🔸🔹🔸CURRENT EXHIBITION: SCIENTIFIC ARTS🔸🔹🔸
Runs: April 12th - 21st 2024
Closing Event: Sunday 21st of April 2024 at 1pm
At: The University of Galway Art Gallery, The Quadrangle, University Road, Galway, Ireland
I am delighted to take part in the Scientific Arts Exhibition at the University of Galway Art Gallery. which opened last Friday the 12th of April. There is really fantastic work on display which combines psychological research, scientific exploration and artistic insight. The result is a show which contains works that are both intellectually engaging and deeply personal; and which are conveyed through a varied mix of traditional artistic and contemporary technological means.
It runs for the rest of the week.
So if you are in Galway City, then catch it if you can
Take note there will be a closing event at the gallery on Sunday the 21st of April at 1pm.
A huge thanks to Kate Hodmon & Cheryl Kelly-Murphy for all your curation and installation skills.
For more from the Univeristy of Galway's Scientific Arts Lab visit:
https://www.instagram.com/scientificartslab/
🔸🔹🔸CURRENT EXHIBITION: DRAW THOUGHT - March 1st - 25th 2024 - The University of Galway Art Gallery, The Quadrangle, University Road, Galway, Ireland 🔸🔹🔸
🔸🔹🔸CURRENT EXHIBITION: DRAW THOUGHT🔸🔹🔸
Runs: March 1st - 25th 2024 as part of Neurodivergence Festival 2024.
At: The University of Galway Art Gallery, The Quadrangle, University Road, Galway, Ireland
I have been having a lot of fun these last few weeks at the University of Galway Scientific Arts Lab @scientificartslab . I was delighted to contributed this piece to their current Draw Thought Exhibition: "Infinity Coloured Marbles" (2024) - Analog Collage - Anthony D Kelly. The work responds to the exhibitions theme of celebrating Neurodivergent thought.
For more from the organisers:
"Last year the University of Galway Neurodivergent Society collaborated with artist Catherine Fleming during a society social event. Catherine photographed society members’ hands while fidgeting with their favourite stim items. Stimming short for self-stimulatory behaviour, refers to repetitive often rhythmic movements, sounds or activities that individuals engage in to self-regulate or self-sooth. Stimming is considered a natural and often comforting way for individuals with neurodivergent conditions to regulate sensory input, manage stress, or express emotions. Societal norms and expectations may sometimes lead to misunderstandings or judgements about these behaviours. It is important to recognise and respect stimming as a valid and valuble aspect of neurodivergent experiences, understanding that it serves a purpose for those who engage in it. From these photographs, Catherine created an original painting “Grasp That Which is Unspoken” –Oil on Canvas- 150cm X 100cm for our Draw Thought Exhibition as part of Neurodivergence Fesitval 2024."
To see Catherine's wonderful painting you can visit her account or better yet attend her artists talk at the gallery tomorrow, Wednesday 13th at 4.45pm. All are welcome.
For more of the work of Anthony D Kelly follow the colour to: www.freeformtrouble.com
For more of Catherine Flemings work visit: https://www.instagram.com/catherineflemingart
For more from the Univeristy of Galway's Scientific Arts Lab visit: https://www.instagram.com/scientificartslab/
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: "CLIMATE & HEALTH" - ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND, NO.6 KILDARE STREET, DUBLIN, IRELAND - Monday the 16th of October at 5.30pm 🔸🔹🔸
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: CLIMATE & HEALTH🔸🔹🔸
I am thrilled to have my work shortlisted and ready to go on display as part of the upcoming Climate & Health Exhibition which is hosted by the Royal College of Physicians Ireland and curated by James Hanley RHA. It promises to be an amazing exhibition engaging with one of the most pressing issues of our time.
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Opening Reception: Monday the 16th of October at 5.30pm
Exhibition Running from: Monday the 16th of October – Friday the 20th of October 2023
Open daily from: 10am - 4pm
Venue:
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IRELAND
Reception at Graves Hall,
followed by the exhibition in the Winter Hall,
at No. 6 Kildare Street,
Dublin 2,
D02 E434.
