Alice Maher

 

Alice Maher’s work touches on a wide range of subjects often reprising, challenging and expanding mythic and vernacular narratives. She is recognised for her experimental use of non-traditional materials, for her explorations of embodiment and identity, and her incorporation of a range of literary, historical and folkloric subject matter in a multi-various practice that spans drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and moving image. The various art works and materials lend themselves to lateral, associative or enigmatic display, aided by her very particular attention to setting and context.

Her first major solo show was at the Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin in 1994. That same year she represented Ireland at the Sao Paolo Biennial. She has had solo shows at the Brighton & Hove Museum, the Djanogly Art Centre Nottingham, Purdy Hicks Gallery London, David Nolan Gallery New York, Green on Red Gallery Dublin, Crawford Gallery Cork, Butler Gallery Kilkenny, RHA Dublin, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, and many more.  In 2012 the Irish Museum of Modern Art presented a retrospective of the artists 30 year practice. ‘Becoming’ included many iconic works as well as a newly commissioned film, ‘Cassandra’s Necklace’. She has made numerous collaborative works in theatre, dance, film and social activism.  She was recognised with an honorary doctorate in Fine Art in 2013. Her work can be seen in international collections including The Neuberger Museum, The Hammond Museum, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Fogg Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MOMA, the British Museum, the Ulster Museum, and the Centre Georges Pompidou.

Alice Maher is represented by Kevin Kavanagh Gallery Dublin, Purdy Hicks Gallery London, and David Nolan Gallery New York.  She is a member of Aosdana.

www.alicemaher.com

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