22nd - 25th May & 29th - 31st May

‘…in search of self-forgotten histories…’ | Tracy Sweeney

"...in Search of Self-Forgotten Histories... is an exhibition of photographs capturing people that are important to me in spaces we frequented throughout our lives. Each depicts the person’s identity obscurely, by allowing them to be overshadowed by the personal importance & weight of the place they wander in. Whilst the imagery has a nostalgic tone, their modernity in appearance allow the picture to appreciated by all.

I want the viewer of these photographs to be aware, that if an urban or rural landscape is of importance to them, they too become a part of the construction or destruction of that same place. Our identity is shaped by the space in which we wander, but as individuals we shape our own histories." Tracy Sweeney.

Tracy Sweeney graduated with a first class honours degree in Printmaking from the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology in 2005. Her recent solo shows include ‘AP/Art’ in the Galway Arts Centre, February 2006 & ‘Thus Spoke the Silent Spaces’ in the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar, October 2006. Sweeney’s main studio practice combines images of spaces & surfaces throughout the world, captured photographically & over-printed using traditional printmaking techniques. Her work captures the dynamic tension between modern & traditional methods of composing an image.

Dates of exhibition: 22nd - 25th May & 29th - 31st May. Other times by appointment, tel: 087 1275180.

Link: www.tracysweeney.com