I graduated with First Class Honours in Contemporary Art from the Centre for Creative Arts and Media at GMIT in 2021. I will undertake a curatorial residency at Sample Studios in Cork during Spring 2022 and have been shortlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards 2021. I am on the education team at TULCA Festival of Visual Arts in Galway.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="10218" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="10219" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="10214" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="10215" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="10216" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1665593867317{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="10226" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="10228" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1665593856539{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="10227" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="10229" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="10230" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“As part of a 2020 NCCA arts project, artist Kate McSharry worked with pupils in Scoil Chroí Íosa Galway to produce a piece of art that represents elements of curriculum learning experiences based around the agreed theme of Collaboration. Two interlinked pieces were produced, one for Scoil Chroí Íosa and one for the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) offices in Galway.” Reflections - Artist Kate McSharry The opportunity to take over the Making Connections project and bring it to completion was a wonderful experience. From my very first workshop in Scoil Chroí Íosa, I could see how encouraging the school

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="10211" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="10208" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="10210" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="10209" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When visiting the Crawford Art Gallery recently, I was struck by one work in particular at the Recasting Canova exhibition: Aphrodite of Milos. She immediately represented ‘protector’ though I overheard another visitor comment on how ‘caring’ the figure was. Neither observations are incorrect, but I began thinking about how the language we use impacts our interpretations and mindset. I have also been researching the history of Sheela na Gigs and their presence in Ireland. They are believed to hold apotropaic (protective) magic and display a form of exhibitionism. I refer back to Peter Schjeldahl’s Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light essay on concrete as this work develops, as he referred to concrete as having the ‘froideur of Pallas Athena’, a Greek goddess who

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Groundwork, 2020 was included in a joint exhibition with Corban Walker at the Sarah Walker Gallery, Castletownbere, Cork. More about this exhibition can be viewed at the following link: https://sarahwalkergallery.com/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/252-corbanwalkerkatemcsharry " This exhibition visualises the subtleties of the connections and interruptions that we experience through our encounters with others - occurrences that have changed drastically since the onset of the current pandemic. Groundwork explores an ongoing stream of thought in this regard." The full Groundwork text can be read through my Instagram posts - @kate_mcsharry

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This work was exhibited as part of Begin The Begin at Artlink, Fort Dunree in Donegal from July-September 2021. The brief surrounded the word ‘turas’ meaning journey - a linking theme for all the sites included in Earagail Arts Festival 2021. I explored a journey of ‘connecting through creativity’ with the other participants and with the audience who views or responds to the work. It represents a part of my journey, and the shared journey we have all had over the past year, acting as a space for reflection and becoming present: a grounding, tactile experience for all who encounter it.

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This work addresses the shame embedded amongst women in particular, through attitudes and actions in Ireland and beyond. We share experiences that are typically kept silent; their impact comes to realisation as they are shared and voiced. I have found that poetry allows the space for energy to build and be expelled through an articulated riot-of-sorts. Aspects of this work observe certain traits that women are socialised to avoid. Through constructing body parts from concrete, I look at the interruptions faced when delicately observing creation through a tough, durable material. I see these interruptions as challenges, much like the ones we must overcome navigating modern society, and its histories.

I graduated with First Class Honours in Contemporary Art from the Centre for Creative Arts and Media at GMIT. I will undertake a curatorial residency at Sample Studios in Cork during Spring 2022 and have been shortlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards 2021.

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