2019 (IRL)

Shortlisted Observer/Comica/JonathanCape short Story Competition 2017 (UK)

Finalist IDI Awards Illustration. 2017 (IRL)

Shortlisted The Association of Illustrators (UK) 2014 Awards.

3 Honorable Mentions at 3x3 Professional Illustration Show 2014 (US)

Some Exhibitions

Over the years I have always enjoyed showing some of my work to the more general public. These are some highlights of the most interesting exhibitions I’ve been in:

In Memory of the Future - IGI Exhibition. DLR Lexicon. 2023

1985. Graphic Novel - Alé Mercado at The Source Arts Centre. Winter 2017-2018

THE STATE OF US - IGI exhibition. The Chocolate Factory. June 2017

PIN UPS - Dublin Bowie Festival - With Peter Donnelly, Steve Doogan, Roger O'Reilly, Lauren O'Neill and Matt Griffin. January 2017

NONE OF THE ABOVE - Alé Mercado & Steven Aylin - Dean Street, Arts Office Kilkenny County Council. August 2016

Interpreting Yeats - Blackstack Studio and Grennan Mill, Kilkenny, Ireland. August 2015

Alé Mercado Solo Show - CCPS, Cork, Ireland. June 2015

The Art Of Superstition - Illustrators Ireland. 2014