WHYTE'S IRISH ART 28 MAY 2018

201 David O’Kane (b.1985) UNITITLED oil on canvas 84 by 84in. (213.4 by 213.4cm) Born in Lifford, County Donegal and works between Dublin and Berlin. O’Kane graduated from NCAD in 2006 where he studied painting and art history. Later he attended Academy of Visual Arts (HGB) Leipzig, Germany from 2007 to 2012. He has won numerous awards, scholarships and residencies. In 2014 he won the Golden Fleece Award in Dublin. He was resident artist at the Stiftung Starke in Berlin from 2010 until 2013. He was awarded the Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship and Residency at the British School at Rome in 2009. Tom Mor- ton awarded him joint first prize at the Claremorris Open Exhibition. In 2008 his short film ‘Babble’ was produced by eva and it won an eva open award from the curator, Hou Hanru. He also exhibited in eva in 2009. His proposal for the artistic projects tender at the Serralves em Festa 2008 in Oporto, Portugal was commissioned by the Regina Guimarães. In 2006 he won the R.C. Lewis-Crosby Award at the Royal Dublin Society. He works primarily as a painter, though print and film are also a part of his practice. “These paintings present an amalgamation of signs representing an autonomous reality.” said O’Kane of his paintings for the CAP Foundation award exhibition in 2006. His work can be found in the collections of the OPW, Bank of Ireland, AXA, Trinity College, Yale, Princeton and Boston Colleges in the US among many other internationally. €2,000-€3,000 (£1,750-£2,630 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 201