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Uilleam Crozier (Photo: Katherine Croun) Rugadh Uilleam Crozier an Glaschu ann an 1930 agus cheumnaich e à Sgoil Ealain Ghlaschu far an robh e na oileanach o 1949 gu 1953. On uair sin tha e air a bhith a’ fuireach, ag obair agus a’ taisbeanadh ann an Lunnainn, am Baile Atha Cliath, am Paris agus am Malaga. O 1980 tha a thìde air a cur seachad an dà chuid eadar Corcaí an Iar, ann an Èirinn, agus Hampshire ann an Sasainn. Ann an 1991 chaidh a thaghadh mar bhall de Aosdana agus an 1994 choisinn e Bonn Òiran Oireachtais

William Crozier William Crozier was born in Glasgow in 1930 and is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art. Since then he has lived, worked and exhibited in London, Dublin, Paris and Malaga. In 1991 he was elected a member of Aosdana and in 1994 he was awarded the Oireachtas Gold Medal for Painting. There are documentary films on Crozier made by BBC Scotland (1970) and RTE (1993).

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Sonja Stringer (Photo: Johann Delecour) Chuir mi seachad a’ chiad deich bliadhna dhem bheatha ann am Baile Atha Cliath agus tha dàimh nan daoine agus ceòlmhorachd a’ chànain air fuireach còmhla rium. Tha ‘suathadh’ agus ‘faicinn’ nam puingean cudthromach dhòmhsa ann a bhith a’ dèanamh ealain. Glè thric tha bàrdachd gam bhrosnachadh - tha bhith a’ leughadh nam facal a’ dùsgadh dath, faireachdainn agus cruth nam inntinn. Rinn mi Dealbhachadh Grinneis ann an Colaiste Rìoghail nan Ealan ann an Lunnainn agus Colaiste an Naoimh Mhàrtainn airson seachd bliadhna.

Sonja Stringer The first ten years of my life were spent in Dublin, and the warmth of its people and the lyrical sense of language have stayed with me. Poems are often the inspiration, reading the text brings spontaneous colour texture and form. I studied Fine Art sculpture at London’s Royal College of Art and Central St Martins.

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An t-Ollamh Jake Harvey DA; RSA (Ph: Joe Rock) Ceannard Sgoil an Dealbhachaidh, Colaiste Ealain Dhùn Èideann. Tha a dhachaigh anns na Crìochan agus tha stiùidio aige an sin cuideachd. Obair-dealbhachaidh ann an cruinneachaidhean poblach agus prìobhaideach san Roinn Eòrpa, an Aimeireagaidh agus Iapan. Fhuair e barrantas airson Cuimhneachan Ùisdein MhicDiarmaid agus Tools for the Shaman (Taigh- Tasgaidh Hunterian). Tha e air a riochdachadh le Art First, Sràid Chorcaigh, Lunnainn.

Prof. Jake Harvey DA; RSA Jake Harvey is head of the School of Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art. He works from a studio in the Scottish Borders. Sculptures of his are in public and private collections in Europe, America and Japan. Commissions include the ‘Hugh MacDiarmid Memorial’ and ‘Tools for the Shaman’ (Hunterian Museum). The artist is represented by Art First, Cork St, London.

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Alan Davie CBE; HRSA; RWA; DA (Edin); HONS D.LITT (Photo: Iain Roy) Rugadh e ann an 1920 ann an Inbhir Ghrainnse. Fhuair e fhoghlam ann an Colaiste Ealain Dhùn Èideann agus an dèidh sin rinn e Seirbheis Cogaidh anns a’ Ghunnaireachd Rìoghail. Tha taisbeanaidhean air a bhith aige ann an Lunnainn, New York, Brazil, san Òlaind agus ann an Astràilia. Tha e cuideachd na neach-ciùil jazz agus na sheudair. Tha e air a bhith na òraidiche an dà chuid ann an Sgoil Ealain agus Ciùird agus an Colaiste Rìoghail nan Ealan ann an Lunnainn. Tha e a-nis a’ fuireach is ag obair ann an Hertford agus sa Chòrn.

Alan Davie Born in 1920 at Grangemouth, he studied at Edinburgh College of Art. He has exhibited extensively, notably in London, New York, Brazil, Holland and Australia. Davie is an accomplished jazz musician and jewellery maker. He has lectured at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal College of Art, both in London.

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Seòras Wyllie ARSA (Photo: George Oliver) Rugadh Seòras Wyllie an 1921. Companach Stèidheachas Hand Hollow, New York. Tha ùidh aige an obair-ealain aththàrmaichte, coileanadh agus sgrìobhadh, agus thaisbean e am Breatainn, mòr-thìr na Roinn Eòrpa, an Aimeireagaidh agus anns na h-Innseachan. Air leth aithnichte airson The Straw Locomotive, The Paper Boat, A Day Down a Goldmine, Spires agus Vent 2000.

George Wyllie Born in 1921, he has an honorary DLitt from Strathclyde University, and is a fellow of Hand Hollow Foundation, New York. Wylie is interested in regenerative artwork, performance and writing and has exhibited in the UK, mainland Europe, the USA and India. He is best known for The Straw Locomotive, The Paper Boat, A Day Down a Goldmine, Spires and now Vent 2000.

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Bernadette Cotter (Photo: Robert Rasmussen) I mBeál Átha an Ghaorthaidh i gCo. Chorcaí a rugadh Bernadette Cotter i 1958 agus is ann a d’fhill sí chun cónaithe. Oileadh ina múinteoir í agus ansin chuaigh sí le péintéireacht sa Choláiste Náisiúnta Ealaíne is Deartha. Le tacaíocht ó scoláireacht Fulbright ghnóthaigh sí Máistreacht sa Dealbhóireacht ag an San Francisco Art Institute (1989). Ina saothar baineann Cotter leas as ealaín suiteála, léiriú agus, le deireanas, as meán na fístéipe. Tá taispeántais curtha ar siúl aici sna Stáit Aontaithe, i Hawaii, i Korea agus in Éirinn.

Bernadette Cotter Bernadette Cotter was born in Ballingeary in County Cork in 1958. Trained as a teacher, she studied painting at the National College of Art and Design and completed a Masters in sculpture at the San Francisco Art Institute (1989), supported with a Fulbright scholarship. Cotter’s art practice includes installation and performance, and, recently, the medium of video. She has exhibited in the USA, Hawaii, Korea and Ireland.