Light refreshments will be provided.
www.rcpi.ie
From the Royal College of Physicians Ireland:
Climate breakdown and human health are highly interwoven
“The exhibition is part of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland’s commitment to advocacy around the huge challenges we are facing triggered by climate change and the impact this will have on the world’s population, which arose as a key advocacy priority during national consultations with our physicians. The College wishes to provide a space for discussion of the challenges of climate breakdown and for the formulation and promotion of solutions to the climate crisis. Art is one way of articulating the personal and collective feelings and stories around this challenge and for envisioning shared solutions that protect health and the planet.
Climate breakdown and human health are highly interwoven. Burning fossil fuels is the greatest contributor to global heating and causes increased rates of cardio-respiratory illness and premature death. Health effects of extreme weather events include hypothermia, dehydration, kidney disease, stroke, malnutrition, and water-borne infections. A paradox is that healthcare delivery itself contributes significantly to global heating. If the healthcare sector were a country, it would be the 5th largest polluter in the world.
We need to find ways to protect our health and protect the planet. How we travel, how we eat, how we consume, how we provide essential services – these can be our stumbling blocks, or they can represent opportunities for a just future.”
For more about this wonderful and important exhibition click here:
www.rcpi.ie/News/open-call-to-artists-to-address-the-theme-climate-and-health
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: "FORHALLA" -THE LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, CASTLEBAR, CO.MAYO, IRELAND- Friday the 7th of July at 6pm 🔸🔹🔸
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: FORHALLA🔸🔹🔸
Opening Reception: Friday the 7th of July at 6pm
Exhibition Running from: Friday the 7th of July – Saturday the 2nd of September 2023
Venue:
THE LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE
Linenhall Street,
Castlebar,
Co Mayo,
F23 AN24
www.thelinenhall.com
I am always delighted to have my work selected for exhibition at The Linenhall Arts Centre. Their upcoming “FORHALLA” exhibition opens this Friday the 7th of July at 6pm, and promises to be a visual treat showcasing work from artists based throughout Connaught
From the gallery:
”Forhalla was created as a platform to showcase the works of Connaught based artists at all career stages, whether working in painting, print or photography. Running until September 2023, this group show, designed as a celebration of Ireland’s artists coming together again after the pandemic, invites a sense of revival. Forhalla will be featuring work from over sixty different artists based throughout the region.”
For more from the fantastic team at The Linenhall Arts Centre and the Forhalla exhibition click HERE.
Upcoming Exhibition: "NWFG - Da Vinci Selection"- Monday the 7th – Saturday 19th of November 2022 -at Galerie Anspach, Boulevard Anspach 24/1000, Brussels, Belgium.
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: NWFG - Da Vinci Selection”🔸🔹🔸
Opening Reception: Monday the 7th of November 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition Running from: Monday the 7th – Saturday 19th of November 2022
Venue: Galerie Anspach, Boulevard Anspach 24/1000, Brussels, Belgium.
I am delighted to have my work selected to take part in the forthcoming 'NWFG - Da Vinci Selection” exhibition, taking place in the wonderful city of Brussles. What a place, its like a collage itself, every street feels like a different world.
Organised by the wonderful Silvio Serverino, and the teams at Art in Places and No Word From Glue.
From the organisers:
“In the Renaissance, transformations were quite evident in culture, society, economy, politics, gastronomy and religion. Our current Renaissance is characterized by the transition to a digital world signifying an evolution in relation to the structures of the contemporary before the influence of the virtual world, the term is more commonly employed to describe its effects in the arts, philosophy and sciences.
93 Artworks from 82 Artists in 24 different countries using collage or illustration as a medium have been selected for this exhibition”
For a list of the selected participants click here:
Upcoming Exhibition: "NEW REALITY: Contemporary Collage in Ireland"- Thursday the 13th – 24th of October 2022 -at St.Peters Centre, North Main Street, Cork, Ireland.
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: NEW REALITY: CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE IN IRELAND”🔸🔹🔸
Opening Reception: Thursday the 13th of October 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition Running from: Thursday the 13th – Monday 24th of October 2022
Venue: St.Peters Centre, North Main Street, Cork, Ireland. T12 RF8D
I am absolutely thrilled to see the 'New Reality’ Contemporary Collage in Ireland exhibition make its way to my old home of Cork City. It is always a pleasure to show work here.
Organised by the wonderful Silvio Serverino, at the amazing venue of St.Peters, North Main Street, Cork, Ireland. This cultural centre is on the grounds of a deconsecrated church located on North Main Street in the heart of Cork City.
