The New State: contemporary etching in Ireland Runs Until 6th April at Graphic Studio Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin. Group exhibition featuring Backwater Artists Angela Gilmour and Fiona Kelly. With accompanying talk at the National Gallery of Ireland by Fiona Kelly on 7th April. ‘This exhibition has been curated as a response to an Read More …
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Graft | Ben Reilly
Studio 12, 1st Floor Backwater Artists Group, Wandesford Quay, Cork 05 April – 03 May. Opens Thur 04 April 6pm. Q & A session with Ben Reilly & Dr Ann Murray (History of Art, University College Cork) Wednesday 17 April 1pm. “A thread, a strand, a line, a map, working over a year collecting objects, taking Read More …
Wet-collodion Photographic Workshop
Facilitated by Photographer and Multimedia Artist Tomasz Madajczak. Saturday 23 March, 11am – 4pm (with a lunch break) €95 (including materials, gloves and goggles). Please bring old clothes. The maximum number of places is 6. Booking required: 0863095076 or t.madajczak@gmail.com During the duration of the workshop, the participants will have a chance to create their Read More …
Angie Shanahan on tour.
Featuring Backwater studio member Angie Shanahan.
Katrīna Tračuma at Joan Clancy Gallery
The Annual Grads Show at Joan Clancy Gallery will feature Katrīna Tračuma recipient of the Backwater Graduate Residency Award (awarded by CCAD) and Anna O’Riordan. Both artists were awarded the exhibition opportunity by Joan Clancy Gallery in 2018 at the opening of the See/Saw degree show at the CIT Crawford College of Art & Design. Read More …
Stephen Doyle
Post-Binary SO Fine Art Editions 2nd Floor Powerscourt Townhouse Centre 59 South William Street Dublin 2 Exhibition open to the public: 14 Feb – 21 Mar, 2019 (Mon-Fri 10am – 5.30pm; Sat 11am- 5pm) More information here.
Home Studio Artist Network Survey
Backwater Artists Group, Cork are in the process of developing a Home Studio Artist Network in order to provide a shared city centre focal point for professional artists working in isolation from studios in their own homes or in single privately rented studios. It is intended that Backwater will organise four seasonal networking lunches in Read More …
Angie Shanahan
Featuring Backwater studio member Angie Shanahan. More information here.
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain
Last 2 Days: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre curated by Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Opening next week: Inscriptions (One Here Now) Visual, Carlow, Old Dublin Road, Carlow, Ireland. 09.02.19 – 19.05.19 Closing next week: Inscriptions (One Here Now) Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, as part of a year celebration of ‘One Here Read More …
Conversations | Katherine Boucher Beug & Susanne Leutenegger
Studio 12, First Floor Backwater Artists Group, Wandesford Quay, Cork (Closed for project use 17th – 30th Jan 2019) Opening reception Thursday 31st Jan 6pm Exhibition open to the public 1st – 15th Feb (Tue-Fri 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm) A collaborative exhibition featuring 3D ‘assemblages’ by Katherine Boucher Beug and paintings by Susanne Leutenegger. For two weeks prior to the public component of their project the Read More …