Upcoming Exhibition Events

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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 ...

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A Journey through Time and Place- Marie Woods exhibition finished

A Journey through Time and Place reflects a journey through diverse locations, and the works depict Wood’s response to being in that ‘place’. The exhibition is a distillation of the magic of each place, revealing a sense of the extraordinary; energy and passion are a constant presence throughout. Marie has exhibited widely in public and commercial galleries throughout Scotland and England more recently in Ireland. Runs until 22nd December. Admission free and all are welcome.

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Find Your Gods: ShelkyBean exhibition finished

Official Opening Thursday 14th September, 8pm Exhibition of digital illustrations by Kiltimagh based artist, ShelkyBean. Modern day gods take many forms; actors, musicians, artists, political figures. They are necessary to navigate through the world which is “dark and full of terrors”. ShelkyBean has created portraits based on her own collection of gods, tenderly arranging them in dream landscapes, existing somewhere between fan and allegorical art. They are an attempt to question many issues, while also keeping in mind, these individuals we raise to god-like status, are fallible human beings too. Supported by Mayo County Council Runs until 28th October. Admission free ...

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Human Chain: Dutch Contemporary Drawings exhibition finished

Official Opening Thursday 7th September, 8pm Human Chain: Dutch Contemporary Drawings is an exhibition of drawings and works on paper by seven Dutch artists who at one point have been resident artists at the Ballinaglen Arts Foundation. Selected by Arno Kramer, the artists in the exhibition are: Arno Kramer, Hanneke Francken, Caren van Herwaarden, Anita Groener, Tjibbe Hooghiemstra, Erik Mattijssen and Jacobien de Rooij. The presentation of Human Chain in Ballina Arts Centre in September 2017 will show that there is a huge variety in content and also in technique and sizes of the drawing of these seven Dutch artists. ...

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Here and Now: Diarmuid Delargy exhibition finished

Official Opening Friday 14th July, 8pm Diarmuid Delargy is a renowned Irish artist- a painter, print-maker and sculptor; he studied at the Slade School of Art. He is a member of Aosdana, The Royal Society of Painter/ Printmakers, London and of the Royal Ulster Academy. “This exhibition is a vignette of studio concerns of mine over the past nine years,” he says of Here and Now. “There are several main recurring themes based around the dominant motif of Art and Extinction. These works are a visual conversation, loosely referenced, informed by time spent in print-making, particularly intaglio, with all its richness ...

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Perspectives 11: Ballina Open Exhibition exhibition finished

Perspectives 11: Ballina Open Exhibition 2017 (as part of Ballina Salmon Festival) Ballina Civic Offices Official Opening Friday 7th July, 7pm Perspectives 11: Ballina Open Exhibition 2017 is presented this year in association with Ballina Salmon Festival , at the Ballina Civic Offices gallery space. The exhibition features work by artists from or living in the Ballina area and includes works in paint, photography, sculpture etc., and is a fantastic platform for any emerging local artist to showcase their work. Perspectives has, over the years, become one of the highlights on our calendar, drawing large crowds on not just opening ...

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Scratching the Surface: Jane Dunn exhibition finished

In 2015, Jane Dunn travelled from Naples in Brasilicata National Park, Southern Italy, to stay in Noepoli, a medieval hill top village. During that visit she experienced a sensual and visual journey through tastes and smells, colours and heat, ancient towns and mountainous landscapes, old doorways, bleached plasters, frescos and archways, siennas and umbers, olive groves and tiled roofs.Sumptuous delights filled those days and these works are her response to that journey. Paintings are on canvas, multimedia board and paper in oil, cold wax and mixed media.Jane Dunn graduated in 1995, with a BA Honours in Fine Art, and since ...

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Chris Doris: Who Goes There (two exhibitions in black and white) exhibition finished

Chris Doris: Who Goes There (two exhibitions in black and white) Official Opening Saturday 20th May, 2pm Ballina Arts Centre and Custom House Studios, Westport Who Goes There inquires into ideas of self and a rural society on an ambiguous edge between disintegration or renewal as old structures and resources give way and new potentialities arise. Large scale monoprints, Open paintings and a series of landscape works on paper utilize a balance of text and image to evoke the freedom in observing phenomenal reality as contingent and empty of permanence and inherent substantiality. This perspective is applied in black and ...

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Re: presenting the West exhibition finished

7:1 Collective: Re:Presenting the West Official Opening Thursday 4th May, 8pm The 7:1 Collective is a group of third year students from GMIT Castlebar Campus’ BA Contemporary Art Practices course. Members of the collective are: Aiga Blowick, Maggie Coggins, Lindsay McConnell, Catherine McLoughlin, Val McLoughlin, Sarah McNicholas, Una Morris and Mary Walsh. This is their first exhibition as a collective. Runs until 29th June. Admission free and all are welcome.