CATHERINE KEENAN
GLASS ARTIST
Catherine Keenan utilises the techniques of glassblowing to express her interest in colour and pattern. At the International Glass Centre, West Midlands, UK she specialised in glass blowing techniques of colour application, such as overlays, cup casing and trails. Here she also refined cold working processes; in particular carved lens patterns. This has culminated in her Eye Candy body of work for which she has received much recognition, winning her awards at the National Crafts Competition, Ireland (second prize in Glass Category) and The National Crafts and Design Fair of Ireland Award. She is a recipient of the Anna Cheyne Award for Visual Arts in Northern Ireland. Interested in our instinctual response to colour and pattern,
Keenan seeks to generate positive emotions through her colourful forms. The physical nature of blowing glass is a major draw for her, the immediacy of working with molten glass and the dexterity and swift, confident gestures required. Keenan has been working in glass since 2003 and stills feels very much at the beginning stages of her career. It is the breadth of different techniques available in glass blowing and the high level of skill needed to master them that has solidified for her a life-long curiosity with liquid glass.
126 Moira Road
Lisburn
Co. Antrim
Northern Ireland
BT28 IRP
+ 44 (0) 787 1230355
catherinekeenan126@hotmail.com
www.catherinekeenan.co.uk
Northern Ireland; The Ards Craft
Gallery, Newtownards, Northern
Ireland; Space CRA FT, 9b The
Fountain Centre, College Street,
Belfast, Northern Ireland; Leadlines
Gallery, 24 Donegore Hill, Dunadry,
Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland;
Flowerfield Arts Centre, Coleraine
Road, Portstewart, Northern Ireland.
Image 1: Eye Candy. Blown glass. 15cm x 13cm x 13cm (H x W x D).