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TOP 200 ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO NOW
TIMES READERS AND SAATCHI ONLINE VISITORS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS
AFTER 1.4 MILLION VOTES WERE CAST, HERE ARE YOUR LEADING 200 ARTISTS:
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| - | Paul Cezanne |
| - | Gustav Klimt |
| - | Claude Monet |
| - | Marcel Duchamp |
| - | Henri Matisse |
| - | Jackson Pollock |
| - | Andy Warhol |
| - | Willem De Kooning |
| - | Piet Mondrian |
| - | Paul Gauguin |
| - | Francis Bacon |
| - | Robert Rauschenberg |
| - | Georges Braque |
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| - | Kasimir Malevich |
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| - | Frida Kahlo |
| - | Martin Kippenberger |
| - | Paul Klee |
| - | Egon Schiele |
| - | Donald Judd |
| - | Bruce Nauman |
| - | Alberto Giacometti |
| - | Salvador Dalí |
| - | Auguste Rodin |
| - | Mark Rothko |
| - | Edward Hopper |
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| - | Richard Serra |
| - | Rene Magritte |
| - | David Hockney |
| - | Philip Guston |
| - | Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| - | Pierre Bonnard |
| - | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| - | Max Ernst |
| - | Diane Arbus |
| - | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| - | Cy Twombly |
| - | Max Beckmann |
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| - | Giorgio De Chirico |
| - | Roy Lichtenstein |
| - | Edvard Munch |
| - | Pierre Auguste Renoir |
| - | Man Ray |
| - | Henry Moore |
| - | Cindy Sherman |
| - | Jeff Koons |
| - | Tracey Emin |
| - | Damien Hirst |
| - | Yves Klein |
| - | Henri Rousseau |
| - | Chaim Soutine |
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| - | Amedeo Modigliani |
| - | Umberto Boccioni |
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| - | Eva Hesse |
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| - | Louise Bourgeois |
| - | Marc Chagall |
| - | Gerhard Richter |
| - | Balthus |
| - | Joan Miro |
| - | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
| - | Frank Stella |
| - | Georg Baselitz |
| - | Francis Picabia |
| - | Jenny Saville |
| - | Dan Flavin |
| - | Alfred Stieglitz |
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| - | George Grosz |
| - | Bernd And Hilla Becher |
| - | Sigmar Polke |
| - | Brice Marden |
| - | Maurizio Cattelan |
| - | Sol LeWitt |
| - | Chuck Close |
| - | Edward Weston |
| - | Joseph Cornell |
| - | Karel Appel |
| - | Bridget Riley |
| - | Alexander Archipenko |
| - | Anthony Caro |
| - | Richard Hamilton |
| - | Clyfford Still |
| - | Luc Tuymans |
| - | Claes Oldenburg |
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| Sharon Mccarthy |
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Born 9 September 1981, based in Cork City, Ireland
Graduated with Hons Degree in Fine Art (Painting) Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork 2005
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| About the Artist |
I work in various mediums; from oils paints to plasters and P.V.A. and acrylics to varnishes and wood stains. |
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Close-up of Paintfall
2006 Arcylic, PVA mixture & Plaster on Canvas 60x66x10 |
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The Joker
2005 Stitched MDF Boards x Mixed media 30cm x 70cm |
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Paintfall & Floorpour 2
2006 Acrylic/P.V.A., Plaster on Canvas 60x66x10 |
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Paintfall & Floorpour 1
2005/06 Arcylic, PVA mixture & Plaster on Canvas 60x66x10 |
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Close-up of Red on Green
2006 Acrylic/P.V.A. on Linen 75cm x 75cm + extra |
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green on red & red on green
2005/06 Acrylic/P.V.A. on Linen (For both) 75cm x 75cm + extra (large) & 20cm x 20cm (small) |
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| Education and biography |
2007
February-May Culture Ireland : CEAD IN CHINA at the 411 galeries in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing
Solo Exhibitions
2006
July – Debut solo exhibition of new work (some made specifically in the space), James Barry Exhibition Centre, C.I.T., Rossa Avenue, Bishopstown , Cork.
Group Exhibitions
Currently
- Work hanging in Backwater Artists Group exhibition space
-Work hanging in Jones Art Gallery, Davitt's Quay, Dungarvan & Lismore
Co. Waterford
2006
December – MT-Box Co. Xmass Special, collaboration with Kevin Tuohy for Xmass the Spot an exhibition organised by Nevan Lahart. Draiocht Arts Center, Dublin
November – 26th Soroptimist International Exhibition in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
October/ November - Live Art Event at Waterford Arts Festival, Imagine
September - 'Fetish in a Box'
curated by Sandra Minchin, on the 22nd Sept 2006 in the Triskel Arts Centre
September - '3 Vincents Ave'
House Exhibition, for Art-trail on the 29th Sept-2nd Oct 2006
July - Collaboration with artist Kevin Tuohy on a sound installation as part of the Independence Cabaret night for SoundEye 10 “ a festival of word” in the City Limits, Coburg Street with artists Art/ not Art, Irene Murphy/ Mick O’ Shea, Nevan Lahart, Betipindado etc.
June – Gallery 0pening exhibition in the new Jones Art Gallery, the Mall, Lismore, Co. Waterford
March – April – Galway Civic Trust, Fisheries Tower, Wolfe Tone Bridge, Galway
2005
November- December - As a member of Backwater Artists Group, participated in Art Trail; 'Open Studios 05', including artist talk.
(Part of the 10th annual Art Trail - a week long art event that happens in Cork City.)
November – '24 hours' exhibition in Tigh fili, MacCurtain St, Cork. a durational event including production and
exhibition of work, curated by Angelique dos Santos and Frances Murphy.
November – 25th Soroptimist International Exhibition in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
July – Exhibition Forces of Nature with Grainne Ni Chuirrin, of degree work in
Jones Art Gallery, Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
June - Crawford College Honours Degree Show 'Talk less', held in Crawford College of Art & Design,
Sharman Crawford St., Cork
- installation of seven paintings from 'Homage to Home' series
May - June - Exhibited in group lightbox exhibition, Tom Barry’s, Barrack st, Cork
February- March- Selected for 'Cultural Confinement' ,UCC Visual Arts Society exhibition of paintings and prints in O’Rahillig building, U.C.C.
2004
May- June - Crawford Diploma Exhibition 'Lucky Dip', Lough Community Centre, Pouladuff rd., Cork.
- installation and video work based on the memories suggested by found objects.
March - April - Selected for 'Luxury - Towards an exhibition', UCC Visual Arts Society exhibition, O’Rahillig building, U.C.C
March -
Life Drawing exhibition in C.I.T. Exhibition Space, Bishopstown, Cork
- Showed two of my life drawings which were specifically made for the show.
Awards
Awarded a studio with Backwater Artists Group, Wandesford Quay, Crosses Green, Cork Contact – 021 4961002, as part of a nine month painting studies year Oct'05 to June'06 from Crawford College of Art & Design, Sharman Crawford St., Cork .
Works in Private Collections in Ireland, England, America and Australia
Commissions
Waterford Community Forum, Awards, 2006 –
Private Commissions
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