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 Dave Lilburn I images

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artists statement:  

‘Drawing’and the concept of ‘mapping’ are central concerns of mine, often explored through the medium of the printmaking technique of drypoint. Recent Awards  2004 First prize, Impressions open print exhibition Galway curated by Mike Moon 2002 Michael Byrne Award for print, administered by the Arts Council 2001 Mary Farl Powers Printmaking Award, administered by the Arts Council

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selected exhibitions:

solo:

date	venue	exhibition
2007	Glór	Waypoints
2007	James Joyce centre, Dublin	In Medias Res
1999	Chris Doswell Gallery, Limerick	In Full Flight
1994	Galway Arts Centre, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Bourn Vincent Gallery, Limerick	The Usurpers Habit
1991	Chris Doswell Gallery, Limerick	Lets Take a Walk and Other Prints
1991	Palazzo della Penna Perugia, Italy	Andiamo Passiagare
1984	National Touring Exhibition, Ireland	Homeground, Monoprints by David Lilburn

 

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group: 

date	venue	exhibition
2007	New York, selected by Prawat Lauchareon	Cork Printmakers at the Horace Mann Gallery
2007	Macroom and travelling Ireland, selected by Jim Savage	Into landscape
2007 ,06, 05, 04	Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin	177th,176th/175th/174th Annual Exhibition
2007	Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou	Cead in China
2007	Uzice, Yougoslavia	8th International Drypoint Biennale
2007	Leicester and travelling UK	Small Print/Big Impression
2007	Limerick Printmakers, selected by Chris Doswell	Open Submission Print Show
2006	Nabakov Museum, St. Petersburg (Russia)	Ireland - St.Petersburg 2006
2006	Mermaid Gallery, Co.Wicklow;  Galway Arts Centre, Crawford Gallery, Co.Cork, curated by Jim Savage	From Landscape
2004	Triskel, Cork; Halsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall, (Sweden)	Taking Stock

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collections:

collector	venue
Office of Public Works
National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland	University of Limerick
National Collection of Artists’ Books	NCAD, Dublin
Palazzo della Penna	Perugia (Italy)
National University of Ireland	Cork
National University of Ireland	Galway
Allied Irish Banks
Guinness Ltd.
Limerick City Gallery of Art
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery	Cork

 

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commissions: 

commissioner	venue/place
‘In Medias Res’, James Joyce and Ulysses at the National Library of Ireland	National Library of Ireland,  Dublin
Limerick County Council	‘Courthouse Maps’, Limerick County Courthouse
Limerick County Council	‘           Frieze’, Limerick County Courthouse
Omagh Business Forum	‘For all my raking and undertaking my heart is breaking for sweet Omagh Town’
Dublin Corporation	‘Map for City Hall’
Department of Foreign Affairs / OPW	‘Coastline,’ Irish Pavillion for the World Exposition, Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany
Irish World Academy of Music,   University of Limerick	‘bosca’, Limited edition book

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