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With the assistance of the Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

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Arts Council

Venues

Limerick City Gallery of Art PerySquare Limerick 061-310633

7 October- 11 November 1989

10.00 6.00 Monday- Friday 10.0Q--1 .00 Saturday 2 OQ--5 00 Sunday

Late opening to 7.00 Thursday

As a spec1al feature of EV + A 89 the Gallery will be open dunng lunchtime Mondays to Fridays.

Dublin Royal Hospital Kllmainham Dublin 8 01·718666

11 January - 18 February 1989

2 OQ--5.00 Tuesday - Saturday 12.0Q--5 00 Sunday

Cork Crawford Municipal Gallery Emmet Place Cork 021 -2733n

5-28 March 1990

1 O.OQ--5.00 Monday - Saturday

Chairman's Statement

Welcome to EV+A 1989.

This year's Show is composed of New Work of Past Winners 1984 to 1988. Sixteen out of a possible seventeen past Prize Winners are participating. The last review of work by previous winners were in 1983 and this was a very successful show which travelled to Belfast and Dublin.

Young EV+ A continues to develop as our prime vehicle for encouraging the direct involvement of younger people in EV + A. With the continued sponsorship of GPA for this activity, Mike Fitzgerald has engaged a talented selection of young artists to demonstrate their work in the Gallery throughout the Exhibition. Adults are also encouraged to attend but school groups are especially welcome.

EV+A 1989 will also travel to the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin, the Crawford Gallery in Cork, and at least two other provincial venues.

In future EV+ A will take place in the Spring rather than the Autumn. The next EV + A will be in March 1990 and will revert to our successful format of open entry with a single foreign Adjudicator (whose identity is being kept a closely guarded secret). Application forms for entrants will be available in early November. It is hoped that in 1991 , the year of the Tercentenary Celebrations, there will be many special events of artistic importance and greater public impact. As ever, we will be relying greatly on the enthusiasm of the artists and the support of our sponsors and we are confident that this will be as forthcoming as it has been in the past.

It remains my pleasant duty for EV+ A 89 to thank profusely the Artists, our Sponsors (who will hopefully not feel too pummeled when we return with the begging bowls so early in 1990), the Arts Council for their scarce money and bountiful encouragement, Limerick Corporation for the use of the City Gallery of Art, Paul O'Reilly for his Curating stamina and all the Committee for their controlled panic in the face of constant uncertainty.

Hugh Murray 1989

THE MAELSTROM

EV+A 89 seems to make a strange and unexpected kind of sense. In part, this comes about because the sixteen artists in it were chosen as a result of decisions made by six different adjudicators over the past five years.1 Bringing the recent works of these artists2 together in an exhibition provokes some rather startling thoughts on contemporary art in Ireland, ideas that are difficult to put into words with any feeling of confidence or pleasure. As usual, how much this EV+ A or any EV+ A accurately represents the state of Irish Contemporary art remains speculative. Even so EV+ A has something serious to say about the matter.

There is about EV + A 89 an air of deep pervasive pessimism. It seems to be unmistakably present in all the work to varying degrees and without exception. It may be that some of the work decidedly so, spreads contagion to other work, not fully so. But taken one by one, there seems not to be any work that offers positive respite from the dark, lost feelings that dominate the whole. In fact, so strong is the presence of this air of defeat and dread that it forces new and deeper interpretations onto the work of artists who heretofore were not so clearly understood as dealing with the dark sides of experience.

Every EV+ A exhibition in the past has had an element of dark pessimistic expression. These ideas and feelings in a wide variety of ways are common in contemporary art. What seems to be the case in EV+ A 89 is that over the past five years, the best work as judged by a wide range of expert opinion has been markedly committed to the expression of such feelings and ideas. That such a high level of excellence continues in the recent work of these artists is readily apparent in EV + A 89. The exhibition though disparate in its range of techniques, materials, media and representational bent from hard core abstraction to illustrative figuration

maintains the standards originally noted and set by each adjudicator. So the pessimism, the dark sense of pain, anguish, strife, of loss, foreboding and decay, of disorientation, frustration and indignation come wrapped in a variety of successful design strategies. It is all the more impressive and overpowering for them.

It would be proper here in mentioning particular artists work to mention all in some way. But I have not the heart to put words in print that will individually name or even try to indicate feelings that are so overwhelmingly dark and tragic. I may be incorrect in my judgement. I don't really want to prove that I am correct. The clues that point the way to these feelings are there in the general, massive dependence on a dark range of tonalities, in the severely restricted use of colour with tonal contrasts far outweighing hue contrasts and in the frantic, angry and anxious swirl of linear patterns that dominate decisions of structure and composition. Even in the case of figurative work that relies on middle tones, the feelings are those of loss, remorse or a tenuous, hesitant and insubstantial contact with the figures depicted.

Edgar Allen Poe's The Descent Into The Maelstrom3 has been used before as a metaphor for what artists do or should do to survive, what the artist in each of us, in everyone, can and must do to be truly an artisU survivor. The story should be read in full to gain all the dramatic effect the metaphor carries so here I briefly indicate its outline.

