Exhibitions and Events
Exhibitions
June 2003
One Place Twice
Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
An exhibition and catalogue featuring six emerging artists.
One Place Twice, at the Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast, featured new work by artists Helen Sharp, Tim Lloyd, Louisa Sloan, Geraldine Allen-Ross, aimnín and Ciara Healy. The exhibition was curated by Declan Long and Brian Kennedy and a wide range of art practices were represented including sculpture, photography, video and performance.
The selected artists were current, relevant and active and have made recent but consistent contributions to the visual arts in Ireland. They also share a certain dichotomy of extremes within their practice, which is highlighted in the catalogue essay by Declan Long and which is inferred by the title of the exhibition.
The catalogue accompanying the exhibition also included a text by Brian Kennedy on the issues facing emerging artist and discursive texts on the practice of each of the artists by Julie Bacon, Mick Wilson, Mark Garry, Ruth Jones, Roddy Hunter and Niamh Ann Kelly.
The exhibition was supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Awards for All and the Arts Council of Ireland.
September 2001
Salon des Grandes Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui
Irish delegation of sculptors selected for the 'Salon des Grandes Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui' Paris 2001.
November 2000
Salon des Grandes Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui
Irish delegation of sculptors selected for the 'Salon des Grandes Jeunes D'Aujourd'hui' Paris 2000.
1997
SSI Ireland and Europe
Various locations, Dublin.
Organised in collaboration with a number of European artists collectives the 'SSI/Ireland and Europe' offered Irish and European artists the opportunity to work in the context of the city of Dublin in a number of outdoor locations. Moreover the selected Irish artists were all empowered as co-curators of the project, each nominating a European artist of their choice to invite to Dublin to participate in the project. The participating artists were: Pauline Agnew, Nicos Nicolaou, Kaarina Kaikkonen, Aine Nic Giolla Coda, Michael Minnis, Alan Phelan, Fergus Kelly, Max Eastly, Sean Taylor, Nelida Mendoza, Tracey McKenna, Edwin Janssen, Craig Wood, Johannes Schweiger, Kevin Francis Gray, Lorraine Whelan, Aaron Fowler, Jerome Durand, Nusret Pasic, Daniel Jewesbury, Joke Robaard, Liam Gillick.
August 1995
Sculpture at the Horseshow
RDS, Dublin
'Sculpture at the Horseshow' an outdoor and indoor installation of sculpture at the RDS Showground, Dublin provided a commercial showcase for a range of artists including: Orla De Bri, Ann Cooney, Michael Burke, Joanne Risley and Joe Butler.
1993
The Random Access Show of site-specific work
Irish Life Mall, Dublin
Under the SSI's Random Access initiative exploring new sculptural media and practices, 'The Random Access Show' comprised temporary site-specific works created in various contexts in the Irish Life Shopping Mall. Works included sound, video, installation and constructed interventions by Pauline O'Connell, Kathy Herbert, Ronan McCrea, Eilis O'Baoill, David Cooke and Anita Mary Rooney.
September 1993
See Through Art
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
A touring sculpture exhibition, starting at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin comprising works by 21 artists selected via open submission addressing the theme of 'See through Art'.The featured artists were: Marie Barrett, Brian Connolly, Niamh Cooney, Maud Cotter, Michelle Deignan, Cliona Harmey, Rhona Henderson, John Johnston, Janet Ledsham, Kate Malone, Julie Merriman, Michael Minnis, Eilis O'Baoill, Eilis O'Connell, Maurice O'Connell, David Pearson, Graham Reid, Gary Somers, Derek Whitticase, David Wilcoxson.
1991
Espace
RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin.
'Espace' exhibition was devised a major art event to mark Dublin's year as European Cultural Capital. Selected from open submission, works by 64 sculptors, half from Ireland half from Europe presented a diverse showing of the range and possibilities of sculptural practice.
1990
Visa Versa
A Collaboration between the SSI and the Jewellers and Metalworkers Guild.
'Vice Versa' explored the links where sculpture and jewellery interact.
November-December 1990
Boglands
Photo-documentation of the Boglands Symposia, exhibited at the Crecent Arts Centre, Queens University, Belfast.
July 1988
Sculpture 80-88
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at St. Enda's Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin.
1988
Sculpture at Dublin Airport
Many of the works created for this outdoor exhibition of sculpture were purchased by Dublin Airport and are integrated into the fabric of the Dublin Airport site and its buildings. The participating artists were: Niall O'Neill, John Behan, Catherine McCormack-Greene, Noel Hoare, Colm Brennan, Joe Moran, Michael Verdon, Dick Joynt, Vincent Browne, Michael Casey, John Power, Imogen Stuart.
1988
Sculpture Open
Open submission sculpture exhibition at the RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin.
1988
Fibre Art '88
Open submission sculpture exhibition at the Bank of Ireland Exhibition Centre, Dublin, showcasing sculptural work in textiles and woven fibre.
August-September 1988
Meta-Furniture
Exhibition at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham Dublin, that explored the dynamic between form/function /sculpture/design and furniture. | 
