Yael Bartana
Yael Bartana
'and Europe will be stunned'
2010
Neon light tubes
110x125 cm
Courtesy of Annet Gelink Gallery
Yael Bartana (b. 1970, Israel) lives and works in Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. Her solo exhibitions include the Moderna Museet, Malmö; the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; PS1, New York; Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv; Kunstverein, Hamburg and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. She participated in the Sao Paolo Biennial (2010 and 2006); Documenta 12, Kassel and the Istanbul Biennial. In 2011, Yael Bartana represented Poland for the 54th edition of the Venice Biennial. Among other prizes, Yael Bartana was awarded the prestigious Artes Mundi 4 in 2010. Her work has been included in numerous public collections, amongst others at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler
Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler
'The Bull Laid Bear'
2012
HD video 24’00”
Courtesy of the artists
Zanny Begg (b. 1972, Australia) is a Sydney based cross-disciplinary artist, writer and organiser. Her recent exhibitions include Emeraldtown, Gary Indiana; Artspace, Sydney; What Keeps Mankind Alive, Istanbul Biennale, Turkey; Taipei Biennial, Taiwan; Have the cake and eat it too: Institutionskritik und instituierende Praxen, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria and Self Education – Self organization, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia. Her film projects include Treat (or Trick) (2009), The Focus Group, (2010), Zugzwang (2011), What Would it Mean to Win? (2008, with Oliver Ressler) and Emeraldtown, Gary Indiana (2010, with Keg de Souza).
www.zannybegg.com
Oliver Ressler (b. 1970, Austria) lives and works as an artist and filmmaker in Vienna. His projects have been in solo exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum, USA; Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; Kunstraum at the University of Lüneburg; Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid; Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Egypt and Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow. He has participated in more than 200 group exhibitions including MASS MoCA, USA; Itaú Cultural Institute, Sao Paulo; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven and biennials in Prague, Seville, Moscow, Taipei and Lyon. For the Taipei Biennale 2008, Ressler curated an exhibition on the anti-globalization movement, A World Where Many Worlds Fit.
www.ressler.at
Marcel Broodthaers
Marcel Broodthaers
'Images d’Epinal'
1974
Slides, slide carousel, timer
Courtesy of Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Marcel Broodthaers (b. 1924 Belgium, d. 1976, Germany) was originally a surrealist poet. Broodthaers founded a fictitious museum, the Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, through which he organised exhibitions, publications, and films. Broodthaers was among the first artists to question the role of the institution, display, and text in an art object's reception. He died in 1976. In 1987, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh edited an anthology of Broodthaers's writing and interviews. The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels have hosted solo exhibitions of his work.
Anibal Catalan
Anibal Catalan
'Morphological Zone'
2011–2012
Coroplast, PVC, aluminium, steel, wire, fluorescent lights and wall painting
Variable dimensions
Courtesy of the artist
Anibal Catalan (b. 1973, Mexico) is based in Mexico City, graduated from ENPEG La Esmeralda in 2006 and attended the School of Architecture at Anahuac University from 1993-1997. His most recent solo exhibitions include Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City; Space CAN, Beijing; Drexel Projects, Monterrey; Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles Gallery 415, San Francisco. Recent group exhibitions include MASS MoCA; Museo de Arte Moderno MAM, Mexico City and Light Art Biennale Linz, Austria.
Fergus Daly & Katherine Waugh
Fergus Daly & Katherine Waugh
'A Laboratory of Perpetual Flux'
Chantal Akerman, 32’00”
Paul Morley, 36’00”
6 channel video installation, 1/6
Fergus Daly (b. Ireland) has a background in English Literature and Philosophy and has a particular interest in the relationship between Philosophy and Artist's Film. He is the co-author of Leos Carax (Manchester University Press 2003) and has contributed essays to the books Movie Mutations (BFI 2003) and Jean-Luc Godard: Documents (Centre Pompidou 2007). He has also contributed to Cahiers du Cinéma, Senses of Cinema and Radical Philosophy, amongst other publications. His films and videos include Abbas Kiarostami: the Art of Living (co-directed with Pat Collins), Experimental Conversations (2006), Crimson: An Irish Trakl (2006), The Art of Time (2009) and Outliving Dracula: Le Fanu's Carmilla (2010) (both co-directed with Katherine Waugh), Matter & Memory (2010) and Armand Gatti: Welcome to our Battle of Images (2009). He is the co-director of the Different Directions Experimental Film Festival in Galway and was recently awarded first prize at Claremorris Open Exhibition by Chris Hammond, Director of MOT Gallery, London.
