Aideen Barry Explained

Aideen Barry
Birth Name:Aideen Barry
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Notable Works:Weapons of Mass Consumption
Awards:Aosdána

Aideen Barry is a contemporary visual artist from Cork, Ireland.

Early life and education

Barry was born in Cork in 1979.[1] She studied at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology and Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.[2]

Work

Barry works in video, animation, sound, installation, drawing, and performance and often deals with issues of domestic labour.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Career

Barry had an artist residency at the Kennedy Space Center in 2008, "during which she shot a film in zero gravity".[7] Barry's series of polished aluminium sculptures, Weapons of Mass Consumption, was selected by critic Cristín Leach for RTÉ's '21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks'.[7]

On 21 December 2021, she broadcast a collaborative sound piece on the Irish national television network RTÉ, titled Oblivion / Seachmalltacht / ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᓐᓃᖅᑐᑦ. This was part of a solo exhibition of her work at the Limerick Gallery of Art and commissioned by the Irish Traditional Music Archive.[8] [9]

Barry released a black and white, stop motion film about the history of Kaunas, Lithuania and its architecture, titled Klostes.[10] It debuted as part of the Kaunas 2022 The European Capital of Culture. She designed a postage stamp for An Post in 2022.[11]

Barry teaches at Limerick Institute of Technology. She is a member of Aosdána since 2019[12] and in 2020 she was elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy as an ARHA.[13] Her work is in the Crawford Art Gallery and the Arts Council of Ireland collections.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heteratopic Glitch. publicart.ie.
  2. Web site: Arts Council Collection Barry, Aideen. 2022-01-18. artscouncil.emuseum.com.
  3. Web site: Aosdána. 2022-01-16. aosdana.artscouncil.ie.
  4. News: Aideen Barry: an artist travelling under her own steam. en-US. The Irish Times. 2018-08-30.
  5. News: Five-star review: Domesticity rendered wonderfully weird. en-US. The Irish Times. 2018-08-30.
  6. News: Destiny and the Republic: Six artists on what Ireland is now. en-US. The Irish Times. 2018-08-30.
  7. Leach. Cristín. 2017-07-13. 21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Weapons of Mass Consumption. en.
  8. 2021-12-20. Watch: Aideen Barry's Oblivion / Seachmalltacht / ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᓐᓃᖅᑐᑦ. en.
  9. Web site: Irish Traditional Music Archive and Music Network Announce New Work Inspired by Bunting Collection. 2022-01-17. The Journal of Music. en.
  10. News: Gig of the Week: Nothing compares to Galway Film Fleadh's Irish cinema showcase . 2022-10-09 . The Irish Times . en.
  11. Web site: Vallig . Marc O’Sullivan . 2022-01-19 . Aideen Barry: 'I'm from Mayfield, so I have that Roy Keane thing' . 2022-10-09 . Irish Examiner . en.
  12. Web site: Aosdána. 2022-01-16. aosdana.artscouncil.ie.
  13. Web site: Aideen Barry ARHA. 3 April 2020.
  14. Web site: Tipperary artwork added to the National Collection. 2022-01-18. Nenagh Guardian. en-US.