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Nov 11
Irish Artists Lend Their Support to Marriage Equality
The work of some of Ireland's leading artists will come under the hammer at an art auction fundraising event for Marriage Equality. Entitled "Art for Marriage Equality", the auction takes place on Saturday November 26th at 14/15 St Stephen's Green (corner of Dawson Street and St Stephen's Green)
RUA RED Winter Open
My work has been selected for the RUA RED Winter Open Submission which opens on the 12th of November and runs until the 10th December at the RUA RED Gallery South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, D24. Click here for an invitation and here for a map View opening night photo's here.
Sept 11
Culture Night is on the 23rd September. NAS studio 2/3 Marys Abbey is open from 6pm - 10pm. This is an ideal opportunity to meet artists in their studio's and to observe their working practices. An exhibition of works by studio artists on the theme of "Miscellany", can be viewed on the night. Click on the location map for directions.
Download an invitation to the exhibition on Friday the 23rd Sept.
"Painting on Household Objects", - The Higher Bridges Gallery Enniskillen from the 2nd – 16th September 2011. The most original show of the year, and the most difficult to categorise, it includes work by 52 Visual Artists from all over Ireland and approximately 100 unique pieces of original contemporary art . Download invitation.
The final list of the 52 Visual Artists participating in the ‘Painting on Household Objects’ show are:
Bernie Masterson, Martin McParland, Joseph Simons, Jane Fallis, Kiera McCluskey, Sandra Breathnach, Tara Fitzimmons, Teresa Maguire, Christian Kearns, Ian Wieczorek, Lorna Smyth, Caroline Dilworth, Helen McNulty, Susan Hughes, Jean Doyle, Veronica Curry, Alex Lindsay, Caroline Dilworth, Cezari Bielicki, Mark Chambers, Patricia Kelly, Andrew Healy, Ben Healey, Tara Moran Woods, Niall Walsh, Majella Clancy, Patricia Illand, Nuala Gregory, Mary Mooney, Brid Mac Conville, Brid Mac Conville, Raffaela Catone, Rosemary Wylie, Cilla Patton, Veronica Forsgren, Nicola Woods, Louise Hardman, Stacey Convey, Wendy Stephens, John Cullen, Kathy May, Steven Aylin, Gemma Killeen, David Leahy, Sarah Wieghell, Kirsty McGhie, Samantha Clarke, Bridget Dolan, Marielle MacLeman, Colin McGookin, Alan Milligan, Talie Mau, Genevieve Murphy & Elena Murphy.
June 11
"Level" a group exhibition curated by Bernadette Madden, opens in Dunamaise Art Centre on Friday the 17th at 8 pm and runs until the 30th July.
28 pieces have been selected, including work by Cora O'Brien, Brendan O'Flaherty, Bernie Masterson, Bennie Reilly, Conor Walton, Aoife Barrett, Stephen Lawlor, Joe Dunne, Bridget Flinn, Mary Burke, Eoin MacLochlainn, Lorraine Walsh, Myra Jago, PaulmacCormaic, Heidi Nguyen, Mairia O'Brien, Angela Fewer, Eileen Mills and Balazs Keresztury. The exhibition runs until July 30th 2011. Entry to the exhibition is free and all members of the public are invited to the gallery to take a look at the work. Dunamaise Art Centre also want to hear what you think-please fill out one of the comment slips and choose your favourite work. They will present an Audience Award to the piece that gets the highest votes! See some photographs of the opening evening in the Dunamaise Arts Centre.
May 11
Dr Maebh O'Regan Ph.D. will deliver a paper on Bernie Masterson's work 'Drawing on the Body' at the Centre for History of Medicine in Ireland Conference at the University of Ulster Belfast on May 26th 2011.
Click here to an listen to an edited version of the paper on youtube.
The exhibition Drawing on the Body will also be shown as a part of the conference.
Click here for the programme of lectures and Map.
You can see Bernie Masterson's work at the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition from the 23rd May until the 30th of July 2011.
See the Royal Hiberian Academy's Website
April 11
An exhibition of paintings by five prominent Cill Rialaig Artists: Elizabeth Cope, Bernie Masterson, John Philip Murray, Dorothy Smith and Niall Wright at the Cill Rialaig Arts Centre Siopa Chill Rialaig Dun Geagan, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry until May 11, 2011
For more than 18 years, the Cill Rialaig Project has provided the rare experience to visiting artists of living in a restored pre-famine era village where they work uninterrupted except by the stunning surrounding landscape.
This exhibition features five prominent artists who visited Cill Rialaig early in its history and returned again several years later. Each addresses issues of landscape in different ways.
Elizabeth Cope is a colourist, and paints domesticated gardens with vibrant energy.
