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Kiera O'Toole (b. 1977) is an visual artist and practice-based doctoral researcher at Loughborough University, UK.
Where were are matters; wherever we find ourselves, we are always emotionally affected by our world, sensing in our ‘felt bodies’ - even if not consciously aware. I make ‘experimental documentaries’ to explores how the 'emotional vibrations' of spaces and places in which we occupy can deeply influence our everyday experiences. Intrigued by the pre-reflective aspects of human perception. Rooted in the phenomenological and aesthetic concept of atmospheric perception, my artistic exploration involves using drawing to map, record, materialise and embody atmospheric experiences. Atmospheres, in this context, transcend meteorology rather, atmospheres are ‘spatialised feelings’ which register as some kind of atmospheric charge. Guided by my PhD research, my gestural drawings, termed ‘felt-maps’ record something more felt than thought. These drawings materialise the non-representational dimensions of human existence. I explore the entangled relationships between humans and no-human entries, as we are always affectively and intuitively involved in our world in a pref-reflective mode. My work engages in a dialogue with broader forces, including social, environmental, and cultural context. The experimental documentaries are an attempt to return us towards who we are and where we are in a more holistic manner.
Where were are matters; wherever we find ourselves, we are always emotionally affected by our world, sensing in our ‘felt bodies’ - even if not consciously aware. I make ‘experimental documentaries’ to explores how the 'emotional vibrations' of spaces and places in which we occupy can deeply influence our everyday experiences. Intrigued by the pre-reflective aspects of human perception. Rooted in the phenomenological and aesthetic concept of atmospheric perception, my artistic exploration involves using drawing to map, record, materialise and embody atmospheric experiences. Atmospheres, in this context, transcend meteorology rather, atmospheres are ‘spatialised feelings’ which register as some kind of atmospheric charge. Guided by my PhD research, my gestural drawings, termed ‘felt-maps’ record something more felt than thought. These drawings materialise the non-representational dimensions of human existence. I explore the entangled relationships between humans and no-human entries, as we are always affectively and intuitively involved in our world in a pref-reflective mode. My work engages in a dialogue with broader forces, including social, environmental, and cultural context. The experimental documentaries are an attempt to return us towards who we are and where we are in a more holistic manner.
BIOGRAPHY
Kiera O’Toole [b. 1977, Dublin] neurodivergent visual artist based in Sligo, Ireland. Combining fieldwork, material and philosophical research she creates ephemeral site-specific public drawings, large-scale drawing installations, experimental stop-motion animations. Her practice explores how drawing can map, record, materialise and afford the intimate and hidden intertwining relationships between humans and non-humans through recording the 'emotional vibrations' of places.
Her drawing outputs include conferences, residencies, publications and exhibitions. Exhibitions include , RHA, CCA Derry-Londonderry; Courthouse Arts Centre, Wicklow, National Museum of Australia; Kanu Nayak Foundation (Mumbai); Maitland Regional Gallery (AUS); Art Walk Porty (SCO); The Model, Sligo; VISUAL Carlow; Highlanes Gallery; DLR Lexicon, Dublin; Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre. Residencies include; Leitrim Sculpture Centre; Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre; Sligo Arts Service. Exhibitions in 2024 FRISE, Hamburg (GER) and DAS ESSZIMMER (GER) funded by Culture Ireland; DRAWSPACE, Sydney (AUS); Leitrim Sculpture Centre,
O’Toole publications include contributed book chapters; 2021; ‘Drawing Wonder’ in Project Anywhere IV’, 2021 (University of Melbourne and Parsons, School of Art, NY) and ’Drawing from the Non-Place’ in Body, Space, Place in Collective and Collaborative Drawing: Drawing Conversations II, 2020 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing). Conference presenter in The Institute of Global Irish Studies; University of NSW (AUS); National Museum of Australia, (AUS); Coventry University (UK) Maynooth University and panellist for Bart Lodewijks’, The Model and Visual Arts Ireland, Get Together, Dublin. She is a professional member of Visual Arts Ireland, Drawing Research Network and she co-foundered Drawing deCentered which is an artist collective. O’Toole is a practice-based doctoral researcher at Loughborough University (UK).
O’Toole currently resides in Sligo and held a studio at The Model, Sligo for seven years.
Kiera O’Toole [b. 1977, Dublin] neurodivergent visual artist based in Sligo, Ireland. Combining fieldwork, material and philosophical research she creates ephemeral site-specific public drawings, large-scale drawing installations, experimental stop-motion animations. Her practice explores how drawing can map, record, materialise and afford the intimate and hidden intertwining relationships between humans and non-humans through recording the 'emotional vibrations' of places.
Her drawing outputs include conferences, residencies, publications and exhibitions. Exhibitions include , RHA, CCA Derry-Londonderry; Courthouse Arts Centre, Wicklow, National Museum of Australia; Kanu Nayak Foundation (Mumbai); Maitland Regional Gallery (AUS); Art Walk Porty (SCO); The Model, Sligo; VISUAL Carlow; Highlanes Gallery; DLR Lexicon, Dublin; Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre. Residencies include; Leitrim Sculpture Centre; Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre; Sligo Arts Service. Exhibitions in 2024 FRISE, Hamburg (GER) and DAS ESSZIMMER (GER) funded by Culture Ireland; DRAWSPACE, Sydney (AUS); Leitrim Sculpture Centre,
O’Toole publications include contributed book chapters; 2021; ‘Drawing Wonder’ in Project Anywhere IV’, 2021 (University of Melbourne and Parsons, School of Art, NY) and ’Drawing from the Non-Place’ in Body, Space, Place in Collective and Collaborative Drawing: Drawing Conversations II, 2020 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing). Conference presenter in The Institute of Global Irish Studies; University of NSW (AUS); National Museum of Australia, (AUS); Coventry University (UK) Maynooth University and panellist for Bart Lodewijks’, The Model and Visual Arts Ireland, Get Together, Dublin. She is a professional member of Visual Arts Ireland, Drawing Research Network and she co-foundered Drawing deCentered which is an artist collective. O’Toole is a practice-based doctoral researcher at Loughborough University (UK).
O’Toole currently resides in Sligo and held a studio at The Model, Sligo for seven years.
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