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Sean McCann was born in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. His interest in painting was sparked at an early age. From his early teens he joined his father in evening art classes to be taught oil painting. At eighteen he did a foundation art course at the Ulster Polytechnic, followed by a Bachelor of Fine Art degree at Brighton College of Art and a Master of Fine Art at Birmingham Art College.

From Birmingham he moved to London where he had a studio in the East End, an area where most artists gravitated to because of the affordable studio accommodation. Since London he has travelled widely to Europe, SE Asia, including India, Malaysia, Borneo, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, USA and Canada, where he has always been inspired by the people he met and the places he has been to. He has lived and painted in the Highlands of Scotland and the North and West coast of Ireland, and now lives in Liverpool, England, an area which is also close to the magical landscapes of the Lake District and North Wales.

Sean has taken part in numerous exhibitions including The Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, The Mall Galleries, London, The Morley Gallery, London, The Vortex Gallery, London, The William Morris Gallery, London, The Gardner Art Centre, Sussex University, The Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, The Tom Allen Centre, London, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, The Foxford Exhibition Centre, Mayo, Ireland, and The Irish Club, Dublin, Ireland.

He has works in private collections in Ireland, UK, Germany, Holland, Israel and the USA.