Ruth E Lyons
Born 1983, Dublin, Ireland
Contact
ruth.e.lyons@gmail.com
Occupation
Artist, curator and director of The Good Hatchery studios
Education
2003-2007 BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
2006 Erasmus programme Vilnius Academy of Fine Art, Lithuania
Upcoming shows and events 2012
‘Ached Grew Print Jot’, collaborative event, curated by Lee Welch, The Drawing Room, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. February 8th 7.30-10.30pm
The Good Hatchery @ National College of Art and Design Gallery, Thomas St. Dublin
Sky Is The Limit, Public Art Commission, Scoil Naomh Eoin, Co. Meath
Residencies and Awards
2011
Temple Bar Project Studio Award
Fire Station Sculpture Bursary Award
Arts Council Visual Artist Bursary Award
2010
The Customs House Studios, Residency, Westport, Co. Mayo
Inish Turk Beg Island, Residency, selected by The Royal Hibernian Academy and Monster Truck
Offaly County Council Artists Bursary Award 2010/09/08
2009
‘Art@Work’, Residency Programme, Co. Roscommon
‘The Enchanted Garden Residency’, Co. Wicklow
Belmont Mill Studios Artist Bursary Award
2008
‘_UNIT’ Residency Programme, Co. Laois
Selected Solo & The Good Hatchery Exhibitions and Public Works
2011
Islanded in a Sea of Stars, Solo Show, The Lab, Foley St, Dublin
Lodestar, The Good Hatchery, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow
2010
Everyman is an island, Inish Turk Beg, Co. Mayo
Glasimile, The Good Hatchery, SOMA contemporary, Waterford
2009
Savoir Faire 212, The Good Hatchery, Place Gallery, Co. Wexford
Amphibious Sound, Lough Key Forest Park, Co. Roscommon
Iridescence A, The Good Hatchery, Monster Truck, Dublin
Spatial Relations, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
2008
GodBall, Grennan Mill, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Co. Kilkenny
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
‘After the Fall’, Tulca Arts Festival, Galway
‘RHA Annual Show 2011’, invited artist, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
‘Repo Man’, Group show, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
‘Life Vividly Lived Part 2’, Monster Truck Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin
‘Blue’, SOMA Contemporary, Waterford City
2010
‘Commonage’, Callan, Co. Kilkenny
‘New Living Art’, Irish Museum Of Contemporary Art, Dublin
‘An Cosan Glas Lionnir’, Magheraorty, Co. Donegal
2009
‘The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths’, Rapture Heap, Dublin
‘The Enchanted Garden Festival’, Kilruddery House, Co. Wicklow
‘This must be the place’, Irish Museum Of Contemporary Art, Dublin
‘A Silent Year’, The Lab, Dublin
2008
‘Life at the Joy’, The Joy Gallery, Dublin
‘No Place’, Memphis, USA
‘Never Ending Telescope’,The Back Loft Gallery, Dublin
‘Weather Permitting’, Mantua Art Project, Roscommon
‘And the dead tree gives no shelter’, East Wall, Dublin
2007
‘NCAD Graduate exhibition’, NCAD, Dublin
Curatorial Work and Presentations
2011
Aerial Blue International Summer School, Dorinish Island, Mayo, Ireland
Palanquin Stills, Residency programme, Good Hatchery
2010
Turquoise Tarmcadam, Group Residency, Good Hatchery
Celestial Salt, Book Launch, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Mercedes Fire, International Touring Summer School
‘Creating Alternative Spaces’, Good Hatchery presentation, Ormeau Baths, Belfast
Faber Studios, Good Hatchery, Artists Presentations, Limerick
2009
Celestial Salt, Outdoor Exhibition, Good Hatchery
‘What Next?, Good Hatchery, Presentation, Draiocht Arts Centre, Co. Dublin
Ritual Flux 51, Visual Arts Trail, curated by Good Hatchery & Eilis Lavelle, Birr, Co. Offaly
From Daingean with Love, Residencial Projects, Good Hatchery
2008
‘Time of Little Sun’, group exhibition, curated by Good Hatchery, Cavan Co.Museum
Sapphire Highway, Residency, Good Hatchery
Sapphire Highway, Publication Launch, The Lab, Dublin
Written Publications & Articles
2011
Responsible Driving, Visual Artists Newsletter March/April 2011
2010
Celestial Salt, Good Hatchery Publication, RHA, Project Arts, IMMA
2008
Sapphire Highway, Good Hatchery Publication, NIVAL
2007
NewGrange to Nuclear power plants- Humankind’s relationship with the sun
Thesis, NCAD Library
Reviews
Frieze, Meave Connolly, 2009
Circa Online, Claire Feeley. 2009
Visual Artists Newsletter, Sarah Baume, 2009
The Irish Times, Aidan Dunne, 2008