Vanessa Gardiner

Vanessa Gardiner is a painter who is captivated both by the beauty of the landscapes on which her work is based and by the process involved during the making of the image. “In a sense for me they go hand-in-hand; the immediacy of drawing directly from the seemingly haphazard natural subject matter with the careful selection and ordering of the compositions back in the studio.” Concentrating on the singular coastlines around North Cornwall and more recently Co. Mayo in Ireland, she has become increasingly aware of the connecting elements found within these landscapes. Recent trips to both Egypt and Athens have also focused her interest in the geometry of architecture and and its relationship with both the landscape and the visual language she uses within her work. She was awarded the Prince of Wales Bursary for the Arts at the British School of Athens in 2009, which is given to artists to develop and enhance their work by spending time in Greece. Gardiner has had recent solo exhibitions at Sladers Yard, West Bay, 2008; Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University, 2006, and participated in group exhibitions including Images from North Mayo, 2007, The Courthouse Gallery, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle Co. Mayo and Alpha House, Sherborne 2008. Gardiner lives and works in West Dorset. She is represented by the Hart Gallery, London.

Vanessa Gardiner exhibited at Éigse in 2002.

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.