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IRMA IRSARA
artist and printmaker
irma@oleary-irsara.com

My work is generally abstract, sometimes with recognisable elements and often includes
the use of symbols. One of my aims is to create a sensitive and harmonious interdependency in my work.
For me the subject matter comes first then the technique. This includes installations using glass, mirror and
projected light; artists books, including stained glass books, paper pulp work
and printmaking (etching, relief or colograph).

1976 - 1978 Istituto d'Arte di Ortisei, Italy
1978 - 1982 Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, Italy
1986 - 1988 Capel Manor Horticultural College (Ecology and Conservation)

2009 CITTA IDEALE, Barbican Library Foyer, Barbican Centre, London

2009 ECO D'INCONTRO paper pulp works Tavistock Centre, London

2007 L'ANGELO DELL'INTERMEZZO paper pulp and bookworks   Chelsea Library Gallery

2005 LA FAVELLA DI COLORE   paper pulp works   Tavistock Centre, London

2004 ANCHE ANIME DEVONO EVOLVERE
           installations, paper pulp works and artists books   Diorama 1, London

2004 SUONO VOCALICO   paper pulp works   Broadway Theatre, Peterborough

2002 Installation and pulpworks Circolo Artistico e Culturale di Ortisei, Italy

2001 'Irma Irsara, Pur Amur de la Nature' film broadcast by TV RAI 3 Ladina, Italy

2001 PULPWO RKS   Gadz, The Coffee Bar, London

2000 MAMMACORD II   paper pulp works   Tavistock Centre & Mary Ward Centre, London

1999 Exhibition of paper pulp works   The Triangle Restaurant, London

1999 Exhibition of paper pulp works    Mary Ward Centre, London

1999 Exhibition of etchings   Tavistock Centre, London

1998 MAMMACORD   large-scale paper pulp works   Tavistock Centre, London

1997 Exhibition of paper pulp works  La Dolce Restaurant, London

1997 PAPERWORKS   prints and works made from paper pulp   Tavistock Centre, London

1996 Exhibition of prints on hand-made paper   WXD Café Gallery, London

1996 AUTOMATIC CROSS-STITCH (part 1 and 2)   King's Fund, London

1996 AUTOMATIC CROSS-STITCH (part 1 and 2)
           HIDDEN FEMININITY prints and installations Filef Centre, London

1995 AUTOMATIC CROSS-STITCH
           Slide performance with poetry performed by Frances Presley for conference 'Feminism and the            Aesthetics of Difference' University of London

1994 STONEQUARRY   slide performance and exhibition with Islington Poetry Workshop

1992 GREEN FRUIT YELLOW BREEZE prints and drawings    Islington Central Library Gallery, London

1991 FRA MITI E SEGNI   prints and drawings   Filef Centre, London

1990 Exhibition of etchings   Arts Theatre Café, London

1990 Exhibition of etchings and paintings   Filef Centre, London

1989 LOOKING FOR CONNECTION   Lauderdale House Gallery, Highgate, London

1983 UNO SPAZIO installations   Galleria del Circolo di Ortisei, Italy

1982 SIRENA E METROPOLI  studio exhibition   Accademia di Belle Arti d'Urbino, Italy

1981 MISURE DEL COLORE   glass and mirror installation   Accademia di Belle Arti d'Urbino, Italy

1980 CASA, FILO, FUOCO, GENTE  installation and performance   Accademia di Belle Arti d'Urbino, Italy

2009 ART LIBERATING LIVES 2009, Mall Galleries, London

2009 GRAND MARCHÉ D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, La Bastille, Paris

2008 plant-pulp workshop at THE CONTINUOUS PICNIC (London Festival of Architecture)

2008 ARTISTS' BOOK FAIR, Phoenix Arts, Brighton

2008 BATTERSEA CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR

2007/08
BREAKING THE MOULD, IAPMA international paper touring exhibition

2007 LAB' 07, London Artists Book Fair, ICA, London

2006 THE GREAT ART FAIR, Alexandra Palace, London

2005 LAB'05 London Artists Book Fair, ICA, London

1999 1/2 Studio Plus Gallery, London

1998 25 YEARS OF ETCHING AT THE ACCADEMIA, Accademia d'Urbino, Italy

1997 WRITINGS ON THE WALL, exhibition of women artists, Islington Museum, London
           POROUS- limited edition artists book with etchings
           OH LUNA- stained glass book

1996 & 1997
          CHRISTMAS CRACKER, Islington Museum, London

1996 SUMMER SHOW, Northbank Gallery, London

1992 SEE THE PRINTS Printmakers Council, National Theatre Foyer Gallery

1992 CROSS SECTION Printmakers Council, Gardener Arts Centre, Brighton

1991 PRESENT PRINTS Printmakers Council, Battersea Library

1991 7TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS OPEN, Café Gallery, Southwark, London

1990 LONDON WOMEN'S ITALIAN EXCHANGE, art auction, Accademia Italiana, London

1987 15 YEARS OF ETCHING AT THE ACCADEMIA, Accademia di Belle Arti d'Urbino, Italy

1983 Biblioteca di Brunico, Italy

1982 Exhibition of Anti-war Movement, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy

1978-1982
GRUPPO ARTISTICO LADINO, annual exhibition of paintings

1978 Galleria del Circolo di Ortisei, Italy

British Library, Modern British Collections
Biblioteca di Brunico, Bolzano, Italy
Italy Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, Italy
Italy Landhouse (Architectural Department), Bolzano, Italy
Nippon Oil UK
Tavistock Clinic, London
Studio Maisto, London
Istitut Ladin, Italy
B M A
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo LLP

Triangolo di Vetro con Neve Finsbury Park 1994

1982 Moltina (monoprints) Institut Ladin
1994 Stonequarry Islington Poetry Workshop
1995 Stonequarry II Islington Poetry Workshop
2000 Automatic Cross Stitch, Frances Presley The Other Press
2001 Papermaking Techniques Book, John Plowman Quarto
2002 Tras - Revista de Leterature y Art VIII/2001

1983 Teacher of Art Education , Scuola Media, Brunico, Italy