Lost Properties - Fringe Arts Bath 25th May - 10th June 2012

I'm showing some work in Lost Properties, an exhbition that's part of Fringe Arts Bath running from Fri 25th May  to Sunday 10th June 2012.

The exhibition takes place at the Officers Club, Stall St, Bath.

Find out more at the FAB website here.

Hula Hula

untitled, 2011, potato snacks, cable ties

I've been clearing out my studio in preparation for my move to London. Came across this small sculpture I made a while ago. Smelled a bit musty, so 'edible art' it is not.

arrangement150 - Hardbound Book Version

Images of a recently self published book version of arrangement150. The book was exhibited as part of Bizarre Bazaar at Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin.

150 pages, b&w laser print on colour coated paper 100gsm. 215x302x24cm.  €200 - Edition of 5 (plus 1artist's proof)

End of Shadows, The Sycamore Arts Club, Dublin.

I will be showing in 'End of Shadows' at The Sycamore Arts Club, 9 Sycamore St. Temple Bar, Dublin 1.

This is a group exhibition highlighting 24 international artists which have exhibited over the year at the Arts Club. The show will also includes four new artists that the gallery will be working with in 2011.


The exhibition's preview is on the 9th of December - from 6.30 till 8.30. The show will run till the 22nd Janurary 2011.

Put A Lid On It - Galway Arts Centre, 23rd - 27th November, 2010

I have a piece in 'Put A Lid On It', an exhibition of artworks in jars currently showing in the Galway Arts Centre.

silent alarm - 2010, glass jar, alarm clock, rubber valve

More info on the Galway Arts Centre website here.

Artworks from 'to come so far for beauty'

  

extended artist's chair - 2010, chair, wood, electrical tape

plod - 2010, plastic buckets, bungee ties, gym ball, large toy football

 

stood up - 2010, sweeping brush, string, helium filled balloon

Bizarre Bazaar @ Pallas Contemporary Projects

I will be showing a hardback book version of arrangement150 in Bizarre Bazaar, this year's annual group show at Pallas Contemporary Projects. Opening 7-9pm Thursday 25th November. Running until 18th December.

'.....an open platform for the exchange of ideas, where every idea has its price. This years’ annual group exhibition will explore a certain tendency of the bazaar, for which the gallery will be set up as a market for the duration of the exhibition. Artworks of various sizes and prices, editions, fanzines, long playing records and artists’ books, have been donated by, temporarily estranged from, hoodwinked and wrestled out of the hands of esteemed, established and emerging artists, our colleagues and friends.'

See more on the PCP website here.

Detail from arrangement150

To Come So Far For Beauty - Opening 11th November, Block T, Dublin 7

Quack

Gif Animation using web images taken from popular furniture store's website

Summer Show at Rua Red - South Dublin Arts Centre

The 2010 Summer Show will take place at Rua Red from 19th July to 21st August.

My new sculpture 'Pinnacles' was selected for the show.

Exhibiting Artists: Michele Boyle, Pat Byrne, Sean Campbell, Marie-Claire Cassidy, Victoria J. Dean, Chris Finnegan, Jane Fogarty, Sheila Gorman, Brian Hegarty, John Jones, Ramon Kassam, Denis Kelly, Paraic Leahy, Roseanna Lynch, Paul MacCormaic, Aisling McGovern, Ciara McMahon,
Aoife O’Donnell, Conor O’Donnell, Siobhan Ogilvy, Vida Pain, Alice Peillon,
DianePeters, Jennifer Phelan, Louise Wallace, Dianne Whyte, Mars Wright.

Opens 17th July at 3pm. More info here.

balloonwheel Sketch

Digitally manipulated scanned notebook sketch of possible sculpture.

Cheap As Chips 2010

A digital drawing of mine will be exhibited as part of Cheap As Chips, a mixed media group exhibition taking place from January 14th - 31st 2010, at Circus Store in The Powerscourt Townhouse Centre in Dublin.

All artworks are for sale at a maximum price of  €99.99

My piece 'chairchucks' is a 320x320mm laser print and is priced at €25 unframed, €40 framed.

Last years participating artists included David Kitt, Gavin Murphy and Chris Judge.

More info at the Circus Store website here.

Ideas on Public Sculpture

I have started a new blog called Ideas on Public Sculpture. This blog will display selected images from an ongoing photgraphic project of the same name. For more info click here.

New Prints from Objects Series

New Sculpture

Recently I have been trying to fulfill ideas from my notebooks. These sculptures are the result.

The only thing we fear is not knowing (chairs in flight)

'To turn an object upside down is to deprive it of it's meaning' - Maurice Merleau Ponty, The Phenomenology of Perception(1945)

Switch Update

Last night I headed down to Nenagh, Co Tipperary for the launch of Switch 2009 in which I have a video piece. Despite the rain's best efforts a great night was had by all and a special thanks needs to be given to the Switch organisers for all their hard work and hospitality. Find more info here

Here are some shots taken on our walk around the town.

Multiplication Slideshow

Switch 2009

I have been selected for Switch 2009. A video piece I produced a few years ago untitled(2006) will be projected onto the front window of an unused premises in Nenagh town centre. The theme of the project is playfulness. I'm really looking forward to seeing this work in a new context and meeting all the other artists involved. Find more info here.

Multiplication