Upcoming Exhibition Events

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Spiritual Landscapes: Marian McHale exhibition

Official Opening: Thursday 3rd May, 8pm Reminiscences, recognition and rediscovery form the basis for Marian McHale’s exploration of her local landscape and the rugged bogland near Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Striving to maintain the recognisable essence of the environment, by using personal concentration of composition, form, light and colour, the objective of her artistic endeavour is to expose Turlough landscapes through abstract depictions revealing their multiplicity of colour, shade and the light. Marian describes the essence of the finished works as “the synthesis of seasonal floral forms and shapes, which flourish and dissipate in the creation of the paintings. The fusion ...

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Uncomfortable State: Laura O'Connor exhibition

Uncomfortable State: Laura O’Connor Official Opening: Thursday 10th May, 8pm This solo exhibition by artist Laura O’Connor addresses the realities and fantasies around Irish women’s bodies. Ireland has long been represented as female or ‘Mother Ireland’ where depictions of the country as a woman are seen through images of Kathleen Ní Houlihan or Róisín Dubh or in 19th Century caricatures as Lady Hibernia. In the last century Irish women have been punished for their reproductive abilities and right now the country is at a point of change. This timely exhibition challenges notions of national identity that are tied to Irish ...

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Visible n invisible: Hina Khan exhibition

Visible n invisible: Hina Khan Official Opening: Thursday 5th July, 8pm Hina Khan’s work is the constant search for the best way to interpret ideas and express ideologies, through symbolism. Having completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from FG Degree College, she completed her MA Fine Art from FJWU (Fatima Jinnah Women’s University), Pakistan in 2003 with miniature painting as a major. Using a mixture of traditional and innovative techniques, Hina’s work portrays social issues arising from immigration and humanitarian crises, like prostitution, gender discrimination, restrictions trauma, child abuse and killing. Runs until 25th August. Admission free. All welcome.

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Ballina Fringe Festival... Crossing the Firebreak: Donld Teskey exhibition

Crossing the Firebreak: Donald Teskey Ballina Civic Offices Official Opening Friday 6th July, 7pm Donald Teskey's prolific 40-year career encompasses diverse media, including drawing, painting, printmaking and watercolour. This exhibition focuses on recent paintings inspired by his ongoing fascination with the rugged coastline of County Mayo as well as countryside locations from Dublin, Co. Cork and the Lee Valley and new works from Gougane Barra forest park. In association with the Oliver Sears Gallery Dublin. Runs until 27th July. Admission Free.

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Material Residue: Roisin O’Sullivan exhibition

Material Residue: Roisin O’Sullivan Official Opening: Friday 13th July, 7pm Róisín O’Sullivan’s work explores process, surface and experimentation through the mediums of painting, drawing and printmaking. While profoundly engaged with the contemporary, the work touches upon traditional aspects of art including subject and material techniques. By collecting both found and shop bought woods and papers, the influence and condition of surface has become an investigative source of interest. The grains, knots and conditions of the materials often influence the form and content of the work. From the edges to the marks and holes in the wood; the paint works with ...

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Fine Lines: Ballina Drawing Group exhibition finished

Fine Lines: Ballina Drawing Group Official Opening: Friday 16th March, 8pm Fine Lines is an exhibition of drawing by the Ballina Drawing Group – a loose-knit collective of artists for whom drawing is central to their practice. An essential part of visual art since the days of the very first cave paintings from 40,000 years ago, drawing has maintained that position over centuries as art has evolved through its various incarnations. This exhibition features a variety of styles and approaches of drawing. Runs until 28th April. Admission free, all welcome.

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TRIBE: Michael O'Boyle exhibition finished

TRIBE: Michael O'Boyle TRIBE coerces the visual language of popular science through a distilled painterly and colourist intervention that create artificial forms that take their cues from the microscopic world. He describes is working as aiming to “make the non-visible that surround us visible, formalise it, contain it and animate it to create works that are clean, concise, elemental and rich. A tribe of forms that become signals for a range of varying visual ideas and references. As a painter I am interested in the visual language of the microscopic landscape to create portraits of the invisible”. Runs until 28th ...

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Nuala O’Sullivan: The Watchers exhibition finished

Nuala O’Sullivan: The Watchers Runs from Thursday 18th January until 24th February. Nuala O’Sullivan is a Limerick-based artist, a graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design and holds a Fine Art Painting MA Degree. Her work uses both photography and painting to explore how concealed repression can seep through from the past. Alongside this the aesthetic and culture of the 1950s have strong visual resonances for her. Nuala has exhibited extensively in Ireland and has shown in group exhibitions in France and New York. Collections include UL, Laois County Council, Northern Trust, Limerick County Council, LIT, and private collections. ...

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Norah Brennan: Moving Along exhibition finished

Norah Brennan: Moving Along Official Opening: Thursday 11th January, 8pm Moving Along is an exhibition of abstract silkscreen works on paper by Claremorris-based artist Norah Brennan. This new work reflects transition in both the life and the art practice of the artist. Concerns, frustrations, dreams, ambitions and progress are portrayed in these introspective expressions. Shape and layered colour are central to this artist’s expression of her thought processes. The abstraction invites the viewer to engage on a personal level, drawing their own responses from the almost kaleidoscopic forms of the works. Norah Brennan graduated from GMIT in 2011 with a ...

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The Mayo Artists show exhibition finished

The Mayo Artists show is coming to Ballina! The ever popular biennial celebration of the visual arts in Mayo – which the Linenhall Artists Centre has been presenting for many years – will this year be shown over two venues, with Ballina Arts Centre joining forces with the Linenhall to present a show that will be bigger and, dare we say, better than ever! The show will be selected by noted art historian and curator Catherine Marshall. Open to artists from or living in Mayo over the age of 18, the show presents a cornucopia of work in all manner ...