Born in England to Scottish parents, Ciarán Ó Néill grew up in Ireland; he has spent most of his adult life in Amsterdam. A proud father of twins, he is an IT professional, painter and writer who is driven by the will to conquer his natural inclination to the categorical and the definite. Consequently, Ó Néill is interested in systems, boundaries and near-repetition; his work is always an attempt at expressing the rigorous fuzziness of being.