Brian Hegarty

Brian Hegarty was born in Dublin,Ireland in 1970 and now lives in Drogheda, Co. Louth.He graduated from the D.I.T college of fine art in 1994. He had his first solo show in 2000 and four others since then one in the U.S. He has exhibited in numerous group shows within Ireland also in the U.S, Holland and Finland.He has recieved two assistance awards and a travel award from the Irish Arts Council as well as a bursary from the Drogheda Borough Council.He is currently a part time scenic artist with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

Collage has always been an element within my work but it is only recently that i have begun exploring it in its original basic essence 'as works on paper'.The works themselves are combines of magazine images, photocopies, colour copies, exhibition flyers and suchlike. They are layered, torn back, ripped and rent. Paint and mark makers are also used. The works are intricate, yet with a roughness, which nods to my interest in 'outsider or folk art' and the idea of de-collage. When starting a piece i have no pre-determined conclusion in mind of what the work will be. I may start with a particular image from a magazine which may or may not determine a path to follow while at other times this image may get total...

1991-1994 Diploma in Printmaking. D.I.T college of Fine Art, Dublin
1990-1991 Certin Fine Art. D.I.T college of Fine Art, Dublin

2006 Iomha 06 (Touring Show) Drogheda,Dundalk,Finland
2006 R.H.A Dublin ( Annual Show)
2005 Drogheda Arts Festival
2004 Iomha 05, Droichead Arts Centre.
10 Years Later(Curator)Droichead Arts Centre.
R.H.A (Annual Show),Dublin
2003 R.H.A (Annual Show)Dublin
2002 Urban Abstracts- 2 person show,Cross Gallery, Dublin
Ferment- Dis-used warehouse,Dublin
From Ritual To Romance, Catalyst Arts Centre,Belfast
Group Show,Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin
2001 New Irish Art, Erin Devine Gallery, Kentuckey, USA
2000 Landscape, Daffodil Gallery, Skerries
The Irish are coming- Erin Devine Gallery,Kentucky, USA#
1999 Quadrant-Belltable, Limerick.
4 Artists- An Gaileari,Falcarragh, Donegal
Saloon-Pallas Studios, Dublin
Iontas Small Works Exhibition-Sligo,Limerick,Belfast
1998 Oireachtais- Guinness Hopstore,Dublin
R.H.A Annual Exhibition, Dublin
1997 Spectrum - R.H.A,Dublin
Fused Ignition-Various Locations, Cork
1996 Axis-Irish Life Mall, Dublin
1993 Maastricht,Biennal w/masterclass with JCJ Vanderhayden MECC, Holland

Sand & Snow-scuplture
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