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Marie Hanlon
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Portrait of Marie Hanlon
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| Born | 20 December 1948 Goresbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | University College Dublin, National College of Art and Design |
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Notable work
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It’s all About Books (2019), DIC TAT (2014), Everything we see… (2014) |
Marie Hanlon is an Irish artist who lives in Dublin. She creates art using many different methods. These include painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and art installations. An installation is a type of art that fills a space, like a room.
Marie Hanlon has also worked with Irish music composers. She has created art pieces that can be shown in art galleries or performed in concerts. One of her main collaborators is the composer Rhona Clarke.
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Early Life and Art Education
Marie Hanlon grew up in Goresbridge, County Kilkenny. She went to school there with the Brigidine Sisters.
Later, she studied at University College Dublin. In 1977, she earned a degree in English and the History of European Painting. In 2018, she received a master's degree from The National College of Art & Design in Dublin.
In 2015, Marie Hanlon was chosen to be a member of Aosdána. This is a special group in Ireland that honors artists who have made important contributions to the arts.
Marie Hanlon's Art Style
In 1988, Marie Hanlon joined a group called the Women Artists Action Group (WAAG). This group was active from 1987 to 1991. She showed her art with them in their only exhibition in Ireland. This show was called Art Beyond Barriers and took place at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 1989.
Marie Hanlon had her first solo art show in 1993. It was held at the Temple Bar Gallery. By this time, her art had developed a unique style. Her works often combine geometric shapes with a soft, flowing feel.
Critics have described her art as subtle and balanced. They note her careful use of colors, textures, and how she arranges elements in her art. One critic said her paintings are like "poems or pieces of music." They are both delicate and full of feeling, but also very well-structured.
Marie Hanlon often repeats shapes or ideas in her paintings. However, she rarely repeats them in exactly the same way. This repetition creates a rhythm in her work, like a steady beat. But then, she changes the pattern, making the art more complex and interesting.
Another critic, Gavin Weston, said her art is "structurally contained yet emotionally expansive." This means her works are carefully put together, but they also express big feelings.
Art and Music: Collaborations
Marie Hanlon's art often has a connection to music. This led her to explore new ways of creating art. In 2014, she had two important exhibitions that involved working with several Irish composers.
One exhibition was called Everything we see… It was held at the Solstice Arts Centre in 2014. For this show, Marie Hanlon created art with composers like Grainne Mulvey, Jane O’ Leary, Rhona Clarke, and Emma O’Halloran. The exhibition filled three galleries. In the main entrance, she displayed 38 drawings that showed how music and lines in art are connected.
Another exhibition in 2014 was called DIC TAT. This was a show by Marie Hanlon and composer Rhona Clarke at the Draíocht Centre for the Arts. In this exhibition, they used a metronome, which is a device that makes a steady beat. The metronome's beats helped create both the sound and visual parts of the art. A series of drawings were "dictated" by different metronome beats. These drawings were shown on a two-channel video.
Marie Hanlon has also created videos for live music performances. In 2016, she made a video called Behind closed Doors. This video was for a percussion festival in Colombia. Rhona Clarke composed the music, and Marie Hanlon created the video. In 2019, an accordion player named Dermot Dunne performed live to a screening of her video The Small Hours in Hong Kong. Rhona Clarke also composed the music for this video.
In 2019, Marie Hanlon had an exhibition called It’s All About Books. It was held at The Cregan Library at Dublin City University. This show explored books as art objects. An art critic, Aidan Dunne, wrote that even when her art is playful, it can also suggest a sense of emptiness or loss of meaning. The exhibition invited people to think about "What kind of seeing occurs when we read."
Personal Life
Marie Hanlon lives in Sutton. This area is on the Howth peninsula, which is on the northside of Dublin.
