Join visual artist and curator Claire Halpin for a walk through the exhibition CROSSCURRENTS. Get the inside story behind her selection and ideas for the exhibition, and ask Claire questions about the process and production of this collaborative group show.
About the exhibition
CROSSCURRENTS brings together an exciting exhibition of over 30 artworks selected from members of the ArtNetdlr (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Artist Network). ArtNetdlr members from diverse disciplines, media and form were asked to collaborate and submit proposals for selection.
Each grouping of collaborating artists have worked closely together for nearly a year to develop artworks responding to and reflecting on the theme of Crosscurrents.
About the curator
Claire Halpin is a Dublin born and based socially engaged artist, curator and arts educator. She graduated from TU Dublin with B.A Honours in Painting (1996) and went on to complete her Masters in Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland (1998).
In 2021, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) acquired three paintings from the Jigmap Series for the IMMA Collection. They were exhibited at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Chapter Four of The Narrow Gate of the Here and Now: Protest and Conflict at IMMA in 2022.
Claire’s recent solo exhibitions include: Primo Piatto at Gallery Cabaret Voltaire, Rome (2023), Augmented Auguries at Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin (2022), DECK – A Collection of Found Playing Cards at The LAB Gallery, Dublin (2022); Raw War (2019) and Glomar Response (2016) at Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, Reconstructions at Talbot Gallery (2011) and at Droichead Arts Centre in 2012.
