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2009 - 2012
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
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Event: Carysfort Gallery
Dates: 8 Aug 2019 - 18 Aug 2019
Carysfort Gallery group exhibition of gallery artists as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019. Ivana is exhibiting 7 landscape drawings with the use of pencil and acrylic. The landscape drawings are from a series called 'Water Edge' following on from the 2018 series of the same name.
Event: Carysfort Gallery
Dates: 11 Aug 2018 - 17 Aug 2018
Exhibited as part of the Arts Festival's many group exhibitions with Carysfort Gallery in years 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
Event: Carysfort Gallery
Dates: 19 Oct 2017 - 5 Nov 2017
Exhibited with pencil drawings as part of a group exhibition at the Wexford Fringe Festival in years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2017.
Event: 183rd RHA Annual Exhibiton
Dates: 10 Jul 2013 - 14 Aug 2013
An open selection exhibition curated by a select panel of royal academicians and established artists.
One piece was selected for this group exhibition, Identity III, available to purchase on this site.
Event: IADT Graduate Exhibition
Dates: 1 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012
Final year exhibition of the honors degree study at IADT.
My project was a mapping study of migraine through personal observation, notation and visualisation of the accumulated data through mapping and hand drawn 3D perspectives.
Event: F4RS7NF4R (474) The Aesthetics of Restriction
Dates: 10 Apr 2012 - 17 Apr 2012
Exhibited alongside a selection of works from the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) permanent collection.
Event: RARA AVIS
Dates: 10 Nov 2011 - 15 Nov 2011
A mapping project based on the experiences of migraine presented as part of a curated group show.
Event: FOUR
Dates: 10 Jun 2011 - 15 Jun 2011
Exhibited with three other artists a mapping project of an imaginary island based on actual location in the Atlantic Ocean near the island of Ireland. The project consisted of a 3D video simulation of a fly-through over the imagined island, a series of hand drawn maps and a visitor walking guide of the island named Eriador. All names of the islands rivers, paths and summits were borrowed from the names of actual features in the ocean.
Event: Carysfort Gallery Fundraising Exhibition in Aid of the Blackrock Hospice
Dates: 25 Nov 2010 - 30 Nov 2010
Annual open call exhibition by selection by the Carysfort Gallery
Event: Short Video Screenings
Dates: 11 May 2010 - 17 May 2010
A showcase of short videos by various artists on various themes.
Event: Non People Non Space
Dates: 11 Oct 2009 - 17 Oct 2009
Group Exhibition based on the idea of Identity and Belonging
Biography
I have been working as a portrait artist since 2009 and creating self-initiated work mainly landscapes. My work is in private collections in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Japan.
I draw my inspiration from nature and daily observations of human presence in nature. I like to explore the tensions between nature and the built world, the fluidity versus the rigidity. I inject my landscapes with many times humorous human presence in the form of road signs (that often don't make sense in that particular place), structures, gates, phone masts, etc. My landscapes are imagined and constructed from photographs and sketches taken on location. Does a place become a new place when things are moved, removed or added?
I apply this cut and paste process in explorations of the human face in a similar way using photographs of random people to create new constructed faces.
I work with graphite pencil and acrylic on paper, canvas or wood panel.
