Nature, landscape and geology are Monica’s primary sources of inspiration, informed by her interests in local and international travel and hill walking. With a background in multidisciplinary art, her practice presently focuses primarily on ceramics while drawing on experience across a range of media. She explores the relationship between material, time and process, using her distinctive ceramic ‘fabric’ to mirror, reimagine and accelerate the unfathomable timescales and transformative processes of geological formation.
Arts in Education
I am an artist that works in many mediums, including porcelain, paper and natural materials and have experience in photography, curating and stage design. I have exhibited at various locations on the island of Ireland and internationally, for instance at the Rayburn House Art Gallery in New Zealand (solo show).
I am a visual artist based in rural Tipperary.
My work communicates a journey of colour, texture and energy. Each piece tells a story and bringsthe viewer on a journey of discovery. I have exhibited in many curated competitions, and my workis published in UK and American magazines. Inspired by the natural world, I endeavor to use sustainable materials. I use many mediums, paint, clay, textiles, sewing, felt, and 3D model making.
I am an experienced facilitator of art and craft groups for Tipperary ETB.
Lucy Moore is a textile artist mainly, but likes working in other media too (drawing, printing, painting, ink making, ceramics, gardening).
Edwina is a visual artist based in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. She graduated LSAD in 1992 with a degree in sculpture and a H. Dip in Teaching. Her earlier work was mainly abstract, using ink and wax to create vibrant, colourful and bold pieces.
She now works mainly with oil paint on canvas translating her daily lake swims from photographs onto semi abstract paintings.
She has more recently been experimenting with textiles bringing the craft of crochet into the world of art.
Ciara Malone is a multi-disciplinary artist for over 25 years and has had numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally. Ciara grew up in Cahir Co. Tipperary. Living over a pub growing up , her life seemed like a movie set, full of characters and stories which has formed her to be a passionate visual storyteller, using her camera to bring focus to individuals and spaces, observing and teasing out meaning like she once did as a child.
My practice draws on the exploration of the human body and for purposes of economy and practicality I utilise my own body in the production of my work. The overarching themes of bodily autonomy, materiality, body politics and identity reoccur in various forms and physical expression. My interest in biomorphic structures stem from childhood experiences exploring my rural surroundings which shaped and developed my understanding and respect of a natural landscape analogous to the human body.
Gerardine Wisdom is an artist who works in rushwork basketry, also in ceramics and mosaic murals. Uniquely in Ireland, she has taken this ancient craft of rushwork and turned it into a new Irish Art Form in sculpture. The mosaic murals are created using handmade ceramic pieces and broken ceramic tiles.
Gerardine has passion for rushes and is inspired by the natural beauty she sees around her in the Irish landscape where she lives, especially in its lake and shores of the Shannon.
Gerardine has over 20 years experience working with schools, community groups and festivals.
Born close to the Fairy Tale Road in Germany which connects the locations of many tales the Brothers Grimm collected, Simone grew up surrounded by stories. When she moved to Ireland, she founded the storytelling theatre StoryGate (https://scanner.topsec.com/?d=1464&r=show&u=www.storygate.net&t=3b22a6174feb8c8b5e0d30f01921b5b3dd438e8e) together with Irish teller and puppeteer Michael Phelan.
Suzanne hails from Carrickfergus. Having studied at UUJ, DIT, TCD and UUC she relocated to Warsaw, Poland in 2006 due to her husband’s work commitments. There she was a Music Specialist at the British School. Suzanne also implemented the inaugural ABRSM examination session in Warsaw along with regular gigs for embassies.