2010

May 4 to May 17 - Bartosz Kolata - "The Sleep of Ulro" - Dame Street Gallery, 36 Dame Street, Dublin 1. 

A catalogue with a preface by Arts journalist Cathy Dillon is available. Opening on May 6 by Declan Moylan, Chairman of 
Mason Hayes+Curran.

September - Mark Doherty - venue TBD 

October - Jordi Forniés - venue TBD

November - December - Christmas Show - venue TBD

2009

November 23 to December 4 -  Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 - "Urban Stories" -  an exhibition featuring works by Darko, Mark Doherty, Jordi Forniés, Bartosz Kolata and Frances Ryan.  

The exhibition will be officially opened on Tuesday 24 November, 
7 p.m by the artist Adrienne Symes, board member of Graphic Studio Dublin, and Honorable Treasurer of the Contemporary Irish Art Society) . All welcome.

"Tír na nÓg" (land of eternal youth) - a touring exhibition of new works by Jordi Forniés:

July 26 to July 30 -  Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Works can be purchased prior to the show travelling to Spain. Opening by Dr Rosemarie Mulcahy (HRHA) on July 25, 7 pm. 

Many thanks to all our friends and customers for making this exhibition a great success. Click here to read  Dr Rosemarie Mulcahy's opening speech.

Aug 14 to Sept 1- Vila-seca  (Catalonia, Spain) -  in collaboration with the City hall (Ajuntament).

Sept 2 to Oct 2 - Cambrils  (Catalonia, Spain) - as part of the Verge del  Camí festival and in collaboration with the City hall (Ajuntament) .
Click here to see images of the exhibition

Oct 3 - 31  - Casa Museo del Fraga (Catalonia, Spain) 

November - Dublin 

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Augt 2009 - Jan 2010:  Yanny Petters at Botanical art exhibition in London....more

2008

- Oct 30 to Nov 2 and  November 6 to November 9 - "Field Work" - Yanny Petters - Riverside gallery, Bridgewater Centre, Arklow (Co. Wicklow).  How to get there? Click here (free car park facility). 

This exhibition organised and curated by Olivier Cornet (Olliart) will feature paintings and drawings from meadows and grasslands.

Please visit the artist's page to see the work.  The exhibition will be officially opened on Sunday 2 November by Dr Matthew Jebb, Taxonomist and Keeper of the Herbarium at the National Botanic Gardens (Glasnevin, Dublin). 

Opening times:
Thursdays and Fridays: 2pm to 9pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 2pm to 6pm

Click here to view the press release

A catalogue (with a preface by Irish Times journalist Cathy Dillon) is also available.

Picture of the artist and guest speaker Dr Matthew Jebb

Click here to view pictures from the opening (courtesy of Tony Kearns) 

- Sept 3 to Sept 14 -  "Metaphors"  -  Jordi Fornies  -  Dame Street Gallery - Dublin

Jordi's second solo exhibition in Ireland took place in the beautiful space of the Dame Street Gallery which is located at 36 Dame Street,  Dublin 2 (opposite the Central Bank).  The show was opened by Professor Ciaran Benson and was a huge success. Please visit the artist's page (very few works still available)

Click here to view the press release

A catalogue (with a preface by Irish Times journalist Cathy Dillon) is also available.

2007

Nov 29  to  Dec 9 - "MagicLogic"  - Jordi Fornies -  Dame Street Gallery 

The exhibition was opened on Wednesday 28th 2007 by 
Irish artist and art collector Brian Ranalow. Brian is also a member of the Board of IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art). .

A catalogue (with a preface by Irish Times journalist Cathy Dillon) was available for the duration of  the exhibition.  A few copies are still available.

View Press release here

Picture of the artist and his agent at the Dame Street Gallery, November 2007. The exhibition was a huge success as most of the work was sold within a couple of days. 

