PRESENCE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION

NOVEMBER 27TH – DECEMBER 19TH 2008 Presence

Opening Reception Thursday 27th November / 7.00

Emma BERKERY David LILBURN The exhibition will be opened by Liam Irwin, Irish Georgian Society, Jack DONOVAN Brian MACMAHON Limerick Chapter. Wine reception and canapés. Martin FINNIN Tom MOLLOY Nesta FITZGERALD Jennifer O’CONNOR LCGA Events: Tom FITZGERALD Enda O’DONOGHUE Concert ‘An Evening of Song and Verse’ David FORTUNE Suzannah O’REILLY Saturday 29th November / 8.00

Charles HARPER Anne RYAN Seoda Chamber Choir present an evening of song and verse. Kate HENNESSY Robert RYAN Cheese and wine reception. Tickets €15/Concessions €10 Michele HORRIGAN Tom SHORTT Alan KEANE Lorraine WALL In Conversation: 'Living in Georgian Limerick' Tuesday 2nd December / 8.00 Andrew KEARNEY Merritt Bucholz, Professor of Architecture, University of Limerick, in conversation with Dick Tobin,Senior Planner, Limerick City Council. Limerick City Gallery of Art welcomes you Other artists with growing or established Seasonal refreshments of Lebkuchen and Mulled Wine. to the second edition of Presence, featuring international careers include Tom Molloy, Admission free twenty one artists associated with Limerick. Enda O’Donoghue and Michele Horrigan. This annual series of Christmas exhibitions Adult Master Class with John Shinnors celebrates the wonderful range of talent and Successful Limerick based artists include Wednesday 10th December / 8.00 diversity in contemporary Irish art. Robert Ryan, Dave Lilburn, Kate Hennessy, Lorraine Wall and Brian MacMahon.We Painting demonstration with John Shinnors. Limerick City offers many opportunities to welcome the young Cork based artist Seasonal refreshments of Lebkuchen and Mulled Wine. artists; to study, live, work and exhibit. Early Martin Finnin, whose work is much sought Admission free in the selection process last year it became after in the Dublin auction houses. obvious that to represent the city a series of exhibitions was necessary. In this year’s The broad range of the exhibition may be Opportunities for Art Residencies and exhibitions between Presence there is an amazing array of illustrated by reference to three artists:Tom Argentina and Ireland differing styles and approaches to Painting, Shortt, well-known Limerick teacher has Monday 15th December / 1.00 Drawing and Photography.As well as artists included several photographs documenting based here in Limerick there are artists living Limerick contemporary youth culture, Nesta Join Argentinean artist, organiser of art residencies and exchange projects, and working in Dublin, Belfast, and Fitzgerald displays a series of quirky Melina Berkenwald, for a talk about RIAA (Residencia Internacional de Artistas en Berlin.The range of the artists’ experiences illustrations of the City and emerging painter Argentina, an independent residency programme taking place in Argentina annually and activities are extraordinary. Emma Berkery presents abstract since 2006) together with other related projects and art works. explorations of colour and form. The influential educational ethos of Limerick School of Art and Design is apparent in this Presence is displayed in conjunction with To discuss your work with Melina Berkenwald please email the gallery for an exhibition. It is wonderful to include several Seeing Georgian Limerick, a record of four appointment on [email protected] of our senior artists Tom Fitzgerald, Charles photographers’ responses to our Georgian Harper and Jack Donovan, all of whom have Heritage.Together these exhibitions give a Booking is recommended for all talks and events had a significant role in their careers at the sample of contemporary Irish and Limerick Limerick School of Art and who have made art practice. important contributions to Irish Art. The exhibition also features the work of Limerick City Gallery of Art would like to Opening Hours: Lecturers Alan Keane, Suzannah O’Reilly and thank all of the artists for participating in this recent graduates Jennifer O’Connor and showcase exhibition. Mon-Fri 10-6 Dave Fortune. Limerick City Gallery of Art Thursday 10-7 Mike Fitzpatrick Pery Square, Limerick, Ireland International opportunities available to Irish Sat 10-5 Tel +353 (0)61 310633 artists have markedly increased. Both Director/Curator Sun 2-5 Andrew Kearney and Anne Ryan have Admission Free Email [email protected] carved significant careers in the London art Web www.limerickcitygallery.ie world. Emma BERKERY David FORTUNE Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Belfast. Graduated from Born in Dublin. Lives and works in London. Graduated from University of Ulster and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. Limerick School of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions Recent solo exhibitions include Altering Fluid Perceptions include New Work (2008),The Outside World Gallery, London (2008),Thinkk Creative Gallery, Limerick and The Courthouse and Three Cows and a Yellow Girl (2007),Thinkk Creative Gallery, Ennistymon.. Gallery, Limerick.

Portrait of a Daring Adventure Healy Pass I Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 91.5cm, 2008 Mixed media on , 74 x 147cm, 2008

Jack DONOVAN Charles HARPER Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Head of Limerick Born in Kerry. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduate from School of Art and Design (1962-78). Recent solo exhibitions the National College of Art and Design and Limerick School include Retrospective of Paintings 1959-2004 (2004), Limerick of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Gormleys City Gallery of Art and A Selection from the Retrospective Fine Art (2007), Dublin, Belfast and Omagh and United Arts (2005), West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Draíocht Arts Club (2006), Dublin. Centre, Blanchardstown.

