Delighted to win The Hennessy Craig Award 2019

Abigail O’Brien, President of the RHA, was delighted to announce artist, Marcel Vidal as the recipient of The Hennessy Craig Award 2019 at the RHA Gallery, yesterday evening!

This generous prize, the largest painting prize in Ireland, awards €20,000 to a painter under the age of 35, who has exhibited in the open submission section of the RHA Annual exhibition and who has studied at a recognised art college in Ireland, as per the terms of the bequest of the estate of Patrick Hennessy and Henry Robertson Craig.

Exhibition of the 10 shortlisted artists showing at the RHA until 20 October.

See more here:

http://www.rhagallery.ie/marcel-vidal-awarded-the-hennessy-craig-award-2019/

North South joint touring exhibition with OPW and Department of Finance, Belfast (DoF)

 
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North South joint touring exhibition with OPW and Department of Finance, Belfast (DoF) is focusing on the theme of Still Life. It is entitled Life in Still Life and has been curated by a group of 5 art educators from Northern Ireland who belong to the Association of Art & Design Education.


The exhibition will commence it’s tour in September and it is planned that it will tour to four venues :
Burnavon, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone (Sept – Oct 2019)
Holywood Library, Holywood, Co. Down (Nov –Dec 2019)
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Dublin (Jan – Feb 2020)
Portumna Castle, Co. Galway (Mar – Apr 2020)

 

Marcel Vidal Masterclass at Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland

http://www.rhagallery.ie/workshops/marcel-vidal-masterclass/

6 Apr 2019 – 7 Apr 2019

Vidal will give a presentation of his work and will discuss his materials, palette and studio. In addition he will give insight into his photographic sources and his process of image selection through editing and cropping. The workshop will explore Vidal’s approach to oils with examples of paintings at varying stages. Starting in raw sienna and burnt umber participants will create a tonal underpainting. This will be followed by the application of thin layers of colour and glazes.

Winner The Golden Fleece Award 2019

The Trustees of the Golden Fleece Award are delighted to announce that all four shortlisted artists will share in this year’s award fund of €30,000 – two Special Awards for Dragana Jurišić and Sara Flynn and two main Awards for Marcel Vidal and Nuala Odonovan.

Eyes peeled – eight artists to watch in 2019 by Art Critic Cristín Leach

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrPq_pzH9qO/

“Marcel Vidal made a big black sooty splash in a corner of the RHA with White Noise, his contribution to the 2018 Futures show. In 2018, he also impressed with his solo show Silverfish at The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon. His installations are dark, apocalyptic and occasionally dangerous (White Noiseincluded razor wire), and the contrast between the restrained, clean elegance of his works on canvas and the drama of his three-dimensional work is part of what give his installations their edge.”

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/0129/1026177-eyes-peeled-eight-artists-to-watch-in-2019/