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| 1.
Glenn
Gannon, http://glenngannon.net
::
Email:
glenn54321@gmail.com
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2.
Frank
Abruzzese, www.frankabruzzese.com
::
"Originally from Philadelphia, I obtained my Bachelors Degree
in Moving Image Arts from the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico in
2000, and Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute
in 2004. I received the Emerging Photographer of the Year award
from San Francisco Magazine, and as a photographer, exhibit internationally
in galleries and universities. In 2007 my wife Rosie O'Gorman and
I founded Cow House Studios, a progressive artist studio set in
rural Wexford, Ireland, where I work as both Co Director and Photography
Instructor.
My work is driven by my interest in the power of the photograph
to reveal as much as it hides. I am interested in engineering and
problem solving, new technologies, beauty through symmetry, science
fiction, landmarks, repetition, traces and monuments. My
working methods are experimental and process driven. I am drawn
to subjects that are both familiar and often overlooked, and use
photographic techniques to transform the mundane into something
extraordinary or ambiguous. I investigate how my subject might collide
with traditional interpretations of the landscape, architecture
or portraiture, and how these expectations can be met through alternative
means. I use film selection, exposure and digital techniques to
make small incursions into perceptions of photography's assumed
role as factual document".
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3.
Killian
Dunne, http://killiandunneart.blogspot.com
::
Killian
Dunne’s work concentrates on anonymity and history in relation
to the constant. Family trees, conflict, myth, religion, evolution,
and superstition are blended into peculiar narratives where conflicting
philosophies blur together. The
First World War is of particular importance to his practice, the
link and breaking point between an old and new world. Where modernity
and myth collide, Arthur Conan Doyle’s fairies coexist with
bomber airplanes and ectoplasm coexists with mustard gas. |
| 4.
Annabel
Breen, http://belbreen.com
::
Textile designer Annabel Breen graduated from NCAD in 2008. She produces
anarchic, colourful prints which have already led her to a stint working
alongside Noki on his Fashion East Collections. |
5.
Neal
Greig, www.nealgreig.com
::
"This
artist's eye here has gathered the landscape into a shape that points
towards Knocknarea, which the eye does, out there, constantly, and
subconsciously: and Knocknarea is in alignment with Carrowmore,
which is in alignment with Oldcastle, which is alignment with Newgrange,
and so on. The ancestors chose these heights to mark their journey
along rivers through the forests of the lowlands, and he, as an
artist, with a fossil as guide and pen, is following the same route,
along the coast, to face out towards Iceland, and then head back
inland, with his canvas strapped to a wheel barrow." -
Dermot Healy Poet and Novelist.
Greig’s theatre of interest is a more external one. Focusing
on the land, sea and sky. The elemental relationship and their external
push and pull create a sense of wonderment for Greig. His compositions
are organic and fluid. The subject could be immense, however there
is an intimacy in this subject, a sense of time and place, the effect
of light and weather shaping the landscape. Neal has participated
several residencies, Cill Riallig, Ballinglen and more recently
Vermont USA and Newfoundland, Canada. An interesting aspect to the
Canadian residency was the documentation of the shores at the far
side of Atlantic. |
6.
Eileen
Ferguson, www.nealgreig.com/eileen.php
::
"Eileen's paintings are quintessentially a return to her earlier
findings of the historical, the macabre and at times the humour
of buildings battered by time and returned to rubble, weed and lichen.
To express this she is now using collages of found bits and pieces
in the locality, discarded paper, plastic, feathers, which further
enhance the tactile quality of her paintings." [Leland
Bardwell] |
7.
Mary
Lavelle Burke :: "Living on Achill Island
my painting is inevitably influenced by the ever-changeable mood
of nature. At times the light floods every core of life and at others
wild and terrifying, it pushes human existence to its limits. I
try to keep my marks on the canvas fluid, but connected to these
shifts, so that I can capture the quickness of change. Water also
plays a dominant role, as I allow for fishlike creatures to emerge
and submerge. Mineral deposits blend with the pink of flesh like
pigmentation, as a reminder of animal dependence to the sea. Experiences,
memories and reflections all come to inform my work. These paintings
can be seen as landings arriving out of a personal search into times
past and present of my roots and identity." Email:
tmburke@eircom.net |
8
& 18. Brian
Gallagher, www.bdgart.com
::
Brian has been a fulltime artist since graduating from art college
in Bristol in 1989. Living in Dublin for many years he is an experienced
artist and illustrator working in various media from computer to
traditional painting on canvas. His work has appeared in many areas
including advertising, design, editorial and book publishing. Since
his first solo show in Co Donegal, Brian’s work has featured
in many group shows, including The RHA (2008) The RUA (2007) and
the RAAI (2007). His work is held in private collections internationally. |
9.
