Ruth O'Donnell
Galway born artist Ruth O’Donnell studied at UCG, 1969 to 1972 and at the art college of the Institut St Luc, Brussels from 1986 to 1990. She is best known as a printmaker and has been a member of the Graphic Studio Dublin since 1991.Her work deals with pattern in still life and landscape and includes etchings, monotypes, watercolours and audiovisual installation.
Selected Recent Exhibitions: |
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| 2006: | Water Colour Society of Ireland, Annual Exhibition Pygmalion, Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar Observations, Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin – solo exhibition The Burren Wall, Glór Gallery, Ennis, Co. Clare |
| 2005 | TULCA, Galway Season of Visual Art, Coole Park Observations, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands - solo exhibition The Garden of Earthly Delights, Chester Beatty Library 5eme Biennale Internationale de Gravure, Liege, Belgium |
| 2004 | The Cracked Lookingglass, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, New York and Stockholm – joint curator RHA Annual Exhibition London Original Print Fair Figurative Art Now, Dun Laoghaire Town Hall, Co. Dublin |
| 2003 | RHA Annual Exhibition Figurative Art Ireland, Dun Laoghaire Town Hall Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London |
| 2002 | Grafiska Sallskapet Gallery, Stockholm Holy Show, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Impressions at Galway Arts Centre, Éigse, Carlow Visual Arts, Kilcock Art Gallery, Co. Kildare – two-person exhibition Nordens Ljus Gallery, Stockholm |
| 2001 | New Works, Graphic Studio Gallery - solo exhibition Works on Paper, Lemon Street Gallery, Dublin Black Pool, Glasgow print Studios Irish Printmaking, Galway Art Gallery Graphic Studio Dublin at Konstforum, Norrkoping, Sweden |
Commissions:
- Hilton Hotel, Dublin
- Behaviour and Attitudes, Marketing Research, Dublin
- HQ Executive Offices, London
- P&O Cruises (UK), Cruise Ship, “Oriana”
- Hastings Hotels, Northern Ireland
Collections:
- Office of Public Works, Dublin
- National Gallery of Ireland
- Chester Beatty Library
- Allied Irish Banks
- Ark Life Assurance
- AXA Insurance
- Jurys Hotels
- Mater Private Hospital
- Southampton Hospital
- Uppsala University