Vivienne Roche

A regular exhibitor in group shows - including C2 which heralded Cork 2005 City of Culture at the Crawford Gallery - this is Vivienne Roche's first one-person show in Cork since 1992.

While living in Garrettstown, Co. Cork, most of Vivienne's recent work can be seen in Dublin, notably the award winning 'Flow'(completed in 2002) in Fingal County Council, and 'Wave Shadow' (1999) at Dublin Dental Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin.

'Hinge Work' at the Vangard Gallery provides a timely opportunity to view new studio work by this internationally acclaimed artist.

As part of its programme for European Capital of Culture, The Vangard Gallery, Cork, is hosting an exciting exhibition of new sculpture by Cork artist Vivienne Roche.

Born in Cork, Vivienne studied at the Crawford College of Art and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has participated in international group exhibitions in France, Finland, Sweden, England, and the U.S. The Amen of Calm Waters formed part of the exhibition at the Irish pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hamburg.

Her recent work has frequently featured sea imagery, and explores the relationship between the sea and human emotions.A regular exhibitor in group shows - including C2 which headed Cork 2005 City of Culture at the Crawford gallery - this is Vivienne Roche's first one-person show in Cork since 1992. While living in Garrettstown, Co. Cork, most of Vivienne's recent work can be seen in Dublin; notably the award winning 'Flow' in Fingal County Hall (completed in 2002), and 'Wave Shadow' (1999) in the Dublin Dental Hospital, Trinity College Dublin.

She is currently working on a number of big projects due for completion later on this year, including N.C. IRIS, a fourteen meter high sculpture for Dublin's Docklands at the National College of Ireland in conjunction with ARUP, Cork and 'White Light', an environmental art work created by tracing the underlying archaeology of an early Christian burial site at Parkwest, Dublin. Designed as a garden by day, it will be transformed into a light sculpture by night.

Vivienne's forthcoming exhibition at the Vangard Gallery, "Hinged Work" is an exploration of the forms and textural properties of seaweed and of tidal movements on sand. The show is composed of wall mounted reliefs realized in glass, plaster and bronze. The artist has described the pieces in this show as a conceptual 'linking' between progressive phases in her work.

Vivienne Roche is a member of Aosdána and of the R.H.A. She was instrumental in the establishment of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork, and served as a member of the Arts Council from 1993 to 1998.