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I am a sculptor and textile artist. I work with materials that I find or come upon in the environment. Being directed by these materials means I work in the moment. I am compelled by the randomness and the possibilities in these moments. The materials direct my movements; they inform what techniques I may use – I knit, I glue, I weave, I wrap, I stitch, I hammer…whatever is necessary. Because of the way I think about the materials and the environment, my work becomes a social commentary.
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Recently Exhibited Works
2023 "ANAM" - Installation i Renvyle, Connemara.
2022 Taispeántas Ealain don Nollag i Fibín.
2022 "Imeall"- TG4 Arts and Culture programme featured my work/practice in November.
2022 "Cnuasach Cladaigh"- exhibition as part of Féile Cois Fharraige,An Spidéal
2022 Detroit Stockholm/Interfgace Inagh, Exhibition of Sculptural works "Tree Creatures" made using repourposed found ropes.
2021 UachtarArts-graphite landscape drawings , Oughterard, Co.Galway
2021 "Caith sí an lá ag Feamnú"-Sculpture at Westport Quay curated by Catherine Marshall.
2021 "Dath an Dochas"- Exhibition celebrating Ealain na Gaeltachta's 40 years supporting the Arts. Textile work using found rope , stitched onto canvas.
2021 Clifden Arts Festival- Embroidered textile on ink dyed cotton.
2020 "Connect"- Group exhibition@Interface Inagh, Recess.
2020 Cúl an Tí- launch of Leabharlann Soghluaiste/ Mobile Art Library: commissioned handmade art books, ongoing project/exhibition.
2020 Article in VAI Newsletter November edition about Cúl an Tí's Mobile Art Library Project.
2020 UachtarArts-Textile hand stitched work as part of an online exhibition.
2020 Participant in "Carrying the Songs" art and storytelling project at Interface Inagh, Recess/Sraith Salach, Connemara.
2019 Deasghnatha Chladaigh/Rituals of the Shore, group exhibition in An Danlann Gallery, NUIG, Galway International Arts Festival.
2019 Cúl an Tí-Deasghnatha Chladaigh/Rituals of the Shore, group exhibition, Ionad Oidhreacht, Litir Mealláin
2018 “Common Thread”, Exhibition of Sculptural Textile works at Town Hall Theatre, Galway
2018 “Leaba le Canopy”, Comissioned work for Féile Traidphicnic using found object : Installation
2017 Photographic Prints, Group exhibition at Áras Éanna, Inis Oirr.
2017 Burning Bright Art Programme, at Áras Ronan, Inis Mór and Ionad Lae, Lettermullen,
supported by Galway Co.Council, Galway City Council, Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust and the Galway Arts Centre.
2017 “Polly & The Bard”, Commission for Féile Traidphicnic, An Spidéal. Sculptural works made using recycled materials.
2017 “Maud”, Clifden Arts Festival; performance art.
2017 “Maud”, Westport Arts Festival; performance art
2015 Photographic Exhibition, Limerick City Gallery
2014 “Cocoons”, Sculpted Textile Forms, Ealta group exhibition, Oireachtas Chois Fharraige.
2014 “Cocoons”, Sculpted Textile Forms Ealta group exhibition as part of Traidphicnic Festival.
2013 “Haystacks”, Temporary installation in a field in Minna, Co Galway constructed from recycled discarded plastic bottles.
2010-12 “Shrine”, Temporary installation ag an Cilín, Caisleán, Co Galway. Shrine made of found driftwood which invited community engagement in the form of bringing offerings and
leaving words using paper and pencil provided.
Art Collective Memberships
Interface Inagh: where science meets art.
UachtarArts: artist collective.
Cul an Ti (Contemporary Arts Collective)
Training
2009-2012 GMIT, Bachelor degree in Art & Design, Textile/Sculpture.
2006-2007 VEC part time one year FETAC level 5 Textile Art & Design course.
2005 GTI one year full time FETAC level 5 Interior Design course.
2013 Viking knit workshop, with textile artist Suzie Sullivan, Westport, Co.Mayo.
2013 Welding with Peter Folan, Indreabhán, Co na Gaillimhe
Professional Experience
Since completing formal art college training my art practice is now community and studio based with some site-specific work. I apprenticed and worked as a weaver for many years. In my art practice I draw on the formal and technical skills acquired during this time.
