Major exhibitions are curated using the entire pool of Ballinglen Fellows, many in response to invitations from institutions such as The RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Kildare, The Contemporary Art Society, London, The Art Institute of New Hampshire, Manchester, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, The McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, The U.S. Ambassador's Residence, Dublin, The List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, Concord Art Association, Massachusetts, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Mayo. Catalogues documenting works by Ballinglen Fellows, that accompany these important exhibition opportunities for Ballinglen Fellows, are often produced. In addition, an awareness of the unique qualities of North County Mayo is fostered abroad, encouraging cultural and green tourism in the area.
Past
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Thicket | Gail Meyer Grinnell
The Ballinglen Museum of Art 20 May - 29 August 2024 Special Exhibitions Opening Event: June 1 2024, 5pm-7pm 'While working at the Ballinglen Museum of Art, I will be creating and installing a large-scale, suspended, transitory installation meant to be disassembled and repurposed at the end of the exhibit. It will occupy the 1st and 2nd floor gallery and be comprised... Read more -
Kwaidan - Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn
The Ballinglen Museum of Art 20 April - 24 May 2024 Special Exhibitions An exhibition of prints by 20 Japanese and 20 Irish-based artists consisting of a sumptuous array of visual interpretations of Kwaidan, the well-known book of ghost stories published in 1904 by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo. Image: Kate MacDonagh, Ghostly Shades, 42x34cm, Mokuhanga Artists from Ireland:... Read more -
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation and Museum of Art First Biennial Exhibition
International Open Call Exhibition in the West of Ireland 7 October 2023 - 10 January 2024 Special Exhibitions Works for the group exhibition were selected through an open call to visual artists worldwide working in paint, drawing, print, sculpture, and photography. It was selected by three established artists: Mick O’Dea PPRHA, artist and Ballinglen Arts Foundation board member, Carol Robertson and Rachelle Puryear. For 30 years The Ballinglen... Read more -
Being Empty | Chris Doris
The Ballinglen Museum of Art 10 June - 21 July 2023 Special Exhibitions Chris Doris’ work has explored the nature of consciousness and transformation for 35 years, through a distinctive interweaving of his psychotherapeutic, art and contemplative practices. In Being Empty he concludes a 15 year series of large scale Open Paintings.These layered elegant paintings instantiate the view that beyond the nihilistic ‘relative... Read more
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Norman Ackroyd, Painting with Acid
exhibition and launch of the publication ‘An Irish Notebook’ 1 June - 2 October 2022 Special Exhibitions An exhibition of work by Ballinglen fellow Norman Ackroyd CBE RA. Painting with Acid The Ballinglen Museum of Art, 1st July - 30th September. Works from Ireland made over the five decades of Ackroyd’s relationship with the west coast of Ireland. A celebration of major work, this exhibition aims to... Read more -
Currach & Stone
exhibition by James Edward Scherbarth 6 May - 12 June 2022 Special Exhibitions A posthumous exhibition showing a series of 72 images created during 39 days in the last year of James’s life; 'a period where he was fully blossomed as an artist, coming to grips with his own mortality, and feeling a sense of urgency to complete work while he still had... Read more -
the way that we went
Open by appointment after 18 December 5 November - 18 December 2021 Special Exhibitions Curated by Anne Mullee The rugged landscape of North West Mayo is a gift to artists concerned with capturing the light and connecting to the land. The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Permanent Collection, with over 800 works, is testament to this focus, and includes work by artists from all over the... Read more -
Stoney Road Press: 20 Years – A Survey
20th anniversary exhibition 2 August - 31 October 2021 Special Exhibitions Marking twenty years of making with Ireland’s leading artists, Stoney Road Press comes to the Ballinglen Museum of Art for an exciting exhibition. From Dorothy Cross to Brian O’Doherty, and Patrick Scott to Leah Hewson, Stoney Road Press has worked with a heady roster of artists since 2001, when a... Read more
