Diana Copperwhite RHA (born 1969) is an Irish painter.[1] She is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.[2][3]
Diana Copperwhite | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | National College of Art and Design Winchester School of Art Limerick School of Art and Design |
| Known for | oil painting |
| Style | Abstract expressionism |
| Elected | Aosdána (2021) |
| Website | dianacopperwhite |
Early life edit
Copperwhite was born in Limerick in 1969.[4][5] She grew up in Patrickswell. Her father, Patrick Copperwhite, was a science teacher and self-taught artist who exhibited at the Oriel Gallery.[6]
Career edit
Copperwhite studied at Limerick School of Art and Design, the National College of Art and Design (NCAD, Dublin) and Winchester School of Art.[7]
Copperwhite is chiefly known for her work in oil painting; art critic Gail Levin says that her work "creates an exquisite tension between abstraction and figuration or representation of any kind. […] vibrating spectral bands have become a kind of a trademark in Copperwhite’s recent large paintings […] Copperwhite believes that in her paintings she has responded to Ireland’s changeable weather, which may have caused her to see the world as if she was looking through a visor into a “grey low-light vision."[8] She has also named 1960s psychedelic album covers as inspiration.[9]
She lives and works in Dublin and New York City.[10] She has lectured at NCAD, Western Sydney University and the University of Massachusetts; she was elected to Aosdána in 2021.[11] Her work is on permanent exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Limerick City Gallery of Art and Áras an Uachtaráin (the residence of the President of Ireland).[12]
References edit
- ^ Shane, Robert R. (5 June 2019). "Diana Copperwhite: The Clock Struck Between Time". The Brooklyn Rail.
- ^ "Virtual Studio Visit with Diana Copperwhite RHA". 18 May 2020.
- ^ Dunne, Aidan. "It's all too much – and too little – in this world of bounty". The Irish Times.
- ^ "What Lies Beneath". independent.
- ^ "Diana Copperwhite: I think about what the paintings can't do and then I try to do it". 10 April 2015.
- ^ Dunne, Aidan. "Big pictures, big colours". The Irish Times.
- ^ Diana Copperwhite CV (2020)
- ^ "Diana Copperwhite - Overview". Kevin Kavanagh.
- ^ O’Sullivan, John P. "Art review: Bounty" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "About – Diana Copperwhite".
- ^ "Aosdána names five newly elected members". The Irish Times. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Moriarty, Aoife (12 June 2020). "19 of Limerick's most influential women making a difference". RSVP Live.