Closing Season 2 on this very special episode, Caren Sullivan talks to renowned international artist, painter, sculptor, once member of post-punk legendary band Virgin Prunes, Guggi, in 2020.

Born and working in Dublin, Guggi is an artist working with drawing, painting and sculpture, Guggi digs deep into a personal yet universal subject matter: the quotidian beauty of household objects.

He committedly revisits his signature motifs of bowls, jugs and vessels, using repetition and abstraction to conjure an almost meditative state. In his paintings and works on paper, their forms appear tentative: broken outlines against resonant washes of abstract colour. And yet when Guggi continues his investigations as sculpture, these humble instruments are bestowed with a renewed majesty and power: polished bronze or fibreglass forms that seem to harness and heighten energy, with the simplicity and timelessness of prehistoric artefacts. Connecting both approaches is a sense of openness and fluidity, an attentiveness to prosaic details.

CURRENT & FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2024 Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (Solo, 19 January - 24 February)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Memory to Form, Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France; curated by Dr. Jon Wood

2022 A Retrospective, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

2021 Time, Galerie 75 Fauborg, Paris,France

2019 Broken, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

Broken, Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan My Cup Overflows, Arcane Space, Venice,CA

2018 Château La Coste, Le Puy-Saint-Réparade, Provence

2017 Black and White in Colour, Yoshii Gallery, Paris

2016 This is not a hotel, Yoshii Gallery, New York

2013 Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

2012 Accademia Fine Art, Monaco

Be Palermitano Gallery, Buenos Aires 2011 Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany

2010 Yoshii Gallery, New York

2009 Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

2005 Solomon Galley, Dublin

2004 Osborne Samuel Gallery, London 2002 Solomon Gallery, Dublin

Permanent Installation, Beacon Court,Dublin

2001 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Solomon Gallery, Dublin

1997 Permanent Installation, Clarence Hotel, Dublin

1993 Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

1991 Two-person exhibition with Sibylle Ungers, Ric Urmel Gallery, Gent, Belgium 1990 Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

Two-person exhibition with Sibylle Ungers, Gallerie Schurr, Stuttgart

1989 Two-person exhibition with Sibylle Ungers, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France Akureyi Municipal Art Gallery, Iceland The Clarence Hotel, Dublin Kelly's Resort Hotel, Wexford

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On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to Dr.Georgina Jackson in 2020.

Dr.Georgina Jackson is the Director of The Douglas Hyde. She is responsible for the vision of the organisation and works closely with the team and board to realise this. Georgina's first encounter with the gallery was working on the front desk while studying History of Art at Trinity College, an experience that was foundational in her relationship with contemporary art. She went on to be the Exhibitions Curator at the Hugh Lane, a Project Curator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the inaugural Curator-in-Residence at the Mattress Factory Art Museum in Pittsburgh.

Prior to The Douglas Hyde, she was the Director of Exhibitions & Programmes at Mercer Union, a Centre for Contemporary Art, in Toronto from 2013 until 2017. She completed her Phd, titled 'The Exhibition and the Political, through the Graduate School of Creative Arts & Media in 2012 and has taught at the National College of Art & Design, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto. She was on the Steering Committee for the National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) from 2018 to 2023.

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On this episode, Caren Sullivan Talks to artist, curator, Paul McGrane in 2020.

Paul McGrane (b. 1991, Dublin) is an artist & curator working in Dublin, Ireland. He graduated from Technological University Dublin in 2015 with a BA in Fine Art.

His practice focuses predominantly on painting and sculpture. His interests lie in public spaces such as places of worship, stadiums and sensory rooms. Nostalgia guides the creation of his work, drawing from personal memories rooted in family and place. McGrane's paintings are expressed using various facets of abstraction - colour, shape, light, motif. He uses a process of layering thin washes of pigment repeatedly over each other. The paint is then brushed in long vertical or horizontal strokes. This process can often lead to areas of the surface being overworked, in return the pigment then merges together and counter intuitively erases.

Recent awards include Hang Tough Solo Exhibition Award, Dublin, and Rua Red Winter Open Award (2019), Dublin. Recent exhibitions include Páipéar (2022) at Hang Tough Gallery, Dublin, (2021) at Rua Red, Dublin, and Winter Open Exhibition (2019) at Rua Red, Dublin.

