Paraic McQuaid is originally from Bellurgan and now lives in Dublin. He studied for his BA in Fine and Applied art at the University of Ulster, Belfast and took his MA in Cultural Policy at UCD. He was the first artist in residence at Draiocht, Blanchardstown. He was artistic director of Life’s No Picnic on the Streets for Depaul Ireland at Electric Picnic 2008-2011.Paraic lectures in Arts Management in the Faculty of Enterprise and Humanities at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology.