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2012; Warp and Woof at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow,
2011; Flat Time House, Peckham, London 2011; Nothing is Impossible
at The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh 2010; Hidden Memories, Lost
Traces, Sinope Bienale, Turkey; True Complex at Void, Derry and she
was co-recipient of The Curated Visual Artist’s Award at The Douglas
Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 2008. She has had solo exhibitions at Green on
Red Gallery, Dublin, 2008, 2014; Treignac Projects, France, 2013; and
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, 2012. She was a resident at
the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in 2012 and 2013, and lives
and works in Amsterdam.
Ramon Kassam
(born in 1981) is an artist from Limerick City in Ireland.
Painting forms the basis of his practice. He received his ba in Fine
Art Painting from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2007. He
has exhibited regularly since. Exhibitions include: eva International –
Ireland's Biennale, Limerick, 2014; Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, 2013;
Arca Archa, Boston, usa, 2012; Limerick City Gallery of Art, 2012; Irish
Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin, 2010; Occupy Space, Limerick,
2010; Kuturm, Leipzig, Germany, 2008.
He has been awarded a number of residencies. In 2013 he participated
on a studio residency at The Irish Museum of Modern Art and the rha
Tony O’ Malley Residency Award. In May 2014 he undertook a residency
at the Irish Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition to his practice
Kassam founded and was a Director of both Wickham Street Studios,
an artist studio complex, and Occupy Space, a visual arts exhibition
space in Limerick City from 2009–2011.
Mark Swords
was born in Dublin in 1978. He graduated with an MA from the
National College of Art and Design in 2003. He has had three solo shows
in Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin. Most recently he was invited to show
in Painting Now at Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, 2012, and Mosaic,
a solo exhibition in Wexford Arts Centre, 2012. Swords was awarded
the aib Art Prize in 2010. He is represented by Kevin Kavanagh Gallery.
ColmMac Athlaoich
is an Irish born artist based in Dublin, working primarily
in illustration, painting and print. He works across many themes and
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