Pallas Projects/Studios Gala Auction of Contemporary Irish Art Thursday 9th of October

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Orla Whelan was born in Dublin in 1975. Her work is concerned with the
representation of Subjectivity and theHuman Condition. Shemakes highly
subjective paintings on large and small canvas, inspired by the everyday,
nature, land and literature. She works primarily in oil paint on large and
small canvases, in addition to work on paper in watercolour or ink.
Solo exhibitions include In Paint, In Teeth, In Mountains, In Stars
at The lab, Dublin, 2011/12; Seeing in black, Roscommon Art Centre,
2011; At the Heart of Chance, Draiocht, Dublin, 2008/09; We live to
see each other at thisisnotashop, 2007; Outside at The Return, Goethe
Instituit, Dublin, 2007; and Overtime at Archeus Fine Art, London,
2002. Group exhibitions include This must be the place, imoca, 2009;
There, Not There (5 Contemporary Painters) at Crawford Art Gallery,
Cork, 2008; Trapezium at the lab, 2008; and Winter Salon, Temple
Bar Gallery, Dublin, 2008.
Orla Whelan holds an ma in Visual Arts Practices from iadt, Dublin
(2007), ma European Fine Art fromWinchester School of Art, Barcelona
(2001), and ba Fine Art from National College of Art & Design, Dublin
(1997). She has received studio residencies at Studio 468, Dublin (2013),
The rha, Dublin (2011) and Draiocht, Dublin (2008) and has received
awards from The Arts Council of Ireland, South Dublin County Council,
the vcca and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. She is the founder of the
artists collective AtHomeStudios (2013). and
Born in London in 1966, Gemma Browne lives in Dublin.
Selected group exhibitions she has participated in inlcude: Boyle Arts
Festival 2014 main exhibition, curated by Patrick T. Murphy; Viewfinder,
curated by Jill Bouchier, 2013; Into the Light, Crawford Art Gallery,
Cork, 2012-2013; Sleepwalkers-Future Perfect, curated by Jim Ricks,
Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, 2012-2013; Collecting For Ireland,
curated by Ruairi O Cuiv, The Hunt Museum, Limerick, 2011; Gemma
Browne, Margaret Corcoran, Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Kevin Kavanagh
Gallery, Dublin, 2010; and Paperworks, curated by Gavin Murphy and
Mark Cullen, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin, 2009.
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