Marcel is a recipient of The Hennessy Craig Award for painting at The Royal Hibernian Academy (2019) Arts Council of Ireland Next Generation Award (2019) The Golden Fleece Main Award for Visual Art (2019) and a Wicklow Artist Support Grant (2019)

Current:

  • FSAS Residential Studio (2020) IRE

Exhibitions include:

  • Stuck on dawn Kerlin gallery (2021) IRE

  • Wayward eye Temple bar gallery and studios (2021) IRE

  • Paul Hallahan and Marcel Vidal The Complex Dublin (2020) IRE

  • 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, Authored by Kurt Beers, Beers London (2019) UK

  • The Zurich Portrait Prize 2019 at National Gallery of Ireland (2019) IRE

  • The RHA Hennessy Craig Award Announcement exhibition (2019) IRE

  • The 189th RHA Annual Exhibition Dublin (2019)

  • Still Life, North South joint touring exhibition OPW + Department of Finance, Belfast (DoF)(2019)

  • SILVERFISH The Dock Carrick on Shannon, Leitrim (2018)

  • WHITE NOISE,

  • FUTURES, RHA Dublin (2018)

  • Syntonic State, Tulca, Curated by Linda Shevlin, Galway (2018)

  • Island Life, Custom House Studios and Gallery Westport (2018)

  • Island Life, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery Dublin (2018)

  • STREAM Limerick Curated by Paul McGrane and Mark O’Gorman, The Sailors Home, Limerick City (2018)

  • 188th RHA Annual Exhibition Dublin (2018)

  • Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (2017)

  • Atrium Space, Temple Bar Gallery + Studio, Dublin (2017)

  • Carnage Visors, curated by Paul McAree, RUA RED, Dublin (2016)

Awards:

  • Member Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, (2017 - 2020) IRE

  • Art Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary Award (2020)

  • Hennessy Craig Award for painting at The Royal Hibernian Academy (2019)

  • Arts Council of Ireland Next Generation Award (2019)

  • The Golden Fleece Main Award for Visual Art (2019)

  • Wicklow Artist Support Grant (2019)

  • The Fire Station Sculpture Workshop Award & Bursary (2018)

  • Art Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary Award (2018)

  • Wicklow County Artist Bursary (2012)

  • Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award (2012)

  • K&M Evans painting prize awarded for entry to RHA annual (2010)

  • He has undertaken residencies at USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway (2012) and Royal Hibernian Academy studio, Dublin, Ireland (2011).

Shortlisted:

  • The Merrion Plinth Award (2019) IRE

  • TBG+S + ISCP NYC residency (2019) USA

  • TBG+S and HIAP International Residency Exchange (2018)FI

Awards include: The Fire Station Sculpture Workshop Award & Bursary (2018); Art Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary Award (2018); Wicklow County Artist Bursary (2012); Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award (2012) and K&M Evans painting prize awarded for entry to RHA annual (2010). He has undertaken residencies at USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway (2012) and Royal Hibernian Academy studio, Dublin, Ireland (2011).