On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Mary-Ruth Walsh in 2022.Dublin born, Mary-Ruth Walsh graduated from Goldsmiths College London (MA) and the National College of Art and Design (BA) Dublin. Walsh has participated in national and international exhibitions and the Artist’s Residency Programme in the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) Dublin; RHAs experimental drawing studio (Dublin); Aabenraa Artweek (Denmark) and Basekamp (Philadelphia). Mary-Ruth Walsh’s work is in the collection of Trinity College Dublin and private collections.'My practice explores buildings from frenetic shopping centers to the desolate loneliness of empty spaces and how architecture affects the way we move and behave in the urban environment. I also see architecture as part of our identity. These explorations are realised in drawing, painting, film-making, sculpture-installation, critical writing and occasionally performance'.Walsh’s solo and group exhibitions include IMMA (Dublin); Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane (Dublin); RHA (Dublin); CUBEOpen (Manchester); Oonagh Young Gallery (Dublin); Highlanes Gallery (Drogheda); Parlour (New York and Italy); Arts Centres (Wexford and Galway); Cross Gallery (Dublin); Goethe Institute (Dublin) and SCOPE (Miami). Awards include Create Ireland research bursary, Arts Council of Ireland’s Project, Travel Awards and most recently Visual Arts Bursary Award. She is co-founder of Drawing de-Centered https://www.drawingdecentered.com/Her public work extends beyond the gallery space and is both permanent and temporary.Selected awards, residencies2024 and 2025 Zeitgeist-Ireland 2024 with Drawing deCentered, residencies and exhibitions in Bonn and Hamburg.2022-23 Leitrim Sculpture Centre, residency and exhibition2022 Centre Culture Irlandais, Paris Residency.2022  Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland.Selected solo shows 2021 Strangely Familiar Shades of Gray, Rathfarnham Castle, OPW, Dublin, solo exhibition of blueprints, drawings and sculptures that explores contemporary materiality, its relationship to the body and Eileen Gray. A book based on the exhibition with an essay by Jennifer Goff is forthcoming. 2020-21 SKIN DEEP Arts Council of Ireland Touring Award, solo exhibition touring to Wexford Arts Centre, Highlanes Drogheda and Limerick City Gallery. This exhibition was accompanied by an award winning book with essays by Dr. Yvonne Scott and Katherine Waugh. The limited edition, hand-made book was by foldedleaf.ieFollow Ultraviolet Art Talks on Instagram @_ultravioletarttalks_For more information, follow Mary-Ruth Walsh on Instagram @maryruthwalsh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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