Kathy O’ Leary's profile
Name: Kathy O’ Leary
Organisation:
Leitrim Sculpture Centre,
Region: Leitrim
Website: http://kathyoleary.blogspot.ie
Member since:01-24-2012
Background
Visual Artist 2005 *B.F.A. (Hons.), Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland
Awards and Residencies
2012 Residency and exhibition at The Working Artist Studio, West Cork
2011 Mentoring Program with Ruth Le Gear through the FireStation Artist Studios and ADI
Artist in residence, Leitrim Sculpture Centre
Leitrim County Council Artist Bursary
2010 Leitrim County Council Artist Bursary
2008 Leitrim Task Force and Peace 2
2007 Artist in the Community, Arts Council and Create
Professional Organisation
Leitrim Sculpture Centre,
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Professional Statement
Artist statement
My work reflects how I collect and collate objects/imagery and how my perception alters my unique perspective. I examine colour, form, and line, which become abstract, often sculptural layers. These layers help me to metaphorically, conceptualizing, ideas and creating reflections on the ever-changing world of culture, society and technology. By utilizing the abstract space between my body and the environment to create a unique perspective and pliable structure for intuition and opportunity. These have become my methods for navigating the blurry terrain of memory and imagination, reflecting my viewpoint of the world. I trace and retrace, drawing from O.S. maps and retracing my path through them. Mapping serves as a metaphor for searching, an implication of the unknown in wide, open spaces, paralleled with my personal confines, exploring these spaces in my research methodologies.
