Orfhlaith Egan Art, Krischanweg 42b 12359 Berlin
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email: orfhlaith.egan@gmail.com
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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 art studios in 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.
Growing up in the West of Ireland influenced my exploration of the deeper memory world of archetypes and how they resonate in the landscape around me. My paintings, both representational and re-imagined, are memories that shape my ideas about the present and the future.
As a practice, painting becomes routine, and my memory predicts what it will be like to do things I have never done before. Spaces of (and for) imagination are central to my work and rather than specific topography or 'views' are a deeper reflection on nature and the ways it can develop my experience of the present, by means of an archetypal memory that is a thread I try to tease out in my paintings.
I like to think that my work is optimistic and extremely positive, creating a space of reflection and calm. Some paintings ask abstract questions, while others are simply a reason to pause; look; take a breath and remember.
I have taken part in group and solo exhibitions. My work has also been acquired for private collections worldwide.
Three of my artworks hang in the HSE Corporate Finance Center, Irish Government Building, Dublin, Ireland.
The Sea, The Sky
featured in BBuzzArt's September 2018 Curator's pick
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….
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
in collaboration with Wüs Atelier // Gallery
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
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.
Ich zolle unserer Welt Tribut, indem ich gegenständliche und neu erfundene Landschaften male, die die Größe der Natur feiern. Mein Aufwachsen im Westen Irlands beeinflusste mein Interesse an der Erforschung der tieferen Erinnerungswelt der Archetypen und wie sie in der Landschaft um mich herum nachklingen. Meine Bilder sind Erinnerungen, die meine Vorstellungen über die Gegenwart und die Zukunft prägen.
'Innere Zufriedenheit folgt dem Herzschlag der Natur' - Alexander Hutner
Als Praxis wird das Malen zur Routine, und mein Gedächtnis sagt mir voraus, wie es sein wird, Dinge zu tun, die ich noch nie zuvor getan habe. Ich erlebe Szenen aus meiner Erinnerung wieder. 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, zu schauen, Luft zu holen und sich zu erinnern.
Ich habe an Gruppen- und Einzelausstellungen teilgenommen. Meine Arbeiten wurden auch für Privatsammlungen in Irland, Deutschland, den USA, Indien, Jordanien, Südafrika, Großbritannien, Libanon, Island und Dänemark erworben.
3 meiner Bilder hängen im HSE Corporate Finance Center, Irish Government Building, 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.
October 2018
Featured by BBuzzArt: An Artist's Perspective
April/May 2018
Solo exhibition
Artist info
January 2019
Group Exhibition
August 2017
Solo exhibition
ORLAINBERLIN
Spring 2020
My painting, Matterhorn, features on the cover of Mountains and the German Mind Tranlations from Gessner to Messner 1541-2009 Edited by Sean Ireton, Caroline Schaumann, Emory University