In-Conversation with Edwina Bracken & Eamonn Maxwell at the Tea House

Join us to mark the end of Edwina Bracken’s residency at the Tea House with a special in-conversation event with curator Eamonn Maxwell. The conversation will examine Edwina’s recent work, presenting stratified, abstract views of the Irish landscape overlaid with imagined features of virtual networks. The work seeks to explore the liminal moment between the material culture of the past and our existence in the digital world. Edwina has used her residency at the Tea House studio to prepare for a public presentation of her paintings at the Waterford Healing Arts Trust in the summer.

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Edwina Bracken has exhibited in Ireland and Britain. She has participated in a number of practical and teaching residencies in the US, UK and Australia. Her first solo show entitled Remote Proximities in Edinburgh was listed in the top ten exhibitions in the UK to see, by Artist News. This show travelled to Aberdeen and to the RHA Gallery, Dublin with Hillsboro Fine Art. Further notable exhibitions include the Royal Scottish Academy Summer Shows, Generation Scotland at Paisley Museum and Irish Art in the UK, Westminster Hall, London. Edwina has an MLitt in Painting from the Glasgow School of Art and BA Hons from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.

Her work is held in private collections internationally, including the HRH Prince of Wales Collection at Dumfries House Estate, and has been featured in various UK television, print, and online media.

Eamonn Maxwell has worked as a curator and advisor in the visual arts for over 20 years. He has curated numerous exhibitions across the world including the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2011. From 2009 – 2016 he was Director of Lismore Castle Arts, where he programmed significant exhibitions by leading international and Irish artists. He has been a passionate advocate for emerging artists, establishing the Emerging Artists Programme during his tenure as University Curator, University of the Arts London and he continues to mentor artists. Latterly he has worked as collection adviser to Arts Council of Ireland, Goldsmiths College London amongst others.

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Unfortunately the Tea House studio where the in-conversation will take place is not wheelchair accessible. If anyone has any further access needs for this event please don't hesitate to get in touch with Rachel Botha at bothar.work@gmail.com.

The Tea Houses project is proudly initiated by the Kilkenny Arts Office and programmed by Rachel Botha.