About Me
Bio:
Born in Inchicore, Dublin, Christine paints and exhibits her abstract works, as well as working as a community art facilitator. She has always been interested and involved with the arts, and in 2016 she graduated with a degree in Fine Art Paint from National College of Art & Design, Dublin.
Creative life:
A Visual Artist
Painting, Sculpture, Photography, sketching, visiting galleries, travelling, writing poetry, upkeep of anallotment/gardening and walking & cycling.
Work:
Christine is a painter and a sculpture who works in her studio from her home in Clondalkin.
Christine is an artist in residence in Park West Business Park, Dublin for past 3 years where she showcases her work in a small gallery space.
Exhibits her work through art exhibitions in Galleries & showrooms in Dublin and Galway.
She works as a community artist who facilitates workshops, community summer projects, Social Inclusion and Bealtaine art projects and art classes. Christine is on the South Dublin County Council artist panel.
Facilitate art classes for Clondalkin Women’s Network, An Cosan VCC, Tallaght. Knocklyon Art Group, Knocklyon Community Centre, Dublin.
Also working and facilitating art classes with adults with disabilities in The HUB, Clondalkin, Dublin.
Exhibitions
December 2019
“Coastal”
The Lunchtme Gallery, The Plaza, Park West, Dublin
August 2019
“A Visual Narrative Through Paint & Sculpture”
The Gallery, Richmond Lodge, Monkstown, Dublin
May 2019
“The workforce” The County Library, Tallaght, Dublin
September 2018
Exhibited an aluminum sculpture “Turas” as part of the yearly exhibition with Sculpture in Context, The Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.
July- August 2018
Summer Season Exhibition.
Greenacres Art Gallery, Wexford Town.
May-June 2018
“Footprints on our Landscape”
The Cowshed Theatre, Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park.
April 2018
CHQ Building, Dublin Port. Dublin Painters & Sketchers Club annual Exhibition.
November 2017
“Turas” exhibition held in The Old Market House, Dungarvan, Co Waterford
May 2017
“Turas”
The Lunchtime Gallery, The Plaza, Dublin
March 2017
Ballyfermot Library, Dublin 10
Exhibition “Turas” An exhibition based on Semperit Tyre factory. A derelict, isolate space that once held a workforce in the outer suburb of Ballyfermot, Dublin. A collaboration with Ballyfermot Heritage Group.
November 2016
“LUCART”
Muintir Na Tir, Main Street, Lucan
September 2016
Rua Red Art Centre – Winter Open Submission
Art Projects
2016
“GPO Project”
Loughlinstown Over 50’s club.
Winning project of Dunlaoghaire Council Community Awards 2016.
2018
“CARP” art painting project
CARP Centre, Killinarden, Tallaght, Dublin
“The Way we Wore”
The Park Community Centre
Tallaght, Dublin
2019
The County Library, Tallaght, Dublin
Part of Social Inclusion and Bealtaine Festivals
“Flag a Phrase”
&
“The Way we Wore”
2020
“Be Mindful through Art”
Louis Fitzgerald’s Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin
Women’s Network celebration of International Women’s Day 2020
My work
My paintings are abstract, with a strong architectural influence. Taking inspiration from abandoned building or the natural world, I create a visual story using a multilayer technique. My formal training has given me a keen understanding of colours, contrasts and design, and I use this knowledge as a
starting point, manipulating pigments and using a layering technique to convey my point of view.
My creative process is multi-layered-I begin by capturing the visual in a photograph, then I draw, sketch and paint. Within this process I uncover deeper meanings and hidden narratives within the subject, using experimental colours, shapes and forms to describe the abstraction.
I am interested in exploring the concept of memory, as it relates to a particular place or object.
Artist Statement
As an artist, observation & interaction with place is a vital component to my painting and sculptures.
My work attempts to cross over and connect my architectural imagery the ageing of memory, a movement and link between time and space.
Emotions are enlightened. A memory of been present.