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    John O'Grady

    Joined Artfinder: July 2014

    Artworks for sale: 94

    (7)

    France

    About John O'Grady

     
     
    • Biography
       Wandering through the landscape we're touched by its mood and light, we live in it, and it lives in us. This magical union is where my paintings are born.


      How can I make tangible on a paint surface a world that is full of magic and poetry? My finished pieces do not mirror a subject matter but are a representation of emotions felt in a specific time or place. Often the fleeting effect of a particular light and colour in nature are held somewhere in my visual memory. At some point, this takes centre stage on the painting I am working on. It may appear during the process of creation without an obvious connection to the subject matter at hand and yet, it adds another dimension, a particular atmosphere. These processes are ways and means by which I express my connection to nature in all its richness and variety.


        I hold a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art (BFA). My work is in collections in France, the USA, Great Britain and Ireland. 


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    • 1989 - 1992

      Cheltenham College of Art

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      Event: Meditations in Time of Civil War

      Dates: 15 Jun 2021 - 15 Jul 2021

      Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Invited artists

      Event: Among Schoolchildren

      Dates: 13 Jun 2020 - 13 Jul 2020

      Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Invited artists

      Event: Nineteen Nineteen

      Dates: 1 Jun 2019 - 31 Aug 2019

      Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Invited artists

      Event: ‘Crazy Jane’,

      Dates: 1 Mar 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

      Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Group show invited artists, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Event: 2016 - ‘A Terrible Beauty is Born’, Group show invited artists, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Dates: 1 Aug 2016 - 30 Aug 2016

      Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

      Event: 'Republic',

      Dates: 1 Aug 2016 - 30 Sep 2016

      Venue: Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

      2016 - Summer group exhibition co-curated with Eoin Mac Lochlain, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin Ireland

      Event: Summer exhibition

      Dates: 1 Jul 2015 - 31 Aug 2015

      Venue: Lowe Holland Gallery, Penryn, Cornwall

      Group Exhibition

      Event: 'The Lighthouse' Tondo exhibition' 2013

      Dates: 1 Jun 2013 - 1 Jul 2013

      Venue: Wicklow Lighthouse, Co Wicklow, Ireland

      Group work on show from the Art collective 'Tondo'

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    Education

    1989 - 1992

    Cheltenham College of Art

    There are no upcoming events

    Show previous events Hide previous events

    Previous events

    Event: Meditations in Time of Civil War

    Dates: 15 Jun 2021 - 15 Jul 2021

    Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Invited artists

    Event: Among Schoolchildren

    Dates: 13 Jun 2020 - 13 Jul 2020

    Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Invited artists

    Event: Nineteen Nineteen

    Dates: 1 Jun 2019 - 31 Aug 2019

    Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Invited artists

    Event: ‘Crazy Jane’,

    Dates: 1 Mar 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

    Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Group show invited artists, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Event: 2016 - ‘A Terrible Beauty is Born’, Group show invited artists, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Dates: 1 Aug 2016 - 30 Aug 2016

    Venue: Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

    Event: 'Republic',

    Dates: 1 Aug 2016 - 30 Sep 2016

    Venue: Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

    2016 - Summer group exhibition co-curated with Eoin Mac Lochlain, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin Ireland

    Event: Summer exhibition

    Dates: 1 Jul 2015 - 31 Aug 2015

    Venue: Lowe Holland Gallery, Penryn, Cornwall

    Group Exhibition

    Event: 'The Lighthouse' Tondo exhibition' 2013

    Dates: 1 Jun 2013 - 1 Jul 2013

    Venue: Wicklow Lighthouse, Co Wicklow, Ireland

    Group work on show from the Art collective 'Tondo'

     

    Biography

     Wandering through the landscape we're touched by its mood and light, we live in it, and it lives in us. This magical union is where my paintings are born.


    How can I make tangible on a paint surface a world that is full of magic and poetry? My finished pieces do not mirror a subject matter but are a representation of emotions felt in a specific time or place. Often the fleeting effect of a particular light and colour in nature are held somewhere in my visual memory. At some point, this takes centre stage on the painting I am working on. It may appear during the process of creation without an obvious connection to the subject matter at hand and yet, it adds another dimension, a particular atmosphere. These processes are ways and means by which I express my connection to nature in all its richness and variety.


      I hold a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art (BFA). My work is in collections in France, the USA, Great Britain and Ireland. 


     
     
     

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