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AUGUST 2012: MIKE CULLINEY
SKINNIE MINNIE STRIKES AGAIN
My paintings are a visual diary of my life. For this show in the “BLUE FROG CAFE “ I defined my perimeters as a painting a day for a week, Friday off. What U see U get.
Mike Culliney 20-7-12
Email: mvinculliney@hotmail.com
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JUNE 2012: FRAN E FRAY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Manchester born artist Fran E Fray moved to the West of Ireland over 20 years ago, where she continues to be inspired by the people and landscape.
‘Through the Looking Glass’ has been an exploration into glass and bottles, reflections and light on glass, and the use of recycled materials.
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MAY 2012: Mrs. Redhead
MARCH 2012: Myriam Riand
I am a 3rd year student in Limerick school of art and design where I study visual communication. I am especially intereseted in photography, photo manipulation and illustration. I enjoy photographing co.Clare’s dramatic landscapes and add my own twist to it.I mark my style with a extensive use of colour, texture and contrast.
You can see a few more examples of my work here http://www.behance.net/deliriumink
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DECEMBER 2011: Jaime Parra Rizo
The theme of this exhibition is about Afro-Colombian dancers and musicians on the Pacific Coast. These photos were taken in the town of Tumaco during a traditional festival held by the black communities of the region. I used a Nikon F1 and was experimenting with diffusion and movement. During the 1980′s I was working in the Pacific region as an anthropologist, helping the native Indians and the black groups to deal with their terrirorial and political rights.
The folklore of the black communities is based on the amalgamation of African traditions and the lore of the native Indians and the Spanish colonisers. The type of musical instruments, rhythms, melodies and dances are a unique expression of their cultural diversity.
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OCTOBER 2011: ACHIM RIFFELWOOD
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SEPTEMBER 2011: CORINNA SCHROEDER VON FRIHLING
CORINNA J. Schroeder-vonFrihling
carnaun studio Carnane, Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland
phone: +353 65 7074 732 mob: +353 87 4150 727
e-mail: carnaun@gmail.com
Corinna was born in Hamburg in 1942, daughter of the artist Pit von Frihling. After
her studies in ceramics, graphics and education she moved with her family to the
isle of Foehr near the Danish border where her husband began to teach in
primary and secondary school and worked as an artist too.
The results of their artistic collaboration have been numerous successful
exhibitions in Germany, France, Norway and Ireland since 1972.
Her work is published in several exhibition catalogues and art-books mainly in
Germany. She has won several awards for her work.
Before they moved in 1997 to Ireland she was a teacher and lecturer on art and
other subjects and from 1972 – 97ran a very successful painting school and from
1989 – 97 an international gallery with artists from Germany, Poland, Italy and
Ireland. She organised many exhibitions in over 50 years e.g. 1972-92 “Foehrer
Maler…” in Suederende and Nuernberg and other parts of Germany.
She was a member of <Doolin Artists> from 2000-2005.
Over the last few years she took part in group exhibitions in Glor, Ennis; Russell
Gallery, New Quay; Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon and other places in Co.
Clare; Westport, Co. Mayo; Vancouver BIMP IV; Whitehorse/Yukon, Quebec and
Montreal, Canada.
Prints are held in the Iowa Biennial Exhibition research archives.
Her work, based on reality, often veers towards surrealism. Her favourite
techniques are etching – especially colour etching – and pastel.
etching – painting – drawing
This is one way to let other people take part in my feelings and visions of the
world, to show wonders and wounds in a very gentle way. I think myself a kind of
storyteller.
AUGUST 2011: JAMES SLEVIN
Opening at 7pm on Friday 5th August- everyone welcome!
James Slevin was born in London in 1973. Now Father of two, he lives and works at The Secret Gallery and Studios, Doolin, Co. Clare. Travel has been the main guiding force throughout James’ life. He learnt about art through these explorations, primarily learning from people he met. Long distance walker and activist, his art and life have often been inseparable. Altruistic, creative acts are a large part of what makes up his artistic practice. Alongside these acts of kindness, photography brings a more tangible visual aspect to his practice and conceptually inspired hand carved wooden objects bring a sensual, physical side. James Slevin is one of the founding members of TAM, The Altruism Movement, an artists’ collective that has started in Co. Clare. Exploring potential and possibilities in terms of art, life and kindness.