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On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Anita Groener in 2020.

Anita Groener was born and raised in the Netherlands and moved to Dublin, Ireland, where she is based. Questions of migration, memory, place, time and what it means to be human today have catalysed the artist's practice since she left her native country. She works through drawing, sculpture, painting, video, animation and installation.

Her work constitutes a profound meditation on war, loss, displacement, exile, resilience, renewal, and hope through installations that painstakingly transform discarded materials such as twigs, twine, and cardboard into delicate sculptural metaphors for the interconnectedness of individual experiences, histories and world events.

Her work evokes experiences of displacement and the fragility of existence, as well as probing both the psychological effects of human tragedy and the

resilience that may result. "It is a questioning of perception and a longing to get closer to understanding human conscience."

Her work has been exhibited recently at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Jane Lombard Gallery, New York;

Columbus Circle, Shanghai;

Riverside Museum, Beijing; Art on Paper, New York; Volta Basel with Gibbons & Nicholas;

Stedelijk Museum Schiedam;

21c Museum Hotel Bentonville, Arkansas + 21c Cincinnati;

Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris;

Witteveen Visual Art Centre, Amsterdam; Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; the Kilkenny Arts Festival; Poggiali & Forconi

Gallery, Florence; Park013, Tilburg, and Rubicon Gallery Dublin. Collections

include The Irish Museum of Modern Art; The Arts Council of Ireland; the State Art Collection, Ireland; 21c

Museum Hotels; Sun Communities Inc, USA; VU

University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Irish National Collection of Contemporary Drawing; AIB; and ABN-AMRO Bank and Facebook EMEA Headquarters. In 2010 she was awarded a residency at

the Josef & Anni Albers

Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA;

Collection of Contemporary Drawing; AIB; and ABN-AMRO Bank and Facebook EMEA Headquarters. In 2010 she was awarded a residency at the Josef & Anni Albers

Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA; in 2014, she was an artist at Point B, Williamsburg, NYC, USA. Commissions have

included The Poetry.

Project; Home, a film/poem for Bealtaine Festival; Facebook

HMEA Headquarters.

In 2005 she was elected a member of Aosdána, the

prestigious official association of Ireland's preeminent cultural producers. Until 2014 she was a lecturer in Fine Art at TU Dublin, where she also served as the Head of Fine Art from 2004 to 2006. In addition, she served as a member of the Public Art Committee of the Grangegorman

Development Agency (2014-2021) and of the Arts Council of Ireland Collection

Acquisition Committee(2019-2020). She holds a BA in Fine Art from Moller Institute, Tilburg, and an MA in Painting from de Hogeschool, Amhem, the Netherlands.

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On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Harry Walsh Foreman in 2020.

Harry Walsh Foreman Contemporary urban street life is full of distinctive characters and personalities. In his work he imagines the hidden everyday narratives of these individuals. These ideas formed the framework of his comic series 'First World Problems. In consumer terms, Western society has never had so much or needed so little. 'First World Problems' is a comic apologia for those who moan over trivial matters.

A key aspect of his work is the attempt to create a more interactive fusion between the viewer and the art. While he fully defers to the importance of the ‘white cube, he’s more concerned with creating a strong feeling of character and place, allowing his diverse work to be viewed as a conceptual whole.

Wash Foreman’s work is rooted in the ideas of social realism which allows him aframework for exploring contemporary life in Dublin. 'First World Problems' can be viewed as an artful analogy. The

series consists of both ink drawings and paintings which incorporate image and text. The paintings vary stylistically, highlighting the dissatisfaction felt by many in society through a judicious mix of paint application and technique. The text features philosophical and whimsical messages based around life in contemporary Dublin with a focus on the more mundane problems people encounter. These are both overheard snippets of conversations as well as original material by the artist.

Group Exhibitions

2019: Future Episode 3 Season 3, RHA

2019: Cairde Visual 2019, The Model Gallery, Sligo.

2019: In Orbit 2019. Catalyst Gallery, Belfast annual members showcase.

2018: Rua Red Winter Exhibition 2018.

