Botanical art has taken off in Ireland in a major way in the last few years.
There have been a number of regular exhibitions within Ireland.
This is an archive of important past botanical art exhibitions in Ireland - between 2014-2018.
There have been a number of regular exhibitions within Ireland.
This is an archive of important past botanical art exhibitions in Ireland - between 2014-2018.
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This listing comprises:
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The exhibitions are held at specialist locations, national and regional museums and other venues
Within regular exhibitions at the same location, the list is ordered in reverse chronological order i.e. most recent first |
Bloom - Annual Botanical & Floral Art in Bloom Exhibition
Website: Annual Botanical & Floral Art Exhibition
Venue: Visitor’s Centre at Bloom Garden Festival, Phoenix Park Dublin
Venue: Visitor’s Centre at Bloom Garden Festival, Phoenix Park Dublin
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Exhibition: Bloom - Annual Botanical & Floral Art Exhibition (2018)
Venue: Visitor Centre in the Phoenix Park, Dublin - during Bloom Horticultural Exhibition, Dublin Dates: 31st May - 4th June 2018 Call for Entries for the 2018 will open in February 2018. See Call for Entries for 6th Annual Botanical and Floral Art in Bloom Exhibition This is an open submission exhibition held during the Horticultural Exhibition called Bloom run by Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board) which usually occurs at the end of May/beginning of June. |
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2017: 5th Annual Botanical & Floral Art Exhibition (2017)
Dates: 1st and 5th June 2017 |
Gold Medal and Best Painting in Show 2017 - Prunus domestica ‘Victoria’ - by Shevaun Doherty
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2016: 4th Annual Botanical & Floral Art in Bloom Exhibition
Dates: Thursday, 2nd June to Monday, 6th June 2016
I wrote a number of blog posts including:
- Botanical Art at Bloom in the Park 2016 - call for entries
- Botanical Art at Bloom in the Park 2016 - in Dublin
- Bloom Botanical and Floral Art 2016 - Medal Winners
2015: 3rd Annual Botanical & Floral Art Exhibition
Dates: 28th May - 1 June 2015
In 2015 there were 53 paintings in total and medals were awarded.
See my blog post
Siobhan Larkin - Winner of the Best in Show for Botanical Art (for the second year) and a Gold Medal for her Crocosmia.
Irish Society of Botanical Artists
Venue: Visitor Centre at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin - and various locations around Ireland
Botanical Art Worldwide – Éireannach (2018)
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Exhibition: Botanical Art Worldwide – Éireannach
Venue: National Botanical Gardens, Dublin Dates: 5th -25th May 2018 This is the Irish contribution to the Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition being held in 2018. The exhibition features botanical illustrations of Ireland’s native plants by Ireland’s botanical artists. See my blog post about Selected Irish Artists for Éireannach Exhibition (Botanical Art Worldwide #7) An open day was held on 18th May featuring:
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The 'Heritage Irish Plants – Plandaí Oidhreachta' Exhibition
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Venue: Visitor Centre at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin
Dates: Sunday 13 November until Sunday 4 December This exhibition celebrated Ireland's rich heritage of garden plants. All paintings were by members of the Irish Society of Botanical Artists. A book of the same name (a joint publication by the ISBA and the Irish Garden Plant Society), will be launched at an event on Saturday 12 November. |
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Aibítir: The Irish Alphabet in Botanical Art
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website: http://www.irishbotanicalartists.ie/projects/aibitir/
The inaugural exhibition of the Irish Society of Botanical Artists was opened on 1 May 2014 by Dr Shirley Sherwood at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin in Dublin. A total of 59 paintings successfully passed adjudication, and were unveiled to the public at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin in May 2014. |
Additional venues for Aibítir on Tour
2015
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Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
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Stones, Slabs and Seascapes: George Du Noyer’s Images of Ireland
Venue: Crawford Art Gallery, Cork Dates: 17 November 2017–24 February 2018 George Victor Du Noyer travelled the length and breadth of Ireland, sketching and recording as he went -including exquisite watercolours of Irish apple varieties, roses and other botanical specimens. |
"Irish Apples collected at Belfast" (1837) watercolour on paper, National Botanic Gardens
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Botanical Art Groups
Flora Botanica
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An exhibition by a small group of Irish Botanical Artists
Venue: Ranelagh Arts Centre, 26 Ranelagh, Dublin 6 Dates: 5 - 19th May 2016 |
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Garden Art from TourinVenue: Tourin House, Cappoquin County Waterford
Dates: 9th - 16th October This is the second of a series of ‘Gardens of Ireland Art Exhibitions’. It includes paintings by a number of international botanical artists. Kilmacurragh was the first garden to invite artists to paint subjects in the garden and exhibit their work in a successful show which ran at Glasnevin last year. |
Claregalway Botanical Art ExpoThe 4th Claregalway Botanical Art Expo (Saturday 4 July – Monday 6 July 2015) is an exhibition of Irish botanical art featuring some of the top botanical artists in Ireland. It is part of the annual Galway Garden Festival held at Claregalway Castle.
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Solo Exhibitions by Botanical Artists
The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre
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'Hedgerows' by Yanny Petters
Venue: The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Fingal, Co. Dublin, K32 AY27, Ireland Dates: 15th April - June 2018 Yanny Petters presents a series of monotype nature prints of the plants associated with an iconic element of the Irish countryside, the Hedgerow. These are not only land boundaries with some dating back to Neolithic times. They are also a rich habitat with ancient hedges supporting up to 3000 organisms from flowers and trees, birds and animals to insects and microscopic creatures |
Hedgerow Bank 1 (Montotype / Nature Print 66x45cm) copyright Yanny Petters 2017
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The Olivier Cornet Gallery
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“Come with me, I’ll show you something beautiful” / “Komm mit mir, Ich zeig' Dir ‘was Schönes”
Venue: The Olivier Cornet Gallery, 3 Great Denmark Street (beside Belvedere College, off Parnell Square) Dublin 1 Dates: 9 October - 6 November 2016. (It opens to the public tomorrow - 10th October) Irish botanical artist Yanny Petters's solo show of Verre Églomisé paintings (paintings on glass) depicted the twelve months of the year in the artist’s County Wicklow garden and celebrate the gifts of the artist’s mother to her daughter. |
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