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IGI Candy Sweettalk
April 30 2009
Features talks by Ros Shiers, Jonathan McHugh and Steve Simpson, April 30th, 2009.
CandyCollective & The Illustrators Guild of Ireland, proudly present a special Illustration focussed SweetTalk, celebrating the influence of the IGI and its continued support of Irish illustration since 2000. This one-off event will be held on Thursday, April 30th, 2009, at the Sugar Club.
Read Full Story »Tiny Little Horse V. Lil’ Guy Al
September 14 2008
A new Versus? show pits the poster designs of Tiny Little Horse against Lil’ Guy Al.
Tiny Little Horse are a design collective based in Dublin made up of Illustrators BRENB, Gavin Beattie and Chris Judge. Lil’ Guy Al are a group of designers based in the US and features the work of Lil Tuffy, Guy Burwell, Alan Hynes and Christian Sloan Hall.
Read Full Story »Life Drawing Exhibition 2008
April 16 2008
Thursday 10th April 2008 saw the opening night of the annual exhibition of The Thursday Life Drawing Group which is run by IGI member Brian Gallagher.
This the fifth annual exhibition. The show is currently being displayed in the United Arts Club, Dublin 2 until 28th April 2008.
Xanadu Exhibition at the Loft
October 10 2007
Chris Judge’s new exhibition runs for two days at the Loft Gallery Dublin, From October 10th.
For his second major exhibition Chris spent a week on Xanadu, a small planet which has since been engulfed by the now collapsed star Procyon B, sketching portraits of local inhabitants during the great exodus from the doomed planet. Upon his to return to Earth, Chris set about painting intimate portraits of Xanadu denizens from his sketchbooks on various media. The result is 34 striking portraits of Blue Beatniks, solemn Vampires, Devils, Androids and many other colourful characters…
Read Full Story »A Nation’s Obsession Exhibition
August 01 2007
This exhibition in association with the RIAI highlights the obsession with architectural form over the past decade in advertising, editorial and book illustration.
Featured artists are Fintan Taite, Brian Gallagher, Brian Fitzgerald, PJ Lynch, Des Fox, Adrienne Geoghegan, Olivia Golden, Steve Simpson, Una Gildea and Kevin McSherry. The Architecture Gallery, RIAI, 8 Merrion Sq. Dublin 2, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, Thursday 2nd August until Friday 24th August, 2007.
Read Full Story »Life Drawing Exhibition 2007
May 27 2007
The Thursday Life Drawing Group held their annual exhibition in The United Arts Club on Thursday 24th May 2007. The show was opened by Johnnie McCoy the clubs Arts Convenor and also by Ciaran Bennett, Art Critic and President of The International Association of Art Critics- Ireland (AICA).
There was work displayed by IGI members PJ Lynch, Joven Kerekes, Steve Doogan, Padhraig Nolan, Oisin Roche, Paul Stewart, Mierzey, and Brian Gallagher.
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