Rolf Hook
Rolf Hook comes from a family of engineers, craftsmen, inventors and artists whose early roots go back to Holland and the South of England. He grew up in Germany, in the Rhine Valley. It was here in his father’s specialised workshop that he was first exposed to the medium of wood. After finishing college he […]
Robert Jayet
Robert Jayet is a sculptor living and working in Grenoble, France. He works using a combination of semi precious stones, bronze and various metals to create figures with a depth and texture that recall his idols Dali, Giacometti & Brunesci. Also influenced by African and Etruscan art, his figures both human and animal are elongated […]
Richard Ballantyne
Richard Ballantyne works closely with Carol Read in the production of a large range of ceramic items – from domestic stoneware to sculptural. The sculptural pieces are all one offs and start life on the potter’s wheel prior to being manipulated into a variety of animal foms and then raku fired. Qualifications2006 BA Hons, Bucks […]
Pascal Chesneau
A man of Vision rather than words Pascal does not much like to eulogise about his work.He takes a flat sheet of steel and moulds and bends it with infinite care and precision into animal forms of exquisite beauty and delicacy.Born in 1967 in Brittany, France. He is completely self taught.He begins by modelling his […]
Padraig Reaney
Biography Pádraic Reaney was born in Carraroe, Co. Galway in 1952.He studied Fine Art at Galway, Regional Technical College encouraged by the well-known sculptor Oisín Kelly and has been a full-time artist since leaving college. He painted for several years in Galway; later he built a studio in Moycullen, where he now lives and works. […]
Ostinelli & Priest
Ostinelli & Priest are well known for their animal sculpture which draws on both domestic and wildlife subjects. The work is quirky, and inspired. They imbue each creature with it’s own unique character which virtually brings it to life. Paul Priest is a professional member of the Craft Potters Association and he formed a working […]
Melanie Deegan
Melanie Deegan’s sculpting career started in the 1980’s when she spent several years working as a woodcarver with Ray Holloway in the Somerset village of Draycott. The artist uses wire, steel and a mix of textured materials such as cotton or jute scrim with Crystacal, Jesmonite, or Paverpol to create her sculptures. Her sculptures are […]
Liam Butler
Liam Butler was born in County Kilkenny. He has travelled the world and worked as an industrial welder for many years in Germany and America, before returning to Ireland. He now lives in County Galway where he has been creating art work in metal for nearly thirty years. Liam Butler work is inspired by his […]
Joseph Sloan
Born in 1940 in Co. Down, Joseph Sloan is a self taught sculptor and wood engraver, whose career began in professional theatre. He works predominately in Bronze. Since the 1970s he has exhibited all over Ireland, the UK, Norway, and France where he now lives. In 1992 he created the O.N.E. Air Corps Memorial at […]
John Coll
John Coll CV Born in 1956, John Coll began his career as a marine scientist before committing tosculpture as a profession 36 years ago. Since then, he has become one of Ireland’s leadingfigurative sculptors. Commissions include monuments to the writers Patrick Kavanagh andBrendan Behan in Dublin, and Countess Markievicz at Rathcormac in Co Sligo. Morerecently […]
Dainius Varna
Dainius Varnelis – is a metal artist, sculptor, & blacksmith of Lithuanian origin.He began his career, after graduating as a metal designer in Lithuania.He works with a variety of metals, mostly steel and copper, and his pieces are unique and often quirky.They are romantic, light, fragile & fun.They are welded, melted, polished and varnished.They are ideas […]
Clodagh Redden
Clodagh Redden is a ceramicist living and working in West Cork where she has established a studio near the coastal village of Glandore. Her successful career began when she won the prestigious Victor Treacy Award in Kilkenny in 1993. She went on to graduate the next year with a Masters Degree from the University of […]
Brian O’Loughlin
Sculptor, artist, shaper of ancient materials for modern environments, Brian O’ Loughlin grew up on the edge of the bog that delivered up its secrets for him to re-imagine and reinterpret for our times. Bog oak is a precious and ancient material, formed thousands of years ago when the great oak forests of Celtic Ireland […]
April Young
April Young is an established British sculptor producing expressive, figurative pieces in a variety of materials from clay to foundry bronze. Movement and the natural world, in particular sensitive, yet unsentimental animal studies are a strong feature in the work. Her concepts are often enriched by her love of literature, folklore and mythology. April […]
Ani Mollereau
Ani Mollereau was born in Dublin, Ireland , of a French father and Irish mother and she inherited both their cultural influences. From an early age she became interested in art eventually specialising in sculpture. She has exhibited work extensively, both home and abroad. Her materials are bronze, silver and bog oak . Ani draws […]
Vivienne St Claire
