The VAN Podcast is a podcast series from Visual Artists Ireland.

Published every two months, The VAN Podcast features online conversations, recorded remotely, with various contributors to each issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet. This gives opportunities to discuss some of the ideas arising from published texts, while also offering insights into wider practice.

Episode 6 features an interview with Aideen Barry, focusing on her current large-scale commission for Kaunas 2022, European Capital of Culture, and her forthcoming solo exhibition at Limerick City Gallery of Art.

Aideen Barry is an Irish visual artist who has worked and exhibited extensively across Ireland and internationally. She was elected as a member of Aosdána in 2019, and the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2020. Aideen is represented by Galeria Isabel Hurley in Spain, and is affiliated with the Catherine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, and Mothers Tankstation in Ireland.​

​An edited version of this interview will be published in the November/December 2021 issue of VAN.

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The VAN Podcast is a podcast series from Visual Artists Ireland.

Published every two months, The VAN Podcast comprises online conversations, recorded remotely, with various contributors to each issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet. This gives opportunities to discuss some of the ideas arising from published texts, while also offering insights into wider practice.

Episode 2 features interviews with Kiera O’Toole, as well as Jane Morrow and Moran Been-Noon, who each contributed to the January-February 2021 issue of VAN.

Kiera O’Toole is a Sligo-based artist, a PhD candidate at Loughborough University, and cofounder of Drawing deCentred – an artist-led collective that explores contemporary drawing practice in Ireland. Her recent profile for VAN focuses on NINE – a new collective of 8 women artists, formed during lockdown.

Jane Morrow is an independent visual art curator and researcher based in Belfast, whose ongoing PhD research examines the precarity of artists’ studios and workspaces. Moran Been-Noon is an Israeli, Dublin-based curator, artist and writer, who is currently Curator-in-Residence at glór in Ennis. In 2020, Jane and Moran established the Angelica Network, which was profiled in the January-February issue of VAN.

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The VAN Podcast is a new podcast series from Visual Artists Ireland.

Published every two months, The VAN Podcast comprises online conversations, recorded remotely, with various contributors to each issue of the VAN. This gives opportunities to discuss some of the ideas arising from their published texts, while also offering insights into their wider practice.

Episode 1 features interviews with Cornelius Browne and Frank Wasser both of whom contributed columns for the November – December 2020 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet.

Cornelius Browne is a Donegal-based artist whose practice has cultivated a devotion to plein air painting. As a regular contributor to VAN, Cornelius has beautifully articulated the seasonal fluctuations of painting outdoors, as well as exploring the many practical, theoretical and materials concerns in his work. His most recent column for VAN is titled Nocturnes, and focuses on his impulse to paint outdoors at night.

Frank Wasser is an Irish artist and writer who lives and works in London. He is a lecturer and art educator at Tate Modern and a PhD candidate at The Ruskin School of Art, which is the Fine Art Department of the University of Oxford. Frank’s column for the November – December issue is called ‘Word Upon Word Upon Fallen Word’ and traces the art historical significance of text-based art in the practice of American conceptual artist, Lawrence Weiner.

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The seventh and final episode of ‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast is out now.

The final podcast in the series features an interview with Róisín White, whose solo exhibition, ‘These Dark Shapes’ was due to open at Pallas Projects/Studios in early summer. VAN Features Editor, Joanne Laws, talks to Róisín via Zoom about this exhibition and the wider themes in her practice.

‘The Unseen Shows’ is podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland featuring interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

You can listen to all the episodes from the podcast on Soundcloud here or visiting the Webinars & Podcasts section in the Members Area of the Visual Artists Ireland website.

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The sixth episode of ‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast is out now.

This episodes features an interview with Ursula Burke, whose solo exhibition, ‘A False Dawn’ was due to run at Belfast’s Ulster Museum from 7 February until 31 May. VAN Features Editor, Joanne Laws, talks to Ursula via Zoom about this exhibition and the wider themes in her practice.

‘The Unseen Shows’ is podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland featuring interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. New episodes are being published every two weeks on Soundcloud.

