I am a Dublin born and based Artist. I've an ordinary degree in Fibre Art from Ballyfermort College of Further Education and I've a Higher Degreee in Fine Art from Dublin Institute of Technology specializing in Interdisciplinary studies. At the moment I'm doing my Post Graduate Diploma in Art & Design Education in the National College of Art and Design. I've been on residency in Lorient, France and Kill Rialaig, Co. Kerry. I've also been short-listed for numerous residencies.
ARTIST STATEMENT
In my work, I deconstruct the formal aspects of depicting a landscape and the views of what art is or can be. My work is produced by arranging familiar visual objects. Often times these themes are combined into installations that feature mundane household materials, children’s toys and other mass produced things.
The final aesthetic of each piece tends to be organic in form; rounded amorphous objects, often in groupings. Sometimes my pieces take on an autonomic role growing from the ground. I am interested in making organic forms from everyday functional objects. The exploration and transformation of non-tradition materials subverts these everyday objects the viewer already has a connection with.
By using non-traditional materials I rely on our desires for beauty and our curiosity to seduce the view into interacting with the work. I feel my installations remain unfinished inventories of fragments unless the viewer moves into a space of speculation and interaction with the piece. This interaction and realization formally unifies the disparate objects in each
I like to mix different materials together along with different colors and textures. I like the overall aesthetic achieved through the conflict and/or harmony of these different materials together be it natural or industrial materials used.
The process of gathering, associating, patterning and making the work is as important and has as much relevance as the final piece. The realization of one piece is the beginning of the development of the next piece, each one linked to the last and the next.
EXHIBITIONS
2007: Graduate Exhibition, D.I.T, Portland Row, Dublin 1
2007: Dame Street Gallery, Dame Street, Dublin 2
2007: South Dublin County Council Community Family Day*
2006: South Dublin County Council Civic Offices, Tallaght*
2006: La Compagnie la Perriere, France*
2004: South Dublin County Council Civic Offices, Tallaght*
2004: Group Exhibition, tsunami appeal fund, Civic Theatre, Tallaght
2002: Graduate Exhibition, Ballyfermot Civic Centre, Dublin 10
