Angela Gilmour
Education:
Honours Degree Fine Art, Crawford College of Art and Design
Thesis: Art and Science Interactions- Creating a Third Culture?
Masters of Science, University West of Scotland
Thesis: Review of Non Destructive Testing Techniques for Composite Materials
Honours Degree Physics, University West of Scotland
Thesis: Design of a Satellite Signal Receiver for Sun Synchronise Orbits
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Terra Nullius; Custom House Gallery & Studios, Mayo, Ireland
2023 Without Borders; Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford, Ireland
2019 Arctica: the last fragments; Science Week, Studio 12, Backwater Gallery, Ireland
2018 The Sum of All Parts; Culture Night, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
2017 Imperceptible Movements; International Space Week, Cork Printmakers' Gallery, Ireland
2017 The Sum of All Parts; Mallow Library, Cork, Ireland
2016 The Sum of All Parts; Touring venues: Tyndall National Institute; University College Cork; Sample Studios; Cork County Libraries in Cobh, Bantry, Skibbereen, Clonakilty and Library Head Quarters, Ireland
2016 The Intricate Artistry of Logic; Tyndall Technology Days, Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Boolean Logic; Tyndall Technology Days, Little Island, Cork, Ireland
2015 Pattern Recognition; Culture Night, University College Cork, Ireland
2011 Landscapes, Macroom Library, County Cork, Ireland
Joint Exhibitions
2022 Shadow Forests, with writer Beth Jones, to coincide with National Tree Week and Earth Day in association with Sample Studios, The Lord Mayor's Pavilion, Ireland
2017 Monolith, in collaboration with master printmaker Johnny Bugler for Culture Night Ireland, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
2016 Student of the Year, Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Residencies
2021/22 Catskill Mountains Art and Science Residency, New York State America (advisors paleobotanists Dr Chris Berry, Dr Wm. Stein and New York State Museum)
2021/22 The Gearagh Nature Reserve (mentor glaciologist & geomorphologist Dr Sean MacKay)
2019 The Arctic Circle, Summer Solstice Expedition
2016-18 University College Cork, European Research Centre Tyndall National Institute and Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC) Ireland
2018, 17 & 16 Backwater Artists Group Project Residency
2017 Backwater Artists Sculpture Project Residency
2016 Sample Studios
2016 The National Sculpture Factory
2015 Art & Science Research Residency, Iceland
Awards
2021 Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award
2021 Culture Ireland Funding Award. Supporting exhibition in Paris, France
2021 RHA, The Inaugural Clare Island Residency Award, shortlisted
2020 Culture Ireland Funding Award. Supporting exhibition in London, United Kingdom
2020 British Council and Creative Scotland Awards. Supporting exhibition at Edinburgh Arts Festival, Scotland
2020 Libris Award - The Australian Artists' Book Prize, shortlisted
2019 Arts Council of Ireland, Travel and Training Award
2019 Manly Art Gallery and Museum Artists' Book Award
2019 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award Australia, shortlisted
2018 Cork Science Festival Funding Award.
2018 Tyndall National Institute Outreach Program Funding Award
2018 Backwater Artists 4-year Studio Award
2017 Cork Science Festival Funding Award.
2017 Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award, shortlisted by Burren College of Art
2017 Gilead Science Commission with the National Sculpture Factory, shortlisted
2017 Cork County Libraries and Art Service Funding Award
2016 Science Foundation Ireland Funding Award
2015 Tyndall National Institute Outreach Program Funding Award
2015 Global Undergraduate Awards - Highly Commended
2015 Student of the Year, Cork Art Society - The Lavit Gallery Exhibition Award
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Kind of Blue, Firkin Crane Musgrave Theatre, Cork, Ireland (curated by Dermote Browne artistic director Crane Visual Arts)
2023 Points of Return, The Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, Massachusetts, America
2022 Winter Show, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2022 C L O S E R, The Lavit Gallery Cork, Ireland (Curated by Janice Hough, assistant curator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art)
2022 Postcards from the edges, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022 Points of Return, A La Luz (Spain) - online
2021 Winter Show, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2021 Women Artists in the Arctic, Espace des Femmes Galerie, Paris, France
2021 Land Under the Waves/Tir Fothoinn, Nano Nagle Place; Cork, Ireland
2020 RHA 190th Annual Exhibition; Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin, Ireland
2020 RUA 139th Annual Exhibition; Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Belfast, Ireland
2020 West Cork Showcase, Uillinn Galleries, West Cork Arts Centre, Ireland
2020 Cork in Print, Nano Nagle Place; Cork, Ireland
2020 Winter Show, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2020 (RE)THINKING EARTH, National Library of Portugal, Lisdon, Portugal
2020 Land of Some Other Order, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland (curator Paul McAgree of Lismore Castle)
2020 Lidris Awards, The Austrian Artists Book Prize; Artspace Mackay Gallery, Mackey Region, Australia
2020 Green Perspectives, Candid Art Gallery, Candid Arts Trust, London, England
2020 Environmental Crisis, British Science Week, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, England
2020 Weather the Weather, New York Hall of Science, America (curator SciArt Initiative Exhibition Curator: Marnie Benney)
2020 Selected Members Exhibition, the Lavit Gallery Cork, Ireland
2019 Mouth of a Shark, Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh Printmakers, Scotland (curator Miguel Amado director of Sirius Art Centre, Cobh)
2019 Winter Show, Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2019 Vue, Ireland’s National Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Hibernian Gallery, Dublin
2019 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle, Australia
2019 The New State - Contemporary Etching in Ireland, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin (curated by Anne Hodge, Curator at the National Gallery of Ireland, Angela Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Trinity College Dublin)
2019 Northern Beaches Book Awards, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Australia
2019 Selected Members Exhibition, the Lavit Gallery Cork, Ireland
2018 Halftone, The Library Project, Dublin
2018 RE(ACT) - Impact 10 International Print Exhibition, Santander, Spain
2018 Encounter - Impact 10 International Print Exhibition, Santander, Spain.
2017 Impressions Biennial - Galway International Arts Festival, Centre for Creative Arts & Media, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway
2017 Printed Matters Aphorism of the State, Cork Printmakers' Gallery
2017 Zine Hotspot - Cork Midsummer Festival, Waterstones Book Store, Cork (curated by Dr. Mary Healy, History of Art Department, UCC)
2017 Dublin Book Art Fair, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin
2017 Cross Currents - Cork Harbour Festival, Wandesford Quay, Cork
2017 The Present Past, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork
2017 Elsewhere, Elizabeth Fort, Cork, (curator Dr Helen Farrell Lecturer at Crawford College of Art and Design)
2017 Selected Members Exhibition, the Lavit Gallery Cork, Ireland
2016 A Fresh Field of Life, MDI Biological Laboratory, Maine, America
2016 Dublin Book Art Fair, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin
2015 Dublin Book Art Fair, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin
Collections
New York State Museum
The Office of Public Works, Ireland
University College Cork, Ireland
Sciart Initiative, New York Hall of Science, America
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Australia
Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
Irish Photonics Integration Centre
Taylor Project Solutions Ltd. Ireland
Murphy Communications, Ireland
Commissions
2022 Book cover design Catskill Fossil Forests by Dr Wm. Stein et al
2018 Installation at Tyndall National Institute, Cork
2018 Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork Harbour Festival
2017 Installation at Tyndall National Institute, Cork
2017 Keynote speakers at Tyndall National Institute Conference
2015 Installation at Tyndall National Institute, Cork
Presentations
Invited Lecturer/Artist talks
2023 Without Borders; Gallery of Modern Art, Artist talk - online
2023 Without Borders; Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford, Artist tour
2020 (RE)THINKING EARTH, International Symposium, Woman Artists in the Arctic, National Library of Portugal
