Ultraviolet Art Talks

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Sian Costello in 2022. Sian Costello (b. 1998) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Limerick City, Ireland. Since graduating from Fine Art Painting in Limerick School of Art and Design in 2020, Costello has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently with her solo show Baby Obey Me at Modern Animals, Zurich, and the group show girls, gi...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Day Magee in 2022. Day Magee is a performance-centred multimedia artist based in Dublin. Since 2011, they have performed as part of live art organisations such as Livestock and the Dublin Live Art Festival, before pursuing a BA in Sculpture & Combined Media in Limerick School of Art & Design in 2017, during their time there staging group live...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Ute Klein in 2022, a fascinating chat and deep dive into her intriguing and beautiful paintings. Ute Klein, studied at the University of Bern and the M+F Lucerne Design School, and was an artist in residence at the Plüschow Castle (Germany), the Nairs Foundation (Switzerland), the Cité des Arts Paris (France), and Melbourne (Austria). Exhibitions hav...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Anne Ryan in 2022. Anne Ryan is a contemporary artist who creates highly coloured constructed paintings of figures. Her subjects dance, party, pose and generally indulge themselves, in scenarios that draw on diverse sources from visual culture and the world around her. Born in Limerick, Ireland, Anne Ryan studied at Limerick School of Art and Birming...

Closing Season 11, Caren Sullivan talks to curator, art advisor and mentor Eamonn Maxwell in 2022. If you are an art collector or a novice in collecting art, this is a great episode to watch. Eamonn Maxwell has worked as a contemporary art curator and art advisor for more than 20 years.  He curated numerous exhibitions across the world including the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 20...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to interdisciplinary artist Susan Buttner in 2022. Susan Buttner is an artist of emphatic morphology. Her artistic practice is a delicate evaluation of power relations, revealing tensions and forces by combining static elements, while highlighting the borderless, transgressive aspect of institutional critique. Working in sculptural form, painting, performance...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Victoria Cantons in 2022. Victoria Cantons’ ongoing preoccupation with metaphysical themes; concepts of time, memory and personal identity lends her works their multi-layered subject matter, fuelled by a variety of historical and literary sources as well as her experiences being raised in a multicultural and multi-religious home, and being a gay and...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Mary-Ruth Walsh in 2022. Dublin born, Mary-Ruth Walsh graduated from Goldsmiths College London (MA) and the National College of Art and Design (BA) Dublin. Walsh has participated in national and international exhibitions and the Artist’s Residency Programme in the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) Dublin; RHAs experimental drawing studio (Dublin); Aa...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Aisling Phelan in 2022. Aisling Phelan is an Irish multi-disciplinary artist working across 3D animation, AI, video, sculpture, and live interactive technologies. Her work delves into the complex relationship between our online and offline identities and aims to highlight the ethical concerns and vulnerabilities of digital representation. Heavily con...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Adam Gibney in 2022. Adam Gibney is an interdisciplinary artist with numerous awards that include the Aileen MacKeogh Award, the Siamsa Tíre Emerging Artist Award, the IMOCA graduate residency award, and the Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary award. His solo exhibitions include  Can you breathe for me?  (Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin, 2021 and...

On this special episode, Caren Sullivan talks to singer Ais (now known as Asha Ari) in 2022. Asha Ari has also a video performing, you can watch it on @_ultravioletarttalks_ Asha Ari, who was named as Hot For 2023 this year by Hotpress, is a singer-songwriter from Dublin, Ireland. She is half Ghanaian, half Irish, and grew up in Blanchardstown, Dublin. She has been actively performing in the Dubli...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Soňa Šmédková in 2022. Soňa Šmédková is a Czech emerging curator and multidisciplinary artist based in Galway, Ireland. Watch a teaser from this Interview @_ultravioletarttalks_ Soňa gained First-class Honours in Master of Arts in Creative Practice at the School of Design and Creative Arts, ATU, Galway. In the fourth year of her undergrad studies, sh...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Julieta Aranda in 2022. This interview has a video teaser you can watch @_ultravioletarttalks_ Julieta Aranda born in Mexico City, Mexico, is a conceptual artist that lives and works in Berlin and New York City. She received a BFA in filmmaking from the School of Visual Arts (2001) and an MFA from Columbia University (2006), both in New York. Her exp...

