Author: Irene Fitzgerald
Dan Ferguson
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01. What is your typical studio routine? I get in at about 9.30 after school drop offs, and I tend to work through until 19.00, often with just a convenience break. I will get so immersed that I often skip eating unless I am well enough prepared to bring food with me. It’s an intense…
Jennifer Trouton
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What is your typical studio routine? I graduated from UU in 1996 and was fortunate enough to get a studio at QSS the following year. Over the years, circumstances have led to changes in my routine but I have always carved out time for my studio. Working primarily as a painter, I find it essential…
Gail Ritchie – The Power of Creative Methods when Doing Political Analysis
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QSS artist Gail Ritchie, is taking part in an online roundtable discussion called ‘The Power of Creative Methods when Doing Political Analysis’ tomorrow – 5th March 2021, 2 -4 pm GMT. The aim of this roundtable is to discuss why it matters to include creative and visual methods when doing political analysis; how creative methods…
Craig Donald
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There are many arts journals, which would you consult regularly? I subscribe to Frieze magazine. It can be a little ad-heavy but there are some great features and I find it to be a good all-rounder for criticism, theory and highlighting artists I might not otherwise have come across. I feel it gives a good…
Joy Gerrard – virtual studio visit for the RHA
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The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) is facilitating a virtual visit to Joy Gerrard’s studio space at QSS on Thursday 4th February @ 1pm over Zoom. There will be an opportunity to view some of Joy’s recent work and to ask her questions about her practice and inspirations. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/lunchtime-studio-visit-with-joy-gerrard-arha-tickets-138786836163 to book your ticket. Joy Gerrard lives…
Gail Ritchie
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What is your typical studio routine? At the moment, I don’t have one. Like many people, current circumstances have impacted on what we can and can’t do on a daily or weekly basis. In more normal times, I would have been in the studio everyday and sometimes at weekends. Currently, I am in the last…
Amanda Coogan & Joy Gerrard featured in CCI’s “Addressing the Nation”
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To mark the beginning of a New Year and look forward to an era post-COVID-19, the Centre Culturel Irlandais has commissioned 40 artists to address the world with their reflections on the times in which we live: choreographers, theatre makers, writers, musicians, visual artists and filmmakers convey their values, their preoccupations, their anger and frustrations…
Jane Rainey wins painting prize at RHA Annual Exhibition
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Congratulations to QSS artist Jane Rainey on receipt of the K+M Evans Painting Prize (for Icy Moon) at the RHA’s 190th Annual Exhibition. Jane has shown work across Ireland. Recent solo shows include The Horizon Is Never Still, Molesworth Gallery, 2019 and Ridges, Rathfarnham Castle, 2018. Group shows include: VUE Art Fair, RHA, 2019; Futures Series…
Joy Gerrard
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What is your typical studio routine? I’m not in the studio everyday, except when I have a big deadline coming up. I quite often do administration, research and planning from home. Normally, I’m in the studio three to four days a week. I have a school drop off, so would usually do a 10-6 kind…
Jennifer Trouton wins Watercolour Prize at RUA
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Congratulations to QSS artist Jennifer Trouton on winning the Watercolour Prize at the Royal Ulster Academy’s 139th Annual Exhibition. The prize was sponsored by the Errigle Inn Belfast and selected by this year’s adjudicator, Glenn Patterson. Jennifer’s work has featured in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally since graduating from the University of Ulster in…
Kwok Lam Tsui awarded the QSS Graduate Bursary 2020-21
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QSS is delighted to announce that Belfast School of Art graduate Kwok L Tsui has been awarded our 2020-21 Graduate Bursary. The bursary takes the form of free studio provision (1 December 2020 – 31st August 2021) and aims to relieve an emerging artist from financial pressure whilst easing the transition from university to professional…
Visual Carlow’s ‘When I’ featuring Amanda Coogan
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QSS artist Amanda Coogan took part in Visual Carlow’s celebration of Culture Night 2020 on Friday 18th September. This celebration, entitled ‘When I’, took the form of a 30-minute programme of newly commissioned works and performances for screen, bringing together some of Ireland’s leading artists. Amanda’s piece, ‘Above the Starry Canopy’, was a collaboration with…
Vasiliki Stasinaki
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01. Was there a definitive point in your life that you decided to become a professional artist? As an artist with a background in dance and performance, I started training as a ballet dancer from a very young age. It felt almost impossible to me, back when I was a young person, that I would…
Vasiliki Stasinaki discusses her work on show at The MAC
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The MAC is exhibiting a selection of work from the Ulster University BA and MFA Fine Art Class of 2020, across their three galleries until 11th Ocober 2020. Included in the class of 2020 is QSS artist and MFA graduate Vasiliki Stasinaki. To hear about Vasiliki’s work click on the video below. You can also pre-book your…
Installation of ‘It Crystallises into a Monad’ at QSS
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Installation for David Haughey’s exhibition ‘It Crystallises into a Monad’ is now complete. Don’t forget to book your ticket and time slot to attend the preview tomorrow (3 September 2020) via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-haughey-it-crystallises-into-a-monad-tickets-117511727741 We look forward to seeing you there!
David Haughey | It Crystallises into a Monad at QSS Gallery
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PREVIEW: 3 SEPTEMBER, 18:00-20:00 (to book a time slot click HERE) It Crystallises Into a Monad takes its point of departure from the recreation of an unattributed zoological painting, originally made in 1776. The video projection work presented at QSS Gallery One in Belfast during September 2020 acquired form through research of the painting and…
Pauline Clancy
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What is your typical studio routine? I don’t think I have a typical studio routine. I try to get into the studio space as much as possible and the intensity of that routine is dependent on what I am working on. As screenprinting forms a large part of my practice, I divide my time between…
Week 10: “The Muses” – QSS collaboration with artist and curator Moran Been-noon
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“According to Cambridge Dictionary, a muse is ’a person, or an imaginary being or force that gives someone ideas and helps them to write, paint, or make music.’ For my last collection I thought of offering 9 pieces to “mirror” the 9 Muses-goddesses in Greek mythology. There is no specific inspiration assigned to each piece but hopefully looking through…
Week 9: “See Through” – QSS collaboration with artist and curator Moran Been-noon
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“This week’s selection started from the idea of finding a focus in an image that has several visual layers, divided to foreground and background, each requiring a portion of our attention in order to fully understand it. As the collection grew it became a matter of being able to cut thorough the layers and reconsider…
Week 8: “Rosie, why don’t you ever smile?” – QSS collaboration with artist and curator Moran Been-noon
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“This week is all about how we look at each other and the expectations we keep within that gaze. Some of the pieces I selected hold a sense of awkwardness towards the viewer, others challenge our attempt to assign a narrow truth to their expression or meaning.” Moran Been-noon List of work: 01. Rachel Lawell:…
Gerard Carson
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1. What is your typical studio routine? My studio routine generally consists of me concentrating heavily on the sculptural aspects of my practice, where I experiment working with numerous materials and arrangements. I think that having shops like Wyse Byse and the Range nearby are very helpful as if I need to stock up on…