From the organisers:
“Art Exhibition opening on Thursday 13th October 6pm - 8pm After a successful run in Market House Craftworks, Cappoquin. New Reality Contemporary Collage in Ireland comes to Cork. This exhibition showcases collage artworks by 20+ leading collage artists living and working in Ireland today. The exhibition features analogue, digital and mixed media pieces, reflecting the varied approaches to collage as an art medium.”
Curated by Cork based artist Silvio Severino.
For more on this amazing event visit New Reality Festival.
Upcoming Exhibition: "MIGRACJE/MIGRATION" From July 29 - August 7, 2022 - at the 54th Vintage Week and the Arts Festival, Birr, Ireland, AND Praga Cultural Center in Praga-Północ, Warsaw, Poland
Image Credit: Marta Janik - Collage
🔸🔹🔸UPCOMING EXHIBITION: MIGRACJE/MIGRATION🔸🔹🔸
Less than two weeks to go!!!!
Running from: July 29 - August 7, 2022
Venues: 54th Vintage Week and the Arts Festival (Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival) in Birr, Ireland AND Praga Cultural Center in Praga-Północ in Warsaw.
I am so excited to take part in this fantastic exhibition on the timely topic of Migration. This exhibition is curated by the one and only Marta Janik.
The works will be presented during the 54th Vintage Week and the Arts Festival (Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival) in Birr, Ireland, on July 29 - August 7, 2022, and simultaneously at the Praga Cultural Center in Praga-Północ in Warsaw. Both exhibitions will be outdoor in the open air.
Made possible by: Caroline Conway and the Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival.
Supported by: Arts Council Ireland, CreativeIrl, Offaly County Council and the Irish Embassy in Poland (Zielono mi. Ambasada Irlandii w Polsce)
TO CHECK OUT THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS AND TO READ MARTA'S WONDERFUL STATEMENT JUST LOOK BELOW.
Curator: Marta Janik
Artists:
Lou Beach (USA) | Jerome Bertrand (Kanada/Canada) | Yuliia Fareniuk (Ukraina/Ukraine)
Maria Filek (Polska/Poland)| Una Gildea (Irlandia/Ireland) | Domenico Goi (Włochy/Italy)
Anthony D. Kelly (Irlandia/Ireland) | Denis Kollasch (Niemcy/Germany) | Sherry Parker (USA)
Silvio Severino (Brazylia/Brazil) | Maryna Siliakova (Ukraina/Ukraine) | Steve Tierney (Australia) | Tanja Ulbrich (Hiszpania/Spain)
"Since February 24, the eyes of the whole world have been turned towards Ukraine, which was brutally attacked by Russia on that date. The UN Refugee Agency reported in early May that more than 6 million Ukrainian citizens have already fled their homeland to other countries, attempting to escape from the war.
The history of the world is the history of migration; and this is a phenomenon which increasingly affects each of us, in almost every corner of the Earth. People migrate for many reasons, some in search of peace and security, and others to earn more money and live better lives.
Often individuals and families are forced to move due to political and economic pressures and instability, and unfortunately as we see more often these days, a deteriorating climate.
Others simply go on the road because they are seeking out themselves and their place on this earth.
Nor is migration a uniquely human phenomenon, as it can be found throughout nature in the plant and animal kingdoms. Some birds can travel up to ten thousand kilometers at once, and a single dandelion seed will be carried on the wind for several kilometers! All in service of survival, exploration, and a better life.
The topic of migration is as broad as it is interesting, and it touches every living being; this surely encourages a timely investigation and reflection.
Collage is a process of fragmentation and recombination, pieces are seperated from their original images, finding their way from different places to make up something new and beautiful. In this way Collage is both an apt technique and an accurate metaphor for the experience of migration.
When we think in this way we realize that through migratory processes our countries and communities themselves are constantly evolving Collages of experience.
If we dare to look deeply enough we realise that we are each a Collage of experience. For those of us who live with migrants, and those of us who have migrated – either geographically or within our imaginations. We rise to new problems, and new challenges. We learn, we grow, we ask questions. „What does it mean to be at home?”, „What does it mean to be a stranger?”, „What does the word "homeland" mean?”.
Random elements appear in our lives from which we build meanings. Like in a collage. And from here it is only a step to the migration that each of us takes after all. Migrating inside ourselves. This is a one-of-a-kind, most personal journey.