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Sìm Friseal (Photo: Isabel McLeish) Rugadh e an 1950 agus cheumnaich e à Sgoil Ealain Ghray an Obar Dheathain an 1973. Ag obair na neach-ealain, bha mòran thaisbeanaidhean aige, (Sarajevo, Paris, Lunnainn, Chicago) ann am peantadh agus clò-bhualadh, agus chithear an obair aige ann an gailearaidhean ealain Hull agus Obar Dheathain, am BBC agus Life Assurance. Tha e a-nis a’ dealbhadh leabhraichean dha foillsichearan agus a’ dèanamh dhealbh airson CD ROM agus làraich-lìn.

Simon Fraser Born in 1950, Simon Fraser graduated from Grays, Aberdeen. Working as an artist, he has exhibited widely (Sarajevo, Paris, London, Chicago) in painting and printmaking. Collections of his work are in the art galleries of Hull and Aberdeen, the BBC and Life Assurance. He now produces books for publishers and designs for CD ROM and web.

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Olwen Shone (Photo: Norman MacLeod) An dèidh ceumnachadh à Sgoil Ealain Ghlaschu, ghluais i a dh’Uibhist a Tuath sna h- Eileanan Siar far a bheil i a-nis a’ fuireach agus ag obair na neachealain. Bidh i a’ togail dhealbh le camara, a tha nam freagairt bàrdail dha na cumaidhean agus dha na pàtrain phearsanta a gheibhear anns an tìr seo. ’S e gu bheil an tìr seo cho fiadhaich agus air leth bho àitean eile, am prìomh nì a th’ air cùl nan dealbh.

Olwen Shone After graduating from Glasgow School of Art, she moved to the island of North Uist in the Western Isles. She makes pictures, through the medium of photography, which are a poetic response to the intimate forms and patterns to be found in this rural landscape. The wilderness and isolation within this landscape form the main source of inspiration for the photographs.

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Alasdair Gray (Photo: Alan Wylie) Rugadh e an Glaschu ann an 1934. Cheumnaich e à Sgoil Ealain Ghlaschu agus bha e a’ teagaisg ealain pàirt-ùine gu 1962. Bha e a’ peantadh sheallaidhean ann an taigheancluiche Ghlaschu airson ùine ghoirid, agus tha grunnan thaisbeanaidhean air a bhith aige. Tha e air dealbhan-cluiche a sgrìobhadh airson telebhisean, rèidio agus taighean-cluiche. Chaidh a’ chiad nobhail aige, Lanark, fhoillseachadh ann an 1981. ’S e sòisealach a th’ ann a tha a’ toirt taice do neo-eisimeileachd Alba agus an CND.

Alasdair Gray Alasdair Gray was born in Glasgow in 1934. He graduated in Mural Painting from the City Art School and was a part-time art teacher till 1962. He had several exhibitions, and wrote plays for TV, radio and theatre. His first novel, Lanark, appeared in 1981.

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Deirdre O’Mahony (Photo: Stephen Douglas) I Luimneach is ea rugadh Deirdre O’Mahony agus oileadh i gColáiste Réigiúnda na Gaillimhe agus ag St Martin’s School of Art i Londain í. Bhí taispeántais aonair aici ins an Guinness Hopstore, in Ionad Ealaíne na Gaillimhe, Gailearaí Lukacs ag Ollscoil Fairfield sna Stáit Aontaithe, Gailearaí Context agus Gailearaí Ealaíne Chathair Luimní. Is léachtóir péintéireachta ag Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Ghaillimh-Mhaigh Eo í.

Deirdre O’Mahony Deirdre O’Mahony was born in Limerick and studied at the Regional Technical College in Galway and St Martin’s School of Art in London. She has had solo exhibitions in the Guinness Hopstore, Galway Arts Centre, the Lukacs Gallery at Fairfield University in the USA, Context Gallery and Limerick City Gallery of Art. She is a painting lecturer at the Galway- Mayo Institute of Technology.

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Moira Scott (Photo: William W. Payne) Rugadh i anns Na h- Innseachan a Deas, ann an 1959 agus bha i na h-oileanach an Colaiste Ealain Ghlaschu, 1976- 81. An-diugh tha i ag obair an Obar Bhrothaig, Alba. Taisbeanaidhean ùra thaghte: Psychic Geography, VRC, Ionad Ealain Baile Dhùn Dè Interior Spaces Still Lives, Ionad Ealain Siorrachd MhicIlleathain, Illinois, Aimeireagaidh Ten Years On, Taisbeanadh Sgoilearachd Ealain Salvesen Northern Ground, An Lanntair, Eilean Leòdhais Works After a Trip to Alaska, Acadamh Rìoghail Alba.

Moira Scott Moira Scott was born in South India in 1959 and studied at Glasgow School of Art. Scott currently works in Arbroath, Scotland. Selected recent exhibitions include: ‘Psychic Geography’, VRC, Dundee City Art Centre; ‘Interior Spaces Still Lives’, McLean County Arts Centre, Illinois, USA; ‘Ten Years On’, the Salvesen Art Scholarship Exhibition; ‘Northern Ground’, An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis; ‘Works After a Trip to Alaska’, Royal Scottish Academy.

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Catherine Harper (Photo: Amanda Stonham) Tá taispeántais curtha ar fáil go fairsing ag Catherine Harper in Éirinn, sa Ríocht Aontaithe agus sa tSeapáin, sa Rúis agus sna Stáit Aontaithe inter alia. Chomh maith le céim dochtúra ó Ollscoil Uladh tá Máistreacht agus Sparántacht Thaighde gnothaithe aici ó Goldsmiths College. Scrúdaíonn Harper ceisteanna gnéis, inscne, éadaigh agus léirithe tré úsáid a bhaint as íomhanna, téacs agus léiriú.

Catherine Harper Catherine Harper has exhibited widely in Ireland, the UK and internationally, notably in Japan, Russia and the USA. Educated to PhD level at the University of Ulster, she has an MA and Doctoral research bursary from Goldsmiths College. Harper examines issues about sex and gender, clothing and performance in her visual, textual and performance practice

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Kathleen O’Donnell Is i Londain a rugadh Kathleen O’Donnell i 1968. Oileadh i gColáiste Ealaíne agus Deartha Crawford í. Bhain céim amach sna Míndána (Dealbhóireacht) ó Scoil Ealaíne Luimní agus i 1993 bhronn an University of Central England Máistreacht Ealaíne uirthi. Sa bhliain chéanna ghnóthaigh sí Duais Emma Jesse Phipps. Chuir Kathleen saothar ar taispeáint i 1987 don chéad uair. Taispeántais uaithi ó shin in Éirinn, i Sasana agus san Fhrainc.