Bernie Masterson explores the constantly changing light, weather and textures of the wild Irish landscape. For many years, John Philip Murray has been interested in early Italian Renaissance painting, and melds interior and exterior spaces in his work. Dorothy Smith studies the evocative shadows and structures of agricultural buildings. Niall Wright taps into the experience of “soft,” misty weather and the borders between land, sky and water.
The Cill Rialaig Arts Centre is in Dun Geagan village near Ballinskelligs on the Skellig Ring road outside of Waterville and Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry. In the spring, it is on Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 5, except for the Easter and May Bank Holiday weekends when it will be open Thursday to Monday from 11 to 6.
For further information, contact 066 947 9277 or 077 947 9297.
March 11
To listen to Jacqui Corcoran interviewing Bernie Masterson on her exhibition "Drawing on the Body", for Arena ( RTE Radio One) Arts Programme aired on Tuesday the 22nd March, please click here.
Bernie Masterson's solo exhibition Drawing On The Body opens in WHAT (Waterford Healing Arts Trust) based in the Regional Hospital Waterford on the 16th March and runs until the 28th Apri 2011. The exhibition will open with an artist’s talk on Wednesday the 16th March at 10am in the WHAT Centre for Arts & Health. This may be of particular interest to home-based carers.
The Waterford Healing Arts Trust acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council in making this exhibition possible.
For more information please contact the Waterford Healing Arts Trust on 051-842664 or e-mail WHAT@hse.ie
Click here for details.
Dec 10
Invitation to exhibit work in the 20/20 Show at NAS Studio
20/20 is a group exhibition of work 20 cm x 20 cm. The show opens on Friday December 17th at 6pm. Exhibitiing artists include Mary Burke, Jackie Duignan, Ann Lynch, Bernie Masterson, Aidan Mc Dermott, Margaret O'Hagan, Ger O'Reilly, Karen Ryan, and Niall Wright. The exhibition continues until December 20th
Oct 10
Invitation to exhibit work in the FERMANAGH DISTRICT COUNCIL 1 FT SQ XMAS SHOW. The 3rd 1 FT SQ small works Christmas Exhibition of Visual Art will be held from: (Launch): Saturday 4th December at 8pm until the 21st Dec 2010 in the
Higher Bridges Gallery at The Clinton Centre Enniskillen.
Invitation to exhibit work in the Christmas Group Show in the Custom House Studios from 9th December to the 13th January. This exhibition will feature those artists who worked at the Custom House Studios and exhibited in the year ending 2010.
Sept 10
Culture Night is on Friday the 24th September. NAS are exhibiting works of studio artists and associated members on the night. All works will be 1 ft square, hence the title "The Square Show". The studio is open from 6pm to 10pm and all works are for sale on the night of the 24th. The address of the studio is 2/3 Mary's Abbey, Dublin 7. Click for Map. Telephone: 01 8730617. All visitors are welcome.
Support the Arts in Ireland - The National Day for Action for Arts and Culture is the 17th September. Lobby your local TD.
Children Fist - Art Auction The exhibition will take place in the RHA, Ely Place, on Thursday September 16th from 5pm to 7pm, Friday and Saturday 17th and 18th, from 11am to 5pm and the draw and auction will take place from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday September 19th. The draw and auction will be launched by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Gerry Breen. The tickets will cost €350, and if you or any of your friends are interested in purchasing a ticket, please contact info@childrenfirst.ie or alternatively click here to view an invitation, Masterson has donated two paintings to be auctioned in aid of this cause.
Aug 10
Bernie Masterson will be taking up the offer of a residency in Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co.Kerry from the 26th August - 1st September.
July 10
Living Landscape, a solo exhibitiion of paintings by Bernie Masterson will be opened by Dr. Maebh O Regan in the Customs House Gallery Westport, on the 22nd July. These works are the result of a residency awarded in 2008 by the Heinrich Boll Association and Mayo County Council and a subsequent residency awarded in 2009 by the Arts Council and The Custom House Studios. The exhibition continues until August 15th.
Maebh O'Regan graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the History of Art and Classical Civilization. She continued her studies in the National College of Art and Design where she was awarded a Ph.D. for her thesis on the life and work of the 19th century Irish painter, Richard Thomas Moynan. Maebh has been lecturing in the NCAD since 2000. Her main focus of interest is Irish art practice.
Poetry reading by Geraldine Mills & Terry McDonagh presented by the Custom House Studios in association with Creel Restaurtant Westport, Tuesday the 20th July. What a enjoyable evening.
April 10
Drawing on the Body an exhibition of new works by Bernie Masterson will be opened on Saturday the 10th April at 3 pm in RUA RED by Carissa Farrell, Director of Visual Carlow.
