Upcoming Exhibition Events

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Spiritual Landscapes: Marian McHale exhibition finished

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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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 ...

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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 ...