MFA Show 2011

 

MFA Midterm show 2011

Two screens showing the same image in different locations of the exhibition. The image is of a woman dressed in a fur hat and fur coat posing in a portrait style, possibly a contemporary image of a magazine cover-shot or an old portrait painting, placed in an anonymous setting looking out from the screen desperately trying to hold a smile in order to please the viewer or hide her boredom.

In View @ Golden Thread Gallery December 2010

In View
10th December 2010 – 29th January 2011
Curated By Sarah McAvera & Peter Richards
In View is an exhibition that establishes a context from which to explore the tensions and dialogues concerned with the physical act of looking. The gaze holds multiple interpretations, such as the voyeuristic, scopophilic, erotic; and is as much dependant upon the viewer, as that which is being viewed. Each artist challenges us to consider our role as a viewer of the works on display, calling into question our gender, the gender of the artist, and our preconceived understanding of the subject, therefore highlighting the tensions that exist within the topic of the gaze.

In Vito Acconci’s video work Pryings (1971), his violent attempts to force open the eyes of his subject are difficult to watch, as is the challenging gaze of Laura O’Connor in her video work Dull, Limp, Lifeless (2010). Like O’Connor, Katherine Nolan encourages the viewer to watch her, and yet reprimands them for doing so. Her work, You Are a Very Naughty Boy! (2009), obscures our view of her at intervals, as if in punishment for gazing upon her scantily dressed body. The photographic works of Shaleen Temple take a slightly different approach, commenting on the level of control held by the gaze of the subject, the artist, and ourselves, the viewer. The exhibition also includes work from Phil Collins, Common Culture, Sara Greavu, Magaret Harrison, Noëmi Lakmaier , ORLAN, and Aine Phillips

Tommy McLoughlin Award

I'm delighted to say I was awarded with the Tommy McLoughlin bursary this year. It is something I have wanted for a while now, as I feel as an artist from Cavan it is an honour to receive such a prize. I am using the award to travel to the Frieze Art Fair in London and to go to Paris where I will be exploring the female art retrospective o from the past century in the George Pompidou Centre, 'Elles á Pompidou' and a number of other shows which are relative to my research.
I would like to thank Cavan County Council's Arts Office, Cavan Institute and the family of the late Tommy McLoughlin who have made this trip possible.

Bluewall show and artists talk

 




 

Delighted to report the exhibition 'Immersed' was a great success. Really loved doing a show with my friends and fellow artists, and of course showing in my favourite new gallery, the Bluewall, it was my pleasure as always to work with Joe, Jane and Jessie.

Dancing at the Crossroads Project

Public art project commissioned by Cavan Arts Office and Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann 2010.


Dancing at the Crossroads Project came from my want to create a public space in Cavan town that encourages event and spontaneous, un-organised performance. The essence of Dancing at the Crossroads, an old Irish tradition, was to gather different communities together on a Sunday evening for a ceili, at a time when public events were not approved of. The bandstand seemed like a logical structure for such a concept... and so The Dancing at the Crossroads Project transpired.

See www.dancingatthecrossroads.wordpress.com for more info

Invite for Immersed show in Blue Wall Gallery 24/07/10

MFA1 End of year show, Police Station, Queens St

A few shots from my latest piece : Dull, Limp, Lifeless

EYE-KEA exhibition, Basement Project Space, Cork

images of 'sound installation' in station show

station project & bluewall gallery

Here is a link to the station project website and also the blue wall gallery which is opening in Cavan on Saturday 27th Feb!


www.stationproject.com

www.bluewallgallery.com

STATION EXHIBITION

new exhibition where I have installed a sound piece in the corridor of an old RUC barracks.

pictures from "all tomorrow's parties"

An exhibition that I curated and organised with help from Joe & Jane and all the artists involved, in Cavan 09/09. We had a great response to all the work and the amazing tea party and drawing on the streets.

Participants: Jackie O' Neill, Noelle Slacke, Harriot Browne, Jane Mc Cormick, Carrie Lewis, Edel Crowe, Sally O' Dowd, Anne O' Reilly, Miriam Phelan and Laura O' Connor