The story recounts the experience of a sailor and his brother who, when mistaking the time of day, were swept into the gigantic, whirling mass of a monstrous whirlpool or maelstrom which came and went at fixed times daily. Caught in its grasp and headed for certain drowning and

disintegration when they reached the bottom of the vortex, they kept to their vessel and struggled over the safest position onboard, (a metal ring pin bolted into the boat) a struggle the brother won and a position he refused to share. The sailor resigned himself to fate and certain death as the boat slowly but surely descended deeper into the fierce swirling watery tunnel, round and round in diminishing circles down the sucking hole. Released from doubt, hopeless, the sailor began to take a curious interest in what was happening around him. He noticed that amongst all the circling debris that moved around the wall of water with the boat- certain objects by virtue of their configuration of shape and form descended at a slower rate than others of different configuration. He calculated that the slowest of them might well escape being smashed on the rocky bottom below if they had not reached the bottom by the time the maelstrom eased its whirling and the sea returned to normal.

He determined to leave the boat grabbing onto such an object, a cask, and ride out the vortex with that dim hope of survival. He tried to convey this chance to his brother, who refused to budge from the safety of the ring pin. So, to this brother's horror, he leaped into the water grasping the cask. As he had hoped, his rate of descent slowed, the boat's increased as the vortex narrowed to the bottom. The maelstrom, as per its fixed schedule finally eased. The sea returned to its normal level. The sailor saved - the brother lost.

The sailor is the artist who in a situation fraught with confusion and fear is able, despit oppressive feelings of despair, to put that environment to the question, to search and find the patterns that obtain there, make decisions based on such pattern recognition, alter behaviour, taking the chance of going against normal, safe

procedures, and so survive. Whatever it is in each of us that enables us to act in a similar way is what makes each of us an artist. The artist in everyone is such a survivor. The atmosphere of EV +A 89 is definitely that of the maelstrom. The sense of oppression, anguish, suffering, the disorientation is unmistakable, however we choose to word it. These works point to such an environment, making of it a common one, one we all share. These works of art are the strategies the artists take based on how they make use of the patterns they have found. They aim for survival. Do they, in fact, survive? That question has to be asked. It is in the air at EV + A 89. The answer must come from each person in EV+ A 89's audience who takes the time to share in the sense of danger and despair that so strongly marks the work.

What or where is the maelstrom? It is our culture, our world everywhere. Just listen to the news and any other form of entertainment our culture offers. They form the roar as wealth and poverty move in the ever decreasing circles of a vortex. Listen too, to the contemporary artist who talk to us about survival.

Paul M. O'Reilly Moycarkey/Limerick September 1989

1. One a woman from Italy, Panicelli 1967; the rest; Fuller 1984, England; Fuchs, 1985, Holland; Nakamura 1986, Japan; Bex, Belgium, and Ro.:hin, Russia, 1988.

2. Five of the artists are women; a sixth whose presence would have brought the total to the full seventeen remained elusively uncontactable.

3. Edgar Allen Poe, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Dent, London (1908) 1977, pp243·258.

Previous Award Winners

Patrons' Award 1979 Felim Egan • 1980 Tom Fitzgerald 1981 Tom Fitzgerald 1982 Breda Kennedy 1984 Jim Manley 1985 Tracy MacKenna 1987 Fin bar Kelly 1988 Eamonn Coleman 1988 Tom Fitzgerald

Painting Award 1977 Graham Gingles/ Alan Robb 1978 Anthony O'CarroiVSiobhan Piercy 1979 Michael Coleman/Barrie Cooke 1980 Michael Coleman/Jack Donovan 1981 Ben Stack 1982 Ann Carlisle 1984 Camille Souter 1985 Martin Yelverton

Sculpture Award 1977 Robert McDonald/Eilis O'Connell 1978 David LeveretVJames Buckley 1979 Roy Johnston 1980 Mike Fitzpatrick/Deborah Brown 1981 Danny McCarthy/Joanna Tracey 1982 Simon Moller 1984 Not awarded 1985 Eilis O'Connell

Graphics Awards 1977 Alan Green/Paul Mosse 1978 Joel Fisher/Brenda Kelliher 1979 John Aiken/Joseph Lee 1980 Michael O'Neill/ Don MacGabhann 1981 Donald Teskey/Miriam Flanagan 1982 Willie Heron 1984 David Lilburn 1985 TrionaFord

1977

Honorable Mentions (at the discretion of the adjudicator) Patrick Harris, Daniel O 'Gorman, BenedictTutty, I an Sutherland, Michael O'Neill

1988 Awards Michael Greaney Mary Fitzgerald Ann O'Regan

1987 Awards Rory Donaldson Richard Gorman Tom Fitzgerald

1988 Open Awards Peter Power T.J. Maher

Adjudicators 1977·1988

1977 Barrie Cooke John Kelly Brian King

1978 Adrian Hall Char1es Harper TheoMcNab Coilin Murray

1979 Sandy Nairne (England) 1980 Brian O'Doherty (USA) 1981 Pierre Restany (France) 1982 Liesbeth Brandt Corstius (Netherlands) 1984 Peter Fuller (England) 1985 Rudi Fuchs (Nether1ands) 1986 Nabuo Nakamura (Japan) 1987 Ida Panicelli (Italy) 1988 Floren! Bex (Belgium)

Alexander Rozhin (USSR)

