The Board of Droichead Arts Centre wish to invite you and a guest to the opening of the exhibition
Unified A group exhibition featuring work by artists
Declan Kelly Els Borghart Laura Gramzow Leo de Freyne on Wednesday 21st November at 7.30pm The exhibition will be officially opened by Rosemary Collier, Director & CEO, Kilkenny Arts Festival
declan kelly Declan Kelly is a Drogheda-based painter and image making artist. He studied in Fine Art in the West of Ireland in the early 2000s, and has since then travelled extensively in support of his research and image making. Declan Kelly’s work is primarily about our connection to this world, the realities that lie beneath the surface and the alternative universes that converge upon it. His art looks to an existential reference of the modern world and our place in it.
Els Boghart Originally from Belgium, Els Borghart has lived in Ireland on a full time basis since 2008. She obtained a Masters in Fine Art and completed a post- Masters in Cultural & Art Management. She has been working as an artist on a professional level since 2006, regularly exhibiting both in Belgium and in Ireland. Over the years, Els has received awards by Create Louth, Drogheda Borough Council and the Arts Council. In preparation for this exhibition, she has completed a six week residency. Els’ art is primarily two dimensional, based in drawing and painting. It aims to explore the complexity of the world around her in all its perspectives, seen and unseen. Her art explores the idea of revelation and develops through subjects observed in her ever changing habitat..
Laura Gramzow Laura Gramzow’s work delves into the space between chaos and coherence. She has work in private collections in America, Italy, Greece and Ireland. Laura is a founding member of The Print Point, print studio in Drogheda. She received her Honours BFA from The Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington D.C. She has also studied at Pyramid Atlantic, Maryland, Studio Art Centres International, Florence and The Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork. She was born in Fort Campbell Kentucky.
Leo de Freyne Born in Dublin 1952 and a graduate in Philosophy from University College Dublin. Having lived and worked abroad for many years, he returned to Ireland in 2006. He has had solo shows in Spain and Oman, and since returning to Ireland he has participated in various group shows in Dublin and Drogheda. Leo’s intent in these paintings is to create aesthetically-pleasing images in the tradition of gesturalism which can be traced back to the post-impressionists’ response to the natural world. By ‘gesturalism’ he means the genre of painting in which the lines and colours indicate the physical gestures used to create them. This is a manner of painting which endeavours to display and communicate feeling.
Unified 21st November 2012 – 5th January 2013 During the month that celebrates Drogheda’s 600th anniversary as a unified town, Droichead Arts Centre has curated this exhibition of work by four professional artists living in Drogheda. Throughout the run of the exhibition there will be guest talks and artist workshops. Gallery opening times Tues - Sat: 10am - 5pm Tel: 041 - 983 3946 Fax: 041 - 984 2055 Email: info@droichead.com Web: www.droichead.com