Eilis O'Connell (born 1953, Derry, Northern Ireland) [1] is an abstract sculptor. She is known for her free-standing works and wall pieces. [2]
Eilis O'Connell (born 1953, Derry, Northern Ireland) [1] is an abstract sculptor. She is known for her free-standing works and wall pieces. [2]
O'Connell was born in Derry and educated at the Crawford School of Art, Cork, Ireland and Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] [4]
O'Connell has been commissioned to make public sculptures throughout the UK and Ireland.
She is a founder director of the National Sculpture Factory (Cork); a member of Aosdána and the Royal Hibernian Academy; and a former member of the Arts Council of Ireland.
Her honors include the Art & Work Award from Wapping Arts Trust, and Royal Society of Arts Award (1998). O'Connell's works were displayed at the Biennale de Paris (1982) and the São Paulo Art Biennial (1985). [5] She has received fellowships from The British School at Rome and PS 1 in New York. [6]
The artist's 1988 work "The Great Wall of Kinsale is one of the most contentious public artworks ever erected in Ireland." [7] Composed of several sections and forms, it is also the longest sculpture in Ireland at 179 feet. [8] The large rusted steel sculpture drew protest, concerns of safety, an attempt to deinstall it, and criticism of its appearance. Eventually, the rusty metal was painted, a water feature was added, and barriers were placed around it without O'Connell's permission. As such, she considers the work to have been "destroyed". [7] In artist Sean Lynch's 2011 show, A Rocky Road, at the Crawford Art Gallery, he investigated the legacy of O'Connell's Great Wall of Kinsale. [9]
She exhibited sculptures at Eileen Gray's E-1027 house in France in 2018. [10]
O'Connell's work is in the collections of IMMA, Lismore Castle, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chatsworth, Antony House and more. [11] [6]
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