EV+ A Committee 1989

Chairman Hugh Murray

Secretary Susan Lane

Treasurer Emer McNamara

Publicity Mairead Byrne

Committee Lorrayne Murphy Louise Walsh Mike Fitzpatrick

Administrator Paul O'Reil ly

Public Rei a tions Consultant Patsy O'Shannon

Committee Members 1977·1989

Ursula Brick· Dietrich Blodau • V1vienne Bogan Gerry Dukes Tom Fitzgerald. Sean Hannigan Charles Harper· Kate Hennessy· Bob Hobby· Brendan Lane Susan Lane Terence Leahy· John Logan Paul Lynam Don MacGabhann Willem Minjon· Simon Moller Hugh Murray Robert O'Byrne Tony Rodgers Jim Savage Tom Shortt Lorraine Wall Samuel Walsh

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The Exhibition

All measurements in centimetres height x width x depth.

Note: Placing a plus sign in the name Exhibition of Visual Art and logo EV+ A attempts to highlight the fact that the art activity (process and product) engages and integrates all the senses (we have eleven plus senses, far more than the traditional five) not mainly or only the visual sense.

YoungEV+ A

This year Young EV + A is involved with bringing young people, into contact with the artists featured in the exhibition. A number of artists will be available in the Gallery to discuss their work, demonstrate their work processes and techniques, and create new works in the atmosphere of the Gallery and the exhibition.

We invite teachers, students and interested persons to avail of this opportunity to meet the artists, partake in the creative process and develop a greater understanding of their work.

Programme tor Artists:

7,8,9, October 'From Down patrick to Limerick': Jim Manley working from waste materials collected on route.

10,11 October Peter Power Dry Point Etching Demonstration.

13,27 October • Martin Yelverton will be in the Gallery on these dates to discuss his installation in the Exhibition.

16, 17, 18,19,20 October Rory Donaldson Composite Photo Piece: 'Images of Limerick'.

21,22 October Dave Lilburn Large scale Monoprint Demonstrations.

24,25 October • T.J. Maher will be in the Gallery talking about his work on these dates.

30,31, Oct., 1 November • Tracy MacKenna will be giving talks and slide shows about her work.

2,3, November • Michael Creaney will be demonstrating and discussing his work.

• Note to teachers and organisers: Please contact Paul M. O'Reilly, Limerick City Gallery of Art, (061) 31 0633 for bookings, times and details.

EV+ A Events

An Introduction to EV + A 89 will be given by Paul M. O'Reilly Director/Curator of Limerick City Gallery of Art on Wednesday 11th October 1989 at 8.00 p.m. at the City Gallery.

Lunchtime Talks/Tours of EV+A '89 will take place every Tuesday from 1.15 to 1.45 p.m.

Guided tours maybe arranged on request for school groups or organisations. To book a guided tour contact:

Paul M O'Reilly, limerick City Gallery of Art, Telephone: (061) 310633

Sponsors EV+ A 89

THE ARTS COUNCIL

GPA GROUP LTD.

LIMERICK CORPORATION

SHANNON DEVELOPMENT

Aughinish Alumina Ltd.

Coopers & Lybrand

Elsevier Scientific Publishers (lrl.) Ltd.

Helene Modes

Howmedica International Inc.

Krups Engineering Ltd.

Mid-West Branch of the Royal lnstiture of Architects of Ireland

Murray Sweeney & Co. Solicitors

Murray O'Laoire Associates, Architects

Neodata Services Ltd.

Plassey Management & Technology Centre Ltd.

Don Reddan (Insurances) Ltd.

Q.B.E. Insurance Co. Ltd .

Walsh Western International Ltd.

Hire A Van

E.S.B.

Allied Irish Bank

Bank of ireland

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Acknowledgements

The Committee gratefully acknowledges the assistance of:

The Arts CounciVAn Chomhairle Ealaion

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Belltable Arts Centre

Limerick City Gallery of Art

Radio Telefis Eireann

Limerick Corporation

Limerick Leader Ltd.

Taylor Gallery, Dublin

Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin

Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin

Solomon Gallery, Dublin

Riverrun Gallery, Dublin

Eve Linders Gallery, Dublin

Crawford Gallery, Cork

Nuns Island Arts Centre, Galway

Orchard Gallery, Derry

Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

Gerry Farrell

Peter Leadbetter

Dr. John Cooney

Andrew Kearney Photography

Liam Clancy Design

EAMON COLEMAN

Biographical Note

Born Dublin 1957. Studied in Europe and ceramics Trinity Workshop 1977-80.

Exhibited since 1980 in various group shows including lincoln, Killock and Tulfarris Galleries 1980-82, SADE and Oireachtas 1982; Five Dublin Artists, Arts Club, Dublin; Artists of Promise, Solomon Gallery, Dublin 1983; EV+ A 1984, Celtic VIsion, Madrid 1986, SADE 1987, Claremorris Open and Knapp Gallery, London 1988. Two person shows Include Arts Club, Dublin 1984, Windsor Art Centre London 1985-86, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin 1986.

Solo shows include Tulfarris Gallery 1980, 82; Grafton Gallery, Dublin 1985, Windsor Art Centre, Londin, 1987; Monaghan County Museum, 1988: Eve Linders Mount Street Gallery, 1989.

