"Beyond"- The Irish Outsider Art Exhibition comes to Cork City.

Beyond- Irish Outsider Art 

A Group Exhibition Curated by Brent Pope

The Atrium, City Hall, Cork

17th November- 4th Decmber 2015

Opening Night 17th November 6pm

You are invited to come and see Yvonne Condon's paintings in the exhibition Beyond.

There is also an opportunity to buy some of Yvonne's work that is not in the show in our sale shop at the exhibition space. 

Yvonnes chalk drawings in Elle fashion magazine

Yvonne's chalk drawings of people passing the Infusion Caravan Project during Cork Midsummer Festival appeared in the fashion magazine "Elle" 10/15 in Italy

Yvonne in Irish Outsider Art Exhibition- "BEYOND"

Beyond- Irish Outsider Art 

A Group Exhibition Curated by Brent Pope

Dublin 6th - 25th of October 2015
Cork 17th November- 4th Decmber 2015

Three of GASP’s artists have been selected to showcase their work in an exhibition of Outsider Art, the venture of popular rugby pundit Brent Pope. He started a search for Outsider Artists due to his curiosity about the genre’s profile in Ireland. His dream was to uncover the country’s hidden Outsider Artists and it was realised when he put out a call on national airwaves for submissions. He received an overwhelming response. Approximately 150 artists from around Ireland submitted work to this project and the final show includes 18 artists, 3 of which are GASP’s Rosaleen Moore, David Connolly and Yvonne Condon.

“Big Yellow Nude” and an untitled portrait were Yvonne Condon’s submissions. Her paintings are snap shots in time and her method reflects this as she completes them at high speed. The amount of detail Yvonne manages to include in her paintings is quite a feat due to her limited eyesight.

The long awaited opening night of Beyond was on the 6^th of October 2015 in the Copper House Gallery. Most of the 18 artists, along with their friends and family joined Brent Pope and all those who made the exhibition happen to celebrate the work. The group of artists exhibiting their work are from all over Ireland. Some are independent artists and some are from supported studio settings such as Cuig and KCAT. There was a wonderful atmosphere in the gallery. It was emotional for some, an awakening for others but all who came, had a desire to explore the art.

For all involved, this exhibition has been a culmination of hard work and passion. Both the art and the artists are inspirational and deserve this opportunity to be acknowledged and celebrated. 

"I cannot emphasise too strongly how touched and honoured I have been to finally realise this dream. This project has been my privilege." - Brent Pope. (Extract from the exhibition catalogue)

Press Coverage:

Ailbhe Barrett, an artist from Cuig, Cork City, was interviewed by Ryan Tubridy along with two other artists, on the Late Late Show on Friday the 9th of October 2015. 

RTE Television commissioned Firebrand Productions to create a documentary following Brent Pope’s journey of discovering the artists and their work. It will be shown on Thursday the 15^th of October 2015.http://rteonenewseason.rte.ie/portfolio/brent-popes-outsiders/

Beyond runs in the Copper House Gallery from the 06.10.15 until the 25.10.15. www.copperhousegallery.com

Beyond will then be shown in The Atrium, City Hall in Cork from the 17.11.15 until the 04.12.15.

The big portrait of the yellow nude travels to Dublin

Yvonne's painting of the yellow woman arrived at Dublin Heuston. She will be part of an upcoming exhibition soon.

Yvonne Condon's painting in the RHA Dublin

A visitor of the Royal Hibernian Academy  marvels at Yvonne's painting of the white rabbit - but too late - it is already sold.

Yvonne exhibits artwork in the Quay Coop Cafe from July 8th to August 8th - come and see

Painting In Madrid. Yvonne Explores Palacio de Cristal

Yvonne visited the botanical gardens, Palacio de Cristal. Each glass house had a different climate suitable to the plant life. Here we see Yvonne doing observational studies of the cactus plants. 

Yvonne then used these drawings to create multiple paintings of the cactus plants back in studio at La Matadero, Madrid.

The final Paintings

 Yvonne's work, presented with other artists work in studio. 