Creation to Faith - St Teresa's  - Dublin 1  - May 20 to May 27 "Creating a dialog between art and religion"
I am delighted to have been asked to participate in the curation of this exhibition alongside Evelyn Groark and Niamh Ní Mhaoilir.  Creation to Faith will feature emerging artists as well as established art practitioners such as David Begley, Jean Clyne, Ruth Lockhart, Dony MacManus, Patrick Pye, Imogen Stuart, and many others. The exhibition will also include an installation by Belfast-based artist Fiona Ní Mhaoilir. 

Some pictures from the exhibition below. Click to enlarge

Terenure College Art Exhibition  -  May 11 to May 13
(In aid of the Development and Refurbishment of the College Concert Hall).
This annual event organised by Terenure College features works by contemporary artists in Ireland. Olliart artists who will participate this year include  Jordi Fornies, Sarah Symes, and Adrienne Symes. Opening on Friday the 11th of May at 7:30 pm by RTE's Mary Kennedy.

Previous exhibitions:

Conall McCabe -   Solo Show - Dalkey Castle -  Nov 21 to  Nov 26
Dalkey Castle (Heritage Centre), Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Olliart is delighted to represent Conall McCabe for this show. Demand for this artist's work has been very strong since his sell-out show at the Signal Arts Centre in Bray last year. This second solo show which featured a new series of portraits and nude studies  as well as still lifes was opened by TD Liz McManus on 
November 21st, with a performance by award-winning musician Redmond O'Toole.  Another very successful show for the artist as most works were sold prior to and during the opening night...

"Ebony Concerto"  - Stephen McKee -   Sept 7  to  Sept 12 
3 Upr Fitzwilliam street, dublin 2
Following his recent and very successful show at the Signal Arts Centre in Bray, Stephen has been working on a new series of works on the themes of Nature, Music and Politics which will be exhibited at the prestigious United Arts Club. Olliart will curate the show which will be opened by Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin T.D. Email us if you wish to receive an invitation to the opening (which will take place on Sept 6, at 7 pm). 

A book featuring these new works is also available. Foreword by Sunday Tribune Art Critic Marlene Lyng. Click here to read Marlene Lyng's text.

Summer 2006:
Brown, Elizabeth Cope, Phoebe Cope, Adrienne Symes, Conrad Frankel,  Michael Gemmell,  at Waldo's restaurant (Monkstown, Co. Dublin).

IAoFA  - First Annual Exhibition - June 23rd to June 25th 2006
The Irish Academy of Figurative Art has been running programmes in figurative drawing, sculpting and painting over the last year and will celebrate its first birthday by exhibiting the work of friends, faculty and students from June 23rd to June 25th 2006 at 8 Walkers Cottages, Ranelagh D6. Olliart will be involved with the curation of the show.  Artists include Helena Brennan, Robin Buick (ARHA), Patricia Casey, Paul Flynn, Donal Murray, Liz O' Kane,  Gemma Guihan, Andrew Wortley, and many others. 
Opening by Thomas Ryan (RHA) on Friday 23rd June, at 8 p.m. 
All welcome.

Terenure College Art Exhibition  -  May 6 to May 8 2006
(In aid of the Development and Refurbishment of the College Concert Hall).
This annual event organised by Terenure College features works by contemporary artists in Ireland. Olliart artists that will participate this year  include: Conrad Frankel, Conall McCCabe, Adrienne Symes and Phoebe Cope. 

"Performance" by Stephen McKee at the Signal Arts Center (Bray, Co Wicklow) -   Feb 14 to Feb 25 2006. The exhibition (curated by Olivier Cornet) was officially opened on Sunday February 19th, at 3 pm by economist, author and broadcaster David McWilliams. This exhibition was a great success. 

- Christmas Show 2005 (Dec 2005 - Feb 2006) featuring works by Denis Brown, Elizabeth Cope, Phoebe Cope, Adrienne Symes, Conrad Frankel,  Michael Gemmell and Stephen McKee

- The 'Blues' series, an exhibition of new works by Stephen McKee, Waldo's restaurant (Monkstown, Co. Dublin), May 29 to June 26, 2005

- Group exhibition at Waldo's restaurant (Monkstown, Co. Dublin), March 2 - March 30, 2005

- RDS Art Ireland Show November 2004