Domain of The Dinosaurs
Domain of the Dinosaurs is a pioneering exhibition of scientific and artistic displays that has been developed at University College Cork by Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology, and Fiona Kearney, Director of the Glucksman. It features over 250 real fossil specimens from land, sea and air, bringing the world of the Irish dinosaurs to life. Five Irish artists were commissioned to bring…
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RHA 195th Annual Exhibition
196th RHA Annual Exhibition in association with McCann FitzGerald featuring painting, print, sculpture, drawing, photography, mixed media and architectural models. Irelands’ largest and longest-running open submission exhibition will be open to the public from Monday 25 May to Sunday 9 August with free admission, at all times.
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Grá | An exhibition selected from the Crawford Art Gallery Collection
An exhibition from Crawford Art Gallery Collection selected by Salt & Pepper LGBTQI+ Art Collective with Toma McCullim, at Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre. While this National Cultural Institution, The Crawford Art Gallery is closed for its major redevelopment – Transforming Crawford Art Gallery – the opportunity arose to share parts of its collection with other organisations…
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The Visual Artists’ New Sheet
The Visual Artists’ New Sheet May June Issue Tom Climent outlines the evolution of his painting practice and his recent exhibition at CCI, Paris.
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Volume 2
Outset Gallery April 11th – May 4th Volume 2 runs from April 11 – May 4, 2025, focusing on abstract and mixed media approaches to painting from some of Ireland and the UK’s leading visual artists. Curated by Luke Reidy
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Book Launch at Solomon Fine Art with Gandon Editions
A 120-page hardback monograph – with 128 illustrations and a keynote essay by Cristín Leach additional texts by Mark Ewart, Carissa Farrell, Mary McCarthy and Michael WaldronISBN 978 1910140 529 120 pages (hardback) 23 x 25 cm 128 illus This major monograph on the artist Tom Climent documents his work over the…
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Book Launch at Lavit Gallery with Gandon Editions
A 120-page hardback monograph – with 128 illustrations and a keynote essay by Cristín Leach additional texts by Mark Ewart, Carissa Farrell, Mary McCarthy and Michael WaldronISBN 978 1910140 529 120 pages (hardback) 23 x 25 cm 128 illus This major monograph on the artist Tom Climent documents his work over the…
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Wilding / État Sauvage
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris Saturday 1 February 2025 to Sunday 30 March 2025 Tom Climent describes the paintings in this scintillating new exhibition as “almost a call to light”. From cave-like shelters to abstract terrains marked by explosions of colour, he seeks to capture something dormant that has returned to life. Following on from a…
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Pilgrim
Solomon Fine Art 2 – 25 MAY 2024 “IN THE PRESENCE OF TOM CLIMENT’S PAINTINGS WE BECOME PILGRIMS, INVITED WAYFARERS, TIME TRAVELLERS ON THE THRESHOLD OF OUR OWN ELSEWHERE”. Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host a much anticipated exhibition of new paintings by celebrated Irish artist Tom Climent. In Pilgrim we are presented with a body of…
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Neither Here nor There
Painting by Tom Climent, Debbie Dawson, Carol Hodder, Bernie Masterson Catherine Hammond Gallery 14th July – 12th August 2023 Marino Church, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry P75 H956 Each of these four artists create exceptional abstract landscapes. Here they use natural elements to depict their personal exploration of inner and outer landscapes. A sense of place…
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RHA Annual Exhibition 2023
RHA Annual Exhibition 2023 The 193rd RHA Annual Exhibition, Ireland’s largest and longest running exhibition of visual arts, taking place in 2023 will also launch the RHA bicentenary celebrations. Exhibition runs Monday, 22nd May – Sunday, 30th July See RHA Annual Exhibition 2023 for more information
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Perspective Redefined
The Painting Center, New York The Painting Center is pleased to present the exhibition Perspective Redefined curated by Steven Cabral and Patti Samper. This group exhibition of artists from The Painting Center’s Art File is on view from February 28 – March 25, 2023 in the Main Gallery and Project Room. Perspective Redefined manifests new ideas stemming from…
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From Eden
Sternview Gallery 23rd September 2022 – 7th January 2023 From Eden is a series of new paintings by Tom Climent. This gathering of new works is an invitation to explore the power of paint through colour, form and light within his abstract landscape compositions. It follows on from recent solo exhibitions in the gallery and also…
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Land and Longing
Solomon Fine Art 5th May – 4th June 2022 Celebrated Irish painter Tom Climent presents a new body of vibrant and highly textured compositions which bring us on a journey through imagined landscapes. Embracing the role of chance and magic in their creation, Climent creates paintings which touch on both abstraction and representation while exploring real…
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Assemble 22