Awards include Cork Purchase A· • .,ard, SADE, 1987; EV + A 1988 adjudicated by Florent Bex; Artist in Residence, Annamakerrig 1988, Calcutta Artists Union Studio Exchange Scholarship 1989. Presently lives and works in Dublin.

1 A Wind of Change ( 1989) Mixed Media/Paper 96x 116 £650

2 Entrance to the Underworld (1988) Mixed Media/Paper 56.5x80 £385

3 And So Orpheus Sleeps (1988) Mixed Media/Paper 45x56 £325

4 And Still Orpheus Looked Back (1988) Mixed Media/Paper 46x59 £325

5 Toward The River Herbrus (1988) Mixed Media/Paper 48x59 £325

MICHAEL CREANEY

Biographical Note

Born Portadown 1957. Studied Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast 1976-1980.

Exhibited since 1980 in various group exhibitions including Queens University Belfast 1980. Four Artists Views of Craigavon, Peacock Gallery, Craigavon 1982. 7 Artists, 14 Cases, Corridor Gallery Lurgan and 4 Artists, Art and Design Centre, Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast 1984; Some Art, Some Artists, Some Techniques, N.l. Schools and Colleges Touring Exhibition 1985; Four Person Exhibition, Artists Collective of N.l. Exhibition Harmony Hill Arts Centre, Lisburn; Claremorris Open and EVA 1986/Solo Exhibitions include Peacock Gallery 1982; An Ceathru Polll, Ard Scoil, Belfast 1983; Newry Arts Centre 1985 and Corridor Gallery 1987;

Awards include; Craigavon Arts Award 1982 and 1983 and EVA 86 awarded by Nabuo Nakamura; Professional experience includes Art Technician and Lecturer at Lurgan College of Further Education 1982-1985 and since 1985 Arts/Crafts Instructor at Orchardiville Social Education Centre.

Presently lives and work in Belfast.

6 Belfast Christmas 1986 (1986) M1xed Media/Paper 20x25.5 £200ST.

7 On The Third Day Was Rachel (1988) Mixed Media 28x25.5 £200 ST.

8 Rapping on the Window, Crying Through the Lock (1989) Mixed Media 34.5x34.5 £.250ST.

RORY DONALDSON

Biographical Note

Born Edinburgh 1965. Studied Grays School of Art 1982-1986 and Belfast Art College 1986-87. Exhibited since 1985 in Group exhibitions that include student shows, Royal Scottish Academy 1985-86; Aberdeen Artists 52, Aberdeen Art Gallery 1986; Rank Xerox, Marlow Art Collection, touring 1986-87; European Year of the Environment Show, Art and Research Exchange, Belfast; SADE, Claremorris Open, EVA 1987; Time, Museum of Modern Art Oxford; Relic, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, EVA 1988; Belltable Limerick, Aberdeen Artists 55, Fruitmarket Open, Edinburgh, Royal Over-Seas League, London, Edinburgh 1989.

Solo Exhibitions; Interference, Art Advice, Belfast, Physical Manners, Project, Dublin and Continual Interference, Collective Gallery 1989. International exhibitions include Belfast Exchange, Poznan and Krakov University, Poland 1987 and Recreation and Religion, G.T. Gallery Krakov 1988.

Awards include; Hector Memorial Prize 1984; Adam Bruce Thompson Prize, R.S.A., Rank Xerox 2nd Prize and Shell UK Prize 1986; and EVA Open Award 1987 awarded by Ida Panicelli. Presently lives and works in Glasgow.

9 Boys and Girls Come Out and Play (1988) Mixed Media/Paper 153x 101 £650ST.

10 Turn style Domination (1988) Mixed Media/Board/Paper 151 .5x101 £650ST.

11 Landscape Deception (1988) Mixed Media/Paper 153 X 105 £650ST.

MARY FITZGERALD

Biographical Note

Born Dublin 1956. Studied National College of Art and Design 1973-77 and in Universities in Japan 1979-1981 . Exhibited since 1976 regularly in group exhibitions including SADE 1982; EVA 1982, 1988; Claremorris Open 1983,87,88, GPA Emerging Artists 1983, lELA 1985,87,88; Personal Choice, Butler Gallery Kilkenny 1985,86,88; WAAG 1987; King's and Kings, Belltable Limerick 1983. ROSC 1988. International Exhibitions include S~o Paolo Biennale, Four Artists from Ireland toured Brazil, Argentina, Ireland 1985-87. Celtic VIsion toured Spain, France, Bnta1n, Canada and Ireland 1986-88; RAJZ/DRA WING, Hungary 1988; Baghdad International Festival of Art, Iraq 1988; Europese Raaklljnen, Ghent, Belgium 1989.

Solo Exhibitions included Oliver Dowling Galley 1982, 84, 86, 88 and Riverrun, Limerick 1989. Awards include Japanese Government Research Scholarship 1979; Arts Council Bursaries 1983, 85, 86; GPA Award for Emerging Artists 1983; EVA Patron's Award 1986; Claremorris Open Award 1988;

Collections include An Chomhairle Ealaion!The Arts Council ; The Arts Council of Northern Ireland; Allied Irish Banks; Contemporary Irish Art Society; GPA, Shannonfrhe Office of Public Works; NIHE, Dublin.

