I graduated with a BA (Honours) in Drama and Theatre Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London and a Higher Diploma in Film and TV Production from WIT/Nemeton.
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I am a multi-media artist making sculptures, basketry and arts projects for a variety of settings. I work to commission and with community groups, creating site-specific projects and artworks. My Public Art Sculptures are well-known.
I have extensive experience in teaching craft skills and working creatively with people of all ages. I have an open studio and gallery in a quiet rural location where I teach classes and run cultural events.
I have worked as an artist since obtaining an honours degree in art and design, at the London Guildhall University in 1996.
I strive to make art understandable and accessible to everyone. I often bring “community” along in the creative journey for some of the artworks, thus reinforcing their understanding and ownership.
In my work I like to combine different materials, utilising their unique inherent qualities and also honouring the craft skill for each.
Brigid Teehan’s art practice involves working with people, places and situations where she is operating at various levels of creative direction, organisational structure; curation and production.
Her strategy has been to test how an artist might exist in spheres of life outside the art world such as businesses, workplaces, schools, mental health settings, communities of interest, and empty buildings. At the same time attempting to bring that work back to the contemporary art context.
Aideen Barry is a visual artist whose work has been widely exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and commissions in Ireland and internationally.
Significant projects include: residencies and exhibitions at; IMMA, The Irish Museum of Modern Art; Ireland, CAC Malaga; Spain, The Headlands Center for the Arts; US, Centre for the Less Good Idea; South Africa, Art OMI; US, The Whitaker Museum; UK, NASA Kennedy Space Center; US, Skaftfell; Iceland, Banff Centre; Canada, Centre Cultural Irlandais; France.
Versatile creator with a background in performance art, installation and arts education, this artist's practice now focuses mainly on studio and plein air painting as well as working with textiles and sculptural media.
She also works extensively in the community, with drama groups to create theatre sets, props and costumes, women's sewing and crafting groups and local arts education programs for adults and children.