Alan
Boardman graduated from Limerick College of Art & Design in
2003 with a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art Painting. He
has been selected for this year's RHA Exhibition. Previous exhibitions
include: 'Sinks and Reservoirs', solo show, The Crow Gallery, Dublin
(2008); 'Presence', Limerick City Gallery (2007); 'Rotfabrik', solo
show, The Crow Gallery, Dublin (2007); Affordable Art Fair, New
York (2007); Microsoft Ireland Art Collection 19th Exhibition (2006);
'A Hybrid Account', Bank of Ireland Arts Centre (2006); EV&A
(2005); Cruises Café (2003) and The Hunt Museum, Limerick
(2001 & 2002). His work is in the collections of: The Hunt Museum
Limerick; Microsoft Ireland Art Collection; Office of Public Works;
Bank of Ireland Art Collection and Mason, Hayes + Curran ::
www.canvas.ie |
10.
Elaine
Leader, www.graphicstudiodublin.com
::
Born in Dublin, Elaine Leader graduated from the College of Marketing
and Design in 1995 and became a member of the Black Church Print
Studio in the same year. Selected Exhibitions include 'Milestones',
OPW (2007); 'Insideout', Graphic Studio Dublin 2006; RHA Annual
Exhibitions, 'Gardens of Earthly Delight', Chester Beatty Library
(2005); 'Hand Pulled Prints', San Antonio (2004); 'Contemporary
Irish Prints', The Gallery of Graphic Art, New York (2004); Grafiska
Sallskaet, Stockholm (2002), 'Ireland France', Cite Internationale
des Arts, Paris (2001).
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11.
Eoin
Williams, ‘Signs of Human Activity’ is an exploration
of Photography’s capacity to create pieces of fiction. Centred
on the idea of found objects, the work examines items of clothing
abandoned in secluded environments. The images are staged recreations
of imagined scenes based on real experience, they exist entirely
in a singular moment, without past or future, inviting the viewer
to interact by inferring a personal, individual narrative for each
piece. The images are constructed with a sense of theatricality
and presented in a specific way which suggests that they exist outside
of everyday experience, each item of clothing can be seen as a remnant
of human activity and as a representation of a human form.
:: Email:
eoinfwilliams@gmail.com |
| 12.
Dee
O'Shea :: Email:
deespix@gmail.com |
13.
Giita
Hammond, www.giita.com
::
"A recent report on climate change declares that glaciers are
melting at a rapid rate and that in a century they will disappear
completely. Iceland is home to Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull,
and according to glaciologists it is melting at a rate of one meter
per year. ´bráðnandi´
is from my Vanishing Landscape series. The photo was taken
at the foot of Vatnajökull in Iceland in 2008 where the glacial
ice breaks off into an expanding lagoon and drifts into the sea.
The photographs of melting ice highlight the concrete and tangible
effects of global warming." |
14.
Miriam
McConnon is an Irish painter living and working in Cyprus. She is
a Fine Art Graduate of the National College of Art and Design. In
2000, she completed a post-graduate Diploma in Fine Art Painting
in Cyprus. Selected public collections include; RTE, AXA Insurance,
Royal Hospital Donnybrook, Southside Personnel Recruitment and the
Office of Public Works. She is in numerous private collections worldwide
:: www.canvas.ie |
15.
Katie
Sweetman :: "Winter at Tara" is part
of a series whereby Katie photographed and sketched the fields around
where she grew up in Meath over the course of a year. This body
of work was an attempt to capture the changing landscape through
the seasons. Katie has exhibited widely throughout Ireland and has
an upcoming exhibition in The Kennedy Gallery, Dublin.
Email: katiesweetman@ireland.com |
17.
John
Ware, www.wareart.net
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"I studied art in London and Paris although most of my techniques
I use today are self taught...I have a successful gallery in the
centre of Dublin, Ireland where current works can be viewed in a
friendly environment." |
| 19.
Pat
Murphy:: Email:
patzeemurphy@yahoo.com |
20.
Louise
Farrelly, http://louisefarrelly.wordpress.com
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Louise received her BA Honours in Visual Arts Practice from Dun
Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in 2009. Upon
completing her studies she received a Graduate Award for Printmaking
from Graphic Studio Dublin where she is now a member. Louise has
exhibited her work in locations all over Ireland and her prints
are in the collection of Limerick City Gallery of Art. Alongside
her own art practice, Louise is involved with several public, private
and not-for profit arts organisations in Dublin. She will begin
her post-graduate studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London,
in September 2010. STATEMENT: The content of my work stems from
an interest in environments and landscapes, the people that inhabit
them and the connections between these. I work with a wide range
of printmaking techniques including etching, dry-point, screen-print,
digital print and chine colle. Using a variety of methods, my work
stretches from photo- realist to abstract mark making, blurring
the boundaries between the real and the imaginary. |
21.
Harry
Walsh, www.artistsites.org/harrywalshforeman
::
Harry
Walsh Foreman is an emerging Dublin based fine artist. He studied
in Ballyfermot College of Further Education and in the Bachelor
of Arts programme in Sligo Institute of Technology. His work at
the moment is largely inspired from popular tales and modern entertainers.
He has had recent exhibitions in such noteworthy Dublin venues as
the Backloft and the Crow Gallery. He is currently working on a
new series of paintings inspired by circus and festival characters
and their interactions with the "REAL" world.
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| 22.
