PRESENCE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION

NOVEMBER 27TH – DECEMBER 19TH 2008Presence

Opening Reception Thursday 27th November / 7.00

The exhibition will be opened by Liam Irwin, Irish Georgian Society,Limerick Chapter.Wine reception and canapés.

LCGA Events:

Concert ‘An Evening of Song and Verse’Saturday 29th November / 8.00

Seoda Chamber Choir present an evening of song and verse.Cheese and wine reception.Tickets €15/Concessions €10

In Conversation: 'Living in Georgian Limerick' Tuesday 2nd December / 8.00

Merritt Bucholz, Professor of Architecture, University of Limerick, in conversation withDick Tobin, Senior Planner, Limerick City Council.Seasonal refreshments of Lebkuchen and Mulled Wine.Admission free

Adult Master Class with John Shinnors Wednesday 10th December / 8.00

Painting demonstration with John Shinnors.Seasonal refreshments of Lebkuchen and Mulled Wine.Admission free

Opportunities for Art Residencies and exhibitions betweenArgentina and Ireland Monday 15th December / 1.00

Join Argentinean artist, organiser of art residencies and exchange projects,Melina Berkenwald, for a talk about RIAA (Residencia Internacional de Artistas enArgentina, an independent residency programme taking place in Argentina annuallysince 2006) together with other related projects and art works.

To discuss your work with Melina Berkenwald please email the gallery for anappointment on artgalleryeducation@limerickcity.ie

Booking is recommended for all talks and events

Emma BERKERY

Jack DONOVAN

Martin FINNIN

Nesta FITZGERALD

Tom FITZGERALD

David FORTUNE

Charles HARPER

Kate HENNESSY

Michele HORRIGAN

Alan KEANE

Andrew KEARNEY

David LILBURN

Brian MACMAHON

Tom MOLLOY

Jennifer O’CONNOR

Enda O’DONOGHUE

Suzannah O’REILLY

Anne RYAN

Robert RYAN

Tom SHORTT

Lorraine WALL

Limerick City Gallery of ArtPery Square, Limerick, IrelandTel +353 (0)61 310633

Email artgallery@limerickcity.ieWeb www.limerickcitygallery.ie

Opening Hours:

Mon-Fri 10-6 Thursday 10-7 Sat 10-5Sun 2-5 Admission Free

Limerick City Gallery of Art welcomes youto the second edition of Presence, featuringtwenty one artists associated with Limerick.This annual series of Christmas exhibitionscelebrates the wonderful range of talent anddiversity in contemporary Irish art.

Limerick City offers many opportunities toartists; to study, live, work and exhibit. Earlyin the selection process last year it becameobvious that to represent the city a series ofexhibitions was necessary. In this year’sPresence there is an amazing array ofdiffering styles and approaches to Painting,Drawing and Photography.As well as artistsbased here in Limerick there are artists livingand working in Dublin, Belfast, London andBerlin.The range of the artists’ experiencesand activities are extraordinary.

The influential educational ethos of LimerickSchool of Art and Design is apparent in thisexhibition. It is wonderful to include severalof our senior artists Tom Fitzgerald, CharlesHarper and Jack Donovan, all of whom havehad a significant role in their careers at theLimerick School of Art and who have madeimportant contributions to Irish Art.The exhibition also features the work ofLecturers Alan Keane, Suzannah O’Reilly andrecent graduates Jennifer O’Connor andDave Fortune.

International opportunities available to Irishartists have markedly increased. BothAndrew Kearney and Anne Ryan havecarved significant careers in the London artworld.

Other artists with growing or establishedinternational careers include Tom Molloy,Enda O’Donoghue and Michele Horrigan.

Successful Limerick based artists includeRobert Ryan, Dave Lilburn, Kate Hennessy,Lorraine Wall and Brian MacMahon.Wewelcome the young Cork based artistMartin Finnin, whose work is much soughtafter in the Dublin auction houses.

The broad range of the exhibition may beillustrated by reference to three artists:TomShortt, well-known Limerick teacher hasincluded several photographs documentingLimerick contemporary youth culture, NestaFitzgerald displays a series of quirkyillustrations of the City and emerging painterEmma Berkery presents abstractexplorations of colour and form.

Presence is displayed in conjunction withSeeing Georgian Limerick, a record of fourphotographers’ responses to our GeorgianHeritage.Together these exhibitions give asample of contemporary Irish and Limerickart practice.

Limerick City Gallery of Art would like tothank all of the artists for participating in thisshowcase exhibition.

Mike Fitzpatrick

Director/Curator

Emma BERKERYBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in Belfast. Graduated from

University of Ulster and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology.

Recent solo exhibitions include Altering Fluid Perceptions

(2008),Thinkk Creative Gallery, Limerick and The Courthouse

Gallery, Ennistymon..

Portrait of a Daring Adventure

Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 91.5cm, 2008

Jack DONOVANBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Head of Limerick

School of Art and Design (1962-78). Recent solo exhibitions

include Retrospective of Paintings 1959-2004 (2004), Limerick

City Gallery of Art and A Selection from the Retrospective

(2005), West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Draíocht Arts

Centre, Blanchardstown.

Puppets at Play

Oil on Canvas, 97 x 85cm, 2008

Martin FINNIN Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Cork. Graduated from the

National College of Art and Design, Dublin and Limerick

School of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include

Turn the Lemon Page (2008), Cill Rialaig, Kerry and Hairy Hearts

of Heroes (2007), Origin Gallery, Dublin.

Free as a Rebel Angel

Oil on Canvas, 124 x 174cm, 2007

Nesta FITZGERALDBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in London and Dublin.

