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Link to PSSquared web project: https://www.pssquared.org/projects/terra-infirma

The Painting Research Group at Belfast School of Art will be holding an exhibition at PS² Spencer House first floor project space from Monday 16th September, with a related painting symposium at The MAC on Friday 27th September. More details to follow.

‘A Man Saw a Ball of Gold in The Sky’ will be auctioned as part of an exhibition for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Northern Ireland, opening on Belfast Culture Night, Friday 21st September at the Ulster University Gallery on York Street.

A Dream and an Argument at The MAC, Belfast

Article by Alex Scott in Cent Magazine: cent magazine Begun as an ongoing series in 2014, under the working title ‘It’s All Over For Us Now’, these works on album slip covers and sleeves utilise something that is ready-to-hand and quick to work on. Old LPs picked up in second-hand shops, which often go on theContinue reading “Review in Cent Magazine”

Looking forward to delivering the Thursday Talk this week, 1pm Conor Lecture Theatre: Notes on a Dream and an Argument, with some reference to Walter Scott’s Heart of Midlothian.  

Opening on Thursday 6th April at The Naughton Gallery, Queen’s University Belfast. 06.04.17 – 21.05.17 Robert Crumb / Michael DeForge / Brian Finke / Riikka Hyvönen / Lilian Martinez (BFGF) /  Dougal McKenzie / Sean O’Connor / Paul Pfeiffer / Jody Rogac / Tom of Finland / Keenan Wells Naughton Gallery at Queen’s

Further details here: Artist’s Talk

I will be delivering a talk on Tuesday 29th November at Lancaster Arts, Lancaster University. More details here: Lancaster Arts Tuesday Talks

This book can be pre-ordered via amazon now; out in September 2016. amazon.co.uk ‘Teaching Painting’ addresses the historical, theoretical, pedagogical and continually shifting methods of how the medium is taught. It asks how and why approaches to teaching painting have changed and developed and offers a platform through which practices and experience can be shared.Continue reading “Painting in Art Schools”

I will be presenting a paper on Saturday 11th June at Riddell Hall, Belfast, as part of an event organised by the Painting Research Group (Belfast School of Art). Slow Motion: A Painting Symposium  

I will be chairing a discussion at The Irish Museum of Modern Art on the place of the artist’s studio: Tuesday 12 April 2016, 6 – 7pm, Lecture Room, IMMA Examining the context and place of the artist’s studio, this discussion draws on Edward McGuire’s studio as a catalyst for reflection on the shifting role,Continue reading “Discussion: Studio Concepts, Memoirs & Portraits”