Alice Maher
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Alice Maher born at Kilmoyler, a rural area between Bansha
and Cahir
, County Tipperary
, 1956 is an Irish
painter and sculptor.
Alice Maher received her early education at Ballydrehid National School and at Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cahir. She later graduated from the University of Limerick
and the Crawford College of Art in Cork. She spent time in San Francisco Art Institute in 1986 as a Fulbright Scholar and represented Ireland at the São Paulo Bienal in 1994.
As a contemporary artist, Alice often paints textiles, ropes and hair and sometimes includes these materials in her work. She is interested in how identities, particularly gendered identities, are constructed from the peculiar texture history and culture give to artefacts that surround us.
Bansha
Bansha is a village in the barony of Clanwilliam, South Tipperary in Ireland. The village is part of the parish of "Bansha and Kilmoyler" in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Bansha is co-extensive with the pre-Reformation parish of Templeneiry of which the townland name of...
and Cahir
Cahir
Cahir is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. The town is best known for its castle and the Swiss Cottage. It is in the barony of Iffa and Offa West.-Location and access:...
, County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
, 1956 is an Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
painter and sculptor.
Alice Maher received her early education at Ballydrehid National School and at Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cahir. She later graduated from the University of Limerick
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick is a university in Ireland near the city of Limerick on the island's west coast. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989...
and the Crawford College of Art in Cork. She spent time in San Francisco Art Institute in 1986 as a Fulbright Scholar and represented Ireland at the São Paulo Bienal in 1994.
As a contemporary artist, Alice often paints textiles, ropes and hair and sometimes includes these materials in her work. She is interested in how identities, particularly gendered identities, are constructed from the peculiar texture history and culture give to artefacts that surround us.
Work in collections or on display
- The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
- The Arts Council of IrelandArts Council of IrelandThe Arts Council of Ireland was founded in 1951 by the Government of Ireland to encourage interest in Irish art and channel to funding from the state to Irish artists and arts organisations...
including - The Crawford Gallery, Cork, including
- Fairytale Wall (2002), Special Investigation Unit, Level 2, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Further reading
- Allen Randolph, Jody. "Alice Maher, August 2009." Close to the Next Moment: Interviews from a Changing Ireland. Manchester: Carcanet, 2010.
- Barber, Fiona. Familiar [essay]. Dublin: Douglas Hyde Gallery; Derry: Orchard Gallery, 1995.
- Bourne, Cecile. Familiar [interview]. Dublin: Douglas Hyde Gallery; Derry: Orchard Gallery, 1995.
- Deepwell, Katy. "Alice Maher." Dialogues: Women Artists from Ireland. London: IB Tauris, 2005.
External links and references
- Aosdána short biography
- Isabel Nolan (2003) review of Mnemosyne in Circa 104.
- Chérie Driver (2003) review of Portraits in Circa 106.
- Dorothy Walker (2002) Maher, Alice in Brian Lalor (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillian. ISBN 0-7171-3000-2