⚡️✂️Award Received: Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary Award✂️⚡️
From the Mayo Arts Service.
September 14th - 21st 2026
Tyrone Guthrie Centre,
Annaghmakerrig House,
Mullaghmore,
Newbliss,
Co. Monaghan,
Ireland,
H18 PP70
I am really delighted to discover that I have been awarded this years Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary Award by The Mayo Arts Service.
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre is such a prestigious institution within the Irish cultural landscape and I am very honoured to have been awarded time and space there to begin an entirely new body of work and to meet other artists, writers and cultural practitioners. I am scheduled in to begin this residency during mid September where I will transition my practice from the psychology of wonder towards an exploration of dreams as a space of spontaneous creative emergence.
The Mayo Arts Service offers a special bursary annually to artists living and working in Mayo to spend one week at Tyrone Guthrie centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan. Workspace, board and lodging expenses will be provided for in the award.
I wanted to say a huge thanks to the Mayo Arts Service for all of their continued support over the years in the development of my practice from funding, to the acquisition of my work for their permanent collection and all the other opportunities, supports and conversations they have provided.
I cant wait to share what I dream up!
For more from the Mayo Arts Service CLICK HERE.
To find out more about the Tyrone Guthrie Centre CLICK HERE.
✂️Upcoming Exhibition - The Lexicon of Wonder - Opening Friday July 11th - Saturday August 9th 2025 at Áras Inis Glauire, Church St, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland, F26 W5HO.✂️
✂️⚡️Upcoming Solo Exhibition - The Lexicon of Wonder⚡️✂️
Opening: This Friday July 11th at 6pm GMT
Running until: Saturday, August 9th 2025.
At:
Áras Inis Glauire,
Church St,
Belmullet,
Co. Mayo,
Ireland,
F26 W5HO.
I am really thrilled to launch this exhibition of my new body of work entitled The Lexicon of Wonder.
Inspired by the emotions of Wonder & Awe which are central pillars to my experience of the world.
Here is a little bit about the work:
”Wonder and Awe are complex emotions arising in response to experiences of profound beauty, connection, natural phenomena, or through bearing witness to the incredible capacities, courage or talents of other human beings. They can also arise at times of great personal crisis or fear such as witnessing the raw power of nature at a time of natural disaster.
Encountering reality through the states of Wonder and Awe can make an individual feel simultaneously small, and deeply connected to the world around them. They are emotions that inspire us to both transcend our own self interests and to delve deeply into our desire for greater understanding. They are in short the emotions of human discovery, and as such the unifying engines of the human curiosity behind philosophy, science and the arts.
For this exhibition I draw on the contemporary research of Psychologist Dacher Keltner and Philosopher Helen De Cruz into the importance of Wonder as a state of being. This new body of work is inspired by wonder, materials sourced from old children's scientific encyclopedias and contemporary collage techniques. Opening this Friday, I invite you to Áras Inis Glauire where you can experience these artworks that instill a viewer with sense of Wonder at the boundless curiosity of scientific investigation and humanities deep connection with the natural world.”
For more from Áras Inis Glauire Click Here.
⚡️✒️ ITS ALIVE: Mary Shelly's Frankenstein: Kolaj Edition ✒️⚡️
⚡️✂️ Featured Artist in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein: Kolaj Edition✂️⚡️
⚡️⚡️!!!!!ITS ALIVE!!!⚡️⚡️
In the Autumn of 2023, I had the real pleasure of teaming up with a whole crew of creaturely collaborators to illustrate a new version of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. It was macabre delight to work with these monsters on dissecting Mary Shelly’s seminal work of proto-sciencefiction. It was an amazing process to spend time thinking about and drawing out the colourful, magical and fearful imagery within. I had a lot of fun working on the illustrations in this version with our ghastly group, including my dear friend and regular collaborator Marta Janik.
I am delighted to announce that the book is now ready for release!
See more from the publishers below:
”This new version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's classic 19th century novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus features seventy-six illustrations by International Collage Artists who delved into the novel's rich narrative and visual potential and created thought-provoking artworks that reflect the essence of Frankenstein in a 21st century context. “Frankenstein,” writes artist David Edward Johnson, “The name alone conjures a lightning storm of images. From corpses, unholy and unearthed, to gothic laboratories, alive with galvanic impulse, to personal loss, longing, and anger. Shelley’s 1818 masterwork is locked in our collective unconscious like a fever dream. Since childhood, I have been in love with its silent shudders and moss-covered 19th-century tableaus.” Artists created illustrations that connected Shelley's text to contemporary issues. Artists explored the role of science and artificial intelligence, queerness, intersectional identities, narcissism, and modern relationships. "Shelley's timelessness is proven by our ability to use her novel to reflect on our world today," said Kolaj Institute Director Ric Kasini Kadour. "Collage artists, with their unique ability to transcend scale, place, and history, are well-suited to giving us pictures that bring vintage texts into the contemporary moment."“
Participating creatures include:
Claire Dannenbaum (Eugene, Oregon, USA); Emily Denlinger (Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA); Suzanne Greenberg (New York, New York, USA); David Edward Johnson (Skaneateles, New York, USA); Marta Janik (Warsaw, Poland); Anthony D Kelly (Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland); Maureen Letton (San Francisco, California, USA); Rosie Lewis (York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom); Anissa Malady (San Francisco, California, USA); Rebecca Steiner (Lyme, Connecticut, USA); Jessica TranVo (Boston, Massachusetts, USA); Anthony Naimo (Spruce Pine, North Carolina, USA); Elzbieta Zdunek (Berlin, Germany)
To purchase a copy of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein: Kolaj Edition simply CLICK HERE.