Video link to Drawing on the Body
Press Release:
The artist Bernie Masterson is synonymous with landscape and exploration of the natural environment. Her latest collection of paintings still relates to mapping, but the subject in question addresses physical geography of a very different nature. The theme of the new work emerged serendipitously from her role as a carer for her mother, Jeannie Masterson. It was a comment she made about her skin that prompted her artist-daughter to interpret these areas, generating a process that was to gain its own momentum.
During the four years that the painter was engaged in the creation of this body of work, she successfully developed a two step approach. The initial collection of oil drawings deals primarily with the surface of the skin and its evolution over the years. The second part of the series melded the structural elements of medical record with the memories evoked by photographic media. The combined effect of the collection forms a narrative that gives visual expression to a vibrant life, becoming effectively a biography in paint.
The unique aspect of these works is that this series is the product of a collaborative effort between mother and daughter. (Dr Maebh O Regan Ph.D in Visual Culture)
The exhibition runs until 8th May
March 10
Bernie Masterson, and NAS Studio artists (Mary Burke, Eithne Carr, Aidan McDermott, Ger O'Reilly and Niall Wright) will be participating in THE ARTISTS REBUILDING HAITI AUCTION organised by Fergus Ahern in colaboration with deVeres Art Auctioneers. The auction will take place on 26th April at the D4 Berkeley Hotel in Ballsdridge, Dublin 4. The work can be previewed on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th April. Proceeds from the sale of artworks go to rebuilding Haiti.
Feb 10
The National Prisoners Art Exhibition representing works from 14 prisons and 2 post release centres is on tour from Kilmainham Gaol to the Hunt Museum in Limerick, and will open on the 24th February and run until the 21st March 2010.
Jan 10
Bernie Masterson has been awarded a solo show in RUA RED Tallaght, Dublin. The exhibition of new works titled "Drawing on the Body", opens April / May. See here for further details.
Dec 09
Invited artist in the "One Ft Square", Christmas Visual Arts Exhibition at the Higher Bridges Gallery in the Clinton Center Enniskillen, opening on the 4th December at 8pm. Exhibition continues to the 21st December 2009. Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm - Saturday 10am - 4pm
Invited to exhibit work in the Christmas Group Show at the Cavehill Gallery Belfast opening on Thursday 3rd December 2009 at 5 – 9 pm. Exhibition continues until Saturday 19th Decenber. Gallery Hours: 1.pm – 5.30.pm Tuesday –Saturday
Invited artist in the Christmas Group Show at the Custom House Gallery in Westport. The Christmas Show runs from Sunday 13th December 3pm – 24th January 2010
Nov 09
Exhibiting artist at “Hunt the Postcard at the Hunt”. This second fundraising event takes place at the Hunt Museum in Limerick on Saturday 28th November, 10am to 5pm and
Sunday 29th November 2pm to 5pm. For more information please contact the Hunt Museum. See the llst of Exhibiting Artists. Each work is valued at €50 In aid of the Hunt Museum exhibition fund. On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th, the gallery at The Hunt Museum, will be filled with OVER 600 postcard-sized works of art, which have been generously donated by artists from all over Ireland and other countries.
The National Prisoners Art Exhibition representing works from 14 prisons and 2 post release centres will open on the 12th November in Kilmainham Gaol Dublin. The exhibition runs until the 31st January. All are welcome.
Oct 09
"Inspiring Word" is the theme for the Westport Arts Festival which runs from the 2nd Oct - 11th Oct 2009 in McGings. Masterson's work for this Festival was influenced by the W B Yeats poem "Memory". The painting is called "Towards the Reek", the reek is a local term for the mountain, Croagh Patrick. The work was made during her residency at the Custom House Studios.
Sept 09
See Masterson's work at the Ann Cheyne Visual Art Award 2009 Exhibition in the Lisburn Island Arts Centre N. Ireland from Thurs 24th Sept - Thurs 15th Oct opening hours are from 9.30am -10pm Monday to Friday and 9.30am - 5pm on Saturday.
Invited to participate in this years Xmas show at The Higher Bridges Gallery in The Clinton Centre Enniskillen Co. Fermanagh Northern Ireland.
NAS Studio will be open on Culture Night, Friday September 25th 2009. Check here or on our Studio Website for further details. All are welcome to come on the 25th and have a look at work in progress in the studios. A selection of studio artists work will also be on exhibition for that night only.
