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.

Upcoming Exhibition: "SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION" Friday 5th August – Sunday 28th August 2022 -at Custom House Studios + Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co.Mayo, Ireland

🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: CUSTOM HOUSE SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION🔸🔹🔸

Less than a week to go!

Opening Reception: Friday 5th August 6pm - 8pm

Running from: Friday 5th August – Sunday 28th August 2022

Venue: Custom House Studios + Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co.Mayo, Ireland F28 CD39

I am thrilled to take part in the upcoming Custom House Studio and Gallery “Summer Group Exhibition” which is opening at the end of this week!

I can’t wait to see all of the fantastic work that has been assembled for this show from such a wide array of talented artists. Opening this Friday the 5th of August from 6-8pm. If you are in the area do drop in for an evening of incredible art!

For more from the wonderful Custom House visit: www.customhousestudios.ie

Image Credit: The Hooker ‘Victory’ (centre). Capsized June 14th 1894, 32 migrant workers drowned. Source Archives, Wynne family collection.

Upcoming Exhibition - "COURAGE & HOPE" From June 18 – September 25, 2022- at Königs-Galerie Kassel, Ob. Königsstraße 39, 34117 Kassel, Germany

☀️🌎🌍🌏 "COURAGE & HOPE"🌏🌍🌎☀️

From June 18 – September 25, 2022

At Königs-Galerie Kassel, Ob. Königsstraße 39, 34117 Kassel, Germany

I am delighted to have been invited to take part in the upcoming exhibition "COURAGE & HOPE" which features amazing work by other international artists as well as students from HBK Braunschweig, Moving School and Universität Kassel, and is taking place in Kassel during Documenta #15.

Each participant was invited to create two pieces of art in response to the words “Courage” and “Hope”, and to also write a short text to accompany these pieces describing where they find courage and hope in their own lives.

These images and texts are meant as seeds and offerings to others in our communities and cultures, to spark conversations about how we find the vitally important qualities of meaning, courage and hope within ourselves and the wider world.

This event is being hosted by the fantastic Moving School details below:

Moving School e.V. is an experimental educational program and artistic research that is the foundation for lifelong learning and creative processes. It is a complement to traditional academic education. Traditional education has a linear design: participating, learning, studying, checking knowledge, going to the next level.

Moving School is more like a learning algorithm and artistic research. Experience, intuition, critical thinking and design logic shape the skills that are necessary to navigate through the challenges and uncertainties of the future. This is rarely found in traditional learning.
Moving School unfolds potentials for positive changes in personal life, in work and in society. Moving School is a worldwide network of students, trainers, professionals, entrepreneurs and artists from different fields and educational centres. It is led by an international board of directors.

For more about Moving School click here.

Poster Image Credit: Elham Hemmat

Upcoming Exhibition - Empty Columns are a Place to Dream at Kolaj Live: Knoxville, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA - 1st - 7th of November 2021

"Empty Columns are a Place to Dream" as part of Kolaj LIVE Knoxville.

Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee,

U.S.A

November 1-7, 2021

I am absolutely thrilled to hear that the "Empty Columns are a Place to Dream" project, which took place as part of the amazing Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival has won the County Award at the Heritage Week Heritage Council's awards yesterday.

Co-ordinated by Caroline Conway, and curated by Ric Kasini Kadour, It was a real pleasure to take part in this project and a big congratulations to everyone involved.

I'm also blown away by the incredible news that the exhibition will travel to the Knoxville Museum of Art where it will be part of Kolaj LIVE Knoxville, from November 1-7, 2021.

This project featured local and international collage artists and their interpretations of the empty column in Emmet Square which was formerly the site of a statue to the Duke of Cumberland. Infamous for his brutal oppression of a Scottish uprising. The statue itself has long since been felled, leaving an empty void.

The artists in engaging with this curious absence sparked a timely and creative debate about the role of monuments, the values we uphold, the things we choose to forget, and how this is decided.

To find out more about the tremendous Kolaj Live festival in Knoxville visit:

https://www.kolajinstitute.org/kolaj-live-knoxville.html

To visit the "Empty Columns Project Archives" and view the work you can go to: https://emptycolumns.weebly.com/

Upcoming Online Exhibition - INCOGNITO - In Aid of the Jack & Jill Foundation

I am thrilled to take part in this years Incognito 2020 exhibition alongside my sister Alicia and so many other talented artists. This event is a fantastic fundraiser for the Jack and Jill children's foundation. This year it was split into two parts and has moved online, as a physical event is currently impossible.

Artworks from part one of the sale sold out online in 9 minutes, already raising 90k for this worthy cause.

Its wonderful to see such ardent support for such a brilliant cause. Great opportunity to get yourself an original artwork in a nice postcard size. Don't miss out part 2 of the sale previewing this Monday 11th May, with the pieces going up for sale on May 28th. Going to have to quick on the draw for this one!!!

A little bit about Incognito 2020:
"Every cent from Incognito is used to fund Jack & Jill’s home nursing-care for very sick children, who do better at home, where they are well cared for by their parents with critical support from Jack & Jill nurses and carers."

To access the preview and pick out your cards in advance visit: https://www.incognito.ie/

And for the Jack & Jill main website: https://www.jackandjill.ie/

Upcoming Exhibition - Mayo Artists Exhibition @ The Linenhall Arts Centre, Linenhall Street, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland

The Linenhall Arts Centre, Linenhall Street, Castlebar,Co. Mayo

Friday 6th December 2019 - Saturday 11th January 2020

I am very happy to announce my participation in the upcoming Mayo Artists Show 2019 which will be taking place at two locations, The Linenhall Arts Centre (Castlebar) and The Ballina Arts Centre (Ballina).

The official opening of the Mayo Artists Show takes place on Friday 6 December (6.00pm at the Linenhall Arts Centre, and 8.00pm at Ballina Arts Centre) There will be a free return bus departing the Linenhall Arts Centre for Ballina Arts Centre at 7.15pm on Friday 6 December. Seats are limited and pre-booking is essential.

Here is a statement from the Gallery:

The show presents a cornucopia of work in all manner of media and offers a fascinating snapshot of the breadth of visual arts practice in the county. And with something for all tastes (and prices), this might just be the ideal opportunity to find that elusive and unique Christmas gift.

For more from The Linenhall Arts Centre visit: www.thelinenhall.com

And The Ballina Arts Centre: www.ballinaartscentre.com

Upcoming Exhibition - Purgatorio and Friends @ Confraternita dei Disciplinati, Somano, Via Madonna 7 B, Cuneo (CN), Italy - October 14th 2018

Showing tonight are two of my Analog Collage pieces: 'Devoured By The Bird of Gluttony' (2018) and 'The Desolate Isolation Of Pride' (2018) On display at the Purgatorio & Friends exhibition in the beautiful Confraternita dei Disciplinati, Somano, Italy.
For this show on Purgatory I envisioned the potential punishments for two of the 7 Deadly Sins. Gluttony (Being Devoured) and Pride (Isolation). It is Visceral Work in a Visceral Medium on a Visceral Topic with lots of tearing and harsh imagery.

Opening: 3pm 14th October 2018

The Venue:
Confraternita dei Disciplinati,
Somano Via Madonna 7 B,
Cuneo (CN),
Italy

For more from the gallery visit: www.ilpurgatorio.com
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilpurgatoriohomegallery