Surrendering 'the self' to the sensory elements of colour, form and sound is at the core of Aisling Conroy’s work. Conroy uses the duality of dark and light, with positive and negative space; in her painting, installation and sound work. In her current practice she creates abstractions of various models of modernism, architecture, monuments, sacred art and iconism in ritualistic manifestations.

Aisling graduated from NCAD with a BA Hons degree in 2009 and an MFA in 2011. She is a resident artist at the Talbot Gallery and Studios in Dublin and has exhibited in various venues around Ireland, as well as having exhibited abroad in the US, China and India. Her most recent selected exhibitions include, Prism, solo show, The Talbot Gallery, Dublin (2013), From the Dawning, solo show, Studio Verve, Ahmedabad India (2012), Fast Moving Consumer Goods, The Talbot Gallery, Dublin (2012), Level Open, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise (2012), Without Memory, Without Expectation, solo show, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise (2011). Aisling is Draíocht’s Artist in Residence from January to June 2013.

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Present State is a series of paintings based on cropped compositions of the human form. They record the body as present against a natural backdrop of the sky. ‘My intention is to divert attention away from the cultural cues we use to identify with figures in order to suggest that something else remains. There is an absurd and elegant characteristic of humanity viewed from this perspective and I identify with it through my paintings.’ Patrick Horan.

Since graduating from NCAD in 1998, Patrick has been living and working in Dublin. He has had five solo shows. In 2009 Patrick was awarded The Don Niccolo D'Ardia Caracciolo RHA Medal and in 2010 he was a joint winner of The Hennessy Craig Scholarship at the RHA Annual Exhibition.

‘My practice is positioned in an Art and Ecology framework, addressing our attitudes and perceptions of how we live on Earth - how we affect our surroundings and how they affect us. I work with Sculpture and Drawing, allowing the ideas to dictate the form. I have worked with stone carving and cast iron, and have made ephemeral work. Most recently, my inquiry has been concerned with audience interaction with the work. As an art practitioner, I see part of my role as effecting attitudinal change through dialogue and experimentation; through engaging my audience in practical ways which enable me to communicate directly with them and to offer them something of value.’
Kathy Herbert