I use my drawings a personal reflective tool, it’s a way for me to initiate deep thinking and begin to understand both lived and secondary experiences. The drawings are both a retelling of memory and a documentation of my world. My work is a stylised documentation of form. I am interested in the interconnectivity of life and how this relationship is underpinned by chaos, disorder and unpredictability. My work is created with the same approach, there is no grand vision or clear narrative, the process is responsive and nonlinear.
what someone else said…
If you have never met Conor Wickham you would be forgiven for thinking that his art is that of an anthropological savant. The surfaces of his painfully detailed renderings of people, animals and objects, crawl with abstract and representational designs which presumably operate on a stream-of-consciousness level. They guide the audience through a maze of encyclopedic and schizophrenic references to various places, times and activities. One can imagine his hours, days and weeks creating his art are matched with a scouring of textual and photographic documentation of the world around us.
Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions 2022
29/10 – 19/11 Two Person Show _ Gallery Asna, Clonakilty Arts Centre
16/07 – 27/08 Group Show _ With Other Matter, Roscommon Arts Centre
Past Exhibitions
2021 Of its own…Aras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Mayo
191st RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
140th RUA Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2020 The hands want to see; the eyes want to caress, Signal Arts, Bray
2016 InktoberFest, Townhall, Wicklow Town
2015 All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Deptford X, London
2013 Proof it, Black Church Print Gallery, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin
KTDOGL – Eight Gallery, 8 Dawson St, Dublin
2009 Teenage Tusk, Daf106 Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2007 Plasticine, Monster Truck Galleries, 73 Francis Street, Dublin
No Whistling at the Dinner Table, 6 Strand St, Dublin
Big Store, Temple Bar Gallery & Studio Studios, Dublin
Vending Machine Project, Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin
2006 Who Let the Predator in? Monster Truck Galleries, 73 Francis St, Dublin
Monster Truck Christmas Show, Monster Truck Galleries, 73 Francis St, Dublin
Gallery Number 1, 1 Castle Street, Christchurch, Dublin
2005 ?., 3 Mary’s Lane, Kilkenny,
Chedderhawk, Kilkenny Fringe Arts Festival, Kilkenny
Boxid, Black Church Print Gallery, 4 Temple Bar, Dublin
2004 National College of Art and Design, Degree Show, Dublin
2003 Erasmus Showcase, Académie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
Print Show, Cross Gallery, 59 Francis St, Dublin
Circuits, Dublin Castle, Dublin
Education
2014-2016 Master in Education, DCU, Dublin | Dissertation Title: Visual Art as a Form of Reflective Practice.
2007-2008 Post Graduate Diploma in Art and Design Education, Limerick School of Art and Design.
2000-2004 BA Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Awards
Black Church Print Studio Award, 2004
Memberships | Studio
Black Church Print Studio 2004 – 2008
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