120 metres high and 3 metres in diameter at the base, the stainless steel monument was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects (London) and rises above O’Connell Street. Ritchie has explained that he polished pattern at its base "can be read as mirrored seas or lakes or, conversely, a...

Crann an Óir (Tree of Gold) was commissioned by the Central Bank of Ireland to mark Dublin's year as European City of Culture in 1991. The work is comprised of a formalised tree in gilded bronze surrounded by a sectioned building in Wicklow granite.  The tree symbolises growth under careful...

Beth O'Halloran made an installation of floor-to-ceiling paintings of a forest at dawn for the foyer of the newly built Scoil Ghrainne Community NS, Phibblestown, Dublin 15 under a County Dublin VEC per cent for art scheme. Commissioned in 2010 she completed the work in early 2011. These very lar...

A series of paintings detailing the everyday life at Presentation College.

Schoolwork is the result of a per cent for art commission for Presentation College, Carlow. Blaise Smith (ARHA) worked as artist in residence in the school, from Sept 2011 to June 2012 ...

A large site-specific installation on the facade of the new Lir Academy building on Pearse St, Dublin 2 comprising of a series of bright green spheres and hemispheres which appear to be bubbling out from the building.

 “This sculpture speaks to the curious relationship between a...

A series of commissions including two permanent artworks commissions, two temporary commissions, a residency project and two bursary programmes for emerging artists were developed  as part of the project. Briefs were prepared and advertised in 2010, with a well attended site visit taking pla...

This project involved an outdoor performance and a separate film work. The performance and filming took place in a natural amphitheatre called “Horseshoe Bay” on Sherkin Island which is located off the coast of West Cork in Ireland.   

This work was entitled “Drift’ and in...

A Very Grand Canal is a collection of artistic responses to the Grand Canal commissioned by Offaly County Council through the per cent for arts scheme. Three projects were chosen.

• A series of eight prints depicting the history and legacy of the Grand Canal 
  by Geraldine O'Reill...
  

This banquet was an artwork that explored ideas and images of seafaring and food in the era of the tall ships. Combining food and various artworks, the meal sought to change perceptions of the age of sail and its impact on such things as sugar, Irish slavers and the taste for spices.

The work to...

Oil Rig structure with fountains constructed of chromed steel, rubber and water pumps. The sculpture is 510 long x 570 wide x 700 high cm.