Spring 2020
My painting, Matterhorn, featured on the cover of Mountains and the German Mind Tranlations from Gessner to Messner 1541-2009 Edited by Sean Ireton, Caroline Schaumann, Emory University
Artist info
August 2017
Solo exhibition
In light of COVID-19 I will be painting at my temporary home studio in Berlin. To see my latest works follow me on instagram and facebook, I post regularly and hope it adds some brightness and light to your day during this trying time. A Soft Day is open and functioning normally, don't forget to use your code ForTheLoveOfArt to receive your free Giclee Print. Thank you so much for supporting me during this time of uncertainty. I wish you good health and positivity. With love, Orfhlaith
Geboren in Rotterdam, aufgewachsen in Irland, bin ich ein Künstlerin, die ihre Zeit zwischen Irland und Berlin aufteilt. Nachdem ich 1999 mein Studium der Kunstgeschichte am Trinity College Dublin abgeschlossen hatte, arbeitete und reiste ich 14 Jahre lang um die Welt, bevor ich nach Deutschland zog, um mich ganz auf meine Kunst zu konzentrieren.
Meine Bilder sind von meiner Heimat im Westen Irlands und den vielen anderen Ländern, die ich seitdem bereist habe, inspiriert. Ich habe an Gruppen- und Einzelausstellungen teilgenommen. Meine Arbeiten wurden auch für private Sammlungen in Irland, Deutschland, den USA, Indien, Jordanien, Südafrika, Großbritannien, Libanon, Island und Dänemark erworben.
Ich zolle unserer Welt Tribut, indem ich gegenständliche und neu erfundene Landschaften male, die die Größe der Natur feiern. Meine Bilder sind Erinnerungen, die meine Vorstellungen von der Gegenwart und Zukunft prägen.
Als Praxis wird das Malen immer wieder zur Routine, und mein Gedächtnis sagt mir voraus, wie es sein wird, Dinge zu tun, die ich noch nie zuvor getan habe. Ich durchlebe Szenen aus meiner Erinnerung. Ich denke gerne, dass meine Bilder immer optimistisch und äußerst positiv sind und einen Raum der Reflexion und Ruhe schaffen. Einige stellen abstrakte Fragen, während andere einfach ein Grund sind, innezuhalten; schauen Sie; atmen Sie durch und erinnern Sie sich.
3 meiner Werke hängen im HSE Corporate Finance Center, irische Regierungsgebäude, Dublin, Irland.
What an exhilarating experience to live paint at last years Unitex-Congress at Ulm Messe. Thank you to Now Communication, Area Management and Staff Solutions for the opportunity and support.
Orfhlaith Egan Art, Wüs Studio & Gallery, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 47, 10589 Berlin
Tel: 004915164551371
email: orfhlaith.egan@gmail.com
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October 2018
Featured by BBuzzArt: An Artist's Perspective
Westival Gallery
Wed Oct 23rd - Mon Oct 28th 2019
Through an open call, artists were invited to submit work on Westival 2019’s theme, ‘Brittle / Fragile’. The result is an exciting and varied group show showcasing selected work from Irish and international artists, featuring sculpture, painting, drawing and photography.
The theme proved a generous, many-headed muse, with artists responding in a huge variety of ways and presenting a multiplicity of creative interpretations – personal fragility, vulnerability as strength, frailty engendering feelings of protectiveness, the brittle geopolitical landscape, the fragility and ever-increasing vulnerability of our planet….
April/May 2018
Solo exhibition
Curator's pick: What kinds of lines have you drawn?
By Bo ryung, Rhee
We keep drawing new lines. We draw lines between people. We follow the lines on the streets. We continue to draw the lines in the air or on paper until we meet our destination. Lines which could portray you or me and mountains or sea. Shaky lines; broken and reconnected lines; overlapping and erased lines; or strong as faith yet uncertain lines; corrected and redone lines. The lines artists draw reveal their worries and the meanings behind the lines in a solid form. Line itself is a track of life. What kinds of lines have they been drawing today living under the same sky? And what kinds of lines have you drawn today? I hope your life and the lines you have drawn will merge like a piece of painting...
Permanent Exhibition
3 Painters
Ongoing group exhibition at Freyer Marktforschung, Joachimsthalerstr. 10, 10719 Berlin
January 2017
Lough Coirib featured in CANVAS: a blog by Saatchi Art
June 2018
Kunstfestival Ortstermin 18: Hoch hinaus!
Group Show, Atelier Artacta
Live freehand painting at Ulm Messe
5th & 6th November 2019
Exhibitions and other art related events
June 2018
Oberbaumbrücke Group Exhibition, Berlin
Lough Coirib 2016
100x70cm
acrylic paint and copper panel on canvas
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Born in Rotterdam, raised in Ireland, I am an artist dividing my time between Ireland and Berlin. Having completed a degree in History of Art at Trinity College Dublin in 1999, I worked and traveled around the world for 14 years before moving to Germany to focus on my art full-time.
My paintings are inspired by my native west of Ireland and other lands traveled since. I have taken part in group and solo exhibitions. My work has also been acquired for private collections in Ireland, Germany, the USA, India, Jordan, South Africa, the UK, Lebanon, Iceland and Denmark.
I pay tribute to our world, painting representational and re-imagined landscapes celebrating the grandeur of nature. My paintings are memories that shape my ideas about the present and future.
As a practice, painting over and over again becomes routine and my memory predicts what it will be like to do things I haven't done before. I am reliving scenes from my memory. I like to think that my paintings are always optimistic and extremely positive, creating a space of reflection and calm. Some pose questions in the abstract, while others simply a reason to stop; look; take a breath and remember.
3 of my works hang in the HSE Corporate Finance Center, Irish Government Buildings, Dublin, Ireland.
The Sea, The Sky
featured in BBuzzArt's September 2018 Curator's pick
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