Shortlisted candidates have been announced for the sixth annual IMOCA Graduate Residency Award, 2013-2014. Past residents have gone on to be included in various large-scale international and national exhibitions [for a list of past recipient visit here.] The award includes a one-year working studio residency, a solo show and various other opportunities throughout the year, as well as inclusion in the annual catalogue.

Matthew Ashe is a video and instillation based artist with an interest in new media and screen orientated works. His current work consists of a series of video, interactive and instillation based pieces which investigate the notion of the digital self. Ashe’s works attempts to explore the experiences of the individual existing in a duality of digital and real and focuses on the individuals notion of self when exposed to process inherent to digital technology such as reproduction, expanded presence and connectivity.

Michelle Doyle is an artist who works through pre-existing objects such as film and sound. Her reconfigurations question the relationship towards technology and whether technology has made humans progress. Humans replicate the parameters imposed on them by mass consumption and they themselves can be bought and sold.

Róisín Mc Ardle is a mixed media art practicioner concerned with ways in which the mystical can reveal itself in our material reality, when magic and modernity meet. Coincidences, deja-vu, ritual and locations with mystical connotations/pilgrim sites are predominant themes and a basis for the work.

Andrew Shannon: Mass, friction, balance, gravity, momentum, potential and kinetic energy; basic rules of physics are exploited to create sculptures that deliberately agitate the line between stability and instability, Action and inaction. Making use of natural elements and the potential energies they posses, the works sustain the viewer in a state of slight suspense, challenging them to respond to the extreme forces they create and resist.

NLA IV: 2013 New Living Art Exhibition

curated by Emmanuelle Marion

Applications now accepted- deadline is May 03 - Apply Now or Download Form

History

In 2010, IMOCA established a new opportunity for local artists in honor of a similar pursuit taken up by artists many years ago.

In 1943, a group of artists rebelling at the closed, conservative, ‘tennis club’ institutions for art, decided to stand together and do something about it. The Irish Exhibition of Living Art, which was arguably sparked the atmosphere that allowed many or most of the opportunities available to Irish-based artists today- The Arts Council, Culture Ireland and the Percent For Art scheme, among others.

The very nature of contemporary art has changed so much since the declaration of the name, ‘Living Art,’ that a current reading of it could easily confuse it as just performance-based work, although it originally was a reference to the simple fact that these artists were still living and producing work.

By its dissolution in the 1980’s, The Irish Exhibition of Living Art had already exhibited a significant force on Irish art, and had successfully managed what many institutions fail to do- make way for newer memes and ideas. In 2010 the first New Living Art exhibition was launched,  and included over 30 Irish artists. It was a celebration of, and a bridge between, the artists of the past who had the courage and drive to create their own opportunities when presented with no other alternative, and the artists who, today, are taking every opportunity that is now available.

Every year we offer a carte blanche invitation to a new curator or team, so that the even the design, selection and presentation formats of the exhibit continue to be tested and evolve alongside the New Living Art on exhibition. The only irrevocable rule will be that the NLA, despite whatever solicitation, will always continue to have an open call for artists and work, indiscriminate of status, degree or station.

in 2013, to celebrate Ireland’s presidency of the EU council, our selected curator Emmnauelle Marion has additionally invited an impressive selection of European artists to showcase their work alongside their Irish peers. Marion is Co-Director of D.Ploy Dublin, and Curatorial Director of Bio.Space033, a multi-disciplinary creative space in Dublin. Marion has been working in Cultural Policy and international arts management for almost 15 years both in Ireland and abroad. Her curatorial vision will see the NLA IV continue to develop as a multi-venue exhibition and grow as an event of international interest on the occasion of Ireland’s EU Presidency.

Applications now accepted- deadline May 03 - Apply Now or Download Form

-Please note there is a €20 Application and Administrative fee-

NLA III: The New Living Art Exhibition 2012- curated by Pamela Myers and Gerald Heffernan

Featured Artists:
danila anca

daire irwin

andrei varga

gerry davis

ramon kassam

damien magee

paul o’neill

rouzbeh rashidi

paul quast

aoife flynn

david upton

siobhan mcgibbon

padraig spillane

rob ireson

emer ni chiobhain

rory mullen

kevin tuohy

liam slevin

margaret o brien

adam gibney

stephen mcglynn

moya clarken

NLA III:  The New Living Art Exhibition 2012 – November 16 – December 09 2012

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Pamela Myers is a visual artist and curator. She studied at Limerick School of Art & Design, graduating in 2008. Her degree show was selected for review in CIRCA as part of the critic’s choice of new graduates. In 2009 she joined Backwater Artist Group. With B.A.G she exhibited in the Crawford Gallery in 2010. She was selected for the Westmeath Emerging Artist Award in 2009.

