Patricia Hurl

                                                                    Patricia Hurl                                                                   Visual Artist

WAAG Women artists Action Group. includes the Feminist Women's Collective WAAG My influences: I would always say I wanted to be an artist when I grew up and I might have done so as my mother was very encouraging, but it wasn't to be, as in my early teens she was diagnosed with cancer and after a few years of intermittent hospital proceedures, with me not bring told the truth, she died when I was just 18 years. My dad was hesrtbroken and exhausted, life ad I knew it fell apart and i ended up in a mundane office job. A nice boy stole my heart and I think my Dad was glad to have me off his hands. i married had children and lived if mot exactly 'Happy Ever After' then, an ordinary life. After a happening in my life,when my much longed-for baby was stillborn, I didnt paint for years. one day I wandered into an exhibition of sculptures, small scale abstract pieces, with dark brown glaze. Not my usual taste. I was intrigued. One piece in particular captured ...

ELLIPTICAL AFFINITIES:Women Artists and the politics of the Body,1984 to the present.  Highlands Gallery, Drogheda.  Curated by Dr. Fiona Barber and Aoifa Ruane.  Featuring:  Aideen Barry, Sarah Browne, Amanda Coogan, Dorothy Cross, Pauline Cummins, Rachel Fallon, Patricia Hurl, Jessie Jones, Breda Lynch, Alice Maher, Alanna O,Kelly, Kathy Prendergast, Louise Walsh.  Women Artists and the politics of the Body,1984 to the present. 2019-20. Curated by Dr. Fionna Barber and Aoifa Ruane Director Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda Ireland.

Curriculum Vitae     Patricia Hurl:   Visual Artist   Studio Address:   Silver Barn, Ballybritt, Roscrea, Co.Tipperary   Contact:  Home:   087913191.   Mobile: 087 2793051.  e-mail:  patricia.hurl@gmail.com     Patricia Hurl : MA, (Digital Media Tallaght IT (2003), (BA.Fine Art,(hons), IADT ), (T.C Awards. 71-’73, NCAD).     Artists Profile :    Patricia Hurl’s work spans the disciplines of painting, multi-media and collaborative art practice.  She was a member of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios from 1986 – ’09. leaving in 2009 to move to Co. Tipperary, where she set up Silverbarn Studios with artist and partner Therry Rudin.  After Art College (DIT) in 1983 she has shown regularly in selected group and solo shows and has represented Ireland in symposiums in Atlanta USA, Caversham, S.A. and Zaragossa Spain. She was a contributor to The Great Book of Ireland. Her work is included in th...