Niall de Buitléar explained

Niall de Buitléar (born 1983) is an Irish artist working in sculpture, painting, printmaking and drawing.[1]

Education and career

De Buitléar is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology.[2] He was awarded a studio membership at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios from 2011 to 2014.[3] De Buitléar was also the winner of the fourth annual Wexford Arts Centre Emerging Visual Artist Award in 2009 and the Irish Artists’ Residential Studio Award 2009 – 2010 at the Red Stables in St Anne's Park, Dublin.[4]

Work

Writing about his exhibitions, The Irish Times art critic Aidan Dunne, described De Buitléar's paintings as "built from intricate concentric patterns, [that] are geometric but also suggestive of organic processes. They equate to the world outside: complex and orderly but also contingent and unpredictable. Their handmade precision makes them visually fascinating".[5] Dunne has also written that "De Buitléar’s paintings and sculptures start with a basic geometric motif, the circle. This circular unit reverberates through varieties of echoing, concentric patterns. On the one hand the patterning is absolutely strict, retaining its geometric basis. On the other, the works are made by hand, so that tiny fluctuations of touch, the fallibility of the human hand, is part of the overall character of the works. In fact, it’s essential to their character.[6] "

Selected exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Velvet cushions, monochrome prints and eco pads in your pad . 16 October 2020 . Irish Examiner . Esther N. . McCarthy . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911133031/https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/homeandgardens/arid-40064678.html . 2022-09-11 . live.
  2. News: Artists on the line . . June 27, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071529/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/artists-on-the-line-1.1022624 . 2018-02-02 . live.
  3. Web site: Niall de Buitlear | Studio Artist | Temple Bar Gallery + Studios .
  4. Web site: Niall de Buitlear Structures . emergenceaward.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807030614/https://www.emergenceaward.ie/niall-de-buitlear.html . 2020-08-07 . dead.
  5. News: Five artists push Tallaght's boundaries | Visual art round-up . . August 18, 2015 . Aidan . Dunne.
  6. News: Brush strokes with echoes of music . . January 31, 2018 . Aidan . Dunne . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131091543/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/brush-strokes-with-echoes-of-music-1.3372237 . 2018-01-31 . live.
  7. News: Bright futures at the RHA . . September 4, 2010 . Aidan . Dunne . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122043/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/bright-futures-at-the-rha-1.646937 . 2016-03-04 . live.
  8. Web site: Niall De Buitlear 'out of order' The lab, Dublin 8 July – 19 August 2011 . Visual Artists Ireland . August 21, 2011 . Alissa . Kleist . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915040224/http://visualartists.ie/van-ebulletin/critique/niall-de-buitlear-out-of-order-the-lab-dublin-8-july-19-august-2011/ . 2012-09-15 . dead.
  9. Web site: The }} | 18 | Art in Askeaton ]. 25 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150423102832/http://www.headstuff.org/2015/03/the-exhibitonist-18-art-in-askeaton/ . 2015-04-23 . live.
  10. Web site: Dunamaise Arts Centre . November 17, 2019 . February 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220911134334/https://www.nialldebuitlear.com/news-1/2019/11/17/dunamaise-arts-centre . 2022-09-11 . live.