Presently lives and works in Dublin.

12 CounterNo. 2 (1989) Oil and W1re Rods/Cotton, two parts 167x212 £300

13 Counter No. 1 (1989) Oil and Wire/Cotton 252x 185.5 £1 ,800

14 Counter No.3 (1989) Oil and Metal Rods/Cotton 80x201 £975

TOM FITZGERALD

Biographical Note

Born Co. Limerick 1939. Worked in London and Dublin prior to studies at Limerick School of Art and Design 1965-69. Exhibited since 1968 in numerous group exhibitions including lELA 68, 70-72,81 , 87; Oireachtas 77-79; EV+ A 77, 80, 81, 83, 87, 88; Independent Artists 78; GPA Emerging Artists 82; SADE 82; Sculpture 88, Galway; Sculpture Open, Gallagher Gallery Dublin 1988; Acquisitions In Context, Limerick City Gallery 1988.

International exhibitions include Nine Irish Artists, Armstrong Gallery, New York 1985. 111 ieme Biennale Europeene de Sculpture, France; First International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto 1986; Irish Artists, Art Advice Gallery, New York; Olypiade des Arts, Seoul, Korea 1988; Bell Transfer, Ars Electronica, Llnz, Austria 1989.

Awards include Patrons Open Award EV+ A 1980, adjudicator Brian O'Doherty, 1981 adjudicator Pierre Restomy, 1987 (open award) adjudicator Ida Panicelli, and 1988 adjudicator Alexander Rozhin ; Oireachtas Gold Medal1981 ; Arts Council Bursary 1981 ; Department of Foreign Affairs Bursary/Award 1984, 1987.

Commissions include Wall, Annacotty Enterprise Centre, IDA 1984; Sweeneys Throne, Custom House, Limerick 1987; Temple for M.B. Olympic Park Seoul1988.

Collections include An Chomhairle Ealaion, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Marley Park Sculpture Garden, Allied Irish Investment Bank Olympic Park, Seoul, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick Contemporary Art Society, Mary Immaculate College of Education, Limerick.

Presently Senior Lecturer in Sculpture at Limerick School of Art and Design, living and working in Limerick.

15 Sweeney'sHarp (1989) Mixed Media 274 x 127x 104 £4,330

16 Apparatus No. 13, Arch (1989) Mixed Media 70x 11 0x40 £1,450

RICHARD GORMAN

Biographical Note

Born Dublin 1946. Studied Trinity College, Dublin, BBS 1969, Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design Diploma 1980.

Exhibited since 1979 in numerous group exhibitions including Oireachtas 1979, 81 , 82; EV+A 1978,82, 85-88; Claremorris Open 1979, 80, 83, 85-87; Independent Artists 1981, 82, 85, 86; Figurative Image 1982, 83,85, 86, 88; GPA Awards 1981; lELA 1980, 81, 86.

International exhibitions include those in Switzerland, France, Spain, England, Japan, Cuba and Korea such as Basle International Art Fair 1982; EEC Europe et Toiles Paris 1985; 18th Festival International de Ia Peinture, Cagnes Sur-Mer 1986, 88; XXV Premi de Dibuix Joan Miro, Barcelona; UNESCO International Exhibition, Paris and Seoul1986; Benjamin Rhodes Gallery London 1989.

Solo exhibitions include Project, Dublin 1983; Hendriks Gallery, Dublin 1985, 87; Galerie James Mayor, Paris 1985; Palazzo Sovmani, Milan 1987 Benjamin Rhodes, London 1988. Yanaghisava Gallery Tokyo 1989.

Awards include Royal Trust Award 1979; GPA Award 1981; Exhibition Bursaries, Department of Foreign Affairs 1985-86-88; Palatte D'Or Festival International de Ia Peinture 1986; Claremorris Open Award 1986; DNESCO Bursary 1986; Arts Council Bursary 1987; EV +A Open Award 1987.

Collections include Arts Council , Allied Irish Banks, GPA Group Ltd.; V.H.I. Nino Nazzuccato, Italy.

Presently lives and works in Milan in preparation for solo exhibitions at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin; Benjamin Rhodes, London and Chicago Arts Fair and Barbican Centre, London in 1990.

17 Bluefunkfires (1989) Oil/Cotton 200x 185 £3,600

18 Bullfolly (1989) Oil and encaustic/cotton 200x 185 £3,600

19 Chaka (1989) OiVCotton 200x185 £3,600

20 Uskybeak(1989) OiVCotton 200x185 £3,600

FINBAR KELLY

Biographical Note

Born Co. Tyrone 1964. Studied New University of Ulster, Belfast 1983-86.

Exhibited since 1984 in group exhibitions including New Contemporaries, ICA Gallery London 1984, Young Artists On The Wall, Belfast 1985; ELA, SADE, EV+A, Post Mall Art, Triske11987; Showcase, Temple Bar 1989.

Solo exhibitions include I, The Otter Gallery Belfast, Drawing, Art Advice, Belfast 1988.

Awards include EV+ A Patrons Award, adjudicator Alexander Roshin 1987; G.P.A. Awards for Emerging Artists 1988.