Kathleen O’Donnell Kathleen O’Donnell was born in London in 1968. Educated at Crawford College of Art, she graduated from Limerick School of Art in Fine Art (sculpture) and completed an MA from the University of Central England. She received the Emma Jesse Phipps Award in 1993, and has exhibited in Ireland, England and France.

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Diarmuid Delargy (Photo: Catriona McLister) I mBéal Feirste a rugadh Diarmuid Delargy i 1958 agus bhain sé céim amach ins na Míndána in Ollscoil Uladh agus Máistreacht Ealaíne ón Slade School of Art. Le déanaí bhí Delargy ag obair ar sraith priontaí bunaithe ar shaothar Samuel Beckett agus ag obair i gcomhar le Paul Muldoon, file. Ball d’Aosdána é agus bhuaigh sé an Bonn Óir ag taispeántas an European Large Format Print i mBaile Átha Cliath i 1991.

Diarmuid Delargy Diarmuid Delargy was born in Belfast in 1958 and graduated in Fine Art from the University of Ulster and with an MA from the Slade School of Art. Recently, Delargy has worked on a series of prints inspired by Samuel Beckett and also collaborated with poet Paul Muldoon. A member of Aosdána, he won the gold medal at the European Large Format Print Exhibition, Dublin (1991).

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Alice McCartney (Photo: Sinead Devine) I nDoire Choilm Chille a rugadh Alice McCartney agus tá sí anois lonnaithe i mBeál Feirste. Ealaíontóir ilmhúinte í a chruthaíonn ealaín suiteála ag baint úsaid as dealbhóireacht, fuaim agus grianghrafadóireacht. Chaith sí blianta ag plé le healaín shóisialta – rud a d’fhág a rian ar a saothar. Is Oifigeach Oideachais í ag Gailearaí Ormeau Baths.

Alice McCartney Artist Alice McCartney was born in Derry and currently lives and works in Belfast. This multidisciplinary artist creates installations using sculpture, sound and photography. Much of her work is informed by the years she spent working in the area of socially engaged art. She is Education Officer at the Ormeau Baths Gallery.

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Iain Teàrlach Scott (Photo: Frau Pöschl) Is ann à Inbhir Ùige a tha Iain Teàrlach Scott. Tha e air ionnsachadh mu ealain agus peantadh agus air a bhith a’ fuireach sa Ghearmailt. Tha e a’ fuireach an-diugh ann am Bailemòr New York. Tha an obair aige ann an taighean-tasgaidh ann am Breatainn, an Aimeireagaidh, sa Ghearmailt agus ann an Iapan. Chan eil e ach a’ sireadh cruthachas na fhìor chumadh bhunaiteach; tha ùidh aige ann a bhith a’ cur cruth – cumadh, dath, dianachd, mionchunntas agus gaol.

Ian Charles Scott Ian Charles Scott comes from Wick, and studied film and painting. He has lived in Germany, but is now in New York City. His work is in museums in the UK, the USA, Germany and Japan. He seeks creativity in its raw true form; he is concerned with figuration – shape, colour, intensity, detail and love.

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Seán Hillen (Photo: Miriam Duffy) San Iúr i gCo. an Dúin a rugadh Seán Hillen agus tá cónaí anois air i mBaile Átha Cliath. Céimí é den London College of Printing agus Slade School. Baineann sé feidhm as meáin éagsúla agus tá cáil mhór ar a shaothar fóta-eagraithe faoin téama ‘Troubles’ agus ar an tsraith collage dar teideal ‘Irelantis’. Chomh maith leis sin bíonn Hillen ag plé le dearadh stáitse, coimisiúin fístéipe popcheoil, dearadh grafach agus líondearadh.

Sean Hillen Sean Hillen was born in Newry in Co. Down and is a graduate of the London College of Printing and the Slade School. He works in a variety of media and is well known for his photomontage works on the ‘Troubles’ and the collage series ‘Irelantis’. Hillen has also been involved with stage set designs, pop video commissions and web and graphic design.

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Mary Kelly (Photo: Mark Kelly) Ealaíontóir agus deántóir scannán is ea Mary Kelly. Céim Síceolaíochta is Fealsúnachta aici, chomh maith le Teastas sna Míndána agus Céim Scannánaíochta. Ní fada ó thaispeáin sí ‘Eurofutures’ ag an Royal Hibernian Academy, ‘Vacationland’ ag Arthouse agus E.V.A. ’98 – i gcomhar le Abigail O’Brien. Taispeánadh a cuid scannáin ag féilte éagsúla – ina measc Internazionale del Cinema in Chile, Féile Tai Wan agus N.Y.U. Tish

Mary Kelly Artist and film maker Mary Kelly has a Psychology and Philosophy degree, fine art diploma and film degree. Recent exhibitions include ‘Eurofutures’ at Royal Hibernian Academy, ‘Vacationland’ at Arthouse and EVA ’98, where she collaborated with Abigail O’Brien. Her films have been shown at festivals including Internazionale del Cinema in Chile, Tai Wan Festival and NYU Tish School of the Arts in Cantor Film Center

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Anthony Haughey Is i dTuaisceart Éireann a rugadh Anthony Haughey in 1963 agus tá sé ag taispeáint a shaothair agus ag foilsiú ó thimpeall 1990 i leith. Ghnóthaigh sé duais an International Mosaique 2000 dá shraith ‘Disputed Territory’. I mBaile Átha Cliath le gairid thaispeáin sé Monitor agus d’fhoilsigh sé leabhar ealaíontóireachta leis. Chuir sé ‘Oh Europe’ ar taispeáint ag an Nederlands Foto Instituut (Meán Fómhair 2001). I mí Feabhra 2002 cuirfear a shaothar ar taispeáint ag Bildmuseet – maraon le saothair Jeff Wall, Andreas Gursky agus Alan Sekula.

Anthony Haughey Anthony Haughey was born in Northern Ireland in 1963. He has been exhibiting and publishing since the early ’90s. He was the recipient of the International Mosaique Award 2000 for his series, ‘Disputed Territory’, and recently exhibited and published the artist’s book Monitor in Dublin. He is currently exhibiting in ‘Politics of Place’. Haughey is curated by Bildmuseet, Sweden.

