Ria Czerniak-LeBov
Ria Czerniak-LeBov is a printmaker, writer and musician. Her practice focuses on the relationship between analogue and digital technologies, memory and the built environment. Her current research explores 20th and 21st century fine art print, rarity value systems and the position of the handmade original print in the age of digital reproduction.
Ria Czerniak-LeBov is a printmaker, writer and musician based in Dublin. She graduated from NCAD with Joint Hons Fine Art Print and History of Art. Since receiving their Graduate Award in 2016 she has been a full-time member of Graphic Studio Dublin. Her etchings have been exhibited widely, both in Ireland and abroad, including Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Ulster Academy, National Botanic Gardens, NUI Maynooth and GMIT. Her work is also included in several permanent collections including Office of Public Works, Trinity College Dublin and Mason, Hayes and Curran solicitors.
Czerniak-LeBov’s paper Irish Printmakers in the Age of Digital Reproduction was selected by IMPACT International Print Conference in 2022. This paper was the basis for her curatorial debut exhibition Oscillation at Graphic Studio Gallery which featured printmakers whose work fused traditional techniques with contemporary digital media. She has contributed to numerous publications including Pressing Matters, The Honest Ulsterman and IMPACT Printmaking Journal.
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2023- Oscillation, Graphic Studio Gallery
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2022- Geomancy, IMPACT International Print Conference, UWE Bristol
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2022- Sub/Plot, SO Fine Editions
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2022- Graphic Studio Dublin 60 Years Retrospective, Royal Hibernian Academy
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2022, 2020, 2019, 2018- Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
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2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016- Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
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2022- Returning Home, CHQ
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2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016- Halftone Print Fair, The Library Project
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2021- Virtual Solo Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery
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2021- The Art of Home, CHQ
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2020- Irish Printmakers, Galleri Helle Knudsen, Stockholm
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2020- Architectonic, online exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery
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2019- The New State, Graphic Studio Gallery, Templebar
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2019- Form Ever Follows Function, Illuminations Gallery, NUI Maynooth
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2019, 2017- Impressions Printmaking Biennale, Galways Arts Festival, GMIT
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2019- Plate Paper Print, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
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2018- Here Comes the Night, Ashbourne Library, Co. Meath
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2018- Here Comes the Night, Graphic Studio Gallery, Templebar
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2018- Lusaka Arts Festival, Zambia
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2017- Another Bite of the Cherry, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
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2017- Halcyon Days, Glór, Ennis
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2017- Fresh Print, Graphic Studio Gallery, Templebar
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2016- Emerging Artists, St. Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin
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2016- Emerging Artists, The Courthouse Arts Centre
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2016- Graduate Exhibition, National College of Art and Design
Irish Printmakers in the Age of Digital Reproduction, paper and exhibition, 2022/2023
This academic paper which explores the impact of digital technologies on traditional Fine Art Print was selected for IMPACT International Print Conference. I presented this paper at UWE Bristol in September 2022 in advance of its publication and was later invited to present it at Ulster University. The artists featured in this paper were also the focus of exhibition Oscillation, my curatorial debut, which took place at Graphic Studio Gallery in 2023. This body of research was also the basis of Pixel to Print, a feature that I wrote for printmaking journal Pressing Matters.
Μηδέv / Oὐδέν by Dimitra Xidous, 2021
I created a collection of new works entitled New Geometries for both the cover and interior of writer Dimitra Xidous’ second collection, published by Doire Press. My writings on the collaborative process were also included in literary magazine The Honest Ulsterman.
Mason, Hayes and Curran, commission, 2019
I was selected to create four original prints for this law firm, 850 of which were then printed and given as corporate gifts to their clients.
A Matter of Volume, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, 2019
I was commissioned to make new work responding to the work of Trinity College’s chemistry department in 2019. I was invited by staff and PhD students to visit various labs as part of my research project. The resulting etching, entitled A Matter of Volume was inspired by the department’s electron microscopes and wide range of glassware and is now included in TCD permanent collection. I was invited to give a short lecture at the unveiling of new works at the department in 2019.
Etching in Memoriam, film, 8 min 58secs, 2019
The school of English at NUI Maynooth commissioned exhibition Form Ever Follows Function at their Illuminations gallery space. I was an invited artist at this exhibition which featured both text and digital art works. The short film Etching in Memoriam, created in collaboration with film maker Fiona Brennan formed my contribution to the show. The film was later screened at The National Gallery of Ireland as part of their Marking their Mark exhibition programme.
The Pickled Body, Issue 1 and Issue 4.1, 2013 and 2018 respectively
I was invited to be the featured artist for online poetry journal The Pickled Body’s first edition entitled The Red Shoes. I was invited to contribute once again for Issue 4.1 The View From Here/From Here the View. All featured artwork was later displayed at NUI Maynooth as part of their Form Ever Follows Function exhibition.
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