To find out more about this project and the overarching Collage and Illustration program CLICK HERE.
Cover Image: “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus” (2023) - David Edward Johnson
🔸🔹🔸 ANNOUNCEMENT - KOLAJ MAGAZINE - COLLAGE ARTIST TRADING CARDS PACK NO: 9 🔸🔹🔸
🔸🔹🔸 KOLAJ MAGAZINE - COLLAGE ARTIST TRADING CARDS PACK NO: 9 🔸🔹🔸
I am delighted to have been asked to participate in Kolaj Magazine’s Collage Artists Trading Cards Pack No:9. Its great to see my piece “Dreaming of a Foolish April” (2020) amongst such beautiful company. I love this idea as the deck is packed full of variety and has introduced me to new artists. It is also an extremely affordable way for people to own a wonderful array of collage art.
From Kolaj Magazine:
”Kasini House Artshop works with the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory to produce curated packs of the Collage Artist Trading Cards. Each card is a full color, 5.5” x 3.5” postcard with rounded corners. An example of an artist’s work is on the front of the card and the artist’s public contact information is on the back. Collage Artist Trading Cards come in packs of 15. You can frame the cards you like as mini-prints; collect and curate your very own exhibition. You can also use the cards for discovering contemporary, fine art collage. We think they are a great way to be introduced to the artwork of collage artists.”
Purchase Your Pack: https://shop.kasinihouseartshop.com/category/trading-cards
🔸🔹🔸ANNOUNCEMENT: KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE EVENT - Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2PM EST/ 7PM GMT🔸🔹🔸
🔸🔹🔸 ANNOUNCEMENT: KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE EVENT🔸🔹🔸
Artists in the Archives: European Collagists' Perspectives on American Archives
Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2PM EST/ 7PM GMT.
Looking forward to speaking during this exciting event this coming Saturday with Marta Janik, Ric Kasini Kadour and others.
Join Us!
More on the project:
"On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Stewart-Swift Research Center, the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History invited an international network of collage artists to engage with historic material in the archive and to create a folio of collage prints that reflect on the idea of community in a 21st century world. Five artists who participated in the project did so from Europe. What did their unique perspective draw from the archive? Artists from Poland, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, and Ukraine will join project curator Ric Kasini Kadour for a conversation about European perspectives on American history and place."
Read more: https://kolajinstitute.org/kolaj-live-online/
You can register for free HERE
Kolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed, art magazine reviewing and surveying contemporary collage with an international perspective. We are interested in collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century art movement. Subscribe and get your copy today. http://www.kolajmagazine.com/shop.html
🔸🔹🔸ANNOUNCEMENT: KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE EVENT - This Sunday 26th February at 6PM GMT/ 2PM EST🔸🔹🔸
🔸ANNOUNCEMENT: KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE EVENT: Get Ready for World Collage Day 2023🔸
This Sunday 26th February at 7PM GMT/ 2PM EST
In this online event, Ric Kasini Kadour will share the impetus for the day’s creation and its philosophy. We will introduce the 2023 World Collage Day Poster Artist Anthony D Kelly from Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland who will speak about the concept behind the poster and the series of postcards he designed for the day. Kelly and Kadour will be joined by others planning World Collage Day events and activities. Bring your ideas, questions, and thoughts about your own plans for World Collage Day 2023 to share. The Virtual Event is Free & Open to All.
Kelly writes: “There is something inherently beautiful, courageous and profoundly valuable in this creative drive to recompose alienated parts into new, wonderful and unified realities; especially in the face of potential missteps, mistakes and failures,” writes Kelly. “As an act collage invites us to hold a vital middle ground, to navigate juxtapositions, disjunctions, conflicts, contradictions and clashes of context, as we seek to move towards understanding, and the creation of something meaningful and new.”
To download a high-resolution PDF of the poster, find out more about taking part in World Collage Day 2023, or register for the Kolaj Live Online event: https://kolajinstitute.org/worldcollageday/
For more from Kolaj Magazine visit: http://kolajmagazine.com/content/
Upcoming Exhibition: "NEW REALITY: Contemporary Collage in Ireland"- Thursday the 16th of February – 4th of March 2023 -at Gallery X, 11 Hume Street, Dublin, Ireland
🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: NEW REALITY: CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE IN IRELAND🔸
Opening Reception: Thursday the 16th of February 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition Running from: Thursday the 16th – Saturday the 4th of March 2023
Venue: Gallery X, 11 Hume Street, Dublin, Ireland, D08 T889
I am absolutely thrilled to see the 'New Reality’ Contemporary Collage in Ireland exhibition make its way to the wonderful Gallery X in the heart of the fair city of Dublin.
