Seán Cotter
Seán Cotter was born in Ireland in 1969 and in 1991 he graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
He is at foremost an exciting painter. His paintings are partly imagined, observed and felt. There are strong reflections of mood, of an inner turmoil or tranquility. There is an intense energy visible in the dense pattern of birds in flight in his compressed charcoal drawings. The paintings acknowledge the energy of nature and an exploration of planes of colour and media, sometimes pushing back and obscuring, and sometimes revealing potential images and associations as they arise, fabricating a special space which belongs to painting.
He has had solo exhibitions in Ireland since 1994 with an exhibition in London in 2003 and Finland in 2008. His work is in many private and public collections including College of Humanities, Limerick, Galerie L'Embarcadere, Lyon, France and the Irish Contemporary Art Society. He lives and works in Co. Louth, Ireland.
- 2011 Memorate, Millenium Court Arts Center, Portadown
- 2010 The Slow Descent, Gormley's Gallery, Dublin
- 2009 The Traveller, Basement Gallery, Dundalk
- 2008 Notational Morphologies, Lapua Art Museum, Finland
- 2007 New Work, Carlinn Gallery, Carlingford, Co. Louth
- 2006 Painted Tales, Wicklow County Buildings
- 2005 Painted Tales, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 2005 New Paintings, Droichead Arts Centre, Droheda, Co. Louth
- 2005 Paintings and Drawings, Draiocht, Dublin
- 2005 Eigse - Invited Artist, , Carlow Festival of Visual Art, Carlow
- 2004 Horizons, Norman Villa Gaallery, Galway
- 2004 Paintings, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 2003 New Paintings, Barbara Stanley Gallery, London
- 2003 Borderlines, Riverbank Art Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
- 2002 Corvidophilia, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
- 2001 Corvidophilia, Galway Arts Center
- 1996 Voyages, County Library, Naas, Co. Kildare
- 1994 Religion, Galway Arts Festival
- Allied Irish Bank, London
- Aviva Investors, London
- AXA Insurance
- College of Humanities, Limerick
- Drogheda Borough Council
- Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney, Dublin
- Galerie L'Embarcadere, Lyon, France
- Iardrod Eireann (Irish Rail Network ), Galway
- Irish Contemporary Art Society
- Kildare, Louth and Wicklow County Councils
- Lapua Art and Science Foundation, Finland
- Lapuan Taidemuseo, Finland
- Office of Public Works, Galway, Kilkenny and Dublin
- 2010 Local Authority Grant, Louth County Council
- 2007Regional Bursary Award, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
- 2007Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
- 2005Residency, Cill Rialig, Co. Kerry
- 1997Arts Flight Award, Arts Council / Aer Lingus
- 1997Ludwigshafen Residency, Germany
- 1996Touring Award, Kildare Corporation
- 1996Arts Flight Award, Arts Council / Aer Lingus
- 1995Exhibition Grant, Galway Corporation
- 1990Erasmus Grant,
- 2009'Landscape is central to joint show that explores emotion and energy', interview by Judy Murphy, Galway Tribune
- 2009'Notational Morphologies', review by Aidan Dunne, Irish Times
- 2008'Notational Morphologies', catalogue essay 'Painting the Second Coming' by Catherine Marshall
- 2006'Onethingleadstoanother', catalogue essay by Cliodhna Shaffrey
- 2005Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, catalogue essay by Helen Carey
- 2005'Painter of Internal Landscapes', editorial by Innes Dillon, Leinster Leader
- 2003'Borderlines', catalogue essay by Ian Wieczorek
- 1995'Voyages', review by Ian Wieczorek, Irish Times
- 1995`'Voyages', catalogue essay by Martin O' Ceidigh
Artwork
Monochrome View Oil on Canvas €4200 |
Annamakerrig March Pole charcoal and pastel on paper €1450 |
Copse Oil on Canvas €4200 |
Note to Self ink on paper €650 |
Sky Writing I Oil on Canvas €6500 |
Canopy ink on paper €1400 |