Anenome
Kilkenny limestone, 40x40x30cm
Photographer, Rory Moore
Anenome (detail)
Kilkenny limestone, 40x40x30cm
Photographer, Rory Moore
Origami Vessel
Kilkenny limestone, 50x50x25cm
Photgrapher, Rory Moore
Origami Vessel (detail)
Kilkenny limestone, 50x50x25cm
Photgrapher, Rory Moore
stone/cloch
Helen O’Connell
Helen O’Connell is inspired by Japanese art and design, in particular that of Isamu Noguchi. In her current body of work, she attempts to bring a meditative quality to the material of stone and give the seemingly simple form of the vessel a ceremonial connotation. By striving to depict a lightness in the weighty, unyielding material of stone, she draws out the magnificence of the Kilkenny limestone.
O’Connell graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature & Art History. She subsequently moved to Co. Leitrim where she trained under Séamus Dunbar, Jackie McKenna and Martha Quinn at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre in Manorhamilton. She spent several years working from her cottage studio and teaching at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre. Studies in the art of marble carving were undertaken in the Nicoli studios in Cararra, Italy.
In addition to her own current professional practice, she teaches stone sculpture at the Trinity College Arts Workshop. She currently works from studios in Dublin and her home in Co. Wicklow.
Numerous private collections nationally and internationally
2013
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Irish Arts Review featured artist |
2011
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Award Winner Stone Category, RDS National Crafts Competition HSE Commission, Dublin |
2010
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Arts Council of Ireland Bursary |
2006
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Leitrim County Council Residency Award for Tyrone Guthrie Centre |
2005
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Arts Council of Ireland Project Award for RANT |
Solo Exhibitions
2013
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Carraige na Farraige, Signal Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow |
2015
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the stone the circle the rhythm, Talbot Gallery,
Dublin |
Group Exhibitions and Fairs
2015
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Side by Side, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny |
2014
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FORM, Ballymaloe House, Cork |
2013
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Woods at Work, Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin |
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Open Submission, The Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow |
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FORM, Mount Juliet, Kilkenny |
2011
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RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin |
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Contemporary Sculpture in Irish Gardens, Ballintubbert Gardens, Kildare |
2010
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Trinity Arts Workshop 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Trinity College Dublin |
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RDS National Crafts Competition, Dublin |
2009
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Landed, Back Loft, La Cathedral, Dublin |
2006
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RANT, Turkish Baths, Belgrade, Serbia and Millcove Gallery, Cork |
2005
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RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin |
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Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin |
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RANT, Falcarragh, Donegal |
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Off the Wall, Wines on the Green, Dublin |
2004
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Monumental, Donkerswort, Netherlands; Galerie Exelsman, Brussels, Belgium; The Waterfront, Belfast and Gormleys, Dublin and Belfast |
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Iontas, Sligo, Limerick and Belfast |
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Jorgensons Fine Art, Dublin |
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RANT, Sheehans Hotel, Manorhamilton, Leitrim |
2000-2002
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Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Leitrim |
Contact Details:
Helen O'Connell
6 Sidmonton Square
Bray
Co. Wicklow
T. +353 86 330 7364
E. oconnellsculpture@gmail.com
www.oconnellsculpture.com