Caoimhe Kilfeather 19th October to 4 December 2011. Preview 18 October 6pm to 8pm.

Caoimhe Kilfeather makes sculptural work that integrates a range of intersecting formal, spatial, material and art historical interests. Whilst engaging intuitively with ideas of scale, material and the processes of making, Kilfeather is also drawn to the idea of ‘legacy’: legacies of forms, materials, systems and methods of production and of how these things contribute to and shape our experiences of the world.

‘Bloused’ is a new work made for the cube space at The LAB. Strips of black rubber hang heavily over a supporting steel structure. The vertical lengths of rubber create a changing linear field and allows the work to be viewed as an image or drawing yet the weight, smell and scale of the material gives it the distinct presence of sculpture.  

Caoimhe Kilfeather studied at NCAD, Dublin (BA) and the Slade School of Fine Art, London (MA). Recent exhibitions include Space of the Present, Leipzig Kunstverein, Germany, After Dark (with Mark Swords), Mermaid Arts Centre, Items of kind, Leitrim Sculpture Centre (solo), Swimming in the field, Goethe Institute (solo) (all 2011), Holding Together, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Spilth, 126, Galway, ev+a, Limerick (all 2010), Faydun Bites, Agency Gallery, London (2009) and Broadcast Here, Dublin (2008).  She is the recipient of numerous Arts Council Awards: Bursary (2009, 2010, 2011), Travel and Training (2005, 2006, 2007), Projects Award (2006); an AHRC Research Scholarship (2007) and a UCL Scholarship (2005). Caoimhe recently completed a residency at the Fire Station Artists Studios, Dublin and is the recipient of the 2011 Fred Conlon Award. She teaches in the Sculpture and Combined Media Department at the Limerick School of Art and Design.