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Isobel Egan

Biography

While I have always been inspired by architecture and its multi-dimensional portrayal of form, the inspiration for my work is in fact multifaceted and includes architecture, space, memory and emotion. I work exclusively with porcelain as the intrinsic characteristics of the material, its translucence and delicate paper-like quality enable me to fully realise my concepts.

My work represents a relationship with space and how it shapes us, both physically and emotionally. It investigates the interrelationships between us and the buildings we inhabit. The structures I make connect these ideas and in doing so, they reflect on the human condition. I aim to pique the viewer’s curiosity, inviting them to look beyond the surface where they may discover intimate spaces that are, at first glace, hidden from view.

The fundamental basis of my work is drawn from my life journey; ultimately it encompasses my personal interactions, experiences and observations.

BIOGRAPHY

Isobel Egan graduated in 2005 with a Masters of Arts, Design, Ceramics from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Taylor Art Award from the Royal Dublin Society in 1999, the Golden Fleece Award (merit) in 2006 and the Visual Art Bursary Award, along with a Solo Exhibition, from Kildare County Council and Art Services in 2014.

In 2006, Isobel Egan represented Ireland at the European Ceramics Context in Borholm, Denmark. Her work is in a number of permanent collections including the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin and the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan. She is also a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Design and Crafts Council of Ireland and Ceramics Ireland.

EXHIBITIONS

2015 Solo Exhibition, Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare, Ireland.

Duality of Function, Contemporary Clay, Galway Arts Centre.

Portfolio at Solomon Fine Arts, Dublin, Ireland

2014 Centred, Ceramics Ireland, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Generation Exhibition, NCAD, Dublin, Ireland

Moving Objects, International Academy of Ceramics, Dublin Castle, Ireland

2013 LandMARKS, The Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, Ireland

2012 Irish Craft Portfolio, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin Ireland

Eigse, VISUAL Centre of Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland

2011 Dearc, Celebrating 150 Years of the RDS Taylor Art Award, RDS, Dublin, Ireland

Sliding Rock Gallery, Spiddal Co. Galway, Ireland

The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland

2010 Korero, Ceramics in Conversation, Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

2007 All Fired Up, The National Museum, Collins Barricks, Dublin, Ireland

2006 European Ceramic Context, Bornholm, Denmark

Irish Contemporary Ceramics, Touring Exhibition – Limerick City Gallery of Art, South Tipperary County Museum, The National Crafts Gallery, Kilkenny; The National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin. Ireland

2005 Not Just Pots: Irish Ceramics of the 21st Century, the National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin, Ireland

2005 MA Show, National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland

2003 Permaculture, R=MV2, The Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland

1999 The Taylor Art Award, RDS Winners, travelling exhibition, RDS Dublin, Dundalk County Museum, Ulster Museum in Belfast, N. Ireland.

INTERNATIONAL FAIRS

2015-6 Ceramic Art London, London, UK

COLLECTIONS

2010 Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

2005 The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin, Ireland

2001 The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin, Ireland

AWARDS

2014 Solo Exhibition Bursay Award, Kildare County Council, 2014

2013 Visual Arts Bursary, Kildare County Council

2006 Represented Ireland in The European Ceramic Context Exhibition, Borholm, Denmark

The Golden Fleece Award, Merit

1999 The Taylor Art Award, Royal Dublin Society

PUBLICATIONS

2016 Ceramics Art and Perception (Pending)

2015 Cfile, Market Place Selections from Ceramic Art London

2014 Ceramics Ireland, ‘An Interior Perspective a Window into Light’ by Muireann Charleton

2011 The Irish Times Magazine, ‘Artists at Clay’

2010 Ceramics Monthly ‘Korero: Ceramics in Conversation, the 2010 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale’ by Professor Glen R. Brown

New Ceramics, The European Ceramics Magazine.

Korero Ceramics in Conversation, 2010 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale

2009 Contemporary Ceramics: An International Perspective by Emmanuel Cooper.

London: Thames and Hudson

2007 Breaking the Mould. London: Black Dog Publishing

Ceramics Ireland, Issue 1.

2006 The Irish Art Review, Autumn Volume 23. No.3 pages 122-124.

2001 The Irish Arts Review Yearbook 3001, Volume 17, R.D.S Craft Competition

DOCUMENTARIES

2012 In Good Hands, RTE, six part Contemporary Documentary, episode 6, Ceramics.

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