2018: Between Things: Student & recent graduate show: Catalyst Arts, Belfast.

2018: MFA Graduate exhibition. June. MFA Annex, James' Street.

2017: Halt Baked: MFA Christmas Show, Eblana House.

2017: Detached: interim MFA show, April, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan.

2016: BA Graduate Group Show, June, NCAD. 2015: Samson and Delilah. Paint Project Space, NCAD. This was a show of experimental film work and current work made in coniunction with fellow painting student Susanne Wawra. 2015 - 2017: Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios. I regularly self-publish zines and submitted annually. 2015: Central. September Group exhibition held in Mart Galleries, Rathmines. This was an exhibition which / co-curated. 2015: Romantic Land and Art Life. May. Third Year Group exhibition which was held in Steambox Galleries. 2014: Art Squad, 20 June.

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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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On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to curator Sheena Barrett in 2020.

Sheena Barrett joined Dublin City Council in 2006 as Assistant Arts Officer and Curator to lead the development of the LAB Gallery as a critical platform for emerging arts practice in Ireland.

Having previously held roles at Breaking Ground Public Art Commissioning Programme, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, the National Gallery of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland, she has extensive curatorial experience, supporting artists and audiences through ambitious public programmes and commissioning. Barrett is part of the curatorial team for Living Canvas, Europe's largest digital screen for cultural use developed by IPUT in partnership with Dublin City Council.

She a founding member of MONTO Arts and Dublin Placemaking Network and part of the programme team for MA Art Research Collaboration at lADT, Dun Laoghaire. Sheena has recently joined IMMA as Head of Research & Learning.

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On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Cecilia Danell in 2020.

Cecilia Danell (b.1985) is a Swedish artist based in Galway, Ireland.

Her practice is process based, where accumulated research into landscape and the psychology of place is coupled with a strong interest in materiality and making. For over ten years, Danell has returned to her family farm in Sweden to walk and gather research material for paintings.

The experience of being in the landscape, along with the physical process of painting in the studio, results in works that detach themselves from the photographic source material. She walks and traces an environment that she knows intimately, happening upon decaying remnants of human activity, further upending the romantic notion of nature as untended wilderness.

Recent and ongoing research interests include the psychogeography movement and the psychological impact place has on a person, speculative fiction and Science Fiction novels. What strikes her about these novels is humanity's ability to persevere and adapt in adverse circumstances. The human urge to find solace in a primeval landscape grows increasingly stronger amidst the uncertainty of our current condition. Yet wilderness is for the most part a construct and the places she depicts are managed forest landscapes. Her sculptural objects, which often accompany the paintings in the space, use the language of theatre props to construct objects with the surreal quality of being made in the likeness of something, yet falling short of true semblance.

Cecilia Danell is the 2022 recipient of the RHA Hennessy Craig Award for painting, the ESB Keating Award at the 190th RHA Annual Exhibition, a 2017 Arts Council Next Generation Award and the 2011 Wexford Arts Centre Emergence Award and has received several bursary and project awards from the Arts Council. Recent exhibitions include: 'Kevin Kavanagh Presents: Cecilia Danell' (solo) Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise (2024), 'Following Threads' Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (2023) 'A Stillness Expanded' (solo) Claremorris Gallery (2023), Brush Lightly Through Fireweed Forests' (solo) Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2022), 'GENERATION2022: New Irish Painting' Butler Gallery, Kilkenny (2022), 'Parklife' The Glucksman, Cork (2022), 'Tactile Terrain' (solo), Luan Gallery, Athlone (2022), The Hennessy Craig Award Exhibition, RHA, Dublin (2022), 'I Trust The Quiet' (solo), Burren College of Art Gallery, Co Clare (2021), 'Mise en scène', Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2021), I set a Bait for the Unknown' (solo), Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2020), In a Landscape (solo) Ashford Gallery, RHA, Dublin (2019), Winter Wanderer' (solo), Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2019) and 'Futures - Series 3 Episode 2', RHA, Dublin (2018) with a forthcoming solo show at Solstice Arts Centre, Navan in 2025 curated by Brenda McParland.

Cecilia Danell is represented by Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin. A book on Danell's work with an essay by Cristín Leach was published by the gallery in 2021.

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