Catherine Delaney | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Dublin, Ireland |
Alma mater | National College of Art and Design |
Known for | Sculpture, installation art, photography |
Elected | Aosdána (2008) |
Catherine Delaney (born 1965) is an Irish artist, working in the disciplines of sculpture, installation art and photography. She was elected as a member of Ireland's academy or affiliation of artists, Aosdána and her work is held in multiple public collections. [1]
Catherine Delaney was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1965, one of five siblings. Her father was the artist Edward Delaney [2] and her mother was Nancy (née O'Brien). [3] Her father moved away in 1980, settling in the west of Ireland, and later starting a second family. [3] She pursued third level studies in Ireland's National College of Art and Design (NCAD), graduating in 1984. [1] She further studied sculpture in New Jersey, at the Johnson Atelier, and then from 1986 to 1988 on a scholarship at an arts academy in Munich, working on sculpture and photographic arts. [4]
Dublin's Project Arts Centre hosted Delaney's first solo show, Rib by Rib, in 1994. [4] She also exhibited sculpture at the Grant Fine Arts gallery in County Down, where her father had previously had a sculpture show. [5] One major transient installation was Enclose, a roughly bridge-shaped structure at the Grennan Mill in County Kilkenny, supported by the local authority and Ireland's Arts Council after plans for a similar installation at the Ireland-Northern Ireland were placed on indefinite hold; the macquette of the sculpture was bought by Ireland's Office of Public Works. [6] Another was Inside-Outside in Baltinglass. [7] A large-scale permanent installation is the poured-metal Fill in Ballymun. [4]
Delaney was elected to Ireland's academy or affiliation of artists, Aosdána, in 2008. [1] She has received support from the Arts Council, both before election to Aosdána, [8] and since election, including payment of the "cnuas". [9]