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…
Keep readingNeither 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…
Keep readingRHA 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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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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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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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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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…
Keep readingNew 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…
Keep readingCrawford 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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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…
Keep readingThis 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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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 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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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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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…
Keep readingThe 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…
Keep readingVisible 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 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 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
Keep readingSmall 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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Aspect Solomon Fine Art 11th May – 2nd June 2018 A solo exhibition of new paintings VIEW WORKS Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host a second and greatly anticipated solo exhibition of Tom Climent’s vibrant and expressive compositions opening on the May 11, where each painting is a celebration of form, sensuous colour and texture. “Climent…
Keep readingSeason Map
Tom Climent | Season Map | The Gallery Room @ Liss Ard Estate May 1st – September 27th 2015 Liss Ard Estate | Castletownsend road, Skibbereen, Co.Cork, Ireland | Tel: +353 28 40 000 Directions | From Cork, follow the N71 to West Cork and Skibbereen. At Skibbereen follow the one way system to the…
Keep readingTom Climent/Aidan Crotty/Stephen Lawlor
New Paintings Tom Climent, Aidan Crotty & Stephen Lawlor May 10th – 28th 2011 An exhibition of New Paintings by Tom Climent, Aidan Crotty and Stephen Lawlor will open at the Lavit Gallery on Tuesday May 10th. Tom Climent’s most recent works are more architectural than previous ones. A lighter use of paint and an interest in mood is evident…
Keep readingDictionary of Living Irish Artists
200 Irish Artists are profiled in this volume. Written by leading arts commentator, Robert O’Byrne, the Dictionary of Living Irish Artists includes such pre-eminent names as Barrie Cooke, Sean Scully, James Coleman and Dorothy Cross as well as many younger practitioners based in Ireland and overseas. Extensively researched, with an incisive analysis of style, development,…
Keep readingRepresenting Art in Ireland
Representing Art in Ireland The Fenton Gallery The diversity and dynamism of art in Ireland since the millennium is celebrated in this record of Fenton Gallery art and exhibitions. Beautifully illustrated, Representing Art in Ireland references over 130 contemporary artists and features newly commissioned texts by 34 Irish writers. Published 2008
Keep readingBetween Chance and Rhyme
Between Chance and Rhyme | A new collection of work | 2008 The practice of painting changes in response to contemporary trends, however there are painters who reflect contemporary moods while retaining the qualities of traditional painters. Tom Climent is a painter who is skilled with the use of both paint and brushes. Tom’s early work…
Keep readingHansels House
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery 2007 Tom Climent Hansels House Kevin Kavanagh is pleased to present Hansels House an exhibition of four large paintings by Tom Climent Hansel’s House is a return to the subject matter of earlier works in which Climent explored interior space. Climent’s new paintings, influenced by the Dutch Painters particularly Vermeer, suggest a narrative by the…
Keep readingTom Climent/Sarah Walker
Fenton Gallery 2004 Tom Climent/Sarah Walker Tom Climent who has previously drawn influences from Spanish art historical references, has spent several months living in Spain over the last few years. Usually known as a studio painter of large format works, last year saw Climent working outdoors, painting from the roof of his house in Spain which…
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