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Calum Colvin (Photo: Calum Colvin) Rugadh e an Glaschu an 1961 agus tha e na phroifeasair Dealbh-thogail Grinneis an Oilthigh Dhùn Dè. Gheibhear an obair aige ann am mòran chruinneachaidhean mar Taigh-tasgaidh a’ Mhatropolatain, New York; Taigh-tasgaidh a’ Ghrinneis, Houston; Taigh-tasgaidh Victoria agus Albert, Lunnainn agus anns a’ Ghailearaidh Dhealbh Nàiseanta an Dùn Èideann

Calum Colvin Born in Glasgow in 1961, Calum Colvin is Professor of Fine Art Photography at Dundee University. His work is held in numerous collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Art, Houston; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

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Silvana NicIlleathain (Photo: Craig Mackay) Rugadh i an Tobar na Màthar an 1953 agus bha i na h-oileanach ann an Colaiste Ealain Ghlaschu bho 1971-74. Fhritheil i clasaichean feasgair ann an dealbh-sgrìobhaidh ann an Colaiste Ealain Dhùn Èideann an 1977 agus mhisnich sin i gus am modh obrach sin a chumail a’ dol. Mhair an ùidh sin chun an là andiugh agus bhrosnaich e i gus dòighean ùra neothogsaigeach fheuchainn. ’S iad sin a chleachd i gus ìomhaighean a chruthachadh airson an Leabhair Mhòir.

Silvana McLean Silvana McLean was born in Motherwell in 1953 and studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art. Attending evening classes in etching at Edinburgh College of Art in 1977 kindled an interest in this medium which continues and embraces the developments in non-toxic etching methods which have been used to create the image for An Leabhar Mòr.

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Daibhidh Quinn (Photo: Paula Corcoran) I 1970 sea rugadh David Quinn ealaíontóir, agus is i Sligeach a chaith sé a óige. Ghnóthaigh sé céim sna Míndána ón gColáiste Náisiúnta Ealaíne is Deartha i 1991 agus tá sé lonnaithe anois i gCo. Mhaigh Eo lena bhean agus ceathrar clainne. Tá saothar leis le feiscint i gcnuasaigh éagsúla – iad sin in Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann agus i bParlaimint na hEorpa ina measc.

David Quinn David Quinn was born in 1970. He graduated in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design and he now lives in Mayo with his wife and four children. His work is represented in various collections including the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the European Parliament.

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Anna Macleod (Photo: Sue Williams) Albanach ó thús í Anna Macleod a bhfuil cónaí anois uirthi in Iarthar na hÉireann. Is minic a bhí a saothar ar taispeáint in Éirinn agus thar lear – agus bhí sé le feiscint ag Seastán na hÉireann ag Expo 2000 i Hanover. Ar na coimisiúin is déanaí atá aici tá Lough MacNean Sculpture Trail, Teach Custaim na Gaillimhe, ‘Sculpture’ ag Ceannannas Mór (2002) agus ‘Site-ations/Snug Harbour’ in Oileán Staten i Nua Eabhrac (2002).

Anna Macleod Originally from Scotland, Anna Macleod lives in the West of Ireland. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, and contributed to the Irish Pavilion at EXPO 2000. Recent commissions and projects include Lough MacNean Sculpture Trail, Galway Customs House, ‘Sculpture’ at Kells (2002) and ‘Site-ations/Snug Harbour’ on Staten Island, New York (2002).

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Craig MacAoidh (Photo: Craig Mackay) Thogadh Craig MacAoidh ann am Brùra, Cataibh, a tha a’ coimhead a-mach dhan Chuan a Tuath agus dh’fhàg e an sgoil aig 15. Bha e ag obair ann an gnìomhachas na h-ola. B’ e Albannach eile a chaidh a-mach air a cheann fhèin a bh’ ann agus chaidh e a dh’ionnsachadh dealbh-thogail gu Oilthigh Napier ann an Dùn Èideann aig aois 25. Air ais air Ghaidhealtachd, tha e air mòran obrach ann an nòs an là andiugh a dhèanamh a’ dealbhadh riochdalachd a tha dorch, bruadarach, snasmhor, a’ dùsgadh troimh-chèile agus bagradh os-nàdarrach.

Craig Mackay Brought up in Brora, Sutherland, Craig MacKay left school at fifteen and worked in the oil industry. He later went off to study photography at Napier University, Edinburgh. Back in the Highlands he has produced a very contemporary body of work which typically constructs a dark, brooding but richly ornamented reality evoking noirish ironies and supernatural menace.

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Rita Duffy (Photo: Jim Maginn) Tá Rita Duffy lonnaithe i mBéal Feirste agus an-chuid taispeántais uaithi go hidirnáisiúnta. Bhí mór-thaispeántais aonair aici i nGailearaí Ormeau Baths, Gailearaí Hugh Lane agus i Músaem na n-Ealaíon Chomhaimseartha i Zagreb. Tá saothar uaithi le fáil in an-chuid bailiúcháin phríobháideacha agus bailiúcháin phoiblí in Éirinn, sna Stáit Aontaithe, sa Ghearmáin agus san Ísiltír. Mar chuid d’Fhéile na Banríona i mBéal Feirste i 2001 chruthaigh sí saothar ealaíne poiblí ar Ilstórach Divis.

Rita Duffy Belfast-based artist Rita Duffy has exhibited widely internationally. Major solo exhibitions have taken place at the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Hugh Lane Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb. Her work is represented in many public and private collections in Ireland, the USA, Germany and the Netherlands. As part of the 2001 Queens Belfast festival, she created a public artwork on Divis Tower Block.

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Oona Hyland (Photo: Ian Joyce) Oileadh Oona Hyland sa Slade School of Art agus bhain céim Mháistreachta amach ag Ollscoil na Banríona i mBéal Feirste. Chruthaigh sí leaca aolchloiche eitseálaithe don iarnród faoi thalamh i Lisbon. Faoi láthair tá sí ag déanamh deilbhe lasmuigh a cuirfear in Inis Oírr, in Árainn. Tá sí pósta le Ian Joyce agus tá ceathrar clainne orthu. Cónaíonn siad ar Chnoc Bealtaine, amach ó Ghort a’ Choirce.

Oona Hyland Oona Hyland studied at the Slade School of Art and completed an MA at Queen’s University, Belfast. Her international experience includes creating etched limestone panels for the Lisbon underground. She is currently working on an outdoor sculpture commission for Inis Oírr, one of the Aran Islands.

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Seòras Mac a’ Phearsain, ARSA 1987 (Photo: John MacKinnon, Stornoway) Rugadh e an Inbhir Sìn an, Cataibh an 1935, agus bha e na oileanach an Colaiste Ealain Dhun Èideann. Thug sgoilearachd shiùbhlach dha an cothrom obrachadh san Spàinn – agus rinn e trì cuairtean Albannach le Chòmhlan-cèilidh – mus deach e na neach-teagaisg ann an dealbhachd agus peantadh an an Colaiste Ealain Dhùn Èideann. Tha taisbeanaidhean air a bhith aige mar aon-neach agus ann am buidhnean. Tha e a-nis air a dhreuchd a leigeil dheth agus tha e a’ fuireach agus ag obair na pheantair am Baile nam Feusgan.

