Name        Orla de Brí

Address     Primatestown,                                                                    
                 Ashbourne,                                                                                                                        
                 Co. Meath.




Artistic Experience

Grafton Academy of Design 1986-1989

DCVEC Clay Modeling & Ceramics 1986-1990

DCVEC Metal Sculpture 1990-1991

NCAD Bronze Casting 1991-1995



Solo Exhibitions
"Sensual Impact", Origin Gallery 1997
'Element of Pleasure' Origin Gallery 1999
"Humanitatum". Co Meath.2002

Three Person Show
"2 + Wann2" Origin Gallery.

Two Person Show
"Arrive". Clifton Arts Festival, Co Galway. 2002

Selected Exhibitions

Oireachtas Exhibition, invited artists, 2001
Hallworth Gallery invited artists, 2001
Hallworth Gallery,invited artists,2000
An tOireachtas 2000, Invited Artist
Cill Rialaigh Gallery, Two Person Show, December 1999
Hallward Gallery, Group Show, December 1999
"CODA 9,99", Dublin Castle 1999
"Women in Art", Kerry 1999
Sculpture in context, Killmainham Gaol 1998
Hallworth Gallery, invited artists 1998
Lavit Gallery Cork, Group Show 1998
Solomon Gallery, Group Show 1997
Cill Rialaigh Gallery (Group Sculpture Show) 1997
Cill Rialaigh Gallery (Innocence and Sensuality) 1997
Oireachtas Exhibition 1996
Sculpture in Context, Conrad Hotel 1996, 1997
Friends of Cill Rialaigh, London 1996
The Camac Water Gardens Exhibition 1996
Cill Rialaigh Gallery (From the Landscape) 1996
Cill Rialaigh Gallery (Love and Lust Exhibition) 1996, 1997
Aer Rianta Gateway to Art, Dublin Airport 1995, 1996, 1997
Claremorris Open 1995
R.D.S. (KerryGold) Sculpture 1995
Sculpture in Context, Malahide Castle 1995

Commissions

Coyle & Coyle Accountants 1995
E.S.B. 1995
A.T.&T. 1996
Gilmore Communications 1997, 1998, 1999
U.C.C. 1998    
Revenue Commissioners. 1999
Harcourt development ltd (large public sculpture off M50 Dublin) 1999
Harcourt Development Ltd. Commissioned Sculpture for An Taoiseach 1999
Russell Court Hotel 2000
TG4, Sean Ó Riada, commemorative sculpture, 2002.

Public Comissions

"The Bastard Son of Sisyphus" Harcourt Development ltd. 1999
"An Clock Mhor", Galescoil na Cille, Co Meath.2000
"Ard na Marcach Suan", Bridgend Co Donegal.2000
"Reborn Images", Bray Garda Station Co Wicklow.2001
"Intrigue", Harcourt Hotel.2001
"Source" National Trucks IRL. Blanchardstown, 2002.
"An Tuatha de Dannan" The Gresham Hotel, Dublin.2002.
"Converse", Dundalk Co Louth.2003.

Collections

Aer Rianta
American Airlines
Iarnród Eireann.
Dublin City University
University Collage Cork
Meath County Council
Many Private Collections in Ireland, France, UK, and USA.




Awarded

Cill Rialaigh Project Co. Kerry Summer 1995, 1997, 1999
Meath Leader Equipment Grant 2000

Teaching

DCVEC Metal Sculpture 1994-'95
Artist in Residence, Gael Scoil na Cille, 2000

Introduction to Catalogues 1998, 2000.

Aidan Dunne, Art Critic
Marianne Hartigan, Art Critic


Other Information

Member of Sculpture Society of Ireland S.S.I.
Member of National Sculpture Factory N.S.F.
Awarded Artist Exemption by Revenue Commissioners
Member of "Sculpture in Context" Committee 1998/99
Awarded position Meath County Councils 1% List
Founder Member of "CODA 9,99"
Selection Committee An tOireachtas 2000,2001,2002.

I work from my studio in Co. Meath. I work in bronze and steel.
My work is primarily concerned with expressing emotions and life situations using the human figure as a vehicle to do so.
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