Katherine Waugh (b. Ireland) is a writer and filmmaker based in the west of Ireland. She has contributed to a number of art and film publications, and regularly writes for national and international artists' catalogues. She has a background in Philosophy and Critical Theory, has a particular interest in time-based media, and has taught courses on the relationship between philosophy and contemporary art. She is the co-director of The Art of Time (2009) and Outliving Dracula: Le Fanu's Carmilla (2010) and producer of Matter & Memory (2010) and Armand Gatti: Welcome to our Battle of Images (2009). Her films have screened internationally, in galleries and festivals in New York, Paris and at the ICA London. She is the co-director of the Different Directions Experimental Film Festival in Galway.
Kate Davis
Kate Davis
'Curtain I - VII (Die Schönste Frau in der Geschichte der Mythologie)'
2011
Seven digital pigment fine art prints on paper
64x84x4 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Kamm, Berlin
Kate Davis (b. 1977, New Zealand) is an artist and lecturer based in Glasgow who works across a range of media, including drawing, installation, bookworks and film. Kate Davis has presented solo exhibitions at The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow; Galerie Kamm, Berlin; Kunsthalle Basel; Art Now, Tate Britain; Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow; La Museo de la Ciudad, Queretaro, Mexico and La Galeria de Comercio, Mexico City. Recent group exhibitions include The Common Guild, Glasgow; Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach; Hayward Touring exhibition; Glasgow International 2010; CCA Glasgow and Art Sheffield 10. Kate Davis has been awarded residencies at Camden Arts Centre, London, The Smithsonian, Washington; Banff Arts Center, Canada and Cove Park, Argyll and Bute. Forthcoming projects include a solo exhibition at The Drawing Room, London and group exhibitions at Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico; Schloss Dyck, Germany; Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute and Glasgow Women’s Library.
Luc Deleu
Luc Deleu
'Construction X'
1994/2012
9 shipping containers
Courtesy of the artist
Arthurs Quay Park
Luc Deleu (b. 1944, Brussels) is an architect, urbanist and artist. He graduated from the Hoger Instituut Sint-Lucas, Brussels in 1969. In 1970 he founded his studio T.O.P. office. Since 1983 Luc Deleu has realised container installations in Switzerland, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, The Netherlands, and Ireland for ev+a 1994. Recent solo exhibitions include Rossicontemporary Gallery, Brussels; Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels; MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp; Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp. Group shows include: MuHKA Museum, Antwerp; The David Roberts Art Foundation, London; Centre d´art Contemporain du Luxembourg, Belgium.
Priscila Fernandes
Priscila Fernandes
'Product of Play'
2011
HD video installation
4’03” continuous loop
Courtesy of the artist
Priscila Fernandes (b.1981, Portugal) is a Portuguese artist based in the Netherlands. Her work has been recently included in exhibitions such as “Abstract Possible: Stockholm Synergies” at Tensta Kontshall, Stockholm; “Prix de Rome” at Smart Project Space, Amsterdam; Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon; Four Gallery and The Lab (Dublin). She is the winner of the prestigious “Prémio EDP Novos Artistas” (Portugal), as well as receiving the “Basicprijzen” from Prix de Rome (Netherlands). In 2010, she was awarded a “Startstipend” from Fonds BKVB (Amsterdam). She was a guest resident at the Prix de Rome studios - Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam) and IASPIS (Stockholm) in 2011.
Soren Thilo Funder
Soren Thilo Funder
'Disastrous Dialogue'
2011
HD video 10’00”
Courtesy of the artist
Soren Thilo Funder (b. 1979, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Funder graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2008 and studied at The School of Art and Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2006. He has been an artist-in-residency at SOMA in Mexico City, Townhouse Gallery in Cairo, Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt am Main and Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center in Istanbul. He was furthermore represented at the 12th Istanbul Biennial, VII Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2nd International Moscow Biennial for Young Art, Manifesta 8 – Parallel Events and 6th International Liverpool Biennial. Upcoming exhibitions include the Danish Quadriennale Copenhagen Art Festival, Canvassing at The Epidemic of Art in Gothenburg and a solo exhibition at Vladimir Nazor Gallery in Zagreb.
