Ide's art work in the Crawford Art gallery at culture night 2015

Íde Ní Shúilleabháin at Culture Night 2015

 Íde Ní Shúilleabháin's work is proudly featured as part of the events at this years Culture Night in Cork City. 

Using strong colours and angular shapes, Íde Ní Shúilleabháin has created bold interpretations of objects, paintings, ceramics and sculptures from the Crawford Gallery’s collection. 

You are invited to take part in a treasure hunt related to Ide's work in Crawford Art Gallery, Emmett Place between 5pm and 10pm on Friday 18th of September. For more details check out the Culture Night website:

culturenightevents/crawfordgallery

Ide, portraying John at Mid summer festival

Ide Reacts to the white installation prepared by Debajo Del Sombrero

One of the workshops hosted by Colectivo Debajo del Sombrero at Matadero Madrid was a chance to transform an object with paint after it was presented to the artists completely white.

As the workshop progresses in Matadero, Madrid, Ide does observational studies of the freshly painted objects of her fellow artists. She used her unique style to create bold, colourful and angular interpretations of objects such as a teddy, shoes and a guitar.

The White objects laid out for the workshop.

Ide's Watercolour pastel drawing of a Bristol artist's painted Teddy bear.

Ide's Line drawings in charcoal of the array of white objects.

Ide at La Matadero, Madrid

This is the studio Ide and her fellow GASP artists worked in, La Matadero, Madrid. She was inspired everyday by different cultures, other artists and new artistic techniques.

Drawing at Palacio De Cristal

Ide visited the botanical gardens, Palacio de Cristal. Each glass house had a different climate suitable to the plant life. Here we see Ide doing observational studies of the cactus plants. 

Ide Explores Portraiture at Workshops in Madrid

At the workshops in La Matadero, Madrid, Ide found opportunities to create portraits of the people involved in the workshops. A contemporary dancer facilitating a dance workshop and her fellow Cork Artist, John Whelan.

Ide's portrait of contemporary dancer during dance workshop.

Ide's portrait of John Whelan, as part of a wall mural in La Tabacalero.

Ide Draws Jorge's Guitar at Workshops in Madrid

Íde Ní Shúilleabháin draws an image of a guitar painted by artist Jorge Bermejo on an Erasmus + workshop hosted by Colectivo Debajo del Sombrero 

at Matadero Madrid.

Creative Journey to Madrid

Íde is travelling to Madrid next week to an arts workshop hosted by Arts Organisation Debajo Del Sombrero as part of a longer term Erasmus + project called Expanding realities which will see exchange or ideas, approaches and collaborations  between GASP Cork, Art in Motion (AIM) Bristol and Debajo del Sombrero Madrid. 

The project is coordinated by CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and supported by Leargas.  The workshop in Madrid will be a change to engage with new method and approaches. Some workshop will be focused on visual response to performance art while time will also be spent working on a large piece of work on an outdoor wall.

Public Engagement at the Sirius Arts Centre

Ide takes part in Public Engagement events at the Sirius Arts Centre for Generation & People-Tools-Cities.

During the exhibitions Generation and People- Tools- Cities, a number of opportunities for Public Engagement were organisied. Meet the Artsist Events, Coffee Mornings and Workshops. 

Ide Ni Shuilleabhain was heavily involved in the public engagement aspect of the exhibitions. Her work inspired the workshop activities and she was present at all the events.

Ide worked as if in studio, set up in front of her work while the public viewed the exhibition. 

The images below show how Ide's art inspired the workshop activities: 

Participants were invited to create unusual names for usual tools.

Ide also drew portraits of people on a whiteboard at the exhibition and the audience were encouraged to get involved. 

Íde At Work

Ide prepares her work for the People, Tools, Cities exhibition in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork (27.03.15-26.04.15)

Ide works in studio at Crawford Gallery Cork City and C.I.T. O' Sullivan's Quay Cork City and is using Watercolour Pastels on paper.

People- Tools- Cities at the Sirius Arts Centre

Exhibition:  People, Tools, Cities at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork

People, Tools, Cities features the work of three artists from GASP who have been working in Cork City; each artist focusing on a chosen subject. Exhibiting with Yvonne Condon and Rosaleen Moore, Ide Ni Shuilleabhain focuses on her chosen aspect of the city, tools and is influenced by the work of Konrad Klapheck. (27.03.15-26.04.15)

Ide Ni Shuilleabhain, People-Tools- Cities, Watercolour pastels on Paper

Generation at the Sirius Arts Centre

Generation at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork.

Generation is a public participation project with GASP (Glasheen Art Studio Program). The project invited people of varying ages to create works on the subject of age; the work of both children and older people are presented together, portraying the curiosity and magic of childhood through to the experience of those in later years. The project provides opportunities for people from different generations to meet, interact and support each other's creative process. Generation is in collaboration with St. Luke's Nursing Home in Cork and Cork Educate Together National School. 

Ide Ni Shuilleabhain focused on portraiture for her work for the exhibition. She created bold and colourful interpretations of the people of the nursing home. 

Ide Ni Shuilleabhain, Generation, Watercolour Pastel on Paper.

It's All About Love

It's All About Love! Ide takes part in an exhibition that celebrates love in all shapes and forms.