As part of this project we invited an artist from Ukraine (Yuliia Fareniuk, a member of Kyiv Collage Collective), a war refugee, to come to Birr for the duration of the festival, and who will conduct workshops with the towns residents, joining with the people of the town and sharing the experience of creating a collage mural with them somewhere in the town environment."
For more of Marta Janik's amazing work blast off to: www.planetmarta.com
For the line up at this years Birr Vintage and Arts Festival visit: https://www.birrvintageweek.com/programme
For more from the amazing venue in Warsaw check out: Pałacyk Konopackiego
Upcoming Exhibition - "COURAGE & HOPE" From June 18 – September 25, 2022- at Königs-Galerie Kassel, Ob. Königsstraße 39, 34117 Kassel, Germany
☀️🌎🌍🌏 "COURAGE & HOPE"🌏🌍🌎☀️
From June 18 – September 25, 2022
At Königs-Galerie Kassel, Ob. Königsstraße 39, 34117 Kassel, Germany
I am delighted to have been invited to take part in the upcoming exhibition "COURAGE & HOPE" which features amazing work by other international artists as well as students from HBK Braunschweig, Moving School and Universität Kassel, and is taking place in Kassel during Documenta #15.
Each participant was invited to create two pieces of art in response to the words “Courage” and “Hope”, and to also write a short text to accompany these pieces describing where they find courage and hope in their own lives.
These images and texts are meant as seeds and offerings to others in our communities and cultures, to spark conversations about how we find the vitally important qualities of meaning, courage and hope within ourselves and the wider world.
This event is being hosted by the fantastic Moving School details below:
Moving School e.V. is an experimental educational program and artistic research that is the foundation for lifelong learning and creative processes. It is a complement to traditional academic education. Traditional education has a linear design: participating, learning, studying, checking knowledge, going to the next level.
Moving School is more like a learning algorithm and artistic research. Experience, intuition, critical thinking and design logic shape the skills that are necessary to navigate through the challenges and uncertainties of the future. This is rarely found in traditional learning.
Moving School unfolds potentials for positive changes in personal life, in work and in society. Moving School is a worldwide network of students, trainers, professionals, entrepreneurs and artists from different fields and educational centres. It is led by an international board of directors.
For more about Moving School click here.
Poster Image Credit: Elham Hemmat
Upcoming Exhibition - "BOUNDLESS STATES" Custom House Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co.Mayo
🔸🔹🔶 UPCOMING SHOW 🔶🔹🔸
"BOUNDLESS STATES"
Custom House Gallery,
The Quay,
Westport,
Co.Mayo
Featuring Artists: Anthony D Kelly, Hina Khan & Olga Guse
Opening Reception: Thursday 17th of February 2022 6-8pm
Guest Speaker: Orlagh Heverin, Assistant Arts Officer, Mayo County Council
Running every day until Sunday 13th of March 2022
For more on the show from Visual Artists Ireland visit:
To know more about the Custom House Gallery and Studios visit: www.customhousestudios.ie
Upcoming Exhibition - Empty Columns are a Place to Dream at Kolaj Live: Knoxville, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA - 1st - 7th of November 2021
"Empty Columns are a Place to Dream" as part of Kolaj LIVE Knoxville.
Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee,
U.S.A
November 1-7, 2021
I am absolutely thrilled to hear that the "Empty Columns are a Place to Dream" project, which took place as part of the amazing Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival has won the County Award at the Heritage Week Heritage Council's awards yesterday.
Co-ordinated by Caroline Conway, and curated by Ric Kasini Kadour, It was a real pleasure to take part in this project and a big congratulations to everyone involved.
I'm also blown away by the incredible news that the exhibition will travel to the Knoxville Museum of Art where it will be part of Kolaj LIVE Knoxville, from November 1-7, 2021.
This project featured local and international collage artists and their interpretations of the empty column in Emmet Square which was formerly the site of a statue to the Duke of Cumberland. Infamous for his brutal oppression of a Scottish uprising. The statue itself has long since been felled, leaving an empty void.
The artists in engaging with this curious absence sparked a timely and creative debate about the role of monuments, the values we uphold, the things we choose to forget, and how this is decided.
To find out more about the tremendous Kolaj Live festival in Knoxville visit:
https://www.kolajinstitute.org/kolaj-live-knoxville.html
To visit the "Empty Columns Project Archives" and view the work you can go to: https://emptycolumns.weebly.com/