Yvonne Participates in Interesting Workshops in Madrid

Yvonne's recent trip to Madrid was an exciting, creative and rewarding. Colectivo Debajo del Sombrero hosted workshops for the GASP artists and artists from AIM in Bristol.  Yvonne got involved dance workshops, a street art tour, painting and much more.

Yvonne in studio

Yvonne viewing some street art, gathering inspiration for a wall mural workshop.

Yvonne's Wall Mural

Final Pieces made during Painting Workshops

Yvonne participates in an installation porject in La Matadero, Madrid

Yvonne, portraying the passers by at the Mid summer festival

Yvonne's Creative Journey to Madrid

Yvonne has travelled to Madrid to an arts workshop hosted by Arts Organisation Debajo Del Sombrero as part of a longer term Erasmus + project called Expanding realities which will see exchange or ideas, approaches and collaborations  between GASP Cork, Art in Motion (AIM) Bristol and Debajo del Sombrero Madrid. 

The project is coordinated by CIT Crawford College of Art and Design and supported by Leargas.  The workshop in Madrid will be a change to engage with new method and approaches. Some workshop will be focused on visual response to performance art while time will also be spent working on a large piece of work on an outdoor wall.

Here are a selection of pictures of the work she is currently doing in Madrid:

FOR MORE, CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE  http://expandingrealities.eu/ 

Portrait Painting Event at the Sirius Centre

Visitors from far and wide came to the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh to get there portrait by Yvonne Condon. 

Public Engagement for "People-Tools-Cities" @ The Sirius Centre

The work in People-Tools-Cities created many opportunities for public engagement. Yvonne's paintings inspired an activity whereby  participants had to match Yvonne's paintings with August Sander photographs. 

Opening Night @ The Sirius Centre

On the 27th of March 2015, Generation and People-Tools-Cities opened. Yvonne had work in both exhibitions. Here are the final selections:

Yvonne Condon's 32 portraits for People-Tools-Cities. Acrylic on Board. Inspires by August Sander.

Yvonne Condon's Acrylic on board piece for Generation, inspired by Love.

Installing the work for People-Tools-Cities

Hanging Yvonne's paintings for People-Tools-Cities was a tough task for the people involved. There were so many beautiful colours working together in each painting, conversations between all the portraits and quirky details we could not ignore. 32 made the cut, if only there were more walls!

Yvonne Condon at the RHA 185th Annual Exhibtion.

G.A.S.P. is proud to announce that Yvonne Condon will be exhibiting in the RHA 185th Annual Exhibition 2015. It is Ireland’s largest and longest running open submission exhibition where established artists and new talent exhibit side by side. Yvonne's work is one of 200-300 selected to exhibit and will be alongside the work of Tracy Emin and Alice Maher. The show opens on the 25th of May and runs until the 9th of August and entry is free.

To find out more check out the RHA website: www.rhagallery.ie

Yvonne Condon exhibits in the Mid-May Festival, Midleton.

Yvonne Condon is exhibiting her work in Ina Mc Carthy's Flower Shop in her home town, Midleton. She was invited to take part in the Mid-May Arts Festival Midleton 15 - 17 May and there is still a chance to see her work until the end of May. To find out more got to http://www.midletonmidmayfestival.ie/

Painting with life model

Yvonne with some of the work she produced in a recent paining session in Sullivans Quay.

Yvonne prepares work for People-Tools-Cities Exhibition at Sirius Art Centre

A visit to Meithal Mara's boat building workshop to capture some images of people with the tools of their trade. Yvonne is engaged in this project and exploration as part of a Leargas Youth in Action supported Youth Initiative.

The People-Tools-Cities opens Thurs 26 March 7pm. Runs until Sun 26 April. 

People-Tools-Cities is the work of three artists from GASP (Glasheen Art Studio Programme) who have been working in Cork city; each artist focusing on a chosen subject. Yvonne Condon considers the portrait, inspired by the black and white photographs of August Sander shown at Sirius in 2014. Idé Ní Shúilleábháin focuses on tools, influenced by Konrad Klapheck paintings, while Rosaleen Moore explores the city, observing buildings and painting from memory.

GASP (Glasheen Art Studio Program) artists are currently taking part in the COPE Foundations’ Arts Programme.