George A. Macpherson ARSA He was born in Sutherland, in 1935, and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. A travelling scholarship gave him working time in Spain, before he became a lecturer in drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art. He has shown work regularly in solo and group exhibitions. He now lives and works as a painter in Musselburgh.

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Ealasaid Ogilvie (Photo: Robert Callender) Òraidiche ann an Colaiste Ealain Dhùn Èideann. Tha buaidh mhòr air a bhith aig Eilean Hiort agus a chrìochan (às an tàinig cuideachd a màthar) air a h-obair. Am measg a cuid obrach o chionn ghoirid tha an ‘Liquid Room’, seallaidhean uisge a-staigh, a’ toirt gu chèile ealain, ailtireachd agus saidheans ann an taigh-tasgaidh air abhainn Foirthe. Tha i a’ fuireach an cladach Fhìobha còmhla ris an neach-ealain Raibeart Callander.

Elizabeth Ogilvie Elizabeth Ogilvie is a lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art. One of the most compelling influences on her work has been the Island of St Kilda and its finite location. Recent works include the ‘Liquid Room’, a spectacular water installation; a fusion of art, architecture and science housed in a dockside warehouse on the Forth. She lives on the Fife coast with the artist, Robert Callendar.

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Calum Aonghas MacAoidh (Photo: Leila Angus) Rugadh e an 1964 ann an Eilean Leòdhais. Tha e pòsta le triùir chloinne agus tha iad mar theaghlach a’ fuireach ann an Steòrnabhagh. Thogadh e ann am baile an Acha Mhòir agus cheumnaich e à Sgoil Ealain Ghlaschu an 1990 air dha bhith ag ionnsachadh mu Ghrinneas Dhealbh-thogail. Choisinn e sgoilearachd dhealbh-thogail Richard Hough an 1992, ’s às dèidh sin còmhnaidheachdan ann an Èirinn agus sa Chuimrigh. Tha taisbeanaidhean air a bhith aige air feadh Bhreatainn agus tìr-mòr na Roinn Eòrpa. O chionn ghoirid thill e air ais a Leòdhas agus tha e ag obair mar riochdaire/stiùiriche telebhisean na Gàidhlig.

Calum Angus Mackay He was brought up on Lewis and graduated from Glasgow School of Art having studied Fine Art Photography. He was awarded the Richard Hough Photography Scholarship, then took up residencies in both Ireland and Wales. Mackay has exhibited widely throughout UK and mainland Europe, and recently returned to Lewis working via the media as a Gaelic television producer/director.

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Joyce W. Cairns RSA; RSW; MA (RCA) (Photo: Robin Wilson) 1966-71 Colaiste Ealain Ghray, Obar Dheathain. Teisteas agus Iar Theisteas, 1971-74 Colaiste Rìoghail Ealain, Lunnainn, 1974- 75 Colaiste Ealain agus Dealbhadh, Gloucestershire, Caidreachas Cheltenham, 1975-76 Colaiste Goldsmith, Oilthigh Lunnainn ATC, 1976 Neach-teagaisg an Dealbhadh agus Peantadh, Sgoil Ealain Ghray. Taisbeanaidhean an tòrr àiteachan, a’ cosnadh mòran dhuaisean agus obair ann am mòran chruinneachaidhean poblach agus prìobhaideach am Breatainn ’s thar chuan.

Joyce W. Cairns RSA; RSW; MA (RCA) Joyce Cairns studied at Grays School of Art, and the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College in London. In 1976 she was appointed a lecturer in drawing and painting at Grays. She has exhibited widely, won numerous awards and has work in many public and private collections in the UK and abroad.

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Eileen Ferguson (Photo: Neal Greg) Albanach í Eileen Ferguson atá lonnaithe anois i gCo. Mhuineacháin. Eascraíonn a saothar péintéireachta ó thimpeallacht a sinsir. Ó bhronn Ollscoil Uladh Máistreacht Ealaíne sna Míndána uirthi (1989) tá taispeántais curtha ar fáil aici in Éirinn, in Albain, i Sasana agus sna Stáit Aontaithe. Tá roinnt mhaith coimisiún curtha i grích aici agus bíonn sí gnóthach ag stiúrú ceardlanna agus scéimeanna cónaithe chomh maith le bheith ag feidhmiú mar chomhordaitheoir ealaíne d’oifig ealaíne Cho. Mhuineacháin.

Eileen Ferguson Eileen Ferguson is a Scottish artist living in Co. Monaghan. Since graduating with an MA in Fine Art from the University of Ulster, she has exhibited in Ireland, Scotland, England and America. She has also completed several commissions and is active conducting workshops, residency schemes and working as arts co-ordinator for the Monaghan arts office.

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Cóilín Moireach (Photo: Michael Lieb, Skibbereen) Priontálaí agus péintéir is ea Cóilín Moireach a chuir fé i mBéal an Dá Chab i gCo. Chorcaí. Cuireadh a shaothar ar taispeáint i mBeirlín, i Kraków, sa tSín agus sna Stáit Aontaithe, agus tá sé le fáil i measc an-chuid bailiúchán phoiblí. Le déanaí bhí taispeántais aonair uaidh in Iarsmalann Hunt i Luimneach agus i nGailearaí Hallward i mBaile Átha Cliath. Sheas sé d’Éirinn ag an Taispeáint Débhliantúil Priontaí san Ioruaidh i 1989 agus ag an 9ú British International Print Biennial.

Cóilín Murray Cóilín Murray is a printmaker and painter living in Co. Cork. His work has been exhibited internationally in Berlin, Cracow, China and the USA and is included in many public collections. Recent solo shows have taken place at the Hunt Museum in Limerick and the Hallward Gallery in Dublin. He represented Ireland in the Print Biennial in Norway in 1989 and the 9th British International Print Biennial.

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Caitlín Ní Ghallchóir (Photo: Eibhlin Ni Cholla) Tá cónaí ar Chaitlín Ní Ghallchóir i mBun-a-Leaca, Leitir Ceanainn, Co. Dhún na nGall. Péintéir agus maisitheoir a bhí inti ar dtús agus d’oibrigh sí í ngach aird den tír. Ar fhilleadh abhaile di d’fhreastail sí ar ranganna ealaíne agus rinne sí cúrsa sna míndána in Ollscoil Uladh i mBéal Feirste níos déanaí. Anois ó tá cónaí uirthi i nDún na nGall Thiar Thuaidh arís, deir sí go bhfuil ‘. . . gairbhe na tíre, an t-Aigéan Atlantach agus soineann agus doineann Dhún na nGall . . .’ mar inspioráid aici.

