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Painting (MA)

Aoibhin Maguire

Aoibhin Maguire, b.1997 is a painter from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who now lives and works in London. She obtained her BA in Fine Art from Lancaster University, graduating with First Class Honours in 2019. Aoibhin has exhibited work in a variety of locations across the UK, such as The Open Eye Gallery, The Tub, Hackney, Espacio Gallery, The Function Suite and RuptureXIBIT. She has also curated (and exhibited in) a group show at RuptureXIBIT titled 'Coping, in Colour', featuring the work of six London based artists. Internationally, Aoibhin has exhibited in spaces such as Baku Gallery, C3 Lab, Rowe Galleries Juried Exhibition and Charlotte Art League, North Carolina, USA.

The first year of Aoibhin's MA was online due to the pandemic, so she used this time to take over a vacant retail space in a mall in Lisburn, Northern Ireland to open her own gallery and studio. She loved being able to work with local artists and help showcase their work, the highlight being her curation of a group exhibition 'EMERGING: A Room Full of Art' to help support local artists after the hardships endured during the pandemic, as well as hosting workshops and other events before relocating to London for her second year.




Aoibhin Maguire-statement

My paintings are worlds of juxtapositions. Stories of disorder, or maybe just a different type of order. They are a dance between love and anger, fear and ecstasy, anxiety and bliss. A push and pull between hope and desperation, a constant conflict on canvas. They are filled with emotion, reoccurring symbols and a dose of nostalgia. Sometimes my subject matter cannot, for various reasons, be visited in the physical form, and thus I paint it, I reclaim it, and I transform it. The works are an overlap of autobiography and vivid imagination, of memory and the unspeakable, of adulthood and innocence. At times they are like parallel universes. Who would I be if I did not do that one thing? They are lighthearted but not. Funny but serious. And they will always be colourful. Colour is my constant.

Physical Degree Show Presentation, Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire
Physical Degree Show Presentation, Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire
Physical Degree Show Presentation, Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire
Physical Degree Show Presentation, Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire
Physical Degree Show Presentation, Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire
The Bugs Go To Hell
The Bugs Go To HellAcrylic on canvas 25x25cm
Physical Degree Show Presentation, Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire
Physical Degree Show Presentation, Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire
B.I.D 777
B.I.D 777Drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire

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Acrylic and ink on canvas, with drone made from spray foam, tape, printed newspaper articles, acrylic, glitter and wire

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Dimensions variable
A Martyr To Nerves
A Martyr To NervesAcrylic and ink on canvas 200x340cm total Diptych
A Martyr To Nerves
A Martyr To NervesAcrylic and ink on canvas 200x340cm total Diptych
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Diptych

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Acrylic and ink on canvas

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200x340cm total
Displacing Thoughts And Dreams Infecting Every Path Around
Displacing Thoughts And Dreams Infecting Every Path AroundAcrylic and ink on canvas 220x150cm
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Acrylic and ink on canvas

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220x150cm
Corrupting, Dripping, Bleeding Lines Of Time
Corrupting, Dripping, Bleeding Lines Of TimeAcrylic and ink on canvas 220x150cm
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Acrylic and ink on canvas

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220x150cm
From University Avenue To The Ravenhill Road
From University Avenue To The Ravenhill RoadAcrylic, ink and mixed media on canvas 170x480cm Diptych (Left painting: 170x240cm, Right painting: 170x240cm)
From University Avenue To The Ravenhill Road
From University Avenue To The Ravenhill RoadAcrylic, ink and mixed media on canvas 170x480cm Diptych (Left painting: 170x240cm, Right painting: 170x240cm)
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Diptych (Left painting: 170x240cm, Right painting: 170x240cm)

Acrylic, ink, spraypaint, glitter, sequins, paper, lace, assorted collage, laminated collage, assorted fabric, tape, googly eyes, stickers and other mixed media on canvas

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Acrylic, ink and mixed media on canvas

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170x480cm
 Frustration Calling As You Stand, In A Faraway World You Sit
Frustration Calling As You Stand, In A Faraway World You SitAcrylic and ink on canvas 180x150cm

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Acrylic and ink on canvas

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180x150cm
The Bugs' Birthday Party
The Bugs' Birthday PartyAcrylic on canvas 170x200cm
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Acrylic on canvas

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170x200cm
Always Watching - In Orange
Always Watching - In OrangeAcrylic and oil on canvas 152x92cm
Always Watching - In Green
Always Watching - In GreenAcrylic and oil on canvas 150x90cm
Drone In Oil
Drone In OilAcrylic and oil on canvas 80x80cm
Focus Becomes Scrambled
Focus Becomes ScrambledAcrylic and oil on canvas 98x60cm
And Overlap Begins
And Overlap BeginsAcrylic and oil on canvas 70x60cm

The Sidney Perry Foundation and The Chizel Educational Trust