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Notes on Contributors
Clarissa Beattie was born in England in 1978. She attended The National College of Art and Design in Dublin between 1997 and 2001. Her main areas of study at NCAD were Fine Art Painting and History of Art (Joint Course). She has won the Fitzwilton Trust and the Texaco Ireland Scholarship Awards in 1997. Clarissa Beattie has exhibited in Co. Cork, Dublin and Athens, where she worked as an artist in residence. She is currently living and working in Lecco, in the north of Italy.
Maeve Clancy is a graduate of the Joint Course in NCAD, obtaining her BA in Design, (Visual Communications) and the History of Art and Design. An interest in animation led to her research the Irish industry, uncovering a wealth of talent and activity in this little-known sector of the Irish art scene. Her love of travel and learning about other cultures has led her to New Zealand, where she is currently working in animation and design.
Isobel Gorman graduated from NCAD in June 2001 with a Joint Honours Degree in Visual Communications and History of Art and Design. While currently working as a graphic designer, she is planning to carry out postgraduate studies in Multimedia. An avid gamer, she hopes to become instrumental in the future of gaming and is currently writing an article on game networking and multi-player Clan culture in Dublin.
Andrew Keogh has worked in a specialist video store in Dublin since graduating from NCAD in May 2001. He has worked on several projects that summer, including fliers for the Comhlamh Artist's against racism organisation, NCAD student diary and visuals for a play in the Dublin Fringe Festival. He is currently in production on a short film adaptation of Franz Kafka's Josefine the Hunger Mouse and a feature-length documentary on musician/poet/writer/activist Gil Scott-Heron.
Andrea Laurent studied Fine Art Sculpture in NCAD. In 2001 she was awarded the Wexford County Council film bursary. She is currently living and working in Dublin as a production designer in film, video and theatre.
Sonia Leonard specialised in metals for her Craft Degree at NCAD. Her show consisted of sculptural vessels, each an exploration of surface textures through etching and chemical processes. She is now working to commission in her Suffolk studio in England.
Dr Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes is an Art Historian, Lecturer, Writer and Curator. As a former part-time lecturer at NCAD, she currently holds a Govenment of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship (IRCHSS) at UCD, where she is preparing a book and exhibition on art inspired by James Joyce. Her many publications include a book on Joyce as a source of inspiration for Joseph Beuys and essays on Aby Warburg, Beuys and contemporary Irish and European art.
Adrienne Lord qualified as an architect in 1976. She worked with Burke-Kennedy, Doyle Architects and subsequently had her own practise and worked as a consultant. In 1993 she decided to return to college and study Art. Beginning in D.L.I.A.D.T. through the Access mode, she transferred to NCAD in 1996, where she completed her degree in Fine Art (Painting) with first class honours. She has taken part in various group exhibitions and was selected for Iontas in 1998. Currently, she is involved with a group of artists called Siofra, who exhibited in DCU in 2001.
Ciara McDonald studied textiles in NCAD, specialising in the area of embroidery. Her work is feminine and delicate, drawing inspiration from nature. Since graduating with a B.Des in Textiles in 2001, she has been working in the buying department of a major retail company. She hopes to work independently in the future. Ronan McDonnell secured employment upon graduation (Visual Communication). He is now working as a designer, while also doing freelance illustration and painting. Future projects include a book of his paintings and launching a fashion label.
Sinead McGeeney specialised in video and sound production in her final year at NCAD. She is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in radio broadcasting and television production at Karios in Maynooth College. During her stay at NCAD, she worked with children a lot. In the future, she hopes to combine these interests.
Tara McGinn graduated from NCAD in 2001 with an Honours Degree in Industrial Design. She is currently pursuing an interest in journalism.
Eimear McNally completed a Joint Degree in History of Art and Design and Craft Design.
Linda Marshall attained joint honours in her degree in History of Art and Fine Art Printmaking from NCAD in June 2001. At present, she is providing workshops in art for the Clondalkin Travellers' Development Group in a programme funded by the Arts Council. She has also worked for the National Gallery of Ireland, giving workshops in art, both in the gallery and on their outreach programme in the public libraries of Tallaght, Ballymun and Ballyfermot. In March 2002, she took part in Kildare County Council's Artists in Schools Research Programme. Linda Marshall's studio is in Poplar Square, Naas, and she has recently become a member of the Leinster Printmaking Studio. She works primarily in the medium of etching. Her work is held in the collection of the Office of Public Works.
Lisa Moran is Combined Arts Officer with the Arts Council with responsibility for Community Arts and Festivals. She studied fine art painting at the Cooper Union School of Art, in New York, and much of her work to date has been concerned with the development of arts practice in community contexts. She has recently completed an MA in the History of Art, with the National College of Art and Design, for which the subject of her thesis was the loan of the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She lives and works in Dublin.
Professor Colm Ó Briain was appointed Director of the National College of Art and Design in September 2002. He was co-founder of the Project Arts Centre and is currently a member of the Project's Board of Directors. He was policy advisor to the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht from 1993 to 1997. He is a former Director of An Chomhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council.
Neill O'Dwyer graduated from the National College of Art and Design with a BA in Visual Communications and History of Art. He has worked as a freelance consultant for web design firms in New York and has given workshops in interactive film production. He lives and works in Dublin, where he continues to investigate the themes of interaction and cybercinema.
Brenda O'Reilly studied at the University of Ulster, Magee Campus from 1992 to 1994, were she obtained a BTEC Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design. In 1997 she completed a NCVA Level two at the Monaghan Institute for Further Education and Training. Brenda O'Reilly graduated in 2001 with a Joint Honours Degree in the History of Art and Fine Art (Print) at NCAD. After leaving college, she spent three months working for the Art Management office in the Office of Public Works, Dublin. While there, she helped to research, compile and write the Art of the State 2001 - 'Past to Present' exhibition catalogue. Currently, she is studying for a Higher Diploma in Education at NCAD.
Ann Quinlan spent three years studying Graphic Design in Athlone IT before two subsequent years at NCAD completing her degree in Visual Communication. She is currently working as a Graphic Designer in Begley Hutton Design Studio, Ballsbridge.
Neil Ryan is 23 years of age and from Newport Co.Tipperary. He is a graduate of Industrial Design. Currently, he is living in Norway and working in an Industrial design firm.
Mark Swords has recently completed a Degree in Fine Art Painting at The National College of Art and Design. He is currently working as an artist in Dublin and plans to return to College for a Masters Degree in Painting.
Professor John Turpin, BA(NUI), MA, PhD(London), DLitt (NUI), HDipEd, FSA, FRSA, MIDI, HRHA, is Professor in the History of Art and Head of the Faculty of History of Art and Complementary Studies at NCAD. He has written extensively on the History of Irish Art, Design and Art Education. His publications include a history of NCAD and books on the Irish sculptors John Hogan and Oliver Sheppard.
Mary Ruth Walsh's main interest is her art practice; this concerns space, location and identity. In a pertinent way, using drawing, video and sculpture, she focuses on these concerns. At present, she teaches Art History and Studio Practice at postleaving certificate and foundation level. Her plans are to pursue further studies in art practice.
