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SUMMER 2019
viSUal arTS
How Much Land
(does a man need)
An Exhibition by
Bernadette Kiely
Friday 31 May to Friday 28 June
This collection of works is inspired by the short
story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, “How
Much Land (does a man need)”. The story tells
how one man’s grasping rapaciousness leads to
his downfall. James Joyce wrote to his daughter
that this story by Tolstoy was “the greatest
story that the literature of the world knows”.
Kiely’s interpretation references her personal
and familial connections to place. Dealing with
the effects of environmental disaster both
natural and manmade on people and place she
aims to create work that depicts the changing
landscape, the nature of perception, and
climate related forces e.g. flooding, storms and
fire on landscape, both locally and worldwide.
The works consist of largescale painting and
drawings on canvas with photographs and objects.
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Bernadette Kiely grew up in Carrick on Suir,
County Tipperary and graduated from the
College of Art and Design, Waterford I.T. with
first class honours in Graphic Design
Communications. She worked for two years in
Graphic Design in London and Architecture in
New York before attending the Slade School of
Fine Art, University of London.
She has exhibited her largescale paintings and
drawings nationally and internationally and has
been the recipient of many awards and
bursaries. In 2007 she was elected to the
membership of Aosdana.
Awarded a studio residency at the Royal
Hibernian Academy Schools in 2015 she has
also been on residency at the Ballinglen Arts
Foundation, Co. Mayo, The Tyrone Guthrie
Centre, Co. Monaghan and Cill Rialaig Artists
Retreat Centre, Co. Kerry.
gallery oPening HoUrS:
10 aM to 5 PM FroM TUeSDay to FriDay
2 PM to 5 PM on SaTUrDayS