Residencies
Textile Techniques with Seaweed in Donegal, December 2016.
At the Artfarm, Ballygar, April 2018
ÁrasEanna, Inis Oirr, July 2018
2023 "ANAM" - Installation i Renvyle, Connemara.
2022 Taispeántas Ealain don Nollag i Fibín.
2022 "Imeall"- TG4 Arts and Culture programme featured my work/practice in November.
2022 "Cnuasach Cladaigh"- exhibition as part of Féile Cois Fharraige,An Spidéal
2022 Detroit Stockholm/Interfgace Inagh, Exhibition of Sculptural works "Tree Creatures" made using repourposed found ropes.
2021 UachtarArts-graphite landscape drawings , Oughterard, Co.Galway
2021 "Caith sí an lá ag Feamnú"-Sculpture at Westport Quay curated by Catherine Marshall.
2021 "Dath an Dochas"- Exhibition celebrating Ealain na Gaeltachta's 40 years supporting the Arts. Textile work using found rope , stitched onto canvas.
2021 Clifden Arts Festival- Embroidered textile on ink dyed cotton.
2020 "Connect"- Group exhibition@Interface Inagh, Recess.
2020 Cúl an Tí- launch of Leabharlann Soghluaiste/ Mobile Art Library: commissioned handmade art books, ongoing project/exhibition.
2020 Article in VAI Newsletter November edition about Cúl an Tí's Mobile Art Library Project.
2020 UachtarArts-Textile hand stitched work as part of an online exhibition.
2020 Participant in "Carrying the Songs" art and storytelling project at Interface Inagh, Recess/Sraith Salach, Connemara.
2019 Deasghnatha Chladaigh/Rituals of the Shore, group exhibition in An Danlann Gallery, NUIG, Galway International Arts Festival.
2019 Cúl an Tí-Deasghnatha Chladaigh/Rituals of the Shore, group exhibition, Ionad Oidhreacht, Litir Mealláin
2018 “Common Thread”, Exhibition of Sculptural Textile works at Town Hall Theatre, Galway
2018 “Leaba le Canopy”, Comissioned work for Féile Traidphicnic using found object : Installation
2017 Photographic Prints, Group exhibition at Áras Éanna, Inis Oirr.
2017 Burning Bright Art Programme, at Áras Ronan, Inis Mór and Ionad Lae, Lettermullen,
supported by Galway Co.Council, Galway City Council, Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust and the Galway Arts Centre.
2017 “Polly & The Bard”, Commission for Féile Traidphicnic, An Spidéal. Sculptural works made using recycled materials.
2017 “Maud”, Clifden Arts Festival; performance art.
2017 “Maud”, Westport Arts Festival; performance art
2015 Photographic Exhibition, Limerick City Gallery
2014 “Cocoons”, Sculpted Textile Forms, Ealta group exhibition, Oireachtas Chois Fharraige.
2014 “Cocoons”, Sculpted Textile Forms Ealta group exhibition as part of Traidphicnic Festival.
2013 “Haystacks”, Temporary installation in a field in Minna, Co Galway constructed from recycled discarded plastic bottles.
2010-12 “Shrine”, Temporary installation ag an Cilín, Caisleán, Co Galway. Shrine made of found driftwood which invited community engagement in the form of bringing offerings and
leaving words using paper and pencil provided.
Art Collective Memberships
Interface Inagh: where science meets art.
UachtarArts: artist collective.
Cul an Ti (Contemporary Arts Collective)
Training
2009-2012 GMIT, Bachelor degree in Art & Design, Textile/Sculpture.
2006-2007 VEC part time one year FETAC level 5 Textile Art & Design course.
2005 GTI one year full time FETAC level 5 Interior Design course.
2013 Viking knit workshop, with textile artist Suzie Sullivan, Westport, Co.Mayo.
2013 Welding with Peter Folan, Indreabhán, Co na Gaillimhe
Professional Experience
Since completing formal art college training my art practice is now community and studio based with some site-specific work. I apprenticed and worked as a weaver for many years. In my art practice I draw on the formal and technical skills acquired during this time.
Residencies
Textile Techniques with Seaweed in Donegal, December 2016.
At the Artfarm, Ballygar, April 2018
ÁrasEanna, Inis Oirr, July 2018
