Amanda Doran

Born in Ireland 1987. Lives and works in Dublin Ireland.

My work is based around my personal interests and understandings of particular subcultures, how we choose to identify and portray ourselves as individuals. At the moment my focus is on looking at: punk and black metal music culture, freak/sideshow performances, tattoo, piercing and body modification, general body alteration and many famous icon's that stem from these subcultures.
I like the idea of making the underdog or misfit of society an icon. There is no better way to do this than painting a huge portrait of this social reject. Maybe in ways I wish to reform the identity of the socially unacceptable.


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B.A. (Hons) Degree in Fine Art Painting, (First-class Honours,) National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland, 2012

FETAC Level 6 Certificate in Fine Art - Gorey School of Art, Co. Wexford, Ireland, 2009

FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Fine Art - Gorey School of Art, Co. Wexford, Ireland, 2004

Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s
New Sensations Award shortlisted artists group show, London, U.K, 2012

R.D.S Student Art Awards group show, Dublin, Ireland, 2012

N.C.A.D. Graduate Degree show, Dublin, Ireland, 2012

Lady Windermere’s winter group show, The Back loft, Dublin, Ireland, 2012

RHA Unselected Show, The Bad Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2010

Humour of… Youth, Gorey School of Art group show, Wexford, Ireland, 2009