Ivana Lavelle

Joined Artfinder: May 2019

Artworks for sale: 22

(1)

Ireland

About Ivana Lavelle

 
 
  • Biography
    I have been drawing and painting since my childhood. 
    I have been working as a portrait artist since 2009 and creating self-initiated work mainly landscapes. My work is in private collections in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Japan.
    I draw my inspiration from nature and daily observations of human presence in nature. I like to explore the tensions between nature and the built world, the fluidity versus the rigidity. I inject my landscapes with many times humorous human presence in the form of road signs (that often don't make sense in that particular place), structures, gates, phone masts, etc. My landscapes are imagined and constructed from photographs and sketches taken on location. Does a place become a new place when things are moved, removed or added?
    I apply this cut and paste process in explorations of the human face in a similar way using photographs of random people to create new constructed faces. 
    I work with graphite pencil and acrylic on paper, canvas or wood panel.
  • Links
  • Education

    2009 - 2012

    Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

  • Upcoming Events

    There are no upcoming events

    Show previous events Hide previous events

    Previous events

    Event: Carysfort Gallery

    Dates: 8 Aug 2019 - 18 Aug 2019

    Venue: Patrick Street Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

    Carysfort Gallery group exhibition of gallery artists as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019. Ivana is exhibiting 7 landscape drawings with the use of pencil and acrylic. The landscape drawings are from a series called 'Water Edge' following on from the 2018 series of the same name.

    Event: Carysfort Gallery

    Dates: 11 Aug 2018 - 17 Aug 2018

    Venue: Patrick Street Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

    Exhibited as part of the Arts Festival's many group exhibitions with Carysfort Gallery in years 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018

    Event: Carysfort Gallery

    Dates: 19 Oct 2017 - 5 Nov 2017

    Venue: Wexford Fringe Festival, Wexford Town, Ireland

    Exhibited with pencil drawings as part of a group exhibition at the Wexford Fringe Festival in years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2017.

    Event: 183rd RHA Annual Exhibiton

    Dates: 10 Jul 2013 - 14 Aug 2013

    Venue: Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Ely Place, Dublin 2

    An open selection exhibition curated by a select panel of royal academicians and established artists.
    One piece was selected for this group exhibition, Identity III, available to purchase on this site.

    Event: IADT Graduate Exhibition

    Dates: 1 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012

    Venue: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

    Final year exhibition of the honors degree study at IADT.
    My project was a mapping study of migraine through personal observation, notation and visualisation of the accumulated data through mapping and hand drawn 3D perspectives.

    Event: F4RS7NF4R (474) The Aesthetics of Restriction

    Dates: 10 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2012

    Venue: The Drawing Project, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

    Exhibited alongside a selection of works from the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) permanent collection.

    Event: RARA AVIS

    Dates: 10 Nov 2011 - 15 Nov 2011

    Venue: The Drawing Project, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

    A mapping project based on the experiences of migraine presented as part of a curated group show.

    Event: FOUR

    Dates: 10 Jun 2011 - 15 Jun 2011

    Venue: The Printing House, Trinity College, Trinity College Campus, Dublin

    Exhibited with three other artists a mapping project of an imaginary island based on actual location in the Atlantic Ocean near the island of Ireland. The project consisted of a 3D video simulation of a fly-through over the imagined island, a series of hand drawn maps and a visitor walking guide of the island named Eriador. All names of the islands rivers, paths and summits were borrowed from the names of actual features in the ocean.

    Event: Carysfort Gallery Fundraising Exhibition in Aid of the Blackrock Hospice

    Dates: 25 Nov 2010 - 30 Nov 2010

    Venue: Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin

    Annual open call exhibition by selection by the Carysfort Gallery

    Event: Short Video Screenings

    Dates: 11 May 2010 - 17 May 2010

    Venue: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Temple Bar, Dublin

    A showcase of short videos by various artists on various themes.

    Event: Non People Non Space

    Dates: 11 Oct 2009 - 17 Oct 2009

    Venue: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

    Group Exhibition based on the idea of Identity and Belonging

Links


Education

2009 - 2012

Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology


There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Carysfort Gallery

Dates: 8 Aug 2019 - 18 Aug 2019

Venue: Patrick Street Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

Carysfort Gallery group exhibition of gallery artists as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019. Ivana is exhibiting 7 landscape drawings with the use of pencil and acrylic. The landscape drawings are from a series called 'Water Edge' following on from the 2018 series of the same name.

Event: Carysfort Gallery

Dates: 11 Aug 2018 - 17 Aug 2018

Venue: Patrick Street Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

Exhibited as part of the Arts Festival's many group exhibitions with Carysfort Gallery in years 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018

Event: Carysfort Gallery

Dates: 19 Oct 2017 - 5 Nov 2017

Venue: Wexford Fringe Festival, Wexford Town, Ireland

Exhibited with pencil drawings as part of a group exhibition at the Wexford Fringe Festival in years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2017.

Event: 183rd RHA Annual Exhibiton

Dates: 10 Jul 2013 - 14 Aug 2013

Venue: Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Ely Place, Dublin 2

An open selection exhibition curated by a select panel of royal academicians and established artists.
One piece was selected for this group exhibition, Identity III, available to purchase on this site.

Event: IADT Graduate Exhibition

Dates: 1 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012

Venue: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

Final year exhibition of the honors degree study at IADT.
My project was a mapping study of migraine through personal observation, notation and visualisation of the accumulated data through mapping and hand drawn 3D perspectives.

Event: F4RS7NF4R (474) The Aesthetics of Restriction

Dates: 10 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2012

Venue: The Drawing Project, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

Exhibited alongside a selection of works from the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) permanent collection.

Event: RARA AVIS

Dates: 10 Nov 2011 - 15 Nov 2011

Venue: The Drawing Project, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

A mapping project based on the experiences of migraine presented as part of a curated group show.

Event: FOUR

Dates: 10 Jun 2011 - 15 Jun 2011

Venue: The Printing House, Trinity College, Trinity College Campus, Dublin

Exhibited with three other artists a mapping project of an imaginary island based on actual location in the Atlantic Ocean near the island of Ireland. The project consisted of a 3D video simulation of a fly-through over the imagined island, a series of hand drawn maps and a visitor walking guide of the island named Eriador. All names of the islands rivers, paths and summits were borrowed from the names of actual features in the ocean.

Event: Carysfort Gallery Fundraising Exhibition in Aid of the Blackrock Hospice

Dates: 25 Nov 2010 - 30 Nov 2010

Venue: Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin

Annual open call exhibition by selection by the Carysfort Gallery

Event: Short Video Screenings

Dates: 11 May 2010 - 17 May 2010

Venue: Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Temple Bar, Dublin

A showcase of short videos by various artists on various themes.

Event: Non People Non Space

Dates: 11 Oct 2009 - 17 Oct 2009

Venue: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin

Group Exhibition based on the idea of Identity and Belonging


 

Biography

I have been drawing and painting since my childhood. 
I have been working as a portrait artist since 2009 and creating self-initiated work mainly landscapes. My work is in private collections in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Japan.
I draw my inspiration from nature and daily observations of human presence in nature. I like to explore the tensions between nature and the built world, the fluidity versus the rigidity. I inject my landscapes with many times humorous human presence in the form of road signs (that often don't make sense in that particular place), structures, gates, phone masts, etc. My landscapes are imagined and constructed from photographs and sketches taken on location. Does a place become a new place when things are moved, removed or added?
I apply this cut and paste process in explorations of the human face in a similar way using photographs of random people to create new constructed faces. 
I work with graphite pencil and acrylic on paper, canvas or wood panel.