Young

2017 – A year in review…

What a year 2017 has been. It was exciting, challenging, busy and down-right awesome!

We hosted eight exhibitions in the gallery, one exhibition in Japan, one exhibition in the Law Society of Ireland with an art fair thrown into the mix. We have given talks promoting the value of art in various locations including at the Irish Times stand at the Ideal Homes expo in the RDS.

We’re brought a little more painting into the mix, by young, talented artists, who are not exactly looking for a gallery to represent them but who want their work seen. We are lucky enough that they are also interested in working with us as we embark on this new direction. These artists are guiding us as much as we are guiding them, a mutual collaboration. We are trying to evolve into a gallery that showcases a new generation of artists alongside the wonderful selection of greats that we already have.

So what’s in store for 2018… Well lots more exciting ventures and partnerships, more pop-up exhibitions but with the same ethos, the same work ethic and the same excitement to build SO Fine Art Editions into a gallery of the future!

Come join us.

Say hello to Kate Banazi & Sam Le Bas…

We are making some changes to our stock, we figure it’s time. It’s always exciting to shake things up a little and these two artists are doing just that.

Kate Banazi, London born but living in Sydney, Australia, introduced to us by Shaun Davin, who recently co-curated our very successful COLLECTOR exhibition. Kate’s beautiful screen prints are intuitive and experimental with graphic, linear and bold interlocking elements, referencing science, space and the unpredictability of life. See more here.

Sam Le Bas never ceases to amaze, the colour, form, scale and the layers and layers of built up spray paint and enamel on aluminium. We are currently showing his work in YOUNG III, or check out our website to see more here.

Images: Sam Le Bas, Large Painting No.1, Enamel & spray paint on aluminium
Kate Banazi, Regolith 2, Screen Print
Sam Le Bas, Facebook Dublin Offices, image © Sam Le Bas
Kate Banazi, framed work, image © Kate Banazi

Live Screenprinting Workshop – Neil Dunne

MARCH 11, 2017. 2PM – 3.30PM

Limited space. Book your ticket here.

SO Fine Art Editions hosts SO Fine Screen Print with Neil Dunne, a contemporary Dublin based Artist, as part of our current exhibition YOUNG III.

A seasoned and dynamic printer, Neil will demonstrate the process of screenprinting while giving a brief history of this artform.

Neil Dunne is an Irish printmaker and visual artist specialising in screenprinting, installation and visual arts. Currently researching an MFA at the National College of Art and Design and having graduated from NCAD with an Honours BA in Fine Art/Printmaking and Art History in 2014, he received the NCAD postgraduate scholarship from 2015 – 2017.

Having exhibited internationally and in Ireland he has won and been nominated for numerous awards including being short listed for the Student legacy prize at the Hamilton gallery, Sligo (2016) and receiving The ‘Clancy Barracks studio residency’ (2016), the AXA Insurance Award (2014) and OPW purchase award (2014).

SO Fine Art Editions ‘Young’ artists in Irish Arts Review

The current issue of Irish Arts Review features SO Fine Art Editions’ ‘Young’ ceramists Victoria Bentham, Cillian Ó Súilleabháin, and Owen Quinlan (page 48). You can still see the ‘Young’ ceramics and applied arts in the gallery until July 26th.

Brendan Jamison talks Sugar Metropolis

SUGAR METROPOLIS (2013) Brendan Jamison.
Photography: © Tony Corey for Royal Ulster Academy

Artist Brendan Jamison, whose Digger sculptures are part of Young is creating a miniature city out of sugar cubes in New York City. The Discovery Channel interviewed the artist about his Sugar Metropolis project, using over 500,000 sugar cubes to create a sweet city.

Watch the feature here.

See Brendan’s work in our current exhibition here.

SO Fine Arts in Irish Independent

SO Fine Art Editions’ current exhibition Young has been reviewed in the May 10 issue of the Irish Independent Weekend Review. Arts Editor Sophie Gorman features Patrick Hogan and his photograph Untitled 014, with insight about the piece and the story behind its subject. Sophie also called the show “original” and “compelling”.

Read the full review by clicking the thumbnail below.

Young runs until June 14,

Young Exhibition Opening Night

SO Fine Art Editions held the opening of Young, Thursday May 8th, to a great turn out, including many of the participating artists.

Images of the show and opening night can be seen here.

In case you can’t make it into the gallery to see the show, a ll pieces from Young can also be seen online here.

Artists in Home Accents Magazine

SO Fine Art Editions’ artists Victoria Bentham and Alison Lowry are featured in this month’s Home Accents Magazine. The American magazine showcases the latest in Irish craftsmanship with Bentham’s ceramic dishes and Lowry’s glass vessels among others. Victoria Bentham’s work is part of our Young exhibition, opening Thursday May 8th. Please click on each image below to see full size.

Artists News

Michael Canning, Bardo

SO Fine Art Editions’ artists have been making headlines with awards, new exhibitions and in print.

Alison Lowry has been shortlisted for the Wesley-Barrell Craft Awards, with judges saying that “Alison has demonstrated considerable inventiveness and sensitivity in her use of materials”. See all the nominees here.

Patrick Hogan’s series, Still, is featured this month in Paper Journal. Read the article here. Patrick is a selected artist for SO Fine Art Editions’ upcoming exhibition, Young, opening May 8th.

Patrick Hogan

Michael Canning has a solo exhibition of new paintings at Waterhouse & Dodd, London. The exhibition continues until May 31st.

Young Exhibition

Patrick Hogan, Untitled 014

SO Fine Art Editions has announced its new exhibition, Young, featuring emerging artists in printmaking, photography and applied arts. The exhibition opens Thursday, May 8th at 6:00pm, and runs through June 14th. Read more here.

One of the selected artists in the exhibition, Patrick Hogan, is currently featured in Paper Journal, you can read more about his stunning work here.