Painter of small still lifes, portraits and landscapes, born in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, who moved to Omagh, County Tyrone, in 1979, then to Belfast in 1994 to study for an art and design foundation at University of Ulster. In 1998, graduated with an honours degree in fine arts, specialising in painting. After two years in Belfast, moved to live and work in Dublin, where in 2002 he was one of Two Northern Contemporaries shown by Gorry Gallery. Casey’s awards included Anderson Auctioneers and Valuers Prize, Best Self-Portrait, RUA, 1996 and 1999, also in 1999 the Young Artist of the Year + Regional Prize (Belfast), Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art and Association of Art Historians Thesis Prize. In 1998, Casey was commissioned to produce drawings for the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, and in 1999 he had a fellowship at Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo.