BIOGRAPHY
Adrienne M Finnerty
Contemporary Irish Abstract Artist
Adrienne’s work is strikingly individualistic, rich in colour, texture and form, evoking deep emotion. Her painting style is intuitive, abstract, informed by her positive outlook on life. Adrienne aspires to create uplifting works of joy which enrich both the eye & the soul.
Inspired by the sea & the rugged beauty of the Connemara landscape Adrienne paints daily in her Eden Cottage Studio in Spiddal County Galway on the Wild Atlantic Way.
With a background in Hypno-psychotherapy, Sound Movement and Colour therapy, Graphic and Textile Design Adrienne’s journey has been eclectic, her style constantly evolving. Her use of colour is brilliantly executed with layer building upon layer leaving memories, traces of what lies beneath.
Exhibiting both Nationally and Internationally, her work has recently toured the world with The Drawing Box showing in Paris, USA, Athens, Italy, Scotland, Germany and Australia.
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Adrienne M Finnerty
Eden Cottage Studio,
Spiddal, Co Galway Ireland
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2021 /23/24 Living with Colour, The Glasshouses Dun Laoighaire, Co Dublin
2019 Transience, Town Hall Theatre. Galway
2012 Olive Art House Newry, Co Down
2011 Woman, Sol Art Gallery, Dublin
2009 A Colourful Life, Huguenot Gallery Portarligton Co. Laois
2005 An Tain, An Epic Journey Cruachan Ái Heritage Centre Roscommon
2003 Spirit of Life, Beerkeeper Gallery Dundalk, Co. Louth
2004 Moments, Beerkeeper Gallery, Dundalk, Co Louth
Group Shows
2023 Circle Becomes Body, Alte Handelsschule Leipzig Germany
2023 Train Inspectors Everyday, Franz Fleming Studios Leipzig, Germany
2021/22 Drawing Box touring exhibition to Australia, India, USA,
Holland, Greece, Amsterdam, Scotland
2022 One Subject/One Drawing a day. Galerie Abstract Project, Paris
2022/23 Hambly & Hambly Gallery, Co Fermanagh
2022 /23 Kilkenny Gallery Ireland
2017 Summer Show, Rare Art Gallery Dublin
2017 Love Letters in Paint to Galway & the West, Portershed Galway 2017 People Poems Places 2 person show Portershed Galway 2016 Hares on the March, Dublin 2014 Drawing Box Touring Exhib Ireland, USA, Kuala Lumper,
Australia, Italy, Philippines. Archived in NIVAL
2014 Incontri Europi Ranelagh Arts Centre
2013 Big Egg Hunt, Dublin
2013 Easter Expo, Higher Bridges Gallery, Fermanagh
2012 Symbiosis. Ranelagh Arts Centre
2012 Between Heaven & Earth, Casaterra, Puglia, Italy
2012 She, Anaverna House Croí 8 Collective
2011 The Ivory, House of Frazer, Belfast, Carrie Neely Art
2011 Christmas Show, Doorway Gallery, Dublin
2011 Winter Salon, Rannelagh Arts Centre Dublin
2010 Transformation, Dept of Justice. Dublin
2010 Waterfront & Black Box, Belfast, Carrie Neely Art
2010 Art meets Fashion, Belfast, Carrie Neely Art
2010 Croí 8 Collective, Sol Art Gallery Dublin
2010 Movement & Stillness, Keeling Gallery Dublin
2008 On the Brink of Two Cultures. Italian Cultural Institute Dublin
2008-16 Incontri Europei Sala Museale del Baraccano/ La Scudeira, Bologna
2008 Kunsart Art Fair, Bolsano, Italy, Galleria de Arte Gaudi
2008 3 person show Sol Art Gallery, Cavan
2008 Luxury Collection, K Club, Kildare
2008 Gallery Sigvardson, Denmark
2008 Perceptions CEO Louth County Musuem
2007 Irish Consulate, Randolf Cresent, Edinburgh
2005 -9 Seabright Gallery, Rostrevor Co. Down
2005 – 2020 Art Source, RDS, Dublin
Selected Media/Publications/Television
2022 Irish Arts Review Ireland
2013 Punkfnovine Serbia
2011 The Apprentice TV . 8 works feature in Candidates House
2011 RTE Television/Roomers Interior Design Show
2011 RTE Guide Artwork featured re Roomers Show
2009 Sunday Business Post. Featured Artist, Arts & Antiques Section
2008 Art Journal, Bimestral d’Art Cultura, Italy
2008 Sunday Tribune, Arts & Antiques Section
2008 Business Ireland, Blank Canvas. The Advent of Corporate Art,
2006 Magill Magazine. Artwork featured.
2006 & 8 Irish Interiors Magazine. Featured Artist.
Bursaries
2023 Saol Funding Udaras na Gaeltachta/ Arts Council of Ireland
2005/6/7/8 Grant Aid Arts Office, Louth Co. Council
2005/6 Grant Aid, Louth Leader
Residencies
2023 Pilotenkueche International Arts Residency, Leipzig Germany
2022 Dampierre sur Butonne France
2012 Casaterra, Puglia, Italy “Between Heaven & Earth”
Public Collections
2012 Tracts of Time, Royal Dublin Society ( RDS) Dublin
2008 Freedom to Fly & Inner Sanctuary No. 10 Mohill National School
2006 Mystical Moments, Magical Dreams Clarke Railway Station
2005 Tara Sacred Place Meath County Enterprise Board, Navan.
2003 River of Life, St Oliver Plunkett School, Blackrock, Co. Louth
Private Collections
Ireland, Europe, Canada, South Africa, USA, China
STATEMENT
I love to paint, to draw, to explore my thoughts and feelings, my response to life and the world around me. I love colour and use colour to express myself, my musings on life, world happenings, daily struggles, life events, big and small. Mark making with graphite, charcoal, oil sticks, whatever feels right to get the process started. I love oils but acrylics are more suited to my current mode of working, building up layers, removing, adding, subtracting. I work on both paper and canvas.
Creating art is my life, I paint most days. My studio is my happy place, my sanctuary. I love it.
