Kildare Gallery

Dawn Conn is an international figurative sculptor, born in New Zealand and presents her pieces Summer and Diving into the Ocean of Life in the exhibition. Her bronze and resin sculptures can now be found in private and public collections in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, Finland, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, USA, UK and Ireland. In 2020 Dawn won the BBC1’s ‘Home Is Where The Art Is’ with her original sculpture.

Anna Campbell is an Irish sculptor, born in Newry, County Down in the North of Ireland. She studied sculpture at the Crawford College of Art in Cork and in the early nineties she moved to England, where she worked for four years at Pangolin Editions, Gloucester. Her own bronze sculptures, whether they feature figures or animals, as her subject matter are characterised by their elegant modelling and highly distinctive and unique patination, a skill that she still employs for Cast Foundry in Dublin, where she continues to work.

Anna has also received many awards for her bronze sculpture in Ireland, including the Penn Chemicals, Cork Award, the Iontas Small Works Exhibition Award, and the Sculpture in Context Award.

Dublin based Bob Quinn sculptures can be described as figurative, his art is expressionist and his deep knowledge of anatomy allows him to abstract the human form and make the simplest of observation.

His lifelong influences have been Epstein, Marini and Giacometti and painters such as Millet and Degas. His current work is a celebration of the drama and the nobility of the most ordinary of human activity.

Originally from Kilkenny Liam Butler now lives and works in the West of Ireland, where he works alongside his two sons Ronan and Davin, both sculptors.

He is a completely self-taught, technically brilliant sculptor. His tools are no more than a welding torch and a hammer. Liam’s signature style of highly polished copper alongside heavily textured patination makes his work recognisable anywhere. Growing up alongside their father in the workshop both Ronan & Davin from a young age began sculpting. Liam has passed on his craft to both his sons who are talented artists in their own right.

All are inspired by the natural elegance in their immediate environment, species of birds, trees, & flowers. In recent years, willingness to experiment and a growth in confidence has seen an explosion of new subject matter especially the natural beauty of the windswept landscape of the West of Ireland and figurative pieces.

John Hogan hand forged iron work and eight of his incredible creations feature throughout the village. John founded his business in 2005 and since then has built up an extensive portfolio of bespoke pieces, that includes hand forged traditional gates and metal railings, curved staircases, garden sculptures, award trophies and much more. John’s sense of creativity knows no bounds and his ever-growing collection of fascinating artistic pieces includes large scale public sculptures, garden sculptures as well as smaller wall sculptures.

John’s work has been commissioned all over the country and overseas in the US and Australia. He is experienced in working with several different metals including mild steel, stainless steel, wrought iron, copper and bronze.

Husband and wife team Michael Calnan and Gunvor Anhøj have forged a small business with a big reputation from iron, steel, bronze, and copper. They have been creating for 20 years. Their sculptures can be found in many private collections around the world and public collections include The Irish State Art Collection, The Department of Foreign Affairs, The Office of Public Works and The Crafts & Design Council of Ireland’s Permanent Collection.