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about the art
Curiosity is the driving force behind my creative expression. Playfulness has continually informed how I work. Building a relationship with materials and processes and allowing that relationship to shift and expand in an organic and flexible way. I have always been a very materials based artist eager to explore new and interesting mark making processes through organic and inorganic materials. In past work I have experimented with the production of pigments from very earthy sources such as rust from a famine bowl, charcoaled organic matter and bones. The work that followed was a deep and deliberate response to the famine workhouse where my studio was
located. I have a huge respect for the magic of drawing and how the body converses with mark making. Now I’m working with long and multiple exposure photography using medium format film with a 1935 Box Brownie camera which has been in my family since it was new. Its significance as such an object feeds into and informs my being in the work all the more. |
about the artist
Richard’s art education history has included both traditional and formal approaches. In 1999 he
completed an apprenticeship in stone sculpture at Black Stone studios, Kilkenny. He graduated from the West Wales School of Art in 2002 (Higher National Diploma, Fine Art Sculpture, Distinction) Richard co-produced ‘warehouse’, a multidisciplinary arts event during the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2002. In the same year he lectured at Kilkenny School of Art and Design (Sculpture Module, Foundation Year) In 2003 Richard joined Endangered Studios as a founding member and remained with the studios until 2010. During that time they developed an education programme for local schools and also established an exhibition programme. In 2009 Richard had a very well received one person show, ‘Miasa’ at the Blackbird Gallery, Kilkenny. Exhibitions: 2009 Miasa, Blackbird Gallery, Kilkenny 2007 Recent Works, Blackbird Gallery, Kilkenny 2004 Endangered, Kilkenny Arts Festival 2003 Routes, Garter Lane Arts centre, Waterford The Green Door, Kilkenny Arts Festival 2002 Graduate Show, West Wales School of Art, Carmarthen, Wales Warehouse, Kilkenny Arts Festival 2000 Past, Present, Future, Kilkenny Arts Festival Fusion of Form, Kilkenny Arts Festival |
