Sean Henry

Sean Henry was born in England in 1965 and studied at Bristol Polytechnic and the University of California. His work, mainly large, oil painted, figurative pieces in corten steel or clay, has enjoyed an unusual combination of near universal critical and popular acclaim. His work is in major public collections and sites throughout the world. From July to October 2011 Henry’s exhibition will be shown in and around Salisbury Cathedral on existing, currently empty, plinths and in other carefully chosen locations both inside and outside the building. His installations, group and solo exhibitions cover London, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Venice, Stockholm, Geneva, Sidney and Florida. The last edition of Catafalque – seen outside VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art throughout Éigse Carlow 2010 – has been bought by the Fredrik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, one of the world’s top one hundred most visited art museums in the world.

Henry had solo exhibitions in Éigse Carlow in 1999 and 2005 and was also selected to take part in Éigse’s thirty-year retrospective at VISUAL Carlow in 2010.

Art collection

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Origins

Set up in 1992, The Carlow Art Collection is a voluntary community initiative that has been surrounded by goodwill and generosity from the people of Carlow. It has expanded into a diverse collection of work with artists from around the world. CAC became a fully registered charity in 2018. The home of our art collection is in Carlow College. The Carlow Art Collection is free to view in the front halls of Carlow College, Monday to Friday, and in the garden every day of the year.

Today

The art works in the permanent collection include painting, print, drawing, sculpture, sound, photography, live art, film and activism, with more to come. The collection and CAC projects reflect a broad range of art by over thirty artists, many of whom visited, exhibited, engaged with or lived in the area.

Our Goal

The CAC is deeply indebted to the artists who contribute to the collection, to its board members past and present, and to the many people and organisations that support it technically and financially. The Carlow Art Collection will continue to expand on the ideas of what art is and what an art collection can be, and become.