On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Colm Mac Athlaoich in 2020.

Colm Mac Athlaoich's paintings deal with ideas of materiality, process and perception. His works sit between figuration and abstraction, exploring the space between. He draws from his varied background in music as well as years of working for the Press media to question our relationship with the mass produced image. Sourcing material from online social platforms as well as self documentation form a starting point to explore ideas of contemporary pathos and idyll.

Colm Mac Athlaoich (b. 1980, Dublin, Ireland), studied at The National College of Art and Design, Dublin and Sint Luca, Brussels where he is now based. He has studied and worked with master printmakers of both The Graphic and The Black Church Print Studios. He was co-founder and co-director of Monster Truck Gallery and studios, Dublin. His earlier career as printmaker, illustrator and musician informs his painting practice. He exhibits extensively and has works in a number of Collections.

Recent exhibitions include The Art of Sport, Butler Gallery, IRE.

Sweat, Grove Gallery Berlin, GER. Percept, Luan Gallery, IRE.

Percept / Ethos, Galaria Webber, Turin, ITA. Percept / Pathos, Grove Collective, London, UK. Body Language and Truth, Atelier Coliseum, Brussels, BE. Elsewhere to be found, Farmleigh Estate, Dublin, IRE. Una Terrible Belleza, Rizoma Galeria, Madrid.

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