Organised by the wonderful Silvio Serverino and Una Gildea at the amazing venue of Gallery X, 11 Hume Street, Dublin. This amazing space is host to many cutting edge shows. Also watch out for Una Glidea’s up coming Solo Show opening on the 9th of March. It will be a doozy.
From the organisers:
“ This exhibition showcases collage artworks by 20+ leading collage artists living and working in Ireland today. The exhibition features analogue, digital and mixed media pieces, reflecting the varied approaches to collage as an art medium.”
For more rom Gallery X and its upcoming program visit: https://www.galleryx.ie/index.shtml
For more on this amazing event visit New Reality Festival.
Curating Collage Workshop hosted by the Kolaj Institute - January 2023
🔸🔹🔸CURATING COLLAGE WORKSHOP - JANUARY 2023🔸🔹🔸
I am absolutely delighted to have been accepted to take part in the Kolaj Intitute's Curating Collage Workshop hosted by the illustrious Kolaj Magazine over the course of January and February.
I am really excited to learn more about the various considerations and aspects involved in curating collage exhibitions. The organisers statements create a picture of a wide reaching and in-depth investigation of the exhibition of collage. I am really looking forward to it!
The organisers have this to say:
"Curating is a vital part of art’s function: a curator creates a bridge between artwork and audience. For artists, this process can be confusing and mysterious. The goal of the Curating Collage Workshop is to equip artists with the tools to curate their own work, to work with curators, and build exhibitions that connect with diverse audiences.
The Curating Collage Workshop will focus on the role of the exhibition: How do we exhibit collage? What is needed from collage to function in a commercial gallery, art center, or museum? How do we build exhibitions that go beyond the “Cut and Paste” group show model that is prevalent today? What does it mean to be artist-centric, medium-centric, or viewer-centric in the presentation of collage in exhibition? And the workshop will explore ideas around Curation: What is a curator and what is their role? How do we introduce collage to viewers? How do we build an audience for collage and generate enthusiasm and a sense of value for the work? How do we take collage where it needs to go to reach the viewers it is intended to reach?."
To find out more about the Kolaj Institute and this workshop programme click here:
Upcoming Exhibition: "NWFG - Da Vinci Selection"- Monday the 7th – Saturday 19th of November 2022 -at Galerie Anspach, Boulevard Anspach 24/1000, Brussels, Belgium.
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: NWFG - Da Vinci Selection”🔸🔹🔸
Opening Reception: Monday the 7th of November 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition Running from: Monday the 7th – Saturday 19th of November 2022
Venue: Galerie Anspach, Boulevard Anspach 24/1000, Brussels, Belgium.
I am delighted to have my work selected to take part in the forthcoming 'NWFG - Da Vinci Selection” exhibition, taking place in the wonderful city of Brussles. What a place, its like a collage itself, every street feels like a different world.
Organised by the wonderful Silvio Serverino, and the teams at Art in Places and No Word From Glue.
From the organisers:
“In the Renaissance, transformations were quite evident in culture, society, economy, politics, gastronomy and religion. Our current Renaissance is characterized by the transition to a digital world signifying an evolution in relation to the structures of the contemporary before the influence of the virtual world, the term is more commonly employed to describe its effects in the arts, philosophy and sciences.
93 Artworks from 82 Artists in 24 different countries using collage or illustration as a medium have been selected for this exhibition”
For a list of the selected participants click here:
Upcoming Festival: "NEW REALITY: Contemporary Collage in Ireland"- Friday the 9th of September – Saturday the 1st of October 2022 -at Market House Craftworks, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING FESTIVAL: NEW REALITY: CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE IN IRELAND”🔸🔹🔸
Opening Reception: Friday 9th of September 6pm - 8pm
New Reality Festival: Friday 9th of September - Sunday 11th of September 2022
Exhibition Running from: Friday the 9th of September – Saturday the 1st of October 2022
I am absolutley thrilled to be invited to take part in the upcoming - 'New Reality’ Contemporary Collage in Ireland festival and exhibition. Organised by the wonderful Silvio Serverino, Una Gildea, Jane Jermyn and the Market House Craftworks.
The ‘New Reality’ exhibition opens with a Festival on the weekend of the 9th-11th Sept. The festival will feature a series of workshops a the Parochial Hall, Cappoquin, P51 VY40. Each hosted by mega talented master collage artists, Marta Janik, Una Gildea, Tom Doig, Alan Murphy and Tatyana Feeny.
I am also inviting you to join me in a “Monster” workshop hosted by truly on Saturday the 10th of September at 14.30 -16.30. Workshops come at a small cost and booking is recommended either through Eventbrite or by phone 087-2187962.
Other events will include live music by 'Mamacha & the Forest of Sound', fabulous screenings of Moving Collage, a talk by the man himself Sean Hillen (Sean Hillen Artist), subject of the award winning documentary "Tomorrow is Saturday".
The exhibition itself will be open to the public from 9th Sept - 1st October at Market House Craftworks The Square, Green Street, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, P51 KD37.
For more on this rich and amazing event visit: https://www.instagram.com/new_reality_festival/