The Warrior Artist

Feeling overwhelmed by Instagram? You're not alone and it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode of The Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn advocates for a calmer, more sustainable approach to Instagram that works for artists at every stage. The goal isn't to go viral. It's to be findable, discoverable, and human . Remember your follower count is not your worth as an a...

Welcome back to The Warrior Artist! After some time away, host Éadaoin Glynn is back with a personal catch-up episode covering everything that's been happening in her practice: a new studio, art education, mentorship, and an upcoming solo exhibition. In this episode: Eadaoin shares why having a clear goal is one of the most important tools in an artist's practice, and walks us through the...

Jo Melvin is a professor in fine arts and feminisms at Chelsea College of Art in London, director and curator of the Barry Flanagan estate. Jo is also an art historian, a writer, a lecturer, a filmmaker, a curator and an exhibition maker. "I speak as a woman who wears many hats, academic, scholar, teacher, mother, alongside the simultaneous development of my artistic, curatorial and exhibitio...

Leah Hewson is an abstract artist who works in layers of complex patterns, in vibrant neon colours. She studied in Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design. She has exhibited extensively, including solo exhibitions in the RHA and Hillsboro. Fine Art. She has had residencies in New York, LA Berlin and Dublin. She has won several awards, including the whites award for painting in the RHA. Her work is...

In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Ciara Rodgers, a visual artist based in Cork City who works from her studio at Backwater Artists Group. She has a BA and MA from Crawford College of Art and Design and works in an expanded drawing practice which includes polaroid photography, installation and performance.  Her work is often site specific, with the defunct...

In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Leah Beggs, a visual artist based in Galway. Her work is semi-abstract landscapes and she is represented by the Solomon Gallery in Dublin and the Kenny Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway. A graduate of Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, her work is in public collections including the Department of an Taoiseach, Trin...

In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Debbie Godsell, a visual artist and art educator based in Cork. Her work is primarily lens based, but has evolved to include sculptural forms and video. A graduate of Crawford College of Art and Design and Limerick School of Art and Design, she is a member of Cork Printmakers. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Zurich P...

In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Irish visual artist Aideen Barry, who shares insights into her expansive practice that includes performance, sculpture, film, text, and experimental lens-based media. Barry discusses her personal journey to becoming an artist, the themes in her work such as domestic labor, environmental changes, and human vulnerability, a...

In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn shares her recent experiences and lessons learned from preparing for two solo exhibitions. Éadaoin discusses the process of creating a new body of work, from initial opportunity to final execution, highlighting challenges such as finding inspiration, embracing experimentation, and the importance of documentation and promotion. She o...

In this episode I share what I've learnt about artist websites. I've just finished my third website iteration. Each time it's been PAINFUL! I procrastinate about it but like everything I learn by doing. We'd all prefer to be in the studio creating, but having a website is essential. I hope this helps motivate you because if you wait for the perfect website, you've waited too lo...

Nuala O'Donovan builds sculptural forms in porcelain clay based on the patterns and geometry of living organisms.  She has won many awards including the Golden Fleece award and her work is in many important public collections including the Irish National Art collection. Nuala chats to Éadaoin Glynn about her early career in architectural design as a facilitator of travel, returning to Cork and...

Self-taught painter and ceramicist Bernadette Doolan chats to host Éadaoin Glynn about imposter syndrome, falling into art, her intuitive approach to painting and being inspired by the resilience of children. Show notes web page www.bernadettedoolan.com @bernadettedoolanartist @eadaoin_glynn

Irish visual artist Rachel Doolin chats to Éadaoin Glynn about the challenge of taking the leap to become a professional artist, how materials inspire her, her slow research-based, collaborative approach and why she likes writing grant applications. Rachel graduated with a BA in Fine Art from the Crawford College of Art & Design and has received many awards, grants and residencies. Rachel'...

Vanity galleries are parasites who feed on emerging artists' aspirations to show their work.  They make their money from artists' hopes and dreams. The origin of the name comes from vanity publishing.  They were a last resort for authors whose books were not deemed commercially viable by traditional publishers. They would publish any work at the right price. Authors could claim to have wor...

Annie Hogg is a visual artist based in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. After graduating with a Diploma in Fine Art from the Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork in 2001 and a BA in sculpture from Aki College of Art in The Netherlands in 2002, Annie worked and lived in environmental protest camps and learned organic horticulture.  When Annie Hogg was in art college, her interest in the environment was...

I blocked myself from creativity for decades. I didn't go to art school even though I had a place. Perhaps I felt I had to pursue something more sensible in life? Perhaps I just didn't give myself permission at that time to become a painter? Distraction I used to distract myself from this gap in my life..the void of not being creative. I used to distract myself by buying things. I think th...

"The art world is slow. It is not fast. There's no ten steps to make it in the art world...Some people have two steps, some have 400 steps, some have 20 steps, some have 30 steps. The art world moves at its own pace. And at the end of the day, it's all about the work" Ty Clark is a visual artist, film maker, sculptor and writer based in Waco, Texas.  He produced an award winning...

Cork based Orla O’Byrne explores overlooked histories of sites and artefacts.  She works across a variety of media and techniques such as drawing, photography and sculpture. Orla rebelled against going to art college after school, travelled and lived abroad, before having children, setting up a bakery business and eventually went to art college aged 35.  She has an MA in Art & Process and a BA...

I've talked about entering open calls and managing rejection in episode 6.  In this episode, I talk about going to exhibition openings.  When you get a yes, when your artwork, painting or sculpture is accepted, you have to celebrate because they're so rare, those yeses...If at all possible, you have to try and go to that opening night. Opening nights are a way of meeting other artists. I b...

Galway photographer Enda Burke gave a TED Talk on creativity and has been featured in The Guardian, Rolling Stone Magazine, Forbes Magazine and The Observer. He has been shortlisted for the Sony World Photo awards , The Zurich Portrait award and Saatchi Art Visions of the Future. Recent Awards include the international Bartur Photo Prize, Profifoto “best of new Talent award” 2022 and Lens Culture...

Aoife Nolan's successfully operated her own fashion business for over a decade before going to art college. Aoife describes this change like a switch, like shutting one door and opening another. In the Crawford College of Art and Design, she was awarded the RHA student access programme and her graduate show received several awards.  She has exhibited in Ireland and in the Endicott College, Mas...

My time in the studio is my most precious resource. When you're an artist, you're self employed. You probably have a day job. Your time in the studio, your creative time is really, really precious. There's so many things you have to do apart from the creative side. There's so much admin involved in being an artist - managing and tracking applications, submissions, sales, paintings...

Eamon Colman grew up in Dublin, Ireland in a family of painters.  He left school and starting painting in a spare room in his parents house, he took art classes by night at National College or Art and Design and studying horticulture by day.  He has had a professional art career since 1979.  Eamon was only 19 when he had his first solo show. Since then he's had over 40 solo shows in Ireland an...

Waterford based visual artist, Sile Walsh, chats to host Éadaoin Glynn about the challenges of painting with raising young children, returning to painting after a hiatus and her experience with Sky Portrait and Landscape Artist of the Year. Sile also talks about: The importance of drawing and life drawing in her practice How she draws inspiration from the sea and the sea swimming community Why she...

Artists are self employed.  We make work and we hope to sell it!  Marketing is important for artists.  Marketing is about communicating, sharing who you are, what your work is about.  It's about finding an audience.  Email is a very simple and powerful way of connecting with people who are interested in your work.   Email marketing is very effective for many businesse...