Aoibheann Greenan
Aoibheann Greenan
'Gaugin-Mode'
2012
Pencil on paper, glitter, ski-machine
&
'Gaugin Shaman-Staff'
2012
Dear-skull, coral, artificial flowers, papier-mâché, watercolour
Courtesy of artist
Aoibheann Greenan (b. 1988, Ireland) received BA Fine Art Painting National College of Art and Design 2010. Recent solo shows include The Lab, Dublin and The Cross, Dublin. Recent group shows include Chateau de Servieres, Marseilles; Block T, Dublin; Draiocht, Dublin and Project 165, Toronto. Aoibheann Greenan has recently undertaken two residencies: SOMA in Mexico City and Chateau de Servieres in Marseilles.
Emma Houlihan
Emma Houlihan
'Arch'
2010
Arch cast from rubble of house destroyed c. 2008
Cement, timber pallet
Courtesy of the artist
Emma Houlihan (b. 1978, Ireland) lives and works in Dublin and Stockholm. Houlihan studied sculpture at The National College of Art and Design, Dublin and is a current candidate for MFA at The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm. Projects include: Aughty Walk: Rural Futures, Galway County Council Per Cent for Art Commission and Resources09: Beyond Development, Stockholm. Recent exhibitions include: Pallas Periodical Review, Pallas Projects, Dublin, Moving Ground, Leitrim Sculpture Center, EIGSE Constellations, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, TULCA Living on the Edge: People, Place & Possibility, Galway 2011. Houlihan is currently working on a research project for presentation in 2013 entitled Pigs with The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm and Ramdom, Lecce, Italy.
Greg Howie
Greg Howie
'('
2011
Glass, ratchet straps
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist
Greg Howie (b. 1989, Ireland) is currently studying at the National College of Art and Design and is a founding member of BASIC SPACE, Dublin (2010 – present). Recent exhibitions include NCAD Dublin and BASIC SPACE and forthcoming 2012 Graduate Degree Show, NCAD Dublin.
Sanja Iveković
Sanja Iveković
Shadow Report
2012
Text printed on red paper (A4, 80 gsm)
Strewn throughout the exhibition
Courtesy of the artist
Sanja Iveković (b. 1949, Zagreb) studied graphics at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts from 1968 to 1971. Iveković has exhibited extensively including with MUMOK,Vienna 2010; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2010; Centre Pompidou, Paris 2010; Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2008/09; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw 2008; MuHKA, Antwerp 2008; Tate Modern, London, 2008; 10th International Istanbul Biennial 2007; documenta 11 & 12, Kassel 2002/07; Manifesta 2, Luxembourg 1998. In 2011 Maria Hlavajova curated a major retrospective of Sanja Iveković, presenting post-1989 works at BAK and pre-1989 work at Van Abbemuseum. In 2011/12 MoMA presented Iveković's first retrospective in the US.
Sam Keogh
Sam Keogh
'Monument for Subjects to Come'
2011
Wood, expanding polyurethane foam, polystyrene, acrylic medium powdered mica, glitter, earth, laminated wrapping paper, Sellotape, rope, sponge & duct tape
322x153x480 cm
Courtesy of Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Sam Keogh (b. 1985, Ireland) lives and works in London. MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, 2011–2013; BA Fine Art Painting, NCAD, Dublin, 2009; BA Animation Production and Design, IADT Dublin, 2006. Exhibitions include: Project Arts Centre, Dublin (forthcoming); Artlink Gallery, Buncrana, Co.Donegal; Storefront Project, Curated by Denver Lynxleg, Vancouver BC; Shudder Gallery, Vancouver BC; Exchange, Dublin; The Joy Gallery, Dublin; NCAD Gallery, Dublin (forthcoming); Brucennial 2012, 159 Bleecker Street, New York.