Graduated from Kingston University and Camberwell College

of Ar t. Recent exhibitions include St John’s Ar t Centre,

Listowel, Hiscox Art Projects, The Muse Gallery and the

London Festival of Architecture 2008.

Southill

Litho prints on watercolour paper, 42 x 30cm, 2008

Tom FITZGERALDBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in County Limerick. Recent

solo exhibitions include A History of Silence (2006), Ashford

Gallery, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin and The Ministry of

Dust (2004), Limerick City Gallery of Art.

Body Enhancement technology helps Cathleen

Ni Houlihan to achieve lifelong ambition

Carved Slate Disk, 30 x 27cm, 2005

David FORTUNE Born in Dublin. Lives and works in London. Graduated from

Limerick School of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions

include New Work (2008),The Outside World Gallery, London

and Three Cows and a Yellow Girl (2007), Thinkk Creative

Gallery, Limerick.

Healy Pass I

Mixed media on paper, 74 x 147cm, 2008

Charles HARPERBorn in Kerry. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduate from

the National College of Art and Design and Limerick School

of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Gormleys

Fine Art (2007), Dublin, Belfast and Omagh and United Arts

Club (2006), Dublin.

Zuleika

Acrylic on linen, 100 x 100cm, 2008

Kate HENNESSY Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated

from Limerick School of Ar t and Design. Recent solo

exhibitions include The Source Art Centre (2008),Thurles

and Koblenz (2007), Germany.

Flowers on Blue No. 2

Acrylic on Canvas, 101 x 76 cm, 2005

Michele HORRIGAN Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Dublin, Germany and

Limerick. Studied at Stadelschule, Frankfurt and the University

of Ulster. Recent exhibitions include The Colour of Surprise

(2007), Limerick City Gallery of Art and RIAA (2007), Buenos

Aires. She is curatorial director of Askeaton Contemporary

Arts.

Abandoned

Black and white photograph, framed, 86 x 107cm, 2008

Alan KEANEBorn in Tipperary. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated

from the University of Ulster and the Crawford College of Art,

Cork. Recent exhibitions include Cead in China (2007),

Exhibition of Irish Contemporary Art in China and The Fold

(2007),The Lab, Dublin.

Rains Passed

Oil on paper, 29 x 36cm, 2007

Andrew KEARNEYBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in the UK.Graduate of Chelsea

College of Art and Design and Limerick School of Art and

Design.He has just completed a three year research programme

funded by the AHRC at Middlesex College of Art.He is currently

working on a public art project on the exterior of the fly tower

of the Wexford Opera House entitled Liquid Mountain.

Untitled, Number 11

Photographic prints, 65 x 76cm, 2002

David LILBURN Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated

from Trinity College Dublin and Limerick School of Art and

Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Way Points (2007),

Glór, Ennis and In Medias Res (2007), James Joyce Centre,

Dublin.

Ferrara Panorama I

Graphite, conté on paper, unframed, 50 x 220cm, 2008

Brian MACMAHONBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Recent solo

exhibitions include Raft (2007),Grogan’s and Kilkenny Arts Week.

Gorsewoman

Oil on canvas, 119.5 x 119.5 cm

Tom MOLLOYBorn in Waterford. Lives and works in Clare. Graduated from

the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Recent solo

exhibitions include the shape I’m in (2008), Galerie Bartschi,

Geneva, Switzerland and Lone Star (2007), Lora Reynolds

Gallery,Texas, USA.

State

AP, Collage, US Dollar Bill, 26 x 36.5cm, framed, 2008

Jennifer O’CONNORBorn in Cork. Lives and works in Cork. Graduated from

Limerick School of Art and Design. Exhibited in Limerick,

Cork and Killarney and has taken par t in various group

exhibitions including Shinnors Selects and recently Brian Smyth

Selects in Cork.

In the Open

Oil on canvas, 97 x 67cm, 2008

Enda O’DONOGHUEBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in Berlin. Graduated from

the University of Limerick and Limerick School of Art and

Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Limerick Printmakers

(2008) and Galerie Hunchentoot (2007), Berlin.

Mmmmmm

Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, 2007

Suzannah O’REILLYBorn in Mexico. Lives and works in Tipperary. Graduated

from the Crawford College of Art, Cork and Limerick School

of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Take2

(2004), Limerick Printmakers and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.

Tree Tops

Monoprint/Collograph, 45 x 60cm, 2008

Anne RYANBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in London. Graduated from

Coventry University,Birmingham University and Limerick School of

Art and Design.Recent solo exhibitions include New Paintings (2008),

Muscle (2006),This last blue evening (2003),Greengrassi,London.

Untitled

Oil on unmounted canvas, 40.5 x 50.5cm, 2008

Robert RYANBorn in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated

from Limerick School of Ar t and Design. Recent solo

exhibitions include Sanctuary (2008),Tunan Gallery, Portlaois

and A Place of Refuge (2006), Hallward Gallery, Dublin.

Archipelago

Oil on wood, 92 x 121cm, 2008

Tom SHORTTTipperary born photographer. Lives and works in Limerick.

Graduated from the National College of Art and Design,

Dublin.Art teacher, Scoil Carmel, O’Connell Avenue, Limerick.

Solo exhibitions include Young City, (1991) Limerick City

Gallery of Art and Gallery of Photography, Dublin (1992).

Mounth Kenneth

Photograph, 63 x 50cm, 2008

Lorraine WALLBorn in Clare. Lives and works in Clare.Graduated from Limerick

School of Art and Design. Solo exhibitions include Now to Next

(2002), Glór Gallery, Clare. From 2000-2005,Wall served as a

board member of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

Evening Light I

Mixed media on Bodleian Paper on canvas,

50 x 68cm, 2008

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