- Alice Maher
Alice Maher born at
Kilmoyler , a rural area betweenBansha andCahir ,County Tipperary , 1956 is an Irish painter and sculptor.Alice Maher received her early education at Ballydrehid National School and at Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cahir. She later graduated from the
University of Limerick and the Crawford College of Art in Cork. She spent time in San Francisco Art Institute in 1986 as a Fulbright Scholar and represented Ireland at the Sao Paolo Bienal in 1994.As a contemporary artist, Alice often paints textiles, ropes and hair and sometimes includes these materials in her work. She is interested in how identities, particularly gendered identities, are constructed from the peculiar texture history and culture give to artefacts that surround us.
Work in collections or on display
*
The Irish Museum of Modern Art , Dublin
*The Arts Council of Ireland including
** [http://www.artscoucil.ie/gallery/details.asp?id=580 "Nettle Coat" (1996)]
*The Crawford Gallery, Cork, including
** [http://www.crawfordartgallery.com/Paintings/AlMaher.html "Irish Dancers" (1992)]
* [http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/publicart/tour/tour6.htm "Fairytale Wall" (2002)] , Special Investigation Unit, Level 2, Royal Victoria Hospital, BelfastExternal links and references
* [http://www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana/biogs/visualarts/alicemaher.html Aosdána short biography]
* [http://www.recirca.com/backissues/c104/maher.shtml Isabel Nolan (2003) review of "Mnemosyne" in Circa 104.]
* [http://www.recirca.com/backissues/c106/pp72_73.shtml Chérie Driver (2003) review of "Portraits" in Circa 106.]
*Dorothy Walker (2002) "Maher, Alice" in Brian Lalor (Ed.), "The Encyclopedia of Ireland". Dublin: Gill and Macmillian. ISBN 0-7171-3000-2
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