Stephen
Nolan ::
Email:
stephenolan@hotmail.com |
| 23
& 24. Ailbhe
Garvey ::
Email:
ailbhe@canvas.ie |
| 25
& 35. John
Merry ::
(info to follow) |
| 26.
Niamh
Synnott ::
(info to follow) |
27.
Nigel
Rolfe [Print donated from private collection] ::
Born on the Isle of Wight in 1950, Nigel Rolfe has lived
and worked in Dublin since 1974. His work includes photography,
installation, video and sound, and he is best known for working
live. He established the performance art programme at the Project
Arts Centre while Visual Arts Director there from 1974 - 1980. He
has had retrospectives of his work at the Irish Museum of Modern
Art (Archive) in 1994 and the Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de
Paris (Nigel Rolfe Videos 1983 - 1996) in 1996. He has exhibited
at the Sao Paulo and Kwanju Biennales. Most recently he took part
in the European Performance Art Festival in Lublin, Poland in 2004.
He has had two solo shows in 2005 at Galerie Polaris in Paris and
Green On Red Gallery in Dublin. He is Visiting Professor in Fine
Art at the Royal College of Art in London and visiting critic to
postgraduate fine art courses in U.S.A. at the University of Pennsylvania
and in the U.K. at the Royal Academy and University of the Arts,
Chelsea College of Art ::
http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie
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| 28.
Miriam
Sweeney ::
Email:
mijrsweeney@yahoo.ie |
29.
Jenny
Cleary, www.jennycleary.com
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Jenny Cleary graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2000 and
has since been a practising artist living and working in Dublin.
She is originally from Norway but since moving away to go to college,
she has lived in many countries and travelled all over the world.
Colour plays a major role in all her work and she creates surface
richness by using multiple layers and contrasting areas of the picture
with thin transparent glazes. |
30. John
Busher, www.inscape.ie
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John draws on a number of sources for his work; photography, drawing
and memory. These are combined to invent figurative abstractions
from recollection. Ambiguous landscape forms emerge that offer a
snapshot of an elusive world. He is attracted to discordant themes
such as melancholy and joy, often presented as separate or collective
images. |
| 31.
Patricia
Aherne O'Farrell, [Painting donated from private collection]
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www.dial-a-portrait.com
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| 32.
Jen
Daly ::
(info to follow) |
| 33.
Anne
Walsh ::
Email:
enlightenment_limited@yahoo.com |
| 34.
Mary
West ::
(info to follow) |
| 36
& 37. Kay
Merry ::
(info to follow) |
| 38.
Carmel
Meade ::
(info to follow) |
| 39.
Noleen
Brennan ::
(info to follow) |
| 40.
Sr
Mary Connaughton ::
(info to follow) |
41
& 42. Kelly
Hood www.kellyhood.com
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Kelly
Hood is a full-time artist who works in oils and mixed media. She
has developed her own unique style of photo-realism and pays extreme
attention to detail. Kelly has sold her work to private collectors
and the general public. "I am a Realist Artist, I believe
in painting what I see, catching a beautiful scene for my clients
to cherish for life. I spend long hours in my studio and I am building
a reputation as an artist who pushes super-realism to the extreme,
with great attention to detail while catching the light and beauty
in each piece of work I do." |
| 43.
Alan
McBrearty ::
(info to follow) |
| 45.
Davnet
Ni Bhroin ::
(info to follow) |
| 46.
Rosaleen
Hogan ::
(info to follow) |
47.
Joe
Stanley, http://joestanley-artist.com
::
A
graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Joe Stanley
has exhibited throughout Europe and his work is in private collections
in America, Europe, Asia and Australia. His
practice is an exploration of space and its physical boundaries
within a modern construct. The themes of function, regulation, protocols
and institutional frameworks are his primary concerns. The choices
of materials are an integral part of the process. He employs mainly
commercial building materials. Stanley often fabricates tools, re-designing
them to perform outside of their original function. |
48
& 49. Grainne
Finn, www.grainnefinn.com
::
Gráinne
Finn is an Irish artist living and working in Dublin. She graduated
from the School of Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitation
University in 2005 specialising in editorial illustration. She held
a solo exhibition in The Ivy House, Drumcondra earlier this year.
Selected group exhibitions include: '...scape', London (2007); 'Vending
Machine Project', Dublin Fringe Festival (2006); Microsoft Ireland
Art Collection 19th Exhibition (2006) and the 'Back to Old School'
book, FLK Studio, Dublin (2006). |
| 50.
Maureen
Condren ::
(info to follow) |
| 51.
Nadine
McDonagh ::
(info to follow) |
| 52,
54 & 56. Niamh
Garvey
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Email:
neevegarvey@hotmail.com
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| 53.
Antoinette
Millar ::
(info to follow) |
| 54.
Richard
Hearns, www.richardhearns.com |
| 57.
Trudagh
McElhone ::
(info to follow) |
| 58.
Derek
Walshe, watercolour ::
(info to follow) |
| 59.
Maeve
Clancy, www.maeveclancy.com |
| 60,
61 & 62. Andrew
Kenny::
(info to follow) |
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