Caitlín Gallagher Caitlín Gallagher lives in Co. Donegal. She started painting as a painter and decorator and worked all around Ireland. Later, she attended art classes and completed a Fine Art Painting course at the University of Ulster at Belfast. Back in north-west Donegal Caitlín says she ‘has the rugged landscape, Atlantic Ocean and Donegal weather’ for inspiration.

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Iòsaph Urie (Photo: Neil Ramsay) Rugadh e an Glaschu an 1947. Na oileanach an Colaiste Ealain Dhonnchaidh Iòrdanstain, Dùn Dè (1977-1981), Sgoiltean na h- Acadamh Rìoghail, Lunnainn (1981-84). Duaisean: Sgoilearachd Shiùbhlach Sheòrais MhicDhonnchaidh, Sgoilearachd Shiùbhlach Fhearchair MhicIlleRuaidh, Duais Vincent Harris, Duais DM Morgan, Duais J Van Bueren Wittman. Iomadh taisbeanadh buidhne agus aon-neach tro Bhreatainn. Cruinneachaidhean taghta: Gailearaidh Ealain Dhùn Dè, BBC (Alba), Ionad Ealain Baile Dhùn Èideann agus Cruinneachadh Companaidh Sir John Sainsbury.

Joseph Urie Born in Glasgow in 1947, he studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and the Royal Academy School, London. Awards received include the British Institute Prize, Farquhar Reid Major travelling scholarship, Vincent Harris Prize, D. M. Morgan Prize and the J. van Bueren Wittman Prize. He has exhibited in numerous group and solo shows. Selected collections are in Dundee Art Gallery, BBC (Scotland), Edinburgh City Arts Centre and Sir John Sainsbury Company Collection.

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Abigail O’Brien (Photo: Mary Kelly) Tá an-chuid duaiseanna bainte amach ag saothar O’Brien. Saothar uaithi le fáil i mbailiúcháin phríobháideacha agus i mbailiúcháin phoiblí – ina measc siúd Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann i mBaile Átha Cliath agus bailiúchán Volpinum i Vín. Tá sí ag obair faoi láthair ar sraith dar téama Na Seacht Sacraimintí. Chuige seo baineann sí úsáid as meáin éagsúla– dealbhóireacht agus grianghrafadóireacht san áireamh - chun teaghlachas, deasghnátha coitianta agus deasghnátha fáis a iniúchadh.

Abigail O’Brien O’Brien has won many awards for her work, which is in both private and public collections, including the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin and the Volpinum collection in Vienna. She is currently producing a series of works with the theme of the Seven Sacraments. In this, she uses a variety of media including sculpture and photography.

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Anndra MacMhoirein (Photo: Cailean MacLean) An dèidh foghlam fhaighinn ann an Colaiste Ealain Ghlaschu, tha e air a bhith a’ fuireach sna h- Eileanan a’ teagaisg agus a’ peantadh o 1973. Tha e an-dràsta os cionn Roinn an Ealain ann an Àrd-sgoil Phort Rìgh agus tha a dhachaigh agus an stiùidio aige ann an Dùn Bheagain, san Eilean Sgitheanach. Tha taisbeanaidhean air a bhith aige ann an Dùn Èideann, Inbhir Nis, am Peairt agus ann am Baile Atha Cliath. Tha a chuid obrach ri a faicinn anns na cruinneachaidhean aig Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Bòrd Slàinte Roinn a’ Mhonaidh, Comhairle Baile Dhùn Èideann agus Oifis na h-Alba, a bharrachd air cruinneachaidhean prìobhaideach san Roinn Eòrpa agus ann an Aimeireagaidh.

Andrew McMorrine After studying at Glasgow School of Art, he has lived in the Hebrides since 1973, teaching and painting. He is currently principal teacher of art at Portree High School and lives on Skye. He has exhibited in Edinburgh, Inverness, Perth and Dublin and has work in the collections of the Western Isles Council, Grampian Health Board, Edinburgh City Council and the Scottish Office as well as in private collections in Europe and the USA.

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Steven Caimbeul Am measg phroiseactan o chionn ghoirid tha taisbeanadh mòr air Bàrd-cùirte Alba, Edwin Morgan anns a’ Ghailearaidh Dhealbh Nàiseanta an Dùn Èideann. O chionn greise tha e air a bhith ag ullachadh proiseact a bhios fhathast a’ nochdadh ann an 2002 – ‘Sùil air Ais’ – agus chithear e sa Ghailearaidh Talbot Rice an Dun Èideann. Bidh m’ obair a’ cumail a’ dol a’ rannsachadh nan cocheangal a th’ eadar luchd-ealain anns an rìoghachd bhig ioma-chruthachail seo.

Steven Campbell Recent projects include a large exhibition on Scotland’s Poet Laureate, Edwin Morgan, at the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. There is a planned show of major new works for 2002 at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. He wants to continue to explore the huge area of collaboration which exists among artists in ‘this small but creatively diverse country’.

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Shane Cullen (Photo: Declan Barnes) Rugadh Shane Cullen, ealaíontóir, i Longphort agus tá sé anois in a chónaí i mBaile Átha Cliath. Cuireadh a shaothar ar taispeáint ag go leor seónna aonair agus seónna oscailte in Éirinn agus thar lear. Taispeánadh a shraith ‘Fragmens sur les Institutions Républicaines IV’ ar fud na hEorpa, agus i San Francisco, Toronto agus Nua Eabhrac.I 1995 sheas sé ar son na hÉireann ag an Seastán Gaelach le linn Biennale na Veinéise. Fostaíodh mar ealaíontóir cónaitheach é i PS1 i Nua Eabhrac, san Fhrainc agus i mBudapest ag amanna éagsúla.

Shane Cullen Shane Cullen is a Longford-born artist now based in Dublin. He has had many solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. His series of work ‘Fragmens sur les Institutions Républicaines IV’ has been exhibited throughout Europe, and in San Francisco, Toronto and New York. In 1995 he represented Ireland at the the Venice Biennale. He has completed artist residencies in PS1 in New York, France and Budapest.

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Ceabhan MacIlleathain (Photo: Martin Dobbin) Rugadh e an 1966 an Obar Bhrothaig. Tha e air a bhith a’ fuireach an Dùn Èideann airson còig bliadhna deug. Bha e ag obair còmhla ri Eideard Scott a’ cleachdadh ìomhaighean na tìre mar mhodh air dealbh a thoirt air saoghal a’ chinne daonna. ’S ann bhon bhunait sin a tha e air obair fhèin a thoirt air adhart, an urra anns a’ bhitheantas ri na seann sgeulachdan Ceilteach. Tha an obair aige tric a’ sealltainn na h-àbhaist ann an cruth neo-àbhaisteach.

