Lecturer of Life Drawing

Mairin Grant was born in Ireland in 1944 and she is a lecturer in life drawing and painting at the Waterford Institute of Technology. She originally trained as a graphic designer before returning to college to study fine art

View “Leviathan” within the Collection

Responsive to a Sense of Place

“In the past my work was mostly figurative and always concerned with death. Now the sea with its never-ending changes of moods, lights and darks influences it. I never tire of looking at the sea, and the lighthouse with its comforting, welcoming light. As a painter responsive to a sense of place, it is fortunate this place is such a beautiful one. Some of the paintings may be beautiful but i’m not apologising for this: as Gemma Tipton said when asked what do we want from our art museums ” I don’t want to be educated; I want to be drowned in beauty….” – Mairin Grant

Biography

• Masters in Fine Art, Waterford Institute of Technology
• Diploma in Fine Art, Waterford Institute of technology
• Lecturer in Art & Design Foundation Course, History of Art, Waterford Institute of Technology
• Supevisor of M.A. student, Waterford Institute of Technology

Solo Exhibitions

• Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, 2004
• Masters Show, Granary Gallery, Waterford, 2000
• Solo Exhibitions], Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, 1996
• Solo Exhibition, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, 1993
• Solo Exhibition, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, 1991
• Solo Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, 1991

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Fringe, Wexford Festival Opera, Wexford, 2004
• Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nis, Serbia, 2004
• Wexford Festival Opera, Wexford, 2003
• Group Show, Granary and Dyehouse Galleries, Waterford, 1999
• Group Show, Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford, 1997
• Touring Exhibition, Scotland, 1996
• Artist in the Community- Art in Time Project with senior citizens, 1996
• Group of Four Exhibition, Irish Life Mail, Dublin, 1995
• Oireachtas Exhibition, Guinness Hop- Store, Dublin, 1995
• Iontas (National Small Works) Sligo, Dublin & Belfast, 1995
• Portable Art 3, Rosslare Harbour Terminal, 1995
• Joint Exhibition with Israeli poet Miriam Eytan, Writers Museum, Dublin, 1994
• Group Show, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, 1992

Awards

• Waterford Corporation, 1996
• Arts Council travel Award, 1992
• Arts Council Materials/Documentation Award, 1991
• Award Winner, Karlshruhe International Photographic Exhibition, 1990
• Thomas Dammann Travel Award, 1990
• Commissions
• Office of Public Works for Leinster House Extension, 2000
• Collections
• Wexford County Council
• Waterford institute of Technology Art Collection
• HETAC Art Collection, representing Waterford Institute of Technology
• Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nis, Serbia