Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Artist of the day, August 12, 2020: Eilis O'Connell, a Northern Ireland abstract sculptor (#1065)

Eilis O'Connell (1953) is a Northern Ireland abstract sculptor. She is known for her free-standing works and wall pieces.

She was granted research fellowships at The British School at Rome and P.S.I. in New York.  A two-year residency at Delfina Studios London in 1988 resulted in her permanent move there until 2002. She returned to live in Ireland, exhibits abroad and works on commissions for both public and private locations.

She has shown at the Venice, Paris and Sao Paolo Biennales and her small sculptures were shown at the Guggenheim Museum in Venice. In 2018 her outdoor sculptures will be shown at E1027 the home designed by Eileen Grey in Cap Martin, France.

Her work can be seen in several public locations in London, Cardiff, Newcastle, Bristol, Wolverhampton, Southampton, Milton Keynes, Dublin, Belfast, Dundalk, Mallow and Cork.

Other privately commissioned works can be seen at Lismore Castle in Ireland, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chatsworth, Antony House in England and  private gardens in France and Spain.

She is a founder director of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork, a former member of the Arts Council of Ireland, a member of Aosdána, and a member of the R.H.A.


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Ms. Eilis O'Connell

The studio

Beat them at their own game
1983

 The Great Wall of Kinsale
1988

 Secret Station
1992

 Space Emptied Out
1994

 Sharp Back
 1997

 Pero's Bridge
Bristol, 1998

 Resistance
1998

 Carapace
1999

 Unfurl
 2000

 Appetites of Gravity
2003

 Edged Camarna
2004

 Node
2004

 Pellucid
2004

 Each Day
2005

 Five Vessels
2006

 Slot
2006
 Circuit
 2008

 Cone T
2009

 Loop
2009

 Morphwall
2009

 Slope
2019

 The Shape of a Pocket
2009

 Wingblade
2010

 Vortex
2011

 Grown-Mode
2012

 Apples & Atoms
2013

 Cone W
2014

 Billow
2015

 Sacrificial Anode
 2015

 Curve to Point
2016

 Carapace
2018

 Coriolis
2018

 Unfurl
2018

 Flung Blue 
2019

Curve to Point
n.d.


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