Born in London, Vivienne St Claire worked as an illustrator before moving to Ireland in 1986. Painting professionally since 1993, Vivienne has held several solo shows and shown in many group exhibitions. She has had work accepted by both the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal Ulster Academy for their annual exhibitions and has shown […]
Trudie Mooney
Born in Brighton, Trudie has lived in Ireland since 1992. She has exhibited regularly in Ireland since 1998 and is represented in many public and corporate collections and in private collections in the UK, USA, France, Spain, Denmark and New Zealand. 1979 Foundation Course, Brighton College of Art and Design 1980-83 B.A. Hons Fine Art, […]
Trevor Geoghegan
1946 – Born in London1968 – After studying at Worthing College of Art, he graduated from Chelsea School of Art.1971 – Having relocated to Co. Wicklow, he lectured at NCAD Dublin from 1978 to 2004. Trevor teaches annually at the Burren School of Art in Clare and holds drawing workshops at the National Gallery of […]
Susan Cairns
“Taking the old, broken, unwanted and often forgotten everyday objects, my ambition through painting is to capture character and beauty, transforming the usual into something unique and wonderful. With many years spent drawing and watercolour painting my current work in oils has evolved and developed into a style that is very identifiable, clear and detailed. Exploring […]
Sharon McDaid
Sharon McDaid is one of the more inspired influences to have emerged onto the Irish Art Scene over the past 15 years. She hales from Donegal, and most of her work is inspired by her native Inishowen. Her work captures perfectly the immediacy, and diversity of the ever changing light and shade of the Irish […]
Robert Egginton
Born in Devon in 1942 – Robert Egginton has been a full time painter since he graduated from Art College in the UK. He is the grandson of Wycliffe Egginton (1875-1951) and the nephew of Frank Egginton (1908-1990) both accomplished Watercolourists, and as with his predecessors Robert paints with Watercolour and is always working outdoors […]
Padraig McCaul
Padraig McCaul is a Dublin born artist who now lives and works on Achill Island, off the Mayo coast. His work is widely collected internationally and at home and is held in many prestigious collections, including the Hottinger Art Collection in London, the President’s office, Notre Dame University, USA, the Haddington Hotel, Dun […]
Rebekah Mooney
Rebekah was born in 1992 and raised in Donegal. Having grown up in a family that devoted their lives to the arts, she has always been absorbed by creativity. She studied English Literature at University of Essex and after graduating in 2014 she moved to Brighton. Throughout and after her studies she was always drawn […]
Paul Christopher Flynn
Born in Dublin 1963‚ educated at the National College of Art and Design. After a twenty year absence‚ returned to Ireland and resumed painting in 2005. Has exhibited in group and one man shows in Beijing‚ Los Angeles and Paris and his work is held in several major civic and corporate collections‚ in addition to […]
Pat Cowley
Pat is a professional artist living and working in Derry. He studied at Belfast College of Art and The University of Ulster. He taught Art for a number of years before leaving to pursue full-time painting. He has had many one man exhibitions and has taken art in numerous Group Shows. Pat has illustrated the […]
Ophelie
Renée Plantureux- Ricaut, pseudonyme Ophélie, was born in Algiers, (Algeria) in August 1934. After the independence of Algeria, she lived in different countries, including France. She currently lives in Montpellier, France. For 30 years, beginning in 1967, she owned and operated her own Jewelry shop “Ophélie” (located in Montpellier). Ophélie is self-taught. When she was […]
Neal Grieg
Exploring the language of paint and investigating creativity of the moment are fundamental aspects on my journey of making a painting. The elemental combination of earth, fire and water are my core subject matter, once thought by the ancient Chinese to be the components of a human body. I seek to infuse and overlap these […]
Michael Morris
Michael Morris is a critically acclaimed Irish artist whose paintings have been lauded for their unique and vibrant style. His work is held in many private and public collections worldwide. Born in Dublin Ireland, Michael is a largely self-taught painter who’s travels have helped in honing a style that is individual and immediately recognizable. “I […]
Martin Mooney
“When Martin Mooney left the University of Ulster in 1979 and took up his B.A. Honours Course at Brighton Polytechnic College of Art and Design, little did he imagine he would be in the forefront of Irish Painters in the 21st century, spanning a period of nearly four decades.By 1983, interest in Martin’s work had […]
Markey Robinson
Markey died early in January 1999, following a sixty-year career. His life as a merchant seaman freed him from the parochialism of his Northern Irish contemporaries. He was acquainted first hand with members of the School of Paris, and many strands of European modernism, particularly Cubism and Expressionism. While the art establishment of the 1960s […]
