Co-Founder of Blackstack Studio
Sylvia Hemmingway is a visual artist based in Co Wexford. She studied Fine Art at NCAD, Dublin, and has a Masters Degree in Fine Art and a B.A. (Hons.) in Fine Art Print. She works mainly in printmaking, painting and drawing and is co-founder of Blackstack Studio, Kilkenny, the Fine Art printmaking facility for artists in the South East.
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Tagged by Sylvia Hemmingway
Aspects of Identity
Her work explores different aspects of identity – the disappearance and resurfacing of inherited characteristics, and the effects the decisions of someone else, or events in their lives, however small, have on one’s own life and make-up. Looking at epigenetics, the hidden capacity of ‘something’ (e.g. environment, diet, traumatic event, etc.) to have an effect on the character and development of the genes, she considers the persistence of the past in the present and the element of chance in the make-up of the individual.
What makes you who you are?
How do you happen to be where you are now?
Is it chance?
Is it fate?
Do you have any say?
Sylvia has won many awards for her work including an Arts Council Travel & Training Award in 2013, in 2009 a Wexford Co. Co. Artists Bursary Award and in 2008 a Golden Fleece Merit Award. Her works are held in collections in Ireland and abroad, including the collections of the O.P.W, The National College of Art & Design, Dublin, The National Print Museum, Dublin, Wexford County Council, NCAD, (Dublin), Wexford VEC and the State University of New York.
“The title of my work in the County Council collection is ‘Tagged’ It is an original print, in an edition of 10, made using the Photo-intaglio process.It is from a series of works exploring epigenetic tagging using metaphorical imagery and interrelating cause and effect in relation to identity.” – Sylvia Hemmingway
Art Education:
2008-2010 Master of Fine Arts, NCAD, Dublin
2002-2006 B.A.(Hons.) Fine Art (Print) NCAD, Dublin
Group Exhibitions:
2013 ‘Dunaire’, Public Access Arts, Edenderry
2012 ’20 x 12’ Kilkenny Arts Festival, Blackstack Print Studio, Kilkenny
2011 ‘We’re All in This Together’, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny Arts Festival.
2011 Leinster Printmakers @ Cromarty Arts Centre, Cromarty, Scotland
2011 ‘Le Cheile’, Oriel Ynys Mon, Anglesey, Wales
2011 Cill Rialaig residency exhibition, Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin
2010 ‘13 Seconds’, Fine Art Postgraduate Exhibition, NCAD, Dublin
2009 ‘ Camera Obscura’, Lighthouse Cinema Gallelries, Smithfield, Dublin
2008 Civic Theatre Tallaght (Group Print Exhibition)
2008 The Crow Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin – 3 person show
2007 Leinster Printmakers Studio Gallery
2007 Pigyard Gallery, Wexford
2006 Fine Art Degree Show, N.C.A.D, Dublin
2006 Leinster Printmakers Group Exhibition, Crow Gallery, Temple Bar
2006 Print Zero, Seattle, U.S.A., – Touring Exhibition
2005 Tales of Fourteen Others, Cross Gallery, Dublin
2004 Bloomsday 100, National Print Museum Dublin – Touring Exhibition
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 ‘Link’, Kilkenny Arts Festival selected artists.
2012 ‘An Duanaire’, Cross Gallery, Francis St., Dublin
2010 ‘ The Power of Three’,Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford (3 person Exh)
2009 RDS Student Art Awards Touring Exhibition
2009 ‘‘Bog 50 x 70’, Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
2009 Impact 6 International Print Conference Exhibition, Spike Printmakers, Bristol
2008 Stroud Print Festival, Glouchestershire, England
2006 Blank Canvas, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co.Kildare.
2005 A Personal Journey, Duncannon Art Centre, Wexford (2 person show)
1999-2006 Art @ Wexford Vocational College, (Opera Festival Exhibition)
1997 Wexford Lions Award Winners Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre
Awards:
2013 Arts Council Travel & Training Award
2009 Wexford Co Co Artists Bursary Award
2008 Golden Fleece Merit Award
2008 Artlinks mentoring award
2008 Shortlisted for Wexford Co Co Artists Bursary Award
2006 Shortlisted for NCAD Staff Award
1997 Wexford Arts Centre/Lions Award Overall Winner (Painting)
Public Collections:
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
National Print Museum, Dublin
Office of Public Works, Dublin
Wexford County Council
Wexford Vocational College, Wexford
State University of New York @ Buffalo, New York
Contact Details
Email: sylviahemmingway@gmail.com Mobile: 087 6707942
Website: www.blackstackstudio.com