Ann Louise Kieran
- Work
- Biography
A move from the city to the countryside at the end of 2020 has had a deep impact on an evolving practice, acting as an impetus to explore long held interests in place, personal/collective memory, loss and belonging through the lens of landscape and the natural environment. Based at Tweedvale Studios in Walkerburn, my practice incorporates drawing, collage, printmaking and sculpture. Through drawing/printmaking processes, I work primarily in monochrome using inks and charcoal, exploring the properties of the media in terms of application and mark-making. I’m interested in the ebb and flow of these materials and the juxtaposition or layering of forms and imagery to conjure an atmosphere or allude to a narrative rather than providing a fixed meaning.
Born 1972, brought up in South Armagh, Northern Ireland
Education:
1996-1998 Glasgow School of Art, Masters in Fine Art
1991 – 1994 Nottingham Trent University, BA Hons Fine Art
1993 - San Francisco Art Institute
1990-1991 University of Ulster, Certificate in Foundation Studies
Exhibitions:
Aug-Oct 2025 - SSA 30x30 Life With Water, An Tobar, Isle of Mull
June-Aug 2025 - Tracings (four person show), Robson Gallery, Selkirk
June 2025 - To The Waters And The Wild (group show), Priorwood House, Melrose
Dec 2024 - SSA 126th Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
Dec 2024 - Little Art Hub, Galashiels, Winter exhibiton
Sep 28-30 2024 - Open Studios Innerleithan & Walkerburn
Aug 2024 - Relative Values, (3 person show), Newry, N.Ireland
June-Sep 2024 - Elsewhere Somewhere Else (solo show), Old Gala House, Galashiels
May 2024 - LAHA, Little Art Hub (group show), Galashiels
June 2024 - By Leaves We Live (group show), Priorwood House, Melrose
Jan 2024 - Flat Cat Gallery, (group show), Lauder
Nov 2023-Jan 2024 - SSA 125th Annual Exhibition, Maclauran Gallery, Ayr
Nov 2023 - Connect + Grow (group show), CASS ARTS, Glasgow
Achievements:
2025 - VACMA recipient South of Scotland
2024-ongoing - Founding member of SESPBA (South East Scotland Printmakers and Book Artists)
2024 - SSA 126th Annual Exhibition prize winner - Gallery Ten, Edinburgh collaborative print edition, online exhibition
2024 - VACMA recipient South of Scotland
2023 - SSA (8 month) mentoring programme, selected participant
Education:
1996-1998 Glasgow School of Art, Masters in Fine Art
1991 – 1994 Nottingham Trent University, BA Hons Fine Art
1993 - San Francisco Art Institute
1990-1991 University of Ulster, Certificate in Foundation Studies
Exhibitions:
Aug-Oct 2025 - SSA 30x30 Life With Water, An Tobar, Isle of Mull
June-Aug 2025 - Tracings (four person show), Robson Gallery, Selkirk
June 2025 - To The Waters And The Wild (group show), Priorwood House, Melrose
Dec 2024 - SSA 126th Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
Dec 2024 - Little Art Hub, Galashiels, Winter exhibiton
Sep 28-30 2024 - Open Studios Innerleithan & Walkerburn
Aug 2024 - Relative Values, (3 person show), Newry, N.Ireland
June-Sep 2024 - Elsewhere Somewhere Else (solo show), Old Gala House, Galashiels
May 2024 - LAHA, Little Art Hub (group show), Galashiels
June 2024 - By Leaves We Live (group show), Priorwood House, Melrose
Jan 2024 - Flat Cat Gallery, (group show), Lauder
Nov 2023-Jan 2024 - SSA 125th Annual Exhibition, Maclauran Gallery, Ayr
Nov 2023 - Connect + Grow (group show), CASS ARTS, Glasgow
Achievements:
2025 - VACMA recipient South of Scotland
2024-ongoing - Founding member of SESPBA (South East Scotland Printmakers and Book Artists)
2024 - SSA 126th Annual Exhibition prize winner - Gallery Ten, Edinburgh collaborative print edition, online exhibition
2024 - VACMA recipient South of Scotland
2023 - SSA (8 month) mentoring programme, selected participant
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'Elsewhere Somewhere Else' exhibition partial view
- Mixed Media
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'Elsewhere Somewhere Else' exhibition partial view
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'Planting Such Things' (detail)
- Mixed Media
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'Planting Such Things' (detail)
- Mixed Media
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'Found' (cupboard door ajar )
- Found Objects
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'Found' (nest, light)
- Found Objects
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'Before Breathing'
- Drawing
- Ann Louise Kieran
- 'After Breath'
- Drawing
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