1979 Arts Council Bursary
1979 Art in Context
1981 Arts Council Travel Award
1982 Winner Claremorris Open
1982 Joint Winner Mont Kavanagh Award for Environmental Art
1983 Royal Ulster Academy Silver Medal
1984 Arts Council Major Award
1988 Royal Ulster Academy Gold Med Royal Ulster Academy Gold Medalal
1990 Royal Ulster Academy Academician
1998 Royal Ulster Academy Prizewinner
1999 Royal Ulster Academy Gold Medal
2004, 2012 Royal Ulster Academy Prizewinner Mullan Gallery
2005 Naughton Gallery Prize, Queen’s University Belfast