Siobhán Hapaska | |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Alma Mater: | Goldsmiths, University of London Middlesex University |
Known For: | Sculpture |
Siobhán Hapaska (born 1963) is an Irish sculptor.
Hapaska was born in Belfast and studied art at Middlesex Polytechnic from 1985 to 1988 before completing a master's degree at Goldsmiths College in 1992. In 1993 she won a Barclays Young Artist Award and had her first solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London during 1995 and 1996.[1]
Hapaska works with a variety of synthetic and natural materials,[2] and often incorporates sound and light elements into her work. Her sculptures range in form from completely abstracted to hyperrealistic.