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 rejoice 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

Born 1972, brought up in 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:

2025 –

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:

2024 – SSA 126th Annual Exhibition prize winner – Gallery Ten, Edinburgh collaborative print edition, online exhibition

2024 – VACMA recipient

2023 – SSA (8 month) mentoring programme, selected participant