Billie Ireland

Billie Ireland is an artist working from a studio in rural Wales in the UK. Over the past 20 years she has become known for her organic abstract paintings. She also works with ancient and traditional materials often handmade to original recipes. The wider fields of spiritual practice and religious symbolism are reflected in her work and she is continually drawn to themes in nature and the ancient arts.
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Since becoming a mother, her work has incorporated personal histories. Narratives have evolved combining her own experience of pregnancy and birth with evolving rituals that are personal yet timeless and cross cultured.
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Her recent solo exhibition 'The Hormone Hermit and the Hairy Moon' was extremely well received.
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'Whilst sidestepping the pitfall of sentimentality, Billie Ireland’s recent work about the experience of childbirth deftly negotiates a path
between comedy and tragedy.
The younger members of our audience hugely enjoyed her carnivalesque, interactive installation whilst her paintings and
assemblages probed darker and more dangerous territory for an older audience.
On another level her paintings work - as they always have - as beautifully
wrought abstractions.'
Neil Walker
Head of Vis...

BA Hons Fine Art, Leeds. UK
Postgraduate Cert in Arts Practice, Derby. UK
PGCE/FEducation, Nottingham. UK
Felt making City & Guilds
Icon painting at the Princes School, London

2018 – The Hormone Hermit and Hairy Moon, Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham
2007 - Solo show, Lace market Gallery, Nottingham
2003 - Billie Ireland, The Art Store, Dublin
2002 - Paintings, The Assembly Rooms, Derby
2002 - The South Hall Gallery Show, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham
2001 - Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham

Group exhibitions

2014 – Explorations, 3 person exhib, ThrityFive Gamble, Nottingham
2012 - The Drawing Project, Crocus Gallery, Nottingham
2011 - 4 CAN + 2, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2010 - The Big Hang, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
2009 - Nottingham Castle Open, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham
2009 - Painting in progress, The Lace Market Gallery, Nottingham
2008 - IFA Touring Show, Hatworks , Europe
2006 - Great Christmas Art Fair, Alexandra Palace, London
2006 - New Trends in Painting, LCB Depot, Leicester
2005 - Derby Open, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby
2004 - Spain meets Ireland, Sir John Borlase Warren, Nottingham
2003 - Virtual Collect, Experian, Nottingham
2002 - Circa, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingahm
2002 - Open Studios Exhibition, Wallner Gallery, University of Nottingham
2001 - Connect, Leicester City Gallery, Leicester
2001 - C...