Details
| First Name | Ann Louise |
| Last Name | Kieran |
| Username | annlouiseart |
| Region | Scottish Borders |
| Disciplines | Applied Arts and Craft, Drawing, Installation, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture |
| Themes | Abstract, Environment, Figurative, Identity, Landscape, Site-specific, Narratives |
Statement
| Statement |
A move from the city to the countryside at the end of 2020 has had a deep impact on an evolving practice, acting as an impetus to explore long held interests in place, personal/collective memory, loss and belonging through the lens of landscape and the natural environment. Based at Tweedvale Studios in Walkerburn, my practice incorporates drawing, collage, printmaking and sculpture. Through drawing/printmaking processes, I work primarily in monochrome using inks and charcoal, exploring the properties of the media in terms of application and mark-making. I’m interested in the ebb and flow of these materials and the juxtaposition or layering of forms and imagery to conjure an atmosphere or allude to a narrative rather than providing a fixed meaning. |
Biography
| Biography | I am an Irish artist originally from South Armagh, Northern Ireland Education: 1996-1998 Glasgow School of Art, Masters in Fine Art 1991 – 1994 Nottingham Trent University, BA Hons Fine Art 1993 – San Francisco Art Institute 1990-1991 University of Ulster, Certificate in Foundation Studies
Exhibitions: Dec 2025 – Showroom (group show) No 31, Duns Nov 2025 – Small Works (group show) Garfield Mill, Hawick Oct 2025 – paper (group show) The Glen, Scottish Borders Aug-Oct 2025 – Life with Water (30×30 on-line exhibition) An Tobar, Isle of Mull June-Aug 2025 – Tracings (four person show) Robson Gallery, Selkirk June 2025 – To The Waters And The Wild (group show) Priorwood House, Melrose Dec 2024 – SSA 126th Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh Dec 2024 – Little Art Hub, Galashiels, Winter exhibiton Sep 28-30 2024 – Open Studios Innerleithan & Walkerburn Aug 2024 – Relative Values, (3 person show), Newry, N.Ireland June-Sep 2024 – Elsewhere Somewhere Else (solo show), Old Gala House, Galashiels May 2024 – LAHA, Little Art Hub (group show), Galashiels June 2024 – By Leaves We Live (group show), Priorwood House, Melrose Jan 2024 – Flat Cat Gallery, (group show), Lauder Nov 2023-Jan 2024 – SSA 125th Annual Exhibition, Maclauran Gallery, Ayr Nov 2023 – Connect + Grow (group show), CASS ARTS, Glasgow Achievements: 2025 – VACMA recipient South of Scotland 2024-ongoing – Founding member of SESPBA (South East Scotland Printmakers and Book Artists) 2024 – SSA 126th Annual Exhibition prize winner – Gallery Ten, Edinburgh collaborative print edition 2024 – VACMA recipient South of Scotland 2023 – SSA (8 month) mentoring programme, selected participant
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