2019 Arctica: the last fragments, Artist talk, Art Therapy Department, University College Cork, Ireland
2018 Frequencies Lecture Series, The National Sculpture Factory, Ireland
2016 STEM2STEAM , International Technical Conference at Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
2016 Artists in the Lab, Cork Institute of Technology, Crawford Collage of Art and Design, Ireland
2015 Art and Science Interactions, Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
2015 Art and Science - Creating a Third Culture?, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland.
2015 Art and Science - Creating a Third Culture?, Cork Institute of Technology, Crawford Collage of Art and Design, Ireland
2014 Biotechnology and its place within Contemporary Art, Cork Institute of Technology, Crawford Collage of Art and Design, Ireland
Workshops
2017 Gut Instinct, Art, Food & Feeling, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2017 Art and Science, Science Week, Mayfield Community College, Cork Printmakers, Ireland
2016 Art and Science, Science Week workshop, Mayfield Community College, Cork Printmakers, Ireland
2016 Art and Science, Science Week workshop, Cork County Library Headquarters, Ireland
2016 Teaching Science through Art for Primary School Teachers, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2016 Art and Science, Earth Science Week, Cork County Library, Cobh, Ireland
Professionals Memberships
Backwater Artists Group - 4 yr. Studio Award
Cork Printmakers
National Sculpture Factory
West Cork Arts Centre
Cork Art Society
Sample Studio Creative Network
Visual Artists Ireland
Scieart Initative New York
Bibliography
Press (reviews/interviews)
2024
Preview Magazine, Front cover/what's on in Mayo, Jan 2024
2023
Irish Arts Review winter issue, Nov 2023
RTE one 6 o'clock news, report on solo exhibition Without Borders by Angela Gilmour at GOMA for culture night in Waterford - 22nd Sept 2023
Kane, Conor, RTE online news Southeast to host Culture Night exhibitions - 22nd Sept 2023
Murphy, Darragh, Waterford News & Star, UPCOMING GOMA EXHIBIT WILL EXPLORE THE MEANING BEHIND COASTLINES - 22nd Aug 2023
2022
Leach, Cristin, VAN, Visual Artist News Sheet, Backwater Artists C L O S E R - Critique - 3rd July
Began, Trishna, News10 ABC Network New York, Town of Cairo Looking to protect oldest fossil forest ever discovered, June 8th, 2022
Counihan, Laurence, Visual Artist News Sheet, Angela Gilmour and Beth jones 'Shadow Forests', - Critique - 9th May
Meath, Aisling, Echo News, Artists showcase work in new exhibition 'Shadow Forests' - Interview - 13th April
McCormick, Penny, The Goss Magazine, Exhibitionist Tendencies: What To See This Month, Review - April
O'Sullivan, Eoghan, Irish Examiner, 5 Things for the Week Ahead, 1st May
2021
Long, Sarah, The Paper Cork, Shadow Forests - Interview - 22 Oct
2020
Cass, David & Romero, Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar, A La Luz (Spain), Arctic | Part II Angela Gilmour - Interview - 31st July
Cass, David & Romero, Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar, A La Luz (Spain), Art in a Time of Climate Crisis: Part II - Review- 26th March
Graham, Breda, The Echo, New Exhibition on display at Nano Nagle Place - Review - 6th Dec
White, Taylor Science Line (New York), Toxic Landscapes - One artist's life passion - Interview- 2nd Sept
2019
Boyne, Julie, ArtMag (UK) Mouth of a Shark - Review - ,28th Oct
Chenu Rachel, PausArt (France) Arts Visuels Angela Gilmour - Interview - 24th Feb
Dunne, Aidan, The Irish Times Art in Focus: Angela Gilmour - Dansoy - Review - 23rd Nov
Dunne, Aiden, The Irish Times, the best art exhibitions to see this week - Reveiw - 23rd March
Healy, Roisin Irish Country Magazine , What it feels like To Watch the Arctic Melt - Interview - November issue
Leah, Cristin, The Sunday Times, Culture, Arts Review , 10th March
Murphy, Elaine, The Cork , Cork Printmakers in national spotlight at Vue contemporary art show - Review- 30th Oct
Sheridan, Colette, The Echo, Cork artist: ‘I got to see climate change at first hand’ - Interview - 5th Nov
2018
Dunne, Aiden, The Irish Times, Five of the best art exhibitions to see this week - Reveiw - 3rd March
2016
Burke, Elaine, Silicon Republic, How an engineer discovered the fine art of research, - Interview- 16th June
Murray, Lorcan, RTE Lyric FM Culture File - Interview - 18th Feb
O'Neil, Holly, Image Magazine, Deadly Women To Check Out This Science Week, 15th Nov
Segal, Corinne, PBS NewsHour (New York), Paintings show the intricate artistry of computer chips - Interview - 29th May
Publications
2024
Preview Magazine, Front cover/what's on in Mayo, Jan 2024
2023
Irish Arts Review winter issue, Nov 2023
Waterford News & Star, Exhibition Review, 22nd Aug 2023
2022
Visual Artists News Sheet, Critique, July/Aug issue
Visual Artists News Sheet, Critique, May/June issue
Echo News, Interview, Wed 13th April
2021
Irish Examiner, Exhibition Review, 12th Jan
2020
Echo News, Exhibition Review, Sun 6th Dec
Irish Arts Review, Land of Some Other Order, Spring issue
2019
Irish Country Magazine, Interview by Roisin Healy, November issue
Artform, Weather the Weather, New York Hall of Science, November issue
The Times, Artist in Focus Review, 27th Nov
Echo News, Interview, 5th Nov
2018
Tyndall National Institute, The Sum of All Parts, Annual Report
2017
Tyndall National Institute, The Sum of All Parts, Annual Report
Catalogues
2020
Points of Return, A La Luz , (forthcoming)
2017
Elsewhere, Exhibition Catalogue
Gut Instinct, Events Catalogue, Glucksam Gallery, Cork
2016
The Sum of All Parts, Exhibition Catalogue
2015
Pattern Recognition, Exhibition Catalogue
We Do Not Leave Pyramids, Exhibition Catalogue
Artist Books
Arctic Circle, the
Boolean Logic
Cell Decay
Rorschach
Transgenic Life Forms