Kevin MacLean Born in Arbroath in 1966, he now lives in Edinburgh. MacLean worked collaboratively with Edward Scott using elements from the land to illustrate an anthropomorphic world. He developed his solo work from this starting point drawing mainly on Celtic myth and legend. His work frequently shows the ordinary in an out-of the-ordinary-way.

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Tarmod Seadha (Photo: L. Szpak) Àite-breith: Ulapul 1970, 1971- 79 Corpach; 1979-88, Calanais 1993 – MA (Àrd-ìre Le Urram) Grinneas, Oilthigh agus Colaiste Ealain Dhùn Èideann 1994 – MPhil, Dùn Èideann 1996 – MFA (Peantadh), Dùn Èideann 1998-2002 – PhD, Colaiste Ealain Dhonnchaidh Iòrdanstain, Dùn Dè

Norman Shaw Norman Shaw was born in Ullapool in 1970. He has an MA and MPhil from Edinburgh; and a PhD from Duncan of Jordanstone College in Dundee.

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Iain MacNaught (Photo: John McNaught) Rugadh Iain MacNaught an Glaschu an 1966. Thogadh e am Beinn na Fadhla agus san Eilean Sgitheanach, agus tha e a-nis a’ fuireach an Cromba. Tha e a’ spèisealachadh ann an clòbhualadh cumach agus leabhraichean luchdealain. Tha na taisbeanaidhean aon-neach aige a’ gabhail a-steach na leanas: ‘The Argentina Debacle’, ‘Not Donald MacDonald’ agus ‘Mind Your Head’ – tasglann de dh’Ospadal Chreig an Dùnain an Inbhir Nis

John McNaught John McNaught was born in Glasgow in 1966. He was brought up on Benbecula and Skye, and is now based in Cromarty. Specialising in relief printmaking and artists’ books, his solo shows include: ‘The Argentina Debacle’, ‘Not Donald MacDonald’ and ‘Mind Your Head’ (an archive of Craig Dunain Psychiatric Hospital).

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Stephen Lawson (Photo: Stephen Lawson) Rugadh e an Glaschu an 1942; thogadh e agus fhuair e fhoglam an Inbhir Nis. Dh’ionnsaich e mu dhealbhachadh ann an Colaiste Ealain Dhùn Èideann agus Oilthigh Cholorado, Boulder, Aimeireagaidh. Bho 1984, às dèidh trì bliadhna deug a’ teagaisg dealbhachadh, tha e air obrachadh a’ cleachdadh camarathan làmhdhèante, anns a’ bhitheantas a rèir na tìre, an dà chuid an Alba ’s an Aimeireagaidh. Tha an obair aige a’ nochdadh ann an Cruinneachadh Nàiseanta nan Dealbh, Ionad Ealain Baile Dhùn Èideann, Kelvingrove, Inbhir Nis agus V&A, Lunnainn.

Stephen Lawson Born in Glasgow in 1942, he was raised and schooled in Inverness. He studied sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art and Colorado University. Since 1984, after thirteen years teaching sculpture Lawson has worked using hand-made cameras, mostly via landscape, both in Scotland and the USA. He has had works in the National Photography Collection, Edinburgh City Art Centre, Kelvingrove, Inverness and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

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Hughie O’Donoghue (Photo: Clare O’ Donoghue) I Manchester a rugadh Hughie O’Donoghue i 1953. Déanann a phictiúir ollmhóra iniúchadh ar théamaí staire, cuimhne agus aitheanta agus táid ar fáil i múseim ar fud an domhain. Le déanaí bhí taispeántais aonair uaidh ag Gailearaí Rubicon (2001), sa Royal Hibernian Academy (1999) agus in Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann (1998/1999). B’é an cheád ealaíontóir cónaithe ag St John’s College in Oxford é (2000).

Hughie O’Donoghue Hughie O’Donoghue was born in Manchester in 1953. His monumentally scaled paintings explore themes of history, memory and identity and are represented in museums throughout the world. Recent individual exhibitions have taken place at the Rubicon Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy and Irish Museum of Modern Art. The artist was the inaugural Resident Artist at St John’s College in Oxford (2000).

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Anna Davis (Photo: Richard Carter) Cheumnaich Anna Davis ann an 1987 à Sgoil Ealain agus Dealbhaidh Ghray aig Prìomhìre ann an dealbhachd agus peantadh. Ann an 1990 ghluais i a dh’Uibhist a Tuath far an do rinn i a dachaigh airson deich bliadhna. Tha taisbeanaidhean air a bhith aice air feadh Alba – feadhainn dhen sin mar aon-neach. Tha a dachaigh a-nis an Dùn Èideann.

Anna Davis Anna Davis graduated from Grays School of Art and Design with a first in Drawing and Painting. She moved to North Uist in 1990 where she continued to work as an artist. She has had solo exhibitions at An Lanntair, An Tuirean and Taigh Chearsabhagh Art Centre and various shows throughout Scotland. Davis now lives in Edinburgh.

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Noel Sheridan (Photo: Anthony Hobbs, NCAD) Ealaíontóir é Noel Sheridan a thaispeáin a shaothar in Éirinn agus thar lear ó na caogadaí déanacha ar aghaidh. Bhí taispeántas aige anois beag i nGailearaí an Royal Hibernian Academy i mBaile Átha Cliath – cuid de ag caitheamh súil siar ar a shaothar. Ní fada ó d’fhoilsigh The Four Courts Press On Reflection – leabhar bunaithe ar a shaothar.

Noel Sheridan Noel Sheridan is an artist who has exhibited work in Ireland and overseas since the late 1950s. A recent exhibition has been a partial retrospective show at the Royal Hibernian Academy Gallery in Dublin. The Four Courts Press has recently published a book On Reflection based on his work.

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Mícheál Kane (Photo: Alen MacWeeney) Chaith Michael Kane an chuid is mó dá shaol fásta i mBaile Átha Cliath - áit a rugadh é i 1935 – taobh amuigh de thréimhsí a chaith sé sa Spáinn, san Iodáil agus san Eilbhéis. D’fhreastail sé ar an gColáiste Náisiúnta Ealaíne is Deartha agus rinne sé staidéar ar conas priontaí a chruthú. Thaispeáin sé a shaothar don chéad uair ag Gailearaí Ritchie Hendriks i mBaile Átha Cliath i 1960 agus ó shin i leith is mó taispeántas aonair a chuir sé ar siúl i mBaile Átha Cliath, i Londain agus i Zurich. I 1995 bhí taispeántas aisbhreathnaitheach aige sa Royal Hibernian Academy.