Zuleika Puppets at Play Acrylic on linen, 100 x 100cm, 2008 Oil on Canvas, 97 x 85cm, 2008

Martin FINNIN Kate HENNESSY Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Cork. Graduated from the Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated National College of Art and Design, Dublin and Limerick from Limerick School of Art and Design. Recent solo School of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include exhibitions include The Source Art Centre (2008),Thurles Turn the Lemon Page (2008), Cill Rialaig, Kerry and Hairy Hearts and Koblenz (2007), Germany. of Heroes (2007), Origin Gallery, Dublin.

Flowers on Blue No. 2 Free as a Rebel Angel Acrylic on Canvas, 101 x 76 cm, 2005 Oil on Canvas, 124 x 174cm, 2007

Nesta FITZGERALD Michele HORRIGAN Born in Limerick. Lives and works in London and Dublin. Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Dublin, Germany and Graduated from Kingston University and Camberwell College Limerick. Studied at Stadelschule, Frankfurt and the University of Art. Recent exhibitions include St John’s Art Centre, of Ulster. Recent exhibitions include The Colour of Surprise Listowel, Hiscox Art Projects,The Muse Gallery and the (2007), Limerick City Gallery of Art and RIAA (2007), Buenos London Festival of Architecture 2008. Aires. She is curatorial director of Askeaton Contemporary Arts. Southill Litho prints on watercolour paper, 42 x 30cm, 2008 Abandoned Black and white photograph, framed, 86 x 107cm, 2008

Tom FITZGERALD Alan KEANE Born in Limerick. Lives and works in County Limerick. Recent Born in Tipperary. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated solo exhibitions include A History of Silence (2006), Ashford from the University of Ulster and the Crawford College of Art, Gallery, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin and The Ministry of Cork. Recent exhibitions include Cead in China (2007), Dust (2004), Limerick City Gallery of Art. Exhibition of Irish Contemporary Art in China and The Fold (2007),The Lab, Dublin. Body Enhancement technology helps Cathleen Ni Houlihan to achieve lifelong ambition Rains Passed Carved Slate Disk, 30 x 27cm, 2005 Oil on paper, 29 x 36cm, 2007 Andrew KEARNEY Suzannah O’REILLY Born in Limerick. Lives and works in the UK. Graduate of Chelsea Born in Mexico. Lives and works in Tipperary. Graduated College of Art and Design and Limerick School of Art and from the Crawford College of Art, Cork and Limerick School Design. He has just completed a three year research programme of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Take2 funded by the AHRC at Middlesex College of Art. He is currently (2004), Limerick Printmakers and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. working on a public art project on the exterior of the fly tower of the Wexford Opera House entitled Liquid Mountain. Tree Tops

Untitled, Number 11 Monoprint/Collograph, 45 x 60cm, 2008 Photographic prints, 65 x 76cm, 2002

David LILBURN Anne RYAN Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated Born in Limerick. Lives and works in London. Graduated from from Trinity College Dublin and Limerick School of Art and Coventry University,Birmingham University and Limerick School of Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Way Points (2007), Art and Design.Recent solo exhibitions include New Paintings (2008), Glór, Ennis and In Medias Res (2007), James Joyce Centre, Muscle (2006), This last blue evening (2003), Greengrassi, London. Dublin. Untitled Ferrara Panorama I Oil on unmounted canvas, 40.5 x 50.5cm, 2008 Graphite, conté on paper, unframed, 50 x 220cm, 2008

Brian MACMAHON Robert RYAN Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Recent solo Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Limerick. Graduated exhibitions include Raft (2007), Grogan’s and Kilkenny Arts Week. from Limerick School of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Sanctuary (2008),Tunan Gallery, Portlaois Gorsewoman and A Place of Refuge (2006), Hallward Gallery, Dublin. Oil on canvas, 119.5 x 119.5 cm Archipelago Oil on wood, 92 x 121cm, 2008

Tom MOLLOY Tom SHORTT Born in Waterford. Lives and works in Clare. Graduated from Tipperary born photographer. Lives and works in Limerick. the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Recent solo Graduated from the National College of Art and Design, exhibitions include the shape I’m in (2008), Galerie Bartschi, Dublin.Art teacher, Scoil Carmel, O’Connell Avenue, Limerick. Geneva, Switzerland and Lone Star (2007), Lora Reynolds Solo exhibitions include Young City, (1991) Limerick City Gallery,,USA. Gallery of Art and Gallery of Photography, Dublin (1992).

State Mounth Kenneth AP,, US Dollar Bill, 26 x 36.5cm, framed, 2008 Photograph, 63 x 50cm, 2008

Jennifer O’CONNOR Lorraine WALL Born in Cork. Lives and works in Cork. Graduated from Born in Clare. Lives and works in Clare. Graduated from Limerick Limerick School of Art and Design. Exhibited in Limerick, School of Art and Design. Solo exhibitions include Now to Next Cork and Killarney and has taken part in various group (2002), Glór Gallery, Clare. From 2000-2005,Wall served as a exhibitions including Shinnors Selects and recently Brian Smyth board member of the Irish . Selects in Cork. Evening Light I In the Open Mixed media on Bodleian Paper on canvas, Oil on canvas, 97 x 67cm, 2008 50 x 68cm, 2008

Enda O’DONOGHUE Born in Limerick. Lives and works in Berlin. Graduated from the University of Limerick and Limerick School of Art and Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Limerick Printmakers (2008) and Galerie Hunchentoot (2007), Berlin.

Mmmmmm Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, 2007