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Artists Biography
Molly O’Dwyer (b.1980) is a visual artist from Dublin, she has just completed a two year research Masters in Fine Art at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin. Her work is critically aclaimed and has been shown both nationally and internationally, amongst these include EV+A 2007 Limerick, HOUSE projects and CEAD in China. She was awarded one of the Young Emerging Artists in Ireland following work from her degree show which she also received first class honours from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2006.
Artists Statement
Interdisciplinary in nature, my practice employs the use of mediums such as video, sculpture and installation, focusing strongly on the moving image within the context of contemporary art.
Research concerns explored through these mediums revolve around an interest in the human condition and its interaction with living space and everyday life, challenging the behavioural codes by which we live. The boundary between public and private is examined through exploring these concerns as an analogous parallel to the physical and the psychological, the body being our primary experience of the world from the corporeal to the mental. In performing for the camera, everyday objects and familiar landscapes act as both material and prop for the exploration of this terrain that exists between these two inseparable forms of reality, as central to our perception of the world both internally and externally.
Pathos and the tragicomic implicate the viewer on a psychological and emotional level through the use of simple bodily gestures with elements of order and chaos through absurd actions performed for the camera. Aspects of popular culture and the cinematic are referenced in the work through a merging and co-existence of fiction and reality. My practice draws interests from film theory and the role of media in society asserting the use of the video camera as core medium for the exploration of the issues in the work.
Email: mlodwyer@gmail.com
Website: http://www.mollyodwyer.ie
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