Tuesday 16 August 2011

Field Work 19th August - 10th September 2011




Field Work

A group exhibition with: Colm Clarke & Tonya McMullan, Alissa Kleist & Ruaidhri Lennon, Fiona Larkin, Duncan Ross 
With text by Rowan Sexton
Curated by Charlotte Bosanquet
The Niland Gallery, Galway
19th August 2011 – 10th September2011


Fieldwork has been conceived as a research based project in Galway. From Belfast four artists or groups have be invited for an intense 4 days to make work for the Niland Gallery. Four days to make work based on experiences of traveling to, the city and people of Galway, staying through the generosity and co-operation of locally based artists, studio members of Engage Studios. This research based approach to the show aims to create new networks between the 152 Miles that separate Galway from Belfast, cross pollinating and establishing sustainable partnerships.

Rowan Sexton (Dublin) has been invited to respond to the work created with text and will be working in the Gallery as the artists are making the works.
The Niland Gallery is an Engage Art Studios project and is made possible by the generous support of the Niland family and the Arts Council. The Niland Gallery is open Friday and Saturday from 12 until 5pm or by appointment and is located on Merchants Road, Galway.
Contact: thenilandgallery(at)gmail.com or engageartstudios(at)gmail.com

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Colm Clarke and Tonya McMullan have recently begun to collaborated on projects together. As their primary collaboration they have just completed the curators residency at Paragon Studios as a curatorial team.

Colm received a BA(hons) Fine Art from University of Ulster (2006), was a co-director of Catalyst Arts (2006-2008) and currently sits on the board of Bbeyond. He recently exhibited in Disconnected GT Gallery (Belfast), EPAF (Poland), Ars Electronica (Austria), Belgrade Triennial (Serbia), Art Karavan (India) and Exist-ence (Australia).

Tonya McMullan received a BA (Hon) from Edinburgh College of Art, she is currently a Director of Catalyst Arts, co –founder of the Edinburgh Based artist collective Echo and a participant in Belfast based art collective, PRIME. She has recently shown in Give and Take (Forte Bragg and Belfast) 2011 and Transcent, MAS Gallery (Serbia) 2010


Alissa Kleist’s & Ruaidhri Lennon have worked together previously in 2009 on a print project in Limerick Printmakers.

Alissa Kleist has just completed her MA Fine Art at the University of Ulster. She has taken part in art@work 2010 and the UNESCO supported ‘Sensucht nach Ebene 2 ‘as well as being a founding member of artist collective PRIME. Kleist is currently showing at Water Tower Art Fest , (Bulgaria) and the Void, (Derry).
Ruaidhri completed his BA(hons) in 2008 at Limerick School of Art and Design and has just completed a MA Fine Art at the University of Ulster. He has taken part in the UNESCO recognised public art project “Sehnsucht nach Ebene 2, in the Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem, Netherlands and has shown at the Void, (Derry).


Fiona Larkin is an artist based in Flax Art Studios, Belfast who’s work primarily finds form in video, photography and action. She holds am MA from the University of Ulster and has exhibited widely both Nationally and Internationally.


Duncan Ross seeks to integrate the development of a personal visual language with active participation in arts education, dissemination and advocation. He graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 2000 and completed His MA in Fine Art from the University of Ulster in 2009.


Rowan Sexton is an independent curator based in Dublin. She has previously worked in an educational and curatorial capacity for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Ireland and Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane. She was awarded a B.Sc from NUI Maynooth in 2000, and is currently completing a Masters in Visual Arts Practice at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire.

Charlotte Bosanquet is an artist/curator based in Belfast. She graduated from Glasgow in 2004 and moved to Belfast in 2008. Having finished on the Board of Directors at Catalyst Arts, Belfast in early 2011 she formed the collective, PRIME. From 2004 to 2007 Charlotte co-curated Cabin Exchange in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Melbourne.


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