Bio
Fiona Finlay lives and works in kildare Ireland. She holds a BA First Class Honours Degree in Fine art (painting) from NCAD. She has exhibited widely, including the annual RHA summer exhibitions, Rua Red ,Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dunamaise Arts centre among others.Her work has been purchased by the OPW for the national State Art Collection and her work has also been acquired and is on display as part of Maynooth University Permanent Art Collection. She has also been an RDS art awards exhibition finalist.
www.fionafinalyart.com
Artist Statement
My inspiration for paintings often comes from my close surroundings.Currently my studio plants are a starting point. For me, they are endlessly fascinating and have provided fodder for lots of painting, drawing and experiments.One plant can lead to several paintings.One painting leads to other paintings. This restriction allows me to focus on the formal qualities of the paint itself. Limiting the subject matter or repainting the same subject highlights what's really interesting to me; the colour,light, patterns, shapes, forms, luminosity etc. I paint directly and fast,with immediacy and urgency, details get overlooked and when representation and abstraction gets jumbled the painting starts to make its own sense.
www.fionafinlayart.com
Email: fi.finlay@gmail.com
Twitter: @fifinlay
Instagram: @fifinlay
Education
2016-2017
Community Arts Practice KWETB, Naas, Co kildare
2015
BA First Class Honours in Fine Art (Painting) National College of Art & Design, Dublin 8
Selected Exhibitions
2020
RHA 190th Annual Summer Exhibition, Dublin
ARTFORM Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition
2019
Open Submission Exhibition Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co Laois
RHA 189thAnnual summer exhibition Dublin
Art In The Open annual exhibition,, Green Acres Gallery, Wexford
ARTFORM Annual Contemporary Art Fair, #44 the quay,Waterford
Group Show,Arts & Culture Centre, McAuley Place, Naas Co kildare
2018
RHA 188thAnnual summer exhibition Dublin
Spectrum Arts Amnesty Int, group Charity Show,Wexford
Annual Show Arts & Culture Centre, McAuley Place, Naas Co kildare
Art In The Open annual exhibition,, Green Acres Gallery, Wexford
Ardclough Arts And Heritage Centre residency, Co kildare
2017
Rua Red Annual Winter Exhibition Dublin
Annual Naas Art group exhibition,co kildare
Ardclough Arts And Heritage Centre residency, Co kildare
2016
Annual Naas Art group exhibition,co kildare
2015
RDS Student Art Awards Exhibition Finalist, Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge Dublin 4
Boyle Arts Festival, King House Historical and Cultural Centre, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
See The Future (Graduate Show) NCAD, Dublin 8
2013
Tunnelling Art and Science Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2
No Signal D Light Studios, North Great Clarence Street Dublin 1