Most recently, Ian was invited to collaborate with sculptor Didier Leemans at Galerie Stephanie Jaax in Brussels for an exhibition titled ‘All the Lost Souls’ in 2023. He has also completed various residencies throughout his career, including at the Uillinn arts centre in Skibbereen, County Cork in 2016, and at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Connecticut, USA in 2014.

His style has become instantly recognisable and sought after, with his works being collected by celebrities such as Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Christy Moore, Frank Sinatra, Michael Stipe, Eddie Jordan, Teri Hatcher and Whoopi Goldberg.