Evelyn O’Connor (b. 1988)
Evelyn O’Connor’s (b. 1988, Cork, Ireland) previously studied at Limerick School of Art and Design. O’Connor’s sculpture practice is led by a fascination with the obsession to dress one thing up as another and transform the objects and materials of everyday life. There is a willingness to press mundane objects into revealing their abstract possibilities, as objects float between the formless and the recognisable forms of everyday objects.
Through the veneer of the everyday there is a dialogue with a culture of consumerism and a desire to relish in the surface-deep appeal of a disposable world. These sculptural forms are theatrical in nature and have a kind of physical humour that often seem to be on the verge of collapse.
Profile
Born: 1988 in Cork
Nationality: Irish
RA Schools student from 2012 to 2015
Gender: Female
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Gallery of works
![Evelyn O'Connor, Back: Distortion. Front: Recognizable]()
Evelyn O'Connor, Back: Distortion. Front: Recognizable, 2015.
![Evelyn O'Connor, Installation view of work by Evelyn O'Connor at the RA Schools Show]()
Evelyn O'Connor, Installation view of work by Evelyn O'Connor at the RA Schools Show, 2015.
![Installation of work by Evelyn O'Connor at Tritongartan5, Gothenburg, Sweden]()
Installation of work by Evelyn O'Connor at Tritongartan5, Gothenburg, Sweden
![Evelyn O'Connor, Awkward]()
Evelyn O'Connor, Awkward, 2015.
![Evelyn O'Connor, Lumbering. Cloddish]()
Evelyn O'Connor, Lumbering. Cloddish, 2015.
![Evelyn O'Connor, Left to right: Made, Fitting and Together]()
Evelyn O'Connor, Left to right: Made, Fitting and Together, 2015.
![Evelyn O'Connor, Made]()
Evelyn O'Connor, Made, 2015.
![Evelyn O'Connor, Placed, just as it is]()
Evelyn O'Connor, Placed, just as it is, 2015.
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CV
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Education
2012 – 2015 Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2006 – 2010 First Class BA (Honours) in Fine Art: Painting, Limerick School of Art & Design, Clare Street, Limerick, Ireland
Apr – Aug 2009 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunst Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, Erasmus Exchange Programme -
Solo shows
2011 Moving Backwards. Backwards Moving, Back Loft, St. Augustine St. Dublin
(Un)Realities, Exchange Gallery, Temple Bar, DublinSelected group shows
2015 Finding Form, Art First, London For You! I Would Do Anything, Tritongatan5, Gothenburg Royal Academy Schools Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2014 Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2013 The Independent Artist Fair, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
2011 Half and Half, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork
Fumes of Formations, Queen Street Studios and Gallery, Belfast
Solstice, Sullivan’s Quay Cork
Divine Creation, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2010 Culture Night, Contact Studios, Limerick
Contact Studios Past and Present, Contact Studios, Limerick
LSAD Degree Show 2010, Limerick School of Art and Design
2009 Stradfest Art Festival, Stradbally, Co. Laois
Sommerausstellung 2009, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunst Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ich Suche Eine WG, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunst Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Chapter 3, Bedford Row, Limerick
A Sense of Place, Limerick School of Art and Design Church Gallery, Limerick
Art of Nurture, Commercial Finance Ireland Competition, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
2008 Hunt 2008, Hunt Museum, Limerick
DAo8 – LSAD Open Drawing Awards Exhibition 2008, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick -
Awards, Bursaries and Residencies
2015 2015 Shortlisted for Wells Art Contemporary Awarded The Agnes Ethel Mackay Travel Award Recipient of The Red Mansion Art Prize
Longlisted for The Signature Art Prize
2014 Awarded Maccabeans Prize from Royal Academy’s Premuims exhibition
2012 Awarded Travel and Training Award from the Irish Arts Council
Shortlisted for The Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Bursary at the Royal Hibernian Academy
2011 Shortlisted for The Irish National Residential Studio Award at the Red Stables
2010 Awarded Contact Studio Residency and Bursary Award
Shortlisted for The Irish National Residential Studio Award at the Red Stables
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