WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2019 AT 6PM

220 Marie Foley (b. 1959) GORT AN TOBAR, 2007 monochrome porcelain and stainless steel signed, titled and dated on reverse 5 by 4.50in. (12.7 by 11.4cm) Born in Cork, Foley studied Fine Art Sculpture at the Crawford College of Art, Goldsmiths College, London and Cardiff College of Art and was awarded an MA in 1987. Her sculptures are composed of elements that are carved in yew, bog oak, ash, sycamore etc, of elements modelled in porcelain and of additional hand-worked or salvaged elements in metal and stone etc. Her artistic practice is inspired by a profound interest in nature. Her language is one of symbolic form - form that becomes a vehicle for the spiritual in nature. Her work has been exhibited in Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Holland, Hungary, Poland, Finland, Canada, USA and Japan. She was the first Irish Artist to have a solo Exhibition in the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Public commissions include Kilkenny Castle, The Office of Public Works at 51-52, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, a sculpture for National Universities of Ireland Presentation to President Mary Robinson, Cothú Awards, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdrum County Council and Wilton Library, Cork. She has received various Arts Council awards along with an International Ceramic Award, a Canada Council award and The New Horizons Award from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She became a member of Aosdána in 1996. €1000-€1500 (£910-£1,360 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 220