Collections; G.P.A. Group Ltd., Shannon and private collections.

Presently lives and worl<s in Dublin with exhibitions planned for Octagon Gallery Belfast 1990 and a touring exhibition to Derry, Dublin and Limerick 1990-91 .

21 Host (1988) Mixed Media/Cotton 195 diameter £2,500

22 Body and Blood {1988) Mixed Media/Cotton 195 diameter £2,500

23 Orante (1988) Mixed Media/Linen 230x 178.5 N.F.S.

24 First Born (1988) Mixed Media/Cotton 170x 178 £750

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25 I Doll (1988) Mixed Media/Cotton 44x38 Collection of Gerry Farrell

26 Seeds of Birth (1 988) Mixed Media/Cotton 44x38 Collection of Gerry Farrell

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DAVID LILBURN

Biographical Note

Born Limerick 1950. Studied Trinity College 1969-73, Limerick School of Art and Design 1975-77. Urbino Art School1972.

Exhibited since 1977 in various group exhibitions in the Mid­West and Galway regions and in annual, national, group exhibitions including The Listowel International Graphic Biennale, EVA, AHA, Oireachtas and Independent Artists. In a Three Man Show at Plassey Art Days, Limerick and Merriman School, Llsdoonvarna 1985, in Two Man Shows at Belltable Arts Centre Limerick and Grapevine Arts Centre Dublin 1983; Peaoock Gallery Craigavon 1984 and Limerick City Gallery of Art 1987.

Awards include Satanta Award, Listowel International Print Biennale 1977 and Graphics Prize EVA 1984 awarded by Peter Fuller. Member of Independent Artists, Western Artists and AAI.

Presently lives and works in Co. Limerick.

27 Romanle and Caspar (1989) Monoprint 61 X 127 £350

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28 The Johnny PaHerson Show, The Lions (1989) Monoprint 137x137 £500

29 Romanle and Caspar (1989) Monopnnt 61x127 £350

30 The Johnny Patterson Show, The Human Cannonball (1989) Monoprint 137x 137 £500

31 Working At Home (1989) Monoprint 61 X 127 £350

32 Great Sax Legend (1989) Monoprint 137 X 137 £500

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TRACY MacKENNA

Biographical Note

Born Scotland 1963. Studied Glasgow School of Art, Degree and Postgraduate Studies 1981-86; The Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest 1986-87. Exhibited since 1985 in numerous group exhibitions including Royal Scottish Academy 1985-86, Royal Glasgow Institute 1985-88, Society of Scottish Artists Annual1 985-86; EVA, Four Woman Show, Grafton Gallery Dublin; New Generation Artists, The Compass Gallery, Glasgow; Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, The Collective Gallery, Glasgow 1986; Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery; Sculpture and Works on Paper, the Graeme Murray Gallery, Edinburgh, Shape and Form, Six Sculptors from Scotland, The Collins Gallery, Glasgow and on Tour; Sculpture Open 88, AHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin 1988; 20 New Works From Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Springburn Museum, Glasgow, Art London 89, Contemporary Art Fair, London; Scottish Art Since 1900, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh Scottish Sculptors Open 5 1989.

Solo exhibitions include The Collective Gallery 1986 The Young Artists' Club, Budapest 1987 and The Glasgow Print Studio Gallery 1989.

Numerous international exhibitions include Open Circle, toured m West Germany and Third International Blennale of Sculpture, Normand1e, France 1986 and several exhibitions in Hungary since 1987.

Awards Include the Benno Schotz Award and EVA Patron's Open Award g1ven by Rud1 Fuchs 1985; Scottish Arts Club Edinburgh Fest1val Award, Torrance Memorial Award, R.G.I. The Hope Scott Trust Award 1986; Meyer Oppenheim Award R.S.A. 1987 and British Council Research Award to Romania 1988. Collections include Limerick City Gallery of Art, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, The Dannibe Sculpture Park and The Szatmar Museum Hungary. Co-founder and Co-Director of Glasgow Sculpture Studios.

Presently lives and works in Glasgow.

33 A Shadow That Shines Gold Is Still a Shadow ( 1989) Tin, Brass, W1re, Wool and Velvet 250x80x60 £850 ST.

34 Objects In a Row {1989) Zinc, Tin, Rubber Bands 13 x 43 x 8 Set of Three £280ST.

T.J. MAHER

Biographical Note

Born Golden, Co. Tipperary 1964. Studied at Crawford School of Art 1983-84 and National College of Art and Design 1984-88.

Group exhibitions include Degree Show, NCAD; Taylor Art Exhibition, R.D.S., Dublin; EV+ A; GPA Awards for Emerging Artists 1988; Independent Artists Agamst Repression, touring 1988-89.

Solo exhibition Oliver Dowling Gallery 1989.

Awards ; EV+ A 88 Award given by Alexander Rozhin; Arts Council Bursary 1989.

Presently lives and works in Dublin.

35 In The Quiet 3 (1989) M1xed Media/Board 122x 107 £650

36 In The Quiet 6 (1989) Mixed Media/Board 122x 139 £750

37 In The Quiet 8 (1989) Mixed Media/Board 112x123 £650

JIM MANLEY

Biographical Note

Born England 1934. Formal studies were non-art in content. Self taught artist. Exhibited since 1970 in various group exhibitions including Albert Hall, Kendal1977; Bell Gallery, Belfast1986; Ulster Way, touring 1987-88; Solomon Gallery 1989.

