I am an artist, creative person based between the Midlands and Wexford.
I work primarily with painting and collage. I have also surrounded my life with the arts by working in it and its bloody brilliant.
Right so heres the serious bit, are you ready? Be kind, I wrote this up some time ago and haven’t really figured out what I am about now, but majority of the work you see on my website stems from this little nugget:
(checks footing, takes a deep breath, clears throat, sip of water, okay, right, Im ready)
My practice currently unpacks gender and performance and how these two are interlinked. This interest has been developed through the depiction of dancers, drawing on my own previous dance training.
I am interested in society's progress in the discussion of gender, particularly in the discourse surrounding gender as performative, multifaceted and subjective. My work presents gender fluid characters, bugs, birds, plants and insects performing outside of the realms of society, with an air of humour.
My work introduces the idea of the odd, the uncanny and the familiar.
This assembles an idea of how the internet and social media (agggghhh) are affecting people and what this BOMBARDMENT feels like on a subconscious level.
Bows, exits stage left.
2024
2023
￫ Studio move to Cavehill, Belfast
2022
￫ Flax Project Space’s ‘Surroundings’ - 3 - 10 March
￫ Flax Project Space's 'Here's My Here', 3 - 6 February
2021
￫ Became member of Flax Studios Emerging artist programme
￫ Recaptured + Draped, collaborative and socially engaged community art project with artist Ciaran Mac Domhnaill. This inclusive project gave members of the public the autonomy to be creative and give participants a free, engaging and positive experience. The project revolved around a four-part series of virtual workshops centred on mindfulness and creativity. The aim was to create a relaxed and informal atmosphere over the hour-long workshops which drew on ideas of poetry, mindfulness and meditation as a way of accessing creativity.
2020
￫ Piece shown in The Luan Gallery Winter Art Fair, 2020
￫ Completed over 40 commissions from November 2020 to Present
￫ Became member of Abbey Artist Studios
￫ Commissioned by Longford County Library Services for temporary painting in windows of Ballymahon Library
￫ Commissioned by Longford County Library Services and Creative Ireland to do four part online art class series for young children, ages 6-12 for Cruinniú na nÓg.
Our Nature Spirit Project comprises of a 6ft x 8ft collage of childrens’ responses to the classes and a 6ft x 4ft painting
￫ Collage and Painting of Our Nature Spirit Project is now part of Longford County’s permanent archival and art collection
2019
￫ Artist talk for students of Roznova, Slovakia about being a creative and applying for art college
￫ Invited to make opening address at the final Peak Show of the season.
￫ invited to speak on a panel in Nante, France for ELIA 2019 conference about the student experience applying for art college
￫ opened the first Peak Show exhibition in October with Fiona Quill, Fine Art Print and contemporary practice lecturer of Limerick School of Art and Design
￫ Asked to do talk with Peak Show’s creators on artistic practice and role in an artists’ Students’ Union to students
2018
￫ Made an opening address at the graduation ceremony of Moate Business College at Mullingar Park Hotel
￫ sold my final year show, The Great Performance, a selection of four paintings to Limerick Chamber of Commerce - permanent collection
￫ sold eight paintings titled, Longford Series, 2018. On show as part of permanent collection in the Nine Arches Restaurant, Longford receiving many private commissions from restaurant customers
￫ chosen to be the face of Limerick School of Art and Design for LIT’s CAO nationwide campaign
￫ I was asked to do an artist talk and collage workshop in Ormston House, Limerick
Exhibited work in the Regaire Collective at the Sailors Home in Limerick
2016
￫ painting was sold to Anica Dawson for the Shawbrook Dance Studios in Legan, Co. Longford - permanent collection
￫ Exhibited work in Group Exhibition, ‘KLUSTERFUCK’ in the Pastoe Factory, Utrecht
￫ Exhibited work as part of Cruthú Arts Festival, in group exhibition, Longford, July
￫ Exhibited a piece for one month in The Hunt Museum, Limerick. my piece ‘Religion’ won the AIB First Prize
Previous
Worked on commissioned painting with Longford artist Kevin Flood for newly renovated St. Mel’s Cathedral, Longford
Publications:
Spirit Nature Art Project Links:
Week One: https://youtu.be/tCmRRNr9uf0
Week Two: https://youtu.be/dtSXTKiISYc
Week Three: https://youtu.be/8TIT9xl6VZg
Week Four: https://youtu.be/YndYBz_n0Fk
Final Piece: https://youtu.be/nNof5YKhz9s
https://cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie/event/spirit-of-nature-digital-art-project/
