Artist statement
The physicality of sculpture, from the making process to the finished work, plays and integral part in shaping my practice. Environmental and architectural elements, along with material properties, aesthetic qualities and the manipulation of scale, are all important factors in my work.
My public commissioned work has a strong connection to site and context, while my gallery work deals increasingly with notions of real and imagined space. Themes of duality and opposition are used to examine the tension between the built environment and the natural world. In addition, the relationship between public and private, personal and shared space is used to explore my relationship with the modern urban environment.
Qualifications and training
- 1993 M.A. Fine Art Sculpture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
- 1985 B.A. Hons. Degree Fine Art Sculpture, Loughborough College of Art and Design, Loughborough
Solo exhibitions
- 2008 Somewhere between falling and walking, Old Marchon industrial site, Whitehaven, Cumbria
- 2007 System, Trinity Church, Inverness
- 2006 Quantum, Glasgow Sculpture Studios Gallery, Glasgow
- 2001 Room, Concourse Installation Programme, Dun Laoghaire Co. Council Offices, Dublin
Group exhibitions
- 2007 Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland
- 2007 Scottish Society of Artists Open Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2007 Los Olmos, Centro Cultural Palacio, Soria, Spain
Residencies
- 2007 South Whitehaven Artists Residency, Copeland Borough Council, Whitehaven, Cumbria
- 2007 The Other Side of Air, Merkinch, Inverness
- 2005 Lead Artist for Fusion Project, West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria
- 2005 Lead Artist for Project Shed community project, Millom Seconary School, Haverigg Prison, Millom and Haverigg, Cumbria
Private commissions
- 2003 Sanctum, Aislinn Young Addiction Centre, Kilkenny, Ireland
Public commissions
- 2002 Tall Stories, Per Cent for Art scheme, Hanover Square, Carlow. Ireland
- 2000 Point of Contact, Lough MacNean Sculpture Trail, Co. Fermanagh
- 2000 Stack, Peoples Millenium Forest Project, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Corporate commissions
- 2004 Trace, McCarthy Developments, Harty's Quay, Rochestown, Cork, Ireland
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2007 Glasgow City Council Visual Arts Grant, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow
- 2004 Carlow County Council Arts Office Award for Professional Artists, Carlow Co. Council, Carlow, Ireland
- 2002 Go See Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Educational experience - tertiary
- 2002 Part-time lecturer in Fine Art, Ormonde College, Kilkenny, Ireland
- 1998 Part-time lecturer in Fine Art, Mid- Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa
- 1994 Part-time lecturer in Fine Art Sculpture, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