Solo Exhibitions include Centre Art Gallery, Belfast 1975; Arts Council Gallery, Belfast 1976; Davis Gallery, Dublin 1978; Bell Gallery, Belfast; Keys Gallery, Derry 1979; Bell Gallery 1980; Tulfarris Gallery, Blessington, United Arts Club 1981 ; Lfmerick Gallery, Dublin 1982, 1984, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast 1985; Hendricks Gallery, Dublin 1986; Euro Gallery, London 1986, '87; RHA, Solomon Gallery, Dublin 1989.

Awards include MacGonigal Prize, Oireachtas 1979; EV+ A Patrons Award, adjudicator Peter Fuller 1984; Prizewinner Percy French Watercolour Competition 1984; Elected Associate Royal Uster Academy 1983.

Collections include Arts Council of Northern Ireland; Ulster T .V ., Southeastern Education and library Board, Down County Council.

Presently lives and works in Down patrick.

38 Woman With Geraniums ( 1989) Mixed Media/Paper 63x54.5 £475

39 Woman With Morning Glory (1989) Mixed Media/Paper 58.5x71 £485

40 Woman and Oranges (1989) Mixed Media/Paper 67.5 x75 £500

41 Woman With Hibiscus (1989) Mixed Media/Paper 77x64 £500

42 Woman In Fish Pond (1989) Mixed Media/Paper 73.5x52 £485

43 Woman and Opium Poppies (1 989) Mixed Media/Paper 77.5 x67 £525

ElliS O'CONNELL

Biographical Note

Born Derry 1953. Sudied Crawford School of Art 1970-74 and 1975-77. Massachusetts College of Art, Boston 1974-75.

Exhibited since 1975 in numerous group exhibitions including OASIS, Dublin 1975, Works on Paper, Angela Flowers Gallery, London 1980, GPA Emerging Artists Exhibition 1981 , Paris Biennale 1982; ROSC 1984, EVA 1985,87,88; Irish Artis ts, Armstrong Gallery, New York 1985; Sao Paulo Biennale Four Artists From Ireland on tour in Brazil, Argentina and Ireland 1985-87; Europhalla ; 11 European Sculptors, Florence 1986; Irish Women Artists, Douglas Hyde, Dublin; KUNST RAI1 987, Amsterdam, 1987; Open Stud10 P.S.1. Gallery N.Y.; Spatial Disp lacements, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, N.Y. 1988; Gallery Artists, Riverrun Dublin P.S.1. Studio Artists, P.S.1. Gallery, N.Y.; Royal Academy, London, Wh1techapel Open, London 1989;

Solo exhibitions include Hendricks Gallery 1981 ,83,87; Steel Quarry, Douglas Hyde 1986; Recent Work, Octagon Gallery, Belfast, Galway Arts Festival 1987; Riverrun, Limerick 1988.

Awards Include, Arts Counc1l Bursanes 1979-80; GPA Emerging Artists Award 1981 ; EVA 1985 Sculpture Award given by Rudi Fuchs; P.S.1. Fellowship Award 1987; Delfina Studios Trust Residency, London 1988.

Commissions include sculpture for Brown Boveri (Ireland) Limited, Dublin 1979; Derry City Council 1982; University College Cork 1985-87; Belfast City Hospltal1985-87, The Great Wall of Kinsale, Kinsale Town Council1988;

Collections include An Chomhairle Ealaion (The Arts Council), The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Contemporary Irish Art Society, Allied Irish Bank, GPA Shannon, University College Dublin. Presently lives and works in London.

44 Lorlca (1989) Welded and Polished Steel 30.5x33x61 £2,000

ANN O'REGAN

Biographical Note

Born Waterford 1959, Studied Waterford School of Art 1979-83, Crawford School of Art 1983-84; Artist In Residence 1985-87 and Visual Arts Officer 1987-89 at Garter Lane Arts Centre.

Exhibited since 1984 in various group exhibitions including Three Woman Show, Garter Lane and Crawford Gallery Centenary Group Show 1984; Grafton Gallery Dublin 1985, 1986; Irish Contemporary Arts Society, Douglas Hyde and EVA 1986; Drawing the Line Waterford/Wexford, Irish Exhibition of Living Art and WAAG, Dublin 1987. A One Person Show was shown at Garter Lane, Wexford Arts Centre and All Plus Ten Sorts Gallery, Limerick in 1988.

Awarded prize in EVA 1986 by Nabuo Nakamura. Collect1ons; Irish Contemporary Arts Society, Vincent Ferguson Collection and other private collections. Member of AAI and WAAG.

Presently lives and works in Co. Waterford toward an exhibition at Triskel Arts Centre Cork for 1990.