On this fascinating episode, closing Season 10, Caren Sullivan Talks to Architect Donal Lally and writer, architect, educator David Capener from ANNEX in 2022. You can also watch a glimpse of the interview on Ultraviolet Art Talks Instagram (on link). ANNEX is a collaboration of artists, architects, and urban researchers born and/or based in Ireland who came together to curate the Irish Pavilion a...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Dr. Frank Wasser in 2022. Watch a glimpse of the Interview on Ultraviolet Art Talks Instagram (on link). Dr. Frank Wasser is an Irish artist, writer, educator and researcher at TATe, based between Vienna and London. He is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. Originally from the Liberties, Dublin, Ireland, Wasser holds a PhD at the University of...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Joe Duggan in 2021. Joe Duggan is a Limerick born artist living and working in Buckinghamshire. He studied at the Royal College of Art London gaining an M.A. in Fine Art (Photography). His artistic practice includes sculpture, photography, video, publishing and installation.  Through these various media his work considers ideas of value and iden...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to psychic artist and energy healer, Karen Donnellan in 2021. Karen Donnellan (they/she) is a psychic artist and energy healer. After earning a Bachelor of Design in Glass from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and a MFA in Glass from the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, they served as Director of the National Casting Center Glass Stud...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Maura Walsh Finnegan in 2021, where we get a glimpse of her creative process in producing her intriguing and poignant pieces. Maura Finnegan is an artist based in the West of Ireland, graduate of the MA Creative Practice course at ATU Her work investigates the unspoken dialogue of furtiveness in the human psyche and trauma in its many forms. Her prac...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan Talks to photographer Ishmael Claxton in 2021, where we deep dive into his inspirations to create incredible photographs. Ishmael Claxton was born in New York and living in Dublin for 10 years. Ishmael turned to photography as a means of expression and embarked on his career as a professional visual artist. He continues to challenge his audience by raising awar...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to multidisciplinary artist Alan Phelan in 2021. Alan Phelan works in sculpture, photography, film, museum interventions, public art and collaborations with other artists, writers and curators. Born Dublin, Phelan received BA, Dublin City University, 1989 and MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 1994. Selected exhibitions include: Casino Marino, D...

On this special episode opening Season 10, Caren Sullivan talks to Clodagh Lavelle, Emma Campbell and Thomas Wells, members of the collective Array Studios in 2021. Winners of Turner Prize 2021, Array Collective are a group of individual artists rooted in Belfast, who join together to create collaborative actions in response to the sociopolitical issues affecting Northern Ireland. Array’s studios...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Maud Cotter in 2021. Maud Cotter’s recent solo exhibitions include  a consequence of – , at The Irish Arts Center, New York, 2022;  what was never ours to keep,  at MOCA , Jacksonville, Florida, 2022;  a consequence of – a dappled world , at The Hugh Lane, Dublin, 2021;  a consequence of – a breather of air,  at The...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan Talks to artist Vera Klute in 2021. Vera Klute is a visual artist based in Co. Kilkenny. She was born in Germany but lives in Ireland since 2001. Her work utilises a range of different media such as sculpture, painting, drawing and video animation.  Themes span from formal portraiture and public sculpture to kinetic installation. She is always interested in exp...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist John Graham in 2021. John Graham graduated from the NCAD with a BA in 1993 and an MFA in 2006. With a foundation in drawing and printmaking, his practice has included video and sound installations, writing and curatorial projects. He has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally, most prominently with Green on Red Gallery, Dublin and Yanagisawa...

On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to award winner Irish film director, producer and leading advocate for rewilding, Randal Plunkett in 2021. Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany, is an Irish filmmaker, landowner and rewilding advocate. Plunkett is the holder of a peerage title, and holds Dunsany Castle, one of the longest-inhabited houses in Ireland, and its remaining estate. Plunkett succee...