carmel mooney contemporary irish artist

Recent Exhibitions

Venice, Italy - September 2004
An exhibition of paintings, glass sculpture and other work will take place in Berengo Fine Art Gallery, just off St. Marks Square. Dates: 10th September for 2 weeks
Venue: Berengo Fine Arts Gallery, Calle Larga San Marco 412/413, 30124 Venezia

Venice, Italy - September/October 2004
OPENASIA 2004
Dates: 1st September to early October
Venue: Open air on the Lido in Venice

Dublin, Ireland - October 2004
A second exhibition similar to that at the Berengo Fine Art Gallery (above) will take place in Hallward Gallery, Dublin.
Dates: 15th October for 2 weeks
Venue: Hallward Gallery, 65 Merrion Square, Dublin 2

Kilkenny - October 2002
Carmel Mooney's glass installation 'Firebirds', which was premiered at the Waterford International Glass Art Festival (see below), was exhibited at the Crafts Council of Ireland premises. This exhibition also included several paintings by Carmel Mooney.

Waterford - Summer 2002
The first International Glass Art Festival 'Artists-in-Glass' was held in six venues in Waterford City (July - October 2002) and artists from 12 countries were represented by over 300 works in glass. A feature of this exhibition was the major glass installation 'Firebirds' created by Carmel Mooney when she collaborated with the Glass Masters of the Berengo Foundation in Murano, Venice, where this work was realized. A number of relevant paintings were also shown in the Garter Lane Gallery during this event.

Dublin - April 2001
European Commissioner Christopher F Patten launched the book 'That Space Between' in the National Gallery, Friends House, 90 Merrion Square, Dublin. The book covers work over 20 years and contains some 80 colour plates with essays by many leading art critics and figures in the Irish world of art.

Brussels - September 2001
Carmel Mooney represented Ireland in the Murano Venezia Europa exhibition, in the European Parliament Building, which exhibited a work in glass by one artist from each of the 15 European countries and which is now travelling throughout Europe.

Rome - March 2000
By invitation of the Fondazione Murisa Bellisario works by Carmel Mooney were exhibited in the Museo Vittoriano in Rome in Spring 2000.

Dublin - June 2000
Presented a solo exhibition of work in the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, as part of the Anna Livia International Opera Festival, to which she was artist-in-residence.

France - September 1999
Carmel Mooney was one of the two Irish Artists invited to show in the Interceltique De Lorient Festival in Britanny, a festival which represents the coming together of all the Celtic nations in art, music and other cultural activities.

London & Dublin - March 1999
Simultaneous Solo exhibitions in Cork Street in London, curated by Tanya Baxter of Art House Consultancy, the Kings Road Gallery (London) and the Hallward Gallery in Dublin were very well received and introduced many new collectors to her work.

Hong Kong & Dublin - 1996
Two major solo exhibitions in Bank of Ireland (Head Office Exhibition Hall, Dublin) and LKF The Gallery, Hong Kong, represented a major undertaking and confirmed the international appeal of Carmel Mooney's work.

Volcanic Series

Painted at Fire Mountain, Lanzarote:

Exhibited in Dublin in 1993
Exhibited in Dublin / Hong Kong in 1996

Painted at Mount Etna, Sicily, 1997-98:

Exhibitions in Dublin & London in 1999

Volcanic Series Mount Etna:

Exhibited Museo Vitteriano Rome, March 2000
Dublin, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, June 2002
Waterford Garter Lane Gallery, July 2002


    

Solo Exhibitions

Lincoln Gallery, Dublin, 1983
Lincoln Gallery, Dublin, 1985
Mount Street Gallery, Dublin, 1988
Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, 1991
Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, 1993
Bank of Ireland Exhibition Centre HO, Dublin, 1996
LKF The Gallery, Hong Kong, 1996
Gallery 27, Cork St., London, 1999
Hallward Gallery, Dublin, 1999
Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, 2000
The National Gallery House of the Friends, March 2001

Group Exhibitions

An t-Oireachtas
Claremorris Open Exhibition
Cork Arts Society
Kenny Gallery, Galway
Hendricks Gallery, Dublin
Elmwood Gallery, Belfast
Royal Hibernian Academy
Frank Lewis Gallery, Killarney
Kilcock Art Gallery
United Arts Club, Dublin
The Hallward Gallery
King's Road Gallery, London

Invited Exhibitions

Royal Hibernian Academy - Banquet Exhibition, 1990 & 1992
Royal Hibernian Academy - 'Without Walls', 1993
An t-Oireachtas, 1991 to date
Oileán 1992, An Daingean
Oileán 1993, Galway & Belfast
Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin, 1993
The Courtyard Gallery, 'In Praise of Irish Women'
Sligo Art Gallery, 'Earth, Wind & Fire', 1997
Aer Rianta, 'Gateway to Art', 1998 & 1999
Boyle Arts Festival, 1999
18th International Friendship Exhibition, Art Cultural Exchange - Japan/Ireland, 1993
Graphic Gallery Touring Exhibition, 'Invited Artists', 1985-1995
Festival - Interceltique de Lorient, 1999
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1992
Museo Vittoriano Rome, 2000
C.A.S.E., Cork, 2002



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