Inge Van Doorslaer
Bio
Inge is a visual artist based in Cork City. She is a graduate of the National College of Art, with a degree in Woven Textile Design, 1986. She was awarded a Masters of Fine Art Sculpture, from Edinburgh College of Art, 1999. Solo Exhibitions include: Random Tumbling Potential, Crawford Art Gallery, 2003. Soft landing, Sligo Art Gallery, 2001. Approximate measures, Galway Arts Centre 2000.
Awards include: Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursaries 2001 and 2003. John Kinross Scholarship from Royal Scottish Academy, 1999.
Residencies include Art House, Temple Bar, Dublin, 2002, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada, 2000, Triskel Arts Centre 1995
Previously Inge has taught textile design in Grennan Mill Craft School and the Crawford College of Art. She has worked as an Artist Facilitator with the Crawford Art Gallery since 2013. Working on various collaborative community projects, including, at present, the Lonradh programme for older adults with memory loss.
Inge has work included in the collections of the Crawford Art Gallery, UCC, and the Office of Public Works.
She is a member of the Backwater Artists Network and a fellow member of Cork Printmakers.
Artist Statement
Making is at the heart of my art practice. I tend to find, collect, use and re-use a variety of materials and techniques. I gather, consider, investigate and select, becoming involved and absorbed in focusing on details. The intention is most often to allow for a quiet presence to emerge.
I work across various mediums, most recently exploring the cmyk screen printing process, printing images on paper by hand and drawing over the completed prints. I am drawn to the cmyk screen printing process, because of how involved it is, the dismantling of a photographic image, and then a gradual re-building of the image through screen printing four layers of colour. It is a technique that continues to surprise me At present I am working on two ongoing series of prints. One, a collection of seed heads, the second a variety of assemblages, repurposing a variety of found objects, and gathered natural materials. All are delicate in structure, with consideration given to a gentle holding of inherent abundant potential.
