Catherine Keenan
Catherine Keenan graduated from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin with a BDes in Craft Design:Glass in 2006. She then went on to study at the International Glass Centre, West Midlands, specialising in glass blowing and cold decoration and carving.
Catherine Keenan has been awarded a place on the Craft NI making it 2011 programme at Flowerfield Arts Centre.
“I seek to generate positive emotions with my work, to give solace and uplift. Colour and pattern are so attractive to me as they have a direct way of creating an instinctual response.
Glass blowing is such an immediate process, it requires great dexterity and swift, confident gestures to create sublime forms. For me, a major draw to the medium is the great breadth of different techniques, the high level of skill needed to refine these techniques and the seemingly endless possibility for new creations.”
Her work ranges from sculptural objects and functional vessels to installations comprised of blown glass components.
Materials Used:
Product Types:
Professional Experience
2011 ‘Design Tree’, Irish Design Week exhibition, Dublin
2011 Galleri Uggerby, Lonstrup, Denmark.
2011 ‘National Crafts Competition’, RDS, Dublin
2011 ‘Engaging With Glass’, Solstice Centre, Navan.
2011 ‘Irish Craft Portfolio’, The National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
2010 ‘Irish Craft Portfolio, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
2010 ‘Recent Works’, Solo exhibition, University of Ulster, Belfast
2010 ‘Recent Works’ solo exhibition, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn
2010 ‘Irish Craft Portfolio’, The National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
2010 ‘Inspired by…’, Craft and Design Collective Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2009 ‘Royal Ulster Academy’s 128th Annual Exhibition’, Belfast
2009 ‘Designers and Makers 2009’, F. E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge
2009 ‘National Crafts Competition Prize-winners Exhibition’, RDS, Dublin
2008 ‘Breaking Out’, The Crafts Council of Ireland Gallery, Kilkenny
2008 ‘Next Big Thing’, The Red House Glass Cone, Stourbridge
2008 ‘First Gather’, Himley Hall, Dudley, West Midlands
2007 ‘Sculpture in Context’, The National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2006 ‘Sculpture in Context’, The National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2009 ‘Bloom; Sculptural Crafts’, commissioned by the Crafts Council of Ireland to make an outdoor installation piece, Phoenix Park, Dublin
2009 ‘Poppy Patch’; site specific installation, commissioned by the Crafts Council of Ireland, for ‘Bloom’ Garden Show, Phoenix Park, Dublin
2011 RDS National Crafts Competition -Crafts Council of Ireland Purchase Award
2010 Artist’s Placement at Sunderland University.
2010 Lisburn Arts Advisory Committee Award
2010 Shortlisted for RDS National Crafts Competition, category:Glass
2009 Anna Cheyne Award for Visual Arts
2009 Shortlisted for Future Maker Practitioner Award Crafts Council of Ireland
2009 RDS National Crafts Competition Awards: National Crafts and Design Fair of Ireland Award -2nd Prize Glass / IACI Murial Gahan Scholarship Nominee
2009 Travel Award from Arts Council of Northern Ireland for trip to Finland
2010 Perspective, Architecture Journal
2009 Irish Arts Review
2009 The Irish Mail on Sunday
2006 Homes Interiors & Living Ireland
Contact Details
126 Moira Road
Lisburn
BT28 1RP