Tregony Gallery 8th -20th February 230 Portobello Road, London W11 1LJ Assemble*22 gathers a group of artists for whom appearances of the visual world is the touchstone of their practice, each with their own diverse perspectives and modes of expression. This collection will reveal distinctive approaches, structural compositions and deeply layered planes of colour and…
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New Threads Acquisitions 2021
Crawford Art Gallery 25 July – 5th September New Threads showcases more than 20 artworks that have recently come into public ownership, made possible through major acquisitions funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. In total, 225 artworks by 39 contemporary artists have been added to Crawford Art Gallery’s collection in…
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Crawford and IMMA galleries reveal details of ‘unprecedented’ €1m spend on new art
Galleries combine to purchase 400 pieces by 70 contemporary artists in hugely significant boost to the national collection. Twenty-three Cork artists included in the acquisitions. It was great to have my painting Eden purchased by The Crawford Gallery for the National Collection. This was made possible by government funding being provided by the Department of…
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Further Shores
Lavit Gallery 22nd April – 22nd May Due to the easing of restrictions the gallery will be open to the public now from the 11th of May until the 22nd of May. Tom Climent’s new solo exhibition Further Shores is a continuation of his exploration of both real and imaginary worlds. This new body of…
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This is a Painting Show
Sternview Gallery This is a Painting Show 7th December 2019 – 8th February 2020 Rebecca Bradley, Tom Climent, Colin Crotty, Debbie Dawson, Stephen Doyle, Cassandra Eustace, Helen Farrell, Tommy Feehan, Mags Geaney, Paul Hallahan, Kevin Mooney, Sarah O’Brien, Lee Welch Sternview Gallery | 19 Princes Street, Cork See Sternview Gallery for more information
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Everlast
Solomon Fine Art 2nd July – 25th July 2020 Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host a much anticipated exhibition of new paintings by artist Tom Climent. In this, the artist’s third solo exhibition at Solomon, Climent explores themes of hope, rebirth and rejuvenation while continuing to challenge the materiality and mobility of the painted…
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Modern Love
Modern Love A.K Bellinger Gallery 12th March – 9th April 2020 A group exhibition of abstract painting featuring ADRIAN CENE, ANA YOUNG, ANTONIA MRLJAK, BEN MILNE, CHELSEA HOPKINS, GABRIELLE JONES, JACOB SPOKES, JENNY AHMED, ILEIGH HELLIER, MARK HETHERINGTON, MEAGAN JACOBS, MONIQUE LOVERING, NICOLE CHAFFEY, ONDINE SEABROOK, SKYE LLEWELLYN, TOM CLIMENT, ZOE GREY, LUCY ANDERSON A.K…
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Youyi Visual
Hangzhou Public Library The exhibition runs in Hangzhou until the 8th of November and then travels to the consulate in Shanghai from the 15th of November until the 6th of December. Youyi is the visual art section of the celebration of 40 years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and China. It was an amazing event,…
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Transmission
GOMA Gallery of Modern Art 11th July-24th AugustA solo exhibition of new paintings. Transmission continues Tom Climent’s exploration of the borderline between abstraction and representation. This new collection of paintings is predominantly landscape in nature. It suggests a narative but never actually reveals what that might be. The paintings also investigate materiality and aesthetics. The…
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The Land is Still Being Formed
The Land is Still Being Formed Sternview Gallery 17th April-11th May This exhibition responds to ideas of earth, ecology and the processes we as humans have set in place. Featuring work by Tom Climent, Fiona Kelly, Miriam O’Connor, Sarah O’Flaherty and Darn Torn. Sternview Gallery | 19 Princes Street, Cork | Entrance through Nash 19…
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Visible Reminders of Invisible Light
Visible Reminders of Invisible Light The Hunt Museum 24th January – 24th of March The exhibition consists of artists and writers responses to works from the Hunt Museum’s permanent collection. Artists from a wide variety of disciplines were invited to participate, bringing a diversity of ideas to their exploration of the exhibition theme, through their…
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Voyager
Voyager Sternview Gallery 6th December – 9th February A solo exhibition of new paintings Voyager is a selection of new paintings by Tom Climent. They continue his creation of imagined landscapes that move between visions of familiarity and new places of being. The appealing quality of geometric play supports his searching process of making, a…
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The Space Between
The Space Between An exhibition featuring a selection of artworks the OPW art collections Pearse Museum St. Enda’s Park, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 2nd November 2017 – 14th January 2018 Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday: 9.30am – 4pm | Sunday 10am-4pmSee Pearse Museum for more information
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Small Works
Small Works Lavit Gallery Katherine Boucher Beug, Rebecca Bradley, Tom Climent, Eamonn Harris, Dorothy Ledwith, Maureen O’ Connor and Dee Pieters A group exhibition of small scaled works opens at The Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, on Thursday November 1st. 1st November – 1st December Lavit Gallery | Wandesford Quay, Clarke’s Bridge, Cork See Lavit Gallery for…
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