Category: work

three presentations of arthroplasty

egg tempera, graphite and gilding wax on gesso panel, 40 x 18cm w x h

 

a presentation of angioplasty

egg tempera, graphite and gilding wax on gesso panel, 13 x 18cm w x h

 

to sew a heart

A series of objects displayed on carbon in a steel and Perspex vitrine of dimensions 135 x 42 x 112cm. These objects reference the design templates and sewing assembly of patent specifications for a bioprosthetic heart valve. They are made to the industry scale.

Materials: paper, beeswax and thread
Dimensions: 3cm diameter each

 
installation view, Foreign Body, O’Reilly Institute, TCD, 2019
 
installation view, Woman and the Machine, VISUAL Carlow, 2021

to mend an aorta III

A series of objects displayed on carbon in a steel and Perspex vitrine of dimensions 135 x 42 x 112cm. These objects are made to the scale of an aortic root stent

Materials: felt, beeswax, mild steel, pins and thread
Dimensions: 3cm diameter each

 
​​installation view, Foreign Body, O’Reilly Institute, TCD, 2019
​​detail, Woman and the Machine, VISUAL Carlow, 2021
​​detail, Woman and the Machine, VISUAL Carlow, 2021

to mend an aorta II

A series of objects displayed on carbon in a steel and Perspex vitrine of dimensions 135 x 42 x 112cm. The objects are made from partially corroded mild steel and are made to the scale of an aortic or oesophageal stent

Materials: mild steel, Plaster of Paris, steel pins and thread
Dimensions: 2.5cm diameter each

 
​Winter Open, Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, 2019
 
 
 
 
 

to mend an aorta I

A series of objects and tiny drawings of mixed media, displayed on carbon in a steel and Perspex vitrine of dimensions 135 x 42 x 112cm. This work references a prototype for an origami stent and is made to the scale of an aortic or oesophageal stent

Materials: paper, beeswax, felt, carbon, steel mesh, felted wool and pins
Dimensions: 8 x 8cm max each

 
 
 
to mend an aorta, 190th RHA Annual Exhibition, 2020
​installation view, Foreign Body, O’Reilly Institute, TCD, 2019

Waiting Room

pastel on paper, 70 x 100cm (2005)

 
 
 
 
 

Isolation Room

egg tempera, carbon and chalk on paper: drawings – 26 x 26cm each, 3D structures – variable

Installation view, Regaining Consciousness, RUA RED, 2010
 
 
 
 
 

Loss Drawings

hair and pencil on paper, 40 x 40cm and 56 x 76cm w x h

 
 
 
 
 
Installation view, Wake, Droichead Arts Centre(2012)

P3 Room 301

inkjet and wax on Shoji paper/aluminium: 6 panels, 12 x 9cm, w x h

 
 
 
 
Installation view, Ex Voto: The Body + The Institution, Galway Arts Centre, 2018 (Image: S.Cunniffe, Galway Arts Centre)