Joanne Boyle in conversation with Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Artist's Talk

Joanne Boyle in conversation with Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Join us in Mermaid's Gallery on Thursday, 3 October at 6pm for a gallery talk. Admission is free.

Joanne Boyle is a visual artist working and living in Ireland. She holds a BA in Visual Arts Practice, IADT, 2009. She is a founding member of Outpost Studios in Wicklow, 2014 and is a member of the Tellurometer Collective, 2012. She has exhibited widely throughout Ireland in both group and solo exhibitions. She is participating in an ongoing research based performance project, SOMA. Her work is an attempt to articulate the non-everyday occurrence alongside the everyday. It is used to observe the gap, the untouched moment ,inside and outside of the boundaries of material. These abstractions become paintings, drawings, movements, sometimes of everyday objects or moments, sometimes not.

Selected group exhibitions include PeripheriesOPEN, Wexford (2018) (2017), RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin (2012) (2013) (2014). Boyle Arts Festival, invited artist, Boyle (2013), Here and Now, Greenacres Gallery,Wexford (2015) Panorama, Pallas Projects, Dublin (2015), Summer Show, Taylor Gallery, Dublin (2014), Outpost Studios,Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow (2016). Solo exhibitions include, ‘0.1’ Signal Arts Centre, Wicklow (2009), Joan Clancy Gallery, Waterford (2012). Residencies include Cill Rialaig, Kerry(2014); The LFTT Library @ The Guesthouse, Cork (2014), The Grainstore, Cabinteely, DLR(2009 ). Collections include Royal College of Surgeons, Wicklow County Council and a number of private collections.

Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh (b 1977) graduated in 2001 from Fine Art Painting at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Ní Mhaonaigh has exhibited extensively in both Ireland and abroad at venues including Limerick City Gallery of Art, Anthony Slayter-Ralph Fine Art, Los Angeles, Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris, Millenium Court Arts Centre, Armagh, Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, The Living Room Gallery, New York, Ard Bia Berlin. Ní Mhaonaigh’s work is represented in numerous public and private collections including The Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Office of Public Works, Ernesto Ventós Barcelona, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Drogheda Municipal Art Collection at Highlanes Gallery. Ní Mhaonaigh was awarded the HOTRON Art Award, 2019, John Moores Painting Prize shortlist, 2018, The Marmite Prize for Painting V shortlist, 2016, Joint winner of The Hennessy Craig Scholarship, 2010, AIB Prize shortlist, 2009. The artist is represented by Kevin Kavanagh Gallery.

Exhibition runs until Saturday 26th October | 10am - 6pm

Admission is free