Barbara Knezevic
Barbara Knezevic
'Contingency Structure'
2012
Irish linen, brass eyelets, nylon cord, concrete
40x20x30 cm
Courtesy of the artist
(with Sanja Iveković, 'Shadow Report', 2012, Text printed on red paper)
Barbara Knezevic (b. 1977, Australia) is an artist practicing in Dublin. She attended the Sydney College of the Arts where she received a Bachelor of Visual Arts and completed her Masters in Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Recent solo exhibitions include 55 Sydenham Road, Sydney and Queen Street Studios, Belfast. Recent group exhibitions include Rubicon Gallery, Dublin and Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
KwieKulik
KwieKulik
'Activities with Dobromierz'
1972-74 (digitised 2008)
HD video, three-screen slide installation
31’00”
Courtesy of the artists and Raster Gallery, Poland
KwieKulik (Zofia Kulik & Przemysław Kwiek) (b.1947/1945, Poland) operated as the collaborative duo KwieKulik from 1971-1987. Kulik and Kwiek studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The duo were prominent members of the eastern European neo avant-garde 1970s movement and initiated a private gallery in their home – Atelier of Activities, Documentation and Propagation, in which they organized lectures, exhibitions, and embarked on the documentation of artistic life in the 1970/80s. The series of activities realized by KwieKulik includes: Chaltury (Hackwork Jobs), Earning and Creating, Visual Games, Political Spectaculars. Activities with Dobromierz has had much international publicity in recent years including showings at Documenta XII in Kassel, Zak Branicka 2010 and XI Biennale in Istanbul 2009. Since 1988 both artists have worked independently.
Hyewon Kwon
Hyewon Kwon
'Untitled #1'
2010-2011
From the series 'Eight Men Lived in a Room'
Video
5’56”
Courtesy of the artist
Hyewon Kwon (b. 1975, Seoul) studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Over recent years her work has been seen in a number of group exhibitions in the galleries including ICA and Tate Britain, London as well as numerous international festivals.
Art Links Limerick
Art Links Limerick
'CATA - Come And Talk About Conference'
An afternoon event of talks, interviews and presentations followed by an open floor discussion designed to bring together members of the public with a common interest - the River Shannon in Limerick City.
12.00 – 16.00, Saturday 26 May
Shannon Rowing Club, Sarsfield Bridge
Art Links Limerick (b. Ireland) is a collective of experimental visual artists, designers and social practitioners. ALL comprises of Joanna Hopkins, Aoife Cox and Mary Conroy. ALL formed as a collective in 2011 having completed an MA in Social Practice and the Creative Environment in Limerick School of Art and Design 2010-2011. Previous works include: Pitch Your Project; The Value of Water Limerick Interactive Public Studio; The Value of Water Dublin Interactive Public Studio; World Water Day Questions March 2012.
José Carlos Martinat
José Carlos Martinat
'Vandalized Monuments: Power Abstraction 4'
2012
MDF, glue, spray cans, markers, paint cans, buckets, brushes
Variable dimensions
Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Revolver, Lima & Galeria Leme, São Paulo
José Carlos Martinat (b. 1977, Peru) lives and works in Peru. Recent exhibitions include: Galeria Leme, São Pauo; Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires; Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima; Revolver Galeria, Lima; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; Alexander Dellal´s 20 Projects, London; ifa Galerie, Berlin.
Gavin Murphy
Gavin Murphy
'Something New Under the Sun'
2012
HD video
24’42” continuous loop
Courtesy of the artist
Gavin Murphy (b.1973, Ireland) is a Dublin-based artist and curator with a long engagement with artist-led projects and collaborative initiatives. He is currently a director/curator of the artist–run space, Pallas Projects/Studios, was co-coordinator of House Projects – a series of seven exhibitions in New York, London and Ireland, and was editor of the accompanying 200–page publication. He is the recipient of various Arts Council awards, and residencies at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, and Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Dublin. His series of works ‘On Seeing Only Totally New Things’ includes the exhibition ‘Remember’ at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and a forthcoming publication in collaboration with design studio Atelier David Smith.
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain
Ailbhe Ní Bhrian
'Great Good Places, Parts I-IV'
2011
HD Video
Part I, 6’54”; Part II, 7’50”; Part III, 10‘00”; Part IV, 9’28”
Courtesy of Domobaal Gallery, London
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain (b. 1978, Ireland) works in Ireland. She received an MA from the Royal College of Art and completed a PhD by practice in fine art at Kingston University, UK. Solo exhibitions include: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray (forthcoming); Domobaal, London; The Galway Arts Centre; and The Butler Gallery. Selected group exhibitions include: RHA, Dublin; Galerie Polaris, Paris; Centrale Electrique, Brussels & Centre of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, Greece; Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid & Caixa Forum, Barcelona; British Council & Helsinki Photography Festival; and Jerwood Space, London. Ailbhe is represented by Domobaal, London and lectures in the Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork.