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UPSTAIRS: AUGUST 5th-7th 2011
Brief Synopsis of Video:
Passage is a three-part video work that evokes a sense of fear and unease through its use of visceral imagery and eerie, atmospheric sound. The work explores three distinctive yet interconnected processes, suggestive of the metaphysical transitions between life, death and rebirth. The unsettling nature of the sound and the suffocating characteristics of the dust-like material provokes the viewer to consider mortality and the inherent sense of mysticism in the unknown.
Artist Bio:
Eimhin Hawes is an emerging, Irish visual artist. Born in Dublin in 1987, Eimhin now lives and works in Galway City in the west of Ireland. He Studied Fine Art in GMIT Galway and received a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art in 2010. He also attained Student of the year award 2010 in the category of sculpture and has received national critical acclaim, featuring in CIRCA, Ireland’s leading contemporary arts magazine last year. He has exhibited throughout Ireland over the past number of years, working in a variety of different media including video, sound, installation, sculpture, drawing and photography.
JULY 2011: SHEENA MEAGHER
Sheena Meagher is originally from Naas Co. Kildare, now working and living in Lahinch, Co. Clare.
Using Chinese painting techniques and materials, her work is concerned with the built and natural environment, sense of place and community.
Sheena has received several artists awards including the international exchange between the Tyrone Guthrie Centre and the Djerassi Artists Residence, California.
Solo exhibitions to date have been at Naas Library, The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and the Courthouse Gallery Ennistymon.
Her work has been presented in the USA and China.
Commissions Welcome. Contact; sheenameagher@gmail.com
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April 2011: Catriona Sheedy
Caitriona Sheedy is an artist from and living in Co.Clare.
Her work could be described as abstract expressionism,
she uses colour, line and shape in a purely expressive way,
capturing a feeling, an emotion, a moment in time.
Caitriona paints intuitively and feels very guided in her work.
Feeling that a deeper sense of our being, our experience,
universal energy comes through in art and in our creativity.
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March 2011: JUDY O’SULLIVAN
February 2011: TARA BARONE
Tara Barone is a self taught contemporary painter influenced by pop art and urban art, with a background in graphic design. Sha has participated in several group and solo exhibitions throughout Ireland over the last few years. Certain people, places and things in the world have made a huge impression, which is reflected through her work.
December 2010
VICKY LENNIE
Vicky Lennie was born and raised in Edinburgh and studied at the Glasgow School of Art.
She has exhibited in various Irish galleries, including the Belltable Arts Centre in Limerick and the Dept. of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands in Dublin.
Website: vickylennie.net/
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November 2010: Sinéad O’Connell
Sinead O’Connell is currently living in Clare and works from her studio at the Courthouse Gallery Ennistymon. She studied ceramics at GMIT and has since been working with porcelain and white earthenware. With her bowls and wall pieces, she aims to tell a story or capture a nostalgic moment.Working with clay and its different firing/ drying stages can be unpredictable and the process can tend to go its own way.
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October 2010 SARA FAUST
American artist Sara Foust has been based in Co. Clare for the last 8 years. She studied in the USA, at RISD and Brown University, where she received her BA in Visual Art in 1992. In San Francisco, CA Sara trained with famed muralist Susan Cervantes and became a noted muralist in her own right.
Sara’s paintings overspill with colour; brushstrokes push you to the centre of a rushing river of landscape, figures play in ambiguous space. It is known territory, but a world shimmering with light and in constant motion.
Sara has created several multimedia art projects working with various groups, most notably intergenerational oral history and painting projects. Her recent work includes ECHO in 2005, which was published as a book, The Way I Remember It, Women’s Work in 2007 which was the subject of a filmed documentary, and the HOME project which was released as an art exhibition and catalogue this year. Her work has been supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Clare County Council, HSE, RRD/Leader, Cluid Housing, and many private clients. Sara’s artwork has been exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally.
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