45 Out of the Storm (1988) Mixed Med1a/Paper 89x66 £650

46 Precarious Passage (1988) M1xed Media/Paper 58x48.5 £400

47 Cabbages and Icons (1988) Mixed Med1a/Paper 60.5x53 £450

48 Revelations and Indiscretions ( 1988) Mixed Media/Paper 89x62.5 £650

PETER POWER

Biographical Note

Born Galway 1962. Studied Crawford School of Art, Diploma and Post Graduate Studies 1980-85; Kunstakadamie, Dusseldorf 1986; NCAD De~ree 1987; Exhibited since 1986 1n group exhibitions including Listowel International Print Biennale 1985; C.A.N. Crawford Gallery, Cork and Heineken Gallery, Amsterdam; Kunstakademie and Haffen, Dusseldorf 1986; Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 1987 Print Makers From Cork, Crawford Gallery and West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen 1988; Impressions I and II Spanish Arch Gallery, Galway 1988-89; New Irish Printmakers, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny 1988; EV+ A 88, Solomon Gallery and Riverrun Gallery 1989.

Awards include MacSweeney Prize for Photography 1984; Jury Recommendation, Listowel International Print Biennale 1985, D.A.A.D. Scholarship, Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf, EV +A Award 1988.

Commissions St. James' Hospital, Dublin. Professional experience includes Lectures in Printmaking at Crawford School of Art 1984-85, at Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design 1987, Limerick School of Art and Design 1988-89 and Screenprint Instructor at Colaiste Dulaigh 1987-89.

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49 Field (1988) Dry print and Monoprint in eighteen parts, unique prints 30.5 x 30.5 ea. part £800

50 Island (1989) Etching in four parts in an edition of five 40 x 40 ea. part £100 each; set of four £400

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51 Untitled (1989) Carborundum and Drypoint in fifteen parts (unique pnnts) 55 x 54 ea part £900

52 Untitled (1989) Drypoint and Monoprint in fourteen parts unique print (unframed) 118x406 £600

CAMILLE SOUTER

Biographical Note

Born Northampton 1929. Came to Ireland in 1930. Studied nursing 1948. B~an Painting 1950. Exhibited s1nce 1956 in numerous group exhibitions, lELA, Oireachtas, EV+ A and AHA, Claremorris Open and in exhibitions In Paris, Monte Carlo and Rome.

Solo exhibitions started with El Hobano Restaurant 1956 and though Infrequent include a major retrospective, Douglas Hyde Gallery 1980.

Awards include Italian Government Scholarship 1958; Oireachtas Gold Medal 1973; Gaine Award 1975; Pix de Ville de Nonnes 1977; Claremorris Open Award 1978; EV+ A 1984 adjudicated by Peter Fuller.

Collections include Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Ulster Museum, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Limerick City Gallery, An Chomhairle Elaion (The Arts Council) and numerous corporate and private collections.

Presently living and working in Achill.

53 Fish (1989) Oil/Paper 65x 47.5 Private Collection

54 If Simon Painted an Easter Egg (1988) Oil/Paper 28x28 Private Collection

55 The Italian Easter Egg (1988) Oil/Paper 35x39.5 Pnvate Collect1on

56 Italian Easter Egg (1 988) Oil/Paper 30x37 Private Collection

MARTIN YELVERTON

Biographical Note

Born, Limerick 1962. Studied in Limerick School of Art and Design; National College of Art and Design (Diploma 1989); Exhibited in EVA 85, Australian Exchange Exhibition 1989; Limerick Soviet Commemorative Show 1989; NCAD Diploma Show 1989. Awarded EVA 85 Painting Award by Rudi Fuchs.

Presently in Degree Programme NCAD. 57 Untitled (1989)

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U at of Exhibitors

1,2,3,4,5, Eamon Co leman 64 Malahide Road, Dublin. 01-336751

6,7,8, Michael Creaney 16 Burmah Street, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 3AN (0232) 693614

9,10,11, RoryDonaldson 1 0 Lorraine Gardens, Dowanhill, Glasgow G 12 9NY 041 -334 3398

12,13,14, MaryFitzgerald c/o Oliver Dowling Gallery, 19 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 01 -766573

15, 16, Tom Fitzgerald Kllmacat, Kildimo, Co. Umerick. 061-393203

17,18,19,20, RlchardGorman c/o Kerlin Gallery, 38 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. 01 -779179

21,22,23,24,25,26, Flnbar Kelly c/o Temple Bar Studios and Gallery, 4-8 Temple Bar, Dublin 2. 01 -710073

27,28,29,30,31 ,32, Dave Lilburn Mill Cottage, Ballyclough, Co. Umerick. 061 -29670

33,34, Tracy MacKenna Glasgow Sculpture Studios, 85 Hanson Street, GlasgowG31 , 0415510562

35,36,37, T.J. Maher c/o Oliver Dowling Gallery, 19 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 01-766573

38,39,40,41 ,42,43, Jim Manley Coast guard Cottages, Killough, Downpatrick, Co. Down. 0396842150

44, Ellis O'Connell 26 Goodwood Mansions, Stockwell Road, London SW90X2. 031 5346426

45,46,47,48, Ann O'Regan The Garden House, Curraghmore, Co. Waterford. 051 -87156

49,50,51 ,52, Peter Power c/o Black Church Print Studio Ardee House, Ardee Street, Dublin 8. 01-541888

53,54,55,56, Camille Souter Dooagh, Achilllsland, Co. Mayo.

57,58,59. Martin Yelverton Blackwater, Co. Clare. 061 -341843

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