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Artist statement

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I would describe my work as material-led. It explores themes relating to location, time and the relationship between art and labour through painting, experimenting with scale and abstraction. My practice is informed by my connection to a place, and the materials I use. Both the presence of location and the active materiality, coexist in the work. I bring these elements together by using the landscape itself to make paintings. I initiated this work with interests rooted in an exploration of material, land and history - in what charges a space with its unique energy. The earth holds knowledge and stories, a memory of history in one place. I see rocks as these moments and memories solidified into being. By using these materials, I can invite the voices and experiences of the land into my work. I am interested in extending the fixed landscape into something that can move. The possibility of changing the state of something and transforming it into another space really excites me. 

 

One of the most exciting elements of this work is how the material acts after it is transformed into paint. Often, this material reveals itself subtly. The paint whispers in low drones, veiling the canvas. The work is often quiet.  This is in stark contrast with the creation process; there is nothing quiet about the making of this work. Collecting the material in the Irish landscape, carrying them through airport security and various modes of public transport to my Elephant and Castle studio, then hammering, grinding and sieving the rocks into dust. It is loud, and almost a performance itself. And still, the work decides to whisper.

 

Up to this point I have been creating works from the landscape of Ireland, working with sites I know and connect with. The lived experiences of those who have settled on the land, use it and move through it are imprinted onto it. They charge the space. Creating this work in London engages with the complicated history between Ireland and England. The work is imbued with the energy of both locations, literally belonging to Ireland, and being realised in London. With the entirety of the work being location, here, the work is doing the contextualising for me.

 

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​Education

2024 - present, Turps Banana Studio Programme 2024/25/26, London.

 

2023-2024, Internship, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, PT.

 

2019-2023, First class honours BA (Hons) in Art, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin.

 

Awards

2023, IADT BA Art Student of the Year.

 

2023, IADT Pallas Projects Mentorship Award.

 

Collections

OPW State Collection

 

Upcoming Exhibitions

2025, Spirit of Ireland Auction, Irish Arts Centre, New York.

 

Group Exhibitions

2025, Abstract Art, Open Gallery, Halifax.

 

2025, Hypernormalisation, Safe House, London.

 

2025, Land/Sea/Sky, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield.

 

2025, A Hundredth Link in a Chain, Outhouse Gallery, London.

 

2024, Ardgillan Gallery Summer Exhibition, Ardgillan Castle, Dublin.

 

2024, ARTSFEST3, Arts For All, Belfast.

 

2023, MHC Annual Art Exhibition, Mason Hayes & Curran, Dublin.

 

2023, Small Things Like These, LHQ Gallery, Cork.​

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2023, Exchanges, Joint exhibition by Áine Osborne and Vanessa Zelek, DIVA, Dublin.

 

2023, On Show On Tour, Selection of work from graduate class of 2023 of IADT, Lexicon, Dublin.

 

2023, On Show, IADT Graduate exhibition, IADT, Dublin.

 

2023,  Tooth, curated by Annie Laing and Tilly Morris, DIVA, Dublin.

 

2023, In The Making, IADT student exhibition, Pallas Projects/Studios, Dublin.

 

2022, DIVA opening exhibition, curated by Annie Laing and Tilly Morris, DIVA, Dublin.

 

 2021, Dublin Art Book Fair 2021: Manual, curated by Lisa Godson, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin. 

Áine Osborne is an Irish artist currently working between Dublin and London. She has completed a BA in Art in IADT with first class honours (2023), and is currently participating in the Turps Banana Studio Programme, London. The artist has always had an interest in materiality, storytelling and landscape. Áine’s work explores themes relating to the natural world, the passing of time and the relationship between art and labour. She explores these themes experimenting with scale, material and abstraction. The OPW State Collection has recently acquired work of Áines. Recent exhibitions include Hypernormalisation, Safe House (2025), Ardgillan Gallery Summer Exhibition, Ardgillan Castle (2024), MHC Annual Art Exhibition, Mason Hayes & Curran (2023), IADT student exhibition In the Making: Butter, Pallas Projects (2023) and, On Show, IADT (2023).