In 2011 she established TACTIC gallery at Sample-Studios. Prior to this she has worked at the Fenton Gallery, Cork and in collections management at The Glucksman Gallery, UCC where she is currently a contributor to the education programme. In 2012 Myers was elected to the Board of Directors of Sample-Studios.

Gerald Heffernan is curator and multidisciplinary artist. In 2006 he co-founded Patrick St. Gallery in Cork City where he curated and produced a variety of over 50 events. Heffernan graduated from Crawford College of Art in 2010.  As co-founder of the performance society in CCAD, Heffernan performed at Ó Bhéal in Cork and Live@8 in Galway. He also participated in the Art in Context performance and talks series in CCAD and Camden Palace in 2010.

In 2011, he  co-established Sample-Studios and in 2012 he joined the management and curation team at TACTIC.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN:  DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Interested artists can do one of the following:

1. pick up a hardcopy application form from Moxie Studios [www.mox.ie] or Steambox [steambox.imoca.ie] [check websites for gallery hours]

2. download and either print or email the Application Form [word document]

3. Apply online

NLA III:  The New Living Art Exhibition 2012

November 16 – December 09 2012

In 2010, IMOCA established a new opportunity for local artists in honor of a similar pursuit taken up by artists many years ago.

In 1943, a group of artists rebelling at the closed, conservative, ‘tennis club’ institutions for art, decided to stand together and do something about it. The Irish Exhibition of Living Art, which was arguably sparked the atmosphere that allowed many or most of the opportunities available to Irish-based artists today- The Arts Council, Culture Ireland and the Percent For Art scheme, among others.

The very nature of contemporary art has changed so much since the declaration of the name, ‘Living Art,’ that a current reading of it could easily confuse it as just performance-based work, although it originally was a reference to the simple fact that these artists were still living and producing work.

By its dissolution in the 1980’s, The Irish Exhibition of Living Art had already exhibited a significant force on Irish art, and had successfully managed what many institutions fail to do- make way for newer memes and ideas. In 2010 the first New Living Art exhibition was launched,  and included over 30 Irish artists. It was a celebration of, and a bridge between, the artists of the past who had the courage and drive to create their own opportunities when presented with no other alternative, and the artists who, today, are taking every opportunity that is now available.

Every year we will offer a carte blanche invitation to a new curator, so that the even the design, selection and presentation formats of the exhibit continue to be tested and evolve alongside the New Living Art on exhibition. The only irrevocable rule will be that the NLA, despite whatever solicitation, will always continue to have an open call for artists and work, indiscriminate of status, degree or station.

We are pleased to announce that the NLA III will be curated and selected by the team at TACTIC Cork.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN:  DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Interested artists can do one of the following:

1. pick up a hardcopy application form from Moxie Studios [www.mox.ie] or Steambox [steambox.imoca.ie] during open gallery hours;

2. download and either print or email the Application Form [word document]

3. Apply online

The TACTIC Curation team for NLA III:

Pamela Myers is a visual artist and curator. She studied at Limerick School of Art & Design, graduating in 2008. Her degree show was selected for review in CIRCA as part of the critic’s choice of new graduates. In 2009 she joined Backwater Artist Group. With B.A.G she exhibited in the Crawford Gallery in 2010. She was selected for the Westmeath Emerging Artist Award in 2009.

In 2011 she established TACTIC gallery at Sample-Studios. Prior to this she has worked at the Fenton Gallery, Cork and in collections management at The Glucksman Gallery, UCC where she is currently a contributor to the education programme. In 2012 Myers was elected to the Board of Directors of Sample-Studios.

Gerald Heffernan is curator and multidisciplinary artist. In 2006 he co-founded Patrick St. Gallery in Cork City where he curated and produced a variety of over 50 events. Heffernan graduated from Crawford College of Art in 2010.  As co-founder of the performance society in CCAD, Heffernan performed at Ó Bhéal in Cork and Live@8 in Galway. He also participated in the Art in Context performance and talks series in CCAD and Camden Palace in 2010.

In 2011, he  co-established Sample-Studios and in 2012 he joined the management and curation team at TACTIC.

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An exhibition of work by Anthony Antonellis
Curated by Nora O’ Murchú

The shortlist of candidates for the 2012 residency award:
Kevin Nally
Stephanie russell
Ciara O’Hare
Louise Brady
Moya Clarken

Opening Reception 6pm, Thursday, May 10.
Show runs Tues- Sun, 12-5 thru May 20

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