Doireann Ní Ghrioghair
Doireann Ní Ghrioghair
'Ruins'
2012
Concrete, pigment and plaster
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist
Doireann Ní Ghrioghair (b. 1983, Ireland) lives and works in Ireland. She holds an MA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art; PG Dip in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, London; Degree in Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast. Recent exhibitions include: Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Co. Louth; Fold Gallery, Kirkby-Stephen, Cumbria; Kilkenny County Hall. Group exhibitions include: APT Gallery, London, curated by Phyllida Barlow; Claremorris Open adjudicated by Chris Hammond, M.O.T. International; Field Projects, The Bunhouse, Peckham, London; Whitechapel, London, 2010.
Adrian O'Connell
Adrian O’Connell
'Library'
2011
HD Video
8’00” continuous loop
Courtesy of the artist
Adrian O'Connell (b. 1965, Northern Ireland) is a visual artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and studied at the University of Ulster in Belfast where he graduated in 1998 with a BA in Fine and Applied Art and in 2000 with a MFA. O’Connell has exhibited internationally, and his most recent video work Search, is to be exhibited at the 2012 Sydney Fringe Festival, Australia. Nearer to home, his video installation Off-Limits, is to be exhibited at Platform for the Arts, Belfast, in October and November in Belfast.
Sara O'Gorman
Sara O’Gorman
'Skyline Motel Virginia 1968'
2011
2 x 35mm slides, 2 x slide projectors
Courtesy of the artist
Sara O’Gorman (b. 1976, Ireland) lives Northern Ireland. She will graduate from the University of Ulster in June 2012 with a Masters in Fine Art. Solo exhibitions include: Queen Street Studios, Belfast. Selected group exhibitions include: Platform Arts, Belfast; Catalyst Arts; Naughton Gallery. She was previously Co-Director of the artist led organisation Catalyst Arts, Belfast.
Mark O'Kelly
Mark O’Kelly
Installation view of various works
2010–2012
Oils on linen, watercolours and vitrines containing electrical, tinned and printed material
Various dimensions
Courtesy of the artist and Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
Mark O'Kelly (b. 1968, Ireland) lives and works in Dublin and Limerick. He is a Lecturer in Fine Art at Limerick College of Art and Design. O’Kelly is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Recent exhibitions include: Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; Limerick City Gallery of Art; Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin; Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin; Occupy Space, Limerick; and The Black Mariah, Cork.
Niamh O'Malley
Niamh O’Malley
'Screen'
2011
Birch, oak, two-way mirror, mirror, glass, coloured glass, graphite, oil paint
3530x700x2610 mm
Courtesy of Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
Niamh O’Malley (b. 1974, Ireland). Recent solo exhibitions include 2011: Green on Red Gallery; Centre Culturel Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris; Gaain Gallery, Seoul; Void, Derry, Northern Ireland; Galleri Flach-Thulin, Stockholm; Green on Red Gallery, Dublin; Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. O’Malley has participated in numerous group exhibitions including: White Box, New York; The Model, Sligo; Irish Museum of Modern Art; Dublin Contemporary 2011; Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany; Maria Stenfors, London; Arge Kunst, Bozen, Italy; Kenworthy-Ball, Zurich; Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin; Galerie Baumet Sultana, Paris; Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London; Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena; PS1, New York; MoMa, New York.
Sarah Pierce
Sarah Pierce
'A Thing of Beauty, Colour and Love'
2008
Red screen print
60.5x50cm
&
'It's Time, Man. It Feels Imminent'
2008
Speakers, stands and mp3
23’17”
Courtesy of the artist
(with Sanja Iveković, 'Shadow Report', 2012, Text printed on red paper)
Sarah Pierce (b. 1968, US) lives and works in Dublin. Since 2003, she has used the term The Metropolitan Complex to describe her project. Current and forthcoming exhibitions include: The Showroom, London; Hessel Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson; and National College of Art and Design, Dublin. ‘Sketches of Universal History’, Sarah Pierce’s first artist publication has recently been published by Book Works and The Showroom, London.
Deirdre A Power & Jacki Hehir
Deirdre A Power & Jacki Hehir
Castletroy View & The Woodland League
'Urban Tree Project'
A collaborative and participatory process with the residents of Castletroy View, artists Deirdre A Power, Jacki Hehir and The Woodland League.
