Cathy Carman
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1952 (age 73–74)
Cathy Carman | |
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| Born | Catherine Byrne 1952 (age 73–74) Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Catherine Carman (born 1952) is an Irish sculptor, noted for large figurative works, often based on the human figure, in multiple materials.[1] She is also a painter, and latterly additionally works with "found objects", digital imaging and sound.[1] She is a member of Aosdána, Ireland's national academy of artists, and examples of her works are held in multiple major collections.
Catherine Byrne was born in Portlaoise, County Laois, in 1952, and grew up on Dublin Road there.[2] Her parents ran a shop. She attended secondary school at Presentation Convent, Portlaoise and took art classes at a local VEC school.[3] She won a substantial prize in a Clarks shoe design prize competition which enabled her to pursue third level studies at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.[4] She later studied at Dun Laoghaire School of Art and the Chiswick Art School in London.
Artistic career
Carman has worked as a sculptor since college, and is best known for her large figurative works, most often in wood, stone or metal, and ceramics.[1] She has stated that the human figure is central to her work, and her style has been described as expressionistic.[5]
In her twenties, she primarily worked from a studio in Dublin's Henrietta Street, and from 1984 she was a founding member of what became Temple Bar Studios, before moving to a site overlooking Lough Allen with her second husband.[6]
Carman has participated in many group exhibitions, as well as presenting solo shows, in both Ireland and abroad, including:[7]
- 1984, Dublin: Project Arts Centre (solo)
- 1987, Dublin: Grafton Gallery (solo)
- 1987: Portlaoise: County Hall (solo)
- 1989, Glasgow: Barbizon Gallery
- 1990, Dublin: Project Arts Centre
- 1991, County Galway: Clifden Arts Festival
- 1999, Dublin: Temple Bar Galleries & Studio
- 2008, Tulsk, County Roscommon: Cruachan Aí Centre (The Nine Icons of Oweynagat, solo)[8]
- 2011, Greenacres, Wexford: Wexford Opera Festival Art Exhibition (group)[9]
- 2016, Castlebar, County Mayo: Linenhall Arts Centre (Diary, solo)[10]
- 2019, Sligo: The Hamilton Gallery (Trans-formation, solo)[11]
- 2023, Sligo: The Hamilton Gallery (Rapture, solo)[12]
- 2025, Westport: Custom House Studios and Gallery (After The Storm, solo)[13]
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