Masterson will be working in Westport Custom House Studios on the residency awarded to her back in Feburary. Photo page on Flickr
Aug 09
Selected to exhibit work at the Dunamaise OPEN Exhibition. The exhibition runs from August 28th to October 10th.. Dunamaise Arts Centre is pleased to presents its inaugural open submission exhibition, 'Dunamaise OPEN', which was launched with a reception this Friday, 28 August 2009, at 8pm. The show features 30 works selected and curated by visual artist Martin Gale, with artists including Jackie Askew, Mary Burke, Loretto Cooney, Gerard Cox, Camilla Fanning, Angela Fewer, Pat Fitzpatrick, Isabelle Gaborit, Tony Gunning, Allyson Keehan, Clodagh Kelly, Emmet Kierans, Berniei Masterson, Liz Matthews, Ruth McDonnell, Cecilia Moore, Maria O’Brien, Nuala O’Sullivan, Alice Peillon, Robert Peters, Frances Ryan, Celine Sheridan, Sarah Stevens, Lorraine Tuck, Dave West and Dianne Whyte. See www.dunamaiseopen.ie
Bernie Masterson's work is showing at 126’s “How Do You Know” show, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, California, USA. See www.126.ie
126 with Blankspace Gallery (Oakland, California) present:
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
The work of 16 emerging contemporary Irish artists.
Opens First Friday August 7th 7-10pm
Exhibition shows through August 30, 2009.
After an all Ireland call for work responding to the theme of 'How Do You Know?' the artist-run gallery 126 curated a diverse range of works and practices to be highlighted in the Bay Area.
Approaches range from the medical and methodical to those of chance and humour. The show features a range of media from painting and collage to video and installation. Artists showing are: Vera Klute, Paul Murnaghan, Padraig Robinson, Christopher Banahan, Jackie Nickerson, Emma Houlihan, Adelle Hickey, Bernie Masterson, Emmet Kierans, Fiona Chambers, John Jones, Theresa Nanigan, Paul Hickey, Helena O’Connor, Tanya O’Keefe and James Hayes.
Blankspace is proud to present a group exhibition curated by 126 in Galway Ireland. Blankspace has worked with 126 for over a year to produce exchange opportunities for local artists from both regions. Bay Area artists will be exhibiting work in Galway, Ireland opening August 19th. Both galleries share similar missions and goals when it comes to producing exhibitions; 126 and Blankspace are both artist-run exhibition spaces that promote strong conceptual approaches and experimentation in art making.
Similarly to Oakland, over the last 5-7 years a diverse and internationally significant visual arts scene has emerged in Ireland. It is in this development that 126 and Blankspace play significant roles in the development of visual arts in their respective cities.
126 was established in 2006 by local artists in their own living room as a response to the need for more non-commercial gallery spaces in Galway and is currently located in the city-centre.
www.126.ie
126 is supported by the Arts Council, the Galway City Council and its membership.
Blankspace is an artist-run contemporary art gallery in Oakland, California with a focus on exhibiting emerging artists in a wide range of media. Blankspace seeks to foster solid relationships with artists, collectors, curators, non-profit spaces and other contemporary art galleries to expand the Bay Area arts community.
blankspace
6608 san pablo ave
oakland, ca 94608
510-547-6608
NEW hours: thurs- sun 12-6pm, first friday 7-10pm
July 09
Selected as one of the artists in the second “Hunt the Postcard at the Hunt” fundraising event taking place on the 28th and 29th November 2009 at the Hunt Museum Limerick Ireland.
For more information please contact the Hunt Museum.
June 19, 2009
126 ANNOUNCES ARTISTS SELECTED FOR BLANKSPACE SHOW
After a month of deliberation the Board of 126 in Galway has announced the line-up of artists who will exhibit with 126 at Blankspace gallery in Oakland, California from 6 August 2009. An open call for the exhibition 'How Do You Know?' was put out in February and 15 artists were selected from almost 150 applicants for the show.
The exhibiting artists chosen by the 126 Board are Vera Klute, Paul Murnaghan, Padraig Robinson, Christopher Banahan, Jackie Nickerson, Emma Houlihan, Adelle Hickey, Bernie Masterson, Emmet Kierans, Fiona Chambers, John Jones, Theresa Nanigan, Paul Hickey, Helena O'Connor, Tanya O'Keefe and James Luke Hayes.
The exhibition is designed to showcase emerging Irish artists to the San Francisco Bay area as part of the Oakland Art Murmur arts trail. For their half of this international curatorial exchange Blankspace will curate a show of emerging Californian artists at 126 in August/September 2009. www.126.ie
May 09
You can see Bernie Masterson's work at the Royal Hibernian Academy's Annual Exhibition from May until the end of July 2009
http://www.royalhibernianacademy.com
Feb 09
Awarded a Custom House Studio Residency in Co Westport for September 2009 and later on a solo exhibition at the Custom House Gallery in 2010