Deirdre A Power (b. 1963, Ireland) graduated from Limerick School of Art & Design in 1985 with an NDAD in Painting and continued studies in Painting & Photography at State University of New York in 1994. Graduated First Class Honours 2011, Masters in Art and Design, Social Practice and the Creative Environment, MA SPACE at Limerick School of Art and Design. Has exhibited widely and is represented by the Phatory Gallery in New York. Exhibitions include EVA, Kilkenny Arts Festival, RHA, The Phatory, New York and Triskel Art Centre.National Self Portrait Collection. Has received numerous awards and residencies including Mac Dowell Colony Residency in New Hampshire, USA.
Jacki Hehir (b. 1976, Ireland) graduated from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2011, with a first class honours Masters of Arts, Social Practice and the Creative Environment (MASPACE). Background education in Photography, received a BA in 2009 from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. She has exhibited in the U.K. and Ireland and has received awards for her positive representations of the Travelling Community in Ireland and for her performance as an undergraduate in the Nikon Discovery Expo, London 2008. Now works on an ongoing basis with community based, not for profit, N.G.O. The Woodland League.
Alice Rekab
Alice Rekab
'One Plate'
2012 Still from video 'Worlds Combine #1'
Billboard poster 300x610cm
Courtesy of the artist
Alice Rekab (b.1987, Ireland) is a visual artist living and working in Dublin and London. She completed an MA in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths University of London, following a BA in History of Art & Fine. Art Media at NCAD. Recent projects include: The Lir Academy Dublin; The Model, Sligo; Barbican Art Gallery; Resonance FM at Frieze Art Fair,. Her forthcoming solo exhibition will open at The Return Gallery Dublin in September 2012.
Laura Smith
Laura Smith
'The Alternative Is…'
2012
Still from two channel HD video
13’30”
Courtesy of the artist
Laura Smith (b. 1986, Ireland) is based in Dublin. Smith graduated in 2010 with a First Class Honours in Fine Art from Dublin Institute of Technology. She is currently undertaking her Masters in Art in the Contemporary World (ACW) at NCAD which will conclude in a solo exhibition of works in late 2012.
Faber Studios
Faber Studios
'Re-Possession'
2012
Ongoing project, workshops and mixed media installation at Faber Studios, Henry Street, Limerick City
Courtesy of the artists
Faber Studios (Caelan Bristow, Marie Connole, Aaron Lawless) is an artist collective, studio and exhibition space based in Limerick City. Their aim is to promote and facilitate object-based sculpture, mixed media work, and new directions in contemporary art. Alongside encouraging individual art practice they are committed to furthering the visibility and value of local creative practitioners in Limerick. Utilising their city centre location, the public may avail of all events presented. Faber Studios runs an Artists Talk Series every year and hosts Open Studio days which allow the public to experience a working artist’s studio first-hand. They facilitate exhibitions, events and projects by new and established artists, LSAD students, and continue initiating projects with community groups in Limerick
Pilvi Takala
Pilvi Takala
'The Trainee'
2008
Mixed media installation with office furniture
Still from video projection
Courtesy of Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Pivli Takala (b. 1981, Finland) lives and works in Amsterdam. She received MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki; BFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki; Glasgow School of Art, Environmental Art; Institute of Fine Arts, Lahti Polytechnic. Recent solo exhibitions include: Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany; Forum Box / Mediaboxi, Helsinki; Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway; Kunsthalle Lissabon; Finnish-Norwegian Culture Institute, Oslo; SKOR, Amsterdam; Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam.
Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor
Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor
'Rite of Spring'
2010
8 mm film transferred to video
7’51”
Courtesy of the artists; D+T Project Gallery, Brussels; Lombard Fried Projects, New York; Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest
Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor (b.1968/1974, Romania) have been working together since 2000. Based in Bucharest, currently living in Berlin (DAAD Berliner Kunstlerprogramm). Recent exhibitions: DAAD Galerie, Berlin; Secession, Grafischess Kabinett, Vienna; BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht; Ludwig Museum; MUSAC, Castilla y Leon; Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennale), Istanbul; Roma Pavilion Collateral Event, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice; Museion, Bolzano; FRAC Lorraine, Metz; MUHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp.
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