Listen to episodes from the podcast on Soundcloud here or visiting the Webinars & Podcasts section in the Members Area of the Visual Artists Ireland website.

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The fifth episode of ‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast is out now.

This episodes features an interview with Gary Coyle, whose solo exhibition, ‘Dreaming Different Dreams’ ran at at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin. VAN Features Editor, Joanne Laws, talks to Gary via Zoom about this exhibition and the wider themes in his practice.

‘The Unseen Shows’ is a new podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland.

This podcast series features interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A printed version of this interview, with installation images from the exhibition, will be published in the July/August issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet.

These podcast interviews will be published every two weeks on Soundcloud.

Listen to episodes from the podcast on Soundcloud here or visiting the Webinars & Podcasts section in the Members Area of the Visual Artists Ireland website.

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The second episode of ‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast is out now.

The fourth podcast features an interview with Austin Ivers, whose solo exhibition, ‘Threads’, was due to open at the end of March at The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon. VAN Features Editor, Joanne Laws, spoke to Austin via Zoom about this new body of work, which will now be exhibited at a later date.

‘The Unseen Shows’ is a new podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland.

This podcast series features interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A printed version of this interview, with installation images from the exhibition, will be published in the July/August issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet.

These podcast interviews will be published every two weeks on Soundcloud.

Listen to episodes from the podcast on Soundcloud here or visiting the Webinars & Podcasts section in the Members Area of the Visual Artists Ireland website.

Feature Image: Austin Ivers

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The third episode of ‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast is out now.

This episode features an interview with Áine Phillips, whose exhibition ‘Buttered Up’ opened at MART Gallery in Dublin in March, just before lockdown. This interview was conducted by VAN Features Editor, Joanne Laws, in in early-May via Zoom.  

  ‘The Unseen Shows’ is a new podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland.

This podcast series features interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A profile of ‘Buttered Up’ by curator Katherine Nolan was included in the May/June issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet.

These podcast interviews will be published every two weeks on Soundcloud.

Listen to episodes from the podcast on Soundcloud here or visiting the Webinars & Podcasts section in the Members Area of the Visual Artists Ireland website.

Image: Helena Walsh, live enactment of Áine Phillips’ Buttered up in the Couch, Friday 6 March 2020, MART Gallery; photograph by Ewa Pypno, courtesy of the artists and MART Gallery.

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The second episode of ‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast is out now.

This episode features an interview with Neil Carroll, whose solo exhibition ‘In Pursuit of the Brocken Spectre’ opened at the RHA in Dublin in February. This interview was conducted in in early-May via Zoom, just before the scheduled closure of his show.

‘The Unseen Shows’ is a new podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland.

This podcast series features interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A printed version of this interview, with installation images from the exhibition, will be published in the July/August issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet.

These podcast interviews will be published every two weeks on Soundcloud.

Listen to episodes from the podcast on Soundcloud here or visiting the Webinars & Podcasts section in the Members Area of the Visual Artists Ireland website.

Feature Image: Neil Carroll, Rupture, 2019, emulsion paint, plaster, paper, burlap, tarpaulin, electrical tape, galva-band, lining paper, steel, wire mesh, wood, 250 × 420cm, installation view, RHA; photograph by Ros Kavanagh, courtesy of the artist and RHA.

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‘The Unseen Shows’ is a new podcast series by Visual Artists Ireland.

This podcast series features interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors, due to the closure of all cultural venues in mid-March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first podcast in this series features an interview with Mark Garry, whose solo exhibition ‘Songs and the Soil’ opened at The MAC in Belfast in late January. This interview was conducted in in early-April via Zoom, just before the scheduled closure of his show.

A printed version of this interview, with installation images from the exhibition, will be published in the July/August issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet.

These podcast interviews will be published every two weeks on Soundcloud.

Listen to the first episode on Soundcloud here.

Feature Image: Mark Garry, ‘Songs and the Soil’, installation view, The MAC Belfast; photograph courtesy of the artist and The MAC.

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