| Fermanagh
Artist Helen McNulty showcases a new series of paintings in her
first solo show in Ireland at the Crow Gallery in October.
Painting from an early age under the tutelage of her Uncle Edward
McNulty,a traditional Artist from Fermanagh, Helen moved to Leicester's
DeMontfort University to study Performance Art and Arts Management.
While there, she combined her Painting and Sculpture practice in
Live Performance and Installations. She was a founding member of
the collective ... seen ... , with choreographer Mia Malone and
set up a thriving Live Art/Performance Art
festival of the same name in 2001 [running to 2006] which showcased
her own work in tandem with artists from U.K., Ireland and Europe
including Kid Carpet, Trash Fashion and Michael Pinchbeck.
Cloudburst began about 2 years ago when Helen moved to Dublin. A
stranger in a new city, she was drawn to travelling the city in
buses to familiarise herself with this new place. Her view of Dublin
from the outset was a place soaked in rain, puddles, umbrellas,
reflections and refracted light through the tiny droplets of rain
on the panoramic top deck windows of
Dublin buses. For the most part she uses the medium of oil and wax,
as like the rain drenched days of that summer, oils are not quick
to dry, they are malleable and allow for change. They also take
the light and absorb it, much like the rain.
Helen has exhibited her work in her native Fermanagh from the age
of 17 and has had a series of Art Installation/Performance exhibitions
throughout England as well as Two solo shows in Leicester and Nottingham.
She has also taken part in Group exhibitions at the United Arts
Club, Dublin and curated a show at her Glasnevin home. She has participated
in the Flat Lake festival since its inception and recently sold
paintings to Film Director Kevin Allen. When not in her studio painting,
she works for Improvised Music Company as well as various cultural
projects in the city. She is currently writing and devising a performance
piece with the working title FOUR WOMEN.
Curated by Tony
Strickland
TEL:
087
624 1792
EMAIL:marginman@vodafone.ie
WEB:www.helenmcnulty.com
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