Maud Cotter

Maud Cotter
Born1954 (age 71–72)
Wexford, Ireland
EducationCrawford Municipal College of Art and Design
Known forsculpture
SpousePeter Foynes
ElectedAosdána (2000)
Websitemaudcotter.com

Maud Cotter (born 1954) is an Irish artist. She is a member of Aosdána, an Irish association of artists.

Early life

Cotter was born in Wexford in 1954.

Career

Cotter studied at the Crawford Municipal College of Art and Design in Cork (graduating in 1978). In 1989 she was a co-founder of the National Sculpture Factory, with Vivienne Roche, Eilis O'Connell and Danny McCarthy.. She was elected to Aosdána in 2000.

Cotter is chiefly known for her work in sculpture. Public galleries who have held solo exhibitions of her work, include: Crawford Art Gallery, Mostyn, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Hugh Lane Gallery, Irish Arts Center, Highlanes Gallery, MOCA Jacksonville..

Her early work used steel. Since the early 1990s she has used metal, timber, glass, cardboard, industrial rubber, wax, clear plastic, paper and other materials, saying that these materials help her "explore issues of definitions and boundaries, containment and space". Her practice is represented by domobaal gallery in London.

Personal life

Cotter is married to Peter Foynes.

References

  1. ↑ "Maud Cotter: a consequence of - a dappled world - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com.
  2. ↑ O’Sullivan, Tina Darb (18 September 2013). "Maud Cotter making sense of space". Irish Examiner.
  3. ↑ "La Tannerie. Créer une proximité avec l'art contemporain". Le Telegramme. 21 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Aosdána". aosdana.artscouncil.ie.
  5. ↑ "DOMOBAAL – Artists – Maud Cotter – Biography". www.domobaal.com.
  6. ↑ "National Sculpture Factory". www.nationalsculpturefactory.com.
  7. ↑ "Maud Cotter: 'There was very little arts infrastructure in the country in the Eighties'". Irish Examiner. 28 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Maud Cotter: a consequence of – a dappled world, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane free admission". www.hughlane.ie.
  9. ↑ "Maud Cotter". IMMA.
  10. ↑ Sheehy, Paschal (27 September 2020). "Cork's Crawford gallery to get €3.3m for restoration". www.rte.ie.
  11. ↑ "In the Grace of its own Shadow - Maud Cotter". IMMA.
  12. ↑ Tipton, Gemma. "New York's Irish Arts Center gets a new lease of life". The Irish Times.

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