Michael Kane Born in Dublin in 1935, Michael Kane still lives there, with intervals spent in Spain, Italy and Switzerland. He attended the National College of Art and also studied printmaking. He has had many solo shows in Dublin, London, Zurich, including a retrospective at the Royal Hibernian Academy (1995); his first was at the Ritchie Hendriks Gallery in Dublin in 1960.

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Tom Fitzgerald (Photo: Eoin Stephenson) Ó d’éirigh sé as oifig mar Cheann Roinn na Dealbhóireachta i Scoil Ealaíne is Deartha Luimní sa bhliain 2000, chaith sé a chuid ama ag obair ar choimisiúin phoiblí agus ar chinn phríobháideacha. Ghlac sé páirt i roinnt mhaith taispeántas sa bhaile agus i gcéin agus tá saothar uaidh le feiceáil i mbailiúcháin fhiúntacha anseo in Éirinn. Deir an léirmheastóir Aidan Dunne ina thaobh (The Sunday Tribune, 1990): ‘Dealbhóir cumasach ó Luimneach é Mac Gearailt, a chruthaigh stíl fhéitheogach ar leith dó féin’.

Tom Fitzgerald Since retiring as head of the Sculpture department in Limerick School of Art and Design, he has devoted his time to public and private commissions. He has exhibited in many national and international shows and his work has been included in important public collections in Ireland. Critic Aidan Dunne has written: ‘Fitzgerald is a formidable Limerick sculptor who has carved out a distinctive, muscular style for himself.’

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Brian Connolly (Photo: Annette Hennessy) Ealaíontóir ilmheáin é Brian Connolly ó Thuaisceart na hÉireann. Tá baint ag a shaothar go minic le ‘suíomh’ nó le ‘comhthéacs’. Cruthaíonn sé saothar déthoimhseach, ealaín suiteála, léirithe agus dealbhóireacht phoiblí. Tá taispeántais agus léirithe curtha ar fáil aige i bhfad i gcéin agus tá dealbhóireacht phoiblí cruthaithe aige in Éirinn agus san Iodáil. Eagraíonn se imeachtaí ealaíne idirnáisiúnta in Éirinn, i mBeirlín agus sa Pholainn. Fé láthair tá sé ina Chomhléachtóir ag Ollscoil Uladh i mBeál Féirste.

Brian Connolly Brian Connolly is a Northern Irish multi-media artist whose works often relate to ‘place’ or ‘context’. He creates 2D work, installation art, performance and public sculpture. The artist has exhibited and performed internationally and created public sculptures in Ireland and Italy. He is currently an associate lecturer at the University of Ulster at Belfast.

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Mick O’Kelly Cuireann Mick O’Kelly fé i mBaile Átha Cliath agus oibríonn go páirt-aimseartha sa Choláiste Náisiúnta Ealaíne is Deartha. Bhain sé céim amach mar dhealbhóir ón gcoláiste céanna agus bhain Máistreacht sna Míndána amach sa California Institute of the Arts. Chuir sé a shaothar ealaíne ar taispeáint in iarsmalanna agus i ngailearaithe i Frankfurt, Páras, Santa Monica agus i suímh neamhghnácha éagsúla.

Mick O’Kelly Mick O’Kelly lives in Dublin and works parttime at the National College of Art and Design. He graduated in Sculpture from the National College of Art and Design and completed an MFA in the California Institute of the Arts. He has presented his artwork in museums and galleries in Frankfurt, Paris and Santa Monica as well as in non-conventional sites.

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Màiri NicGumaraid (Photo: Rod Huckbody) Rugadh Màiri NicGumaraid sa Mhàrt 1955 an Airidh a’ Bhruaich an Sgìre nan Loch, Eilean Leòdhais, an tè a b’ òige de thriùir chloinne. Tha dà leabhar bàrdachd aice foillsichte le Coiscéim ann am Baile Atha Cliath: Eadar Mi ’s a’ Bhreug, 1988 agus Ruithmean ’s Neo- Rannan, 1997. Tha i a’ fuireach ann am Baile Ailein ann an Leòdhas agus tha dithis chloinne aice.

Mary Montgomery Mary Montgomery was born in March 1955 in Arivruaich, Lewis, the youngest of three children. She has had two books of poetry published by Coiscéim in Dublin: Eadar Mi ’s a’ Bhreug, 1988 and Ruithmean ’s Neo-Rannan, 1997. She lives in Balallan in Lewis and has two children.

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Joanne Breen (1960-2002) (Photo: Frances Breen) Is i Loch Garman a rugadh an t-ealaíontóir taipéise Joanne Breen - iaroide sa Choláiste Náisiúnta Ealaíne is Deartha. Léiríonn a cuid saothair tionchar an duine agus an radhairc tíre ar a chéile ina h-áit dúchais, agus ins na hOileáin Siar in Albain. Ó 1990 i leith bíonn sí féin agus a deirfiúr, Frances Breen peannaire, ag obair as lámha a chéile ag léiriú fhilíocht agus amhrán na Gàidhlige agus na Gaeilge.

Joanne Breen Born in Wexford, tapestry artist Joanne Breen studied and lectured at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. Her work explores the traces and tracks left by man’s interaction with the landscape. Since 1990 she and her sister, calligrapher Frances Breen, have collaborated on a series of works interpreting Scottish and Irish Gaelic poetry and song.

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Shane Cullen (Photo: Declan Barnes) Rugadh Shane Cullen, ealaíontóir, i Longphort agus tá sé anois in a chónaí i mBaile Átha Cliath. Cuireadh a shaothar ar taispeáint ag go leor seónna aonair agus seónna oscailte in Éirinn agus thar lear. Taispeánadh a shraith ‘Fragmens sur les Institutions Républicaines IV’ ar fud na hEorpa, agus i San Francisco, Toronto agus Nua Eabhrac.I 1995 sheas sé ar son na hÉireann ag an Seastán Gaelach le linn Biennale na Veinéise. Fostaíodh mar ealaíontóir cónaitheach é i PS1 i Nua Eabhrac, san Fhrainc agus i mBudapest ag amanna éagsúla.

Shane Cullen Shane Cullen is a Longford-born artist now based in Dublin. He has had many solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. His series of work ‘Fragmens sur les Institutions Républicaines IV’ has been exhibited throughout Europe, and in San Francisco, Toronto and New York. In 1995 he represented Ireland at the the Venice Biennale. He has completed artist residencies in PS1 in New York, France and Budapest.