Tommy Campbell is a sculptor working in the medium of Bog
Oak. He is inspired by his surroundings and the materials he uses. Mainly a
self-taught artist, he has had workshops with Dutch sculptor Peter Kooning and
the late Brian Little.
Brendan Greally graduated from GMIT in 1998 with a Diploma
in Art & Design and from Crawford College of Art & Design in 1999 with
a Degree in Fineart. He is a highly versatile painter who engages with a
variety of thematics that share a common thread – that of his immediate
environment. The artistic treatment of his subject matter is carefully, and
consistently considered in his sophisticated methods of paint application.
Grellan Ganly has a Degree in Art & Design from GMIT.
His work is heavily influenced by history, particularly that of Irish folklore
and Celtic mythology. He works in both oil painting and kiln fired ceramics.
Both media possess an underlying fluidity and mystery that combine in a way
that constantly challenges the viewer as to the various layers of meaning
contained in his work.
Fiona Glynn is a Textile Artist who
graduated with a Degree in Art and Design from GMIT in 2006 and an Honours
Degree in textiles from GMIT in 2007. She also completed a H. Dip Art Education
in Crawford College of Art and Design. Her main area of inspiration is the
natural landscape and the intermingling of nature with modern building and
technology. She works primarily in the medium of textiles and predominantly
through machine free hand embroidery.
Joyce Little is a visual artist working in the medium of paint, print and
installation. Her area of interest is that of the contemporary woman. Her work
is thought provoking, culturally critical and at times irreverently humorous and
satirical. She studied in Grafton Academy of Fashion Design, NCAD, GMIT, and she holds an MA in Visual Arts Practice from IADT. She recently
attained a Diploma in Youth Arts from NUI Maynooth.
Zara Little-Campbell is a writer from
Ballinasloe. She attained an MA in Creative Writing from Trinity College, Carmarthen in Wales. Her poetry has been published in Sigla and Crannóg. She
co-edited Rewind and a selection of
her poetry was published in the same anthology. Zara won the Jonathan Swift
Award for poetry in 2008 with her poem ‘Sycamore Trees’ and was shortlisted for
the Short Story Award in 2009.
Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a
short story writer, novelist and poet, born in Dublin and living in Ballinasloe.
Her third poetry collection The Juno
Charm is just out from Salmon Poetry. Her fourth short story collection Mother America will be published by New
Island in May 2012. Nuala’s story ‘Peach’, in the current issue of Prairie
Schooner, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. www.nualanichonchuir.com
John
Soden was born in 1973. He is a self taught artist
and from an early age had a keen interest in drawing and painting. He studied
Art at Leaving Cert level at St. Joseph’s College, Ballinasloe. John paints in
oils which are best suited to his impressionistic and expressive style of
painting. He has exhibited pieces at the Kilconnell Community Arts Event in
2010 and held a solo exhibition of his work in April 2011, as part of the East
Galway Art Trail. John also exhibited paintings in Anton’s café, Galway in
September 2011.
Úna Spain graduated from GMIT in 1997 with a Diploma
in Art & Design and was awarded an Honours Degree in Photography from DIT
in 2009. Her most recent body of work consists of photography, Super 8 film and
a limited edition artists book collectively entitled Marking Time which looked at three ‘erstwhile’ sites in Ballinasloe
and people formerly associated with them. The critic Aidan Dunne described this
work as a ‘brilliant, composite insight into the social and psychological
reality of change on a local scale in Ireland’ (Irish Times, June 17, 2009). Úna exhibited at Tulca and The Kenny
Gallery in 2011.
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