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Orla Barry
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Orla Barry (2019)
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Orla Barry is a talented artist from Ireland. She creates art using many different ways, like performance art (where she acts out a piece), video, writing, and sound. Besides being an artist, she also takes care of a special group of Lleyn sheep on the southern coast of Ireland.
She teaches at the Institute of Technology, Carlow and used to be a research advisor at the Jan Van Eyck Academie.
About Orla Barry
Orla Barry lived in Brussels, Belgium, for 16 years. Now, she lives and works in County Wexford in South-East Ireland. This is where she looks after her special Lleyn sheep.
Her Art Performances
Orla Barry has shown her performance art in many places. Some of these include:
- Performatik 17 in Brussels
- The Dublin Theatre Festival
- The Project Arts Centre in Dublin
- The Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR) in Brussels
- The South London Gallery and the Tate Modern in London
- If I Can't Dance at De Appel in Amsterdam
- The Playground Festival in Leuven
Her Art Shows
She has also had her own art shows, called solo shows, in several famous galleries and museums. These include:
- Mu.Zee in Oostend (with Els Dietvorst)
- Crawford Art Gallery in Cork
- ARGOS Centre for Art and Media in Brussels
- Temple Bar Gallery and Studios and Mother's Tankstation in Dublin
- Cultural Centre of Belém (CCB) and Museu Colecção Berardo in Lisbon
- The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin
- Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.) in Ghent
- Camden Arts Centre in London
- BOZAR in Brussels
Orla Barry has also won awards for her art. In 2003, she received a prize from the Palais de Beaux Arts for the Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge. She was also chosen as a finalist for the Glen Dimplex Prize in 1999.
