New Solo Exhibition in August

I have a new solo show in August as part of the 46th Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival in County Offaly. It runs for 1 week from the 1st - 8th of August. I think the spaces around the town are open from 1:30 pm to 6 pm and we invigilate our own exhibitions.

We get to see our spaces at some point in June so I'll post photos on the blog here around then.

I'll be exhibiting the work that I had in Excursion along with additions to the series. I'll be posting updates on the blog.

Here is a link to Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival

    

    Pat Byrne, 2013

Work From the Dublin Show

Between Here and There is coming down tomorrow. There was a great crowd at the opening especially when we didn't do a lot of advertising, the gallery was packed though. Anyhow here's one of the two paintings I had in the show. The photo isn't great, it's off my phone but I'll get better documentation in the next couple of weeks and be posting it up.

   
    Fabricate, Oil on Canvas, 2014

Exhibition in Dublin

We have our First Year MFA exhibition opening this Thursday (22nd of May) in Pallas Projects in the Coombe, Dublin. There's 5 of us based in Painting, 6 in Sculpture and 2 in Printmaking.

Exhibition Title: Between here and there

Opening: 6 pm Thursday 22nd of May

Exhibitions

Next month we'll be having a group exhibition at Pallas Project Space in Dublin. There'll be 13 of us, 5 Painters, 6 Sculptors, and 2 Printmakers. At the minute dates are a bit up in the air, as are titles and almost everything else. The only thing that's certain is that in 4 weeks time the work will be up.

Then in 2016 I have a joint show opening in Custom House Studios in Westport, Mayo. The opening night is September 8th.

I was contacted 2 weeks ago by Galway University Hospital and they're currently putting a schedule together so they'll get back to me.

Aside from that I've been working away on the MFA, the first year is just done. The show in Pallas will mark the end of the college year.

And finally...

I'm in the middle of setting up a website so over the summer I'm going to get everything sorted out with that domain name and all that craic.

For now here's a link to the website as it is in it's free account state - Website Under Construction

The Craic at the Minute

The craic at the minute is I'm painting away, the project has taken off in a completely different direction and I'm back working with oils, the new work is running under the theme of Superstition and Mythology, it's in the early stages yet though.

I'm still working on the smaller paintings that are under the same theme as the work that I brought back from Iceland too.

In terms of exhibitions on the way:

Group Show in Dublin, 2014 (Date and Venue TBC)

Solo/2 Person Show in Galway University Hospital, 2014 (Date TBC)

2 Person Show in Custom House Studios, Westport, Co. Mayo, 2015 (Date TBC)

Detail of a painting in progress from the Superstitions and Mythology themed work

Detail of another painting in progress from the Superstitions and Mythology themed work

Laois County Collection on Show

The Laois County Collection is on show for 1 month at the Arthouse in Stradbally

The List of Artists and Dates

Perpetual, the piece I have in the collection.

Painting in Birr Exhibition

Last week Common Ground 2013 opened in the Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, The shows theme is New Beginnings. The piece I got into the exhibition was this one...

The exhibition runs until January and here's a link to the gallerys website - Birr Theatre and Arts Centre