About

Name:
P.J. O’ Connell

Born:
1964

Studied:

• Limerick School of Art and Design.

• Academie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam

• Presently Head of Art and Design in Colaiste Mhuire Co – Ed. Thurles, Co. Tipperary

My recent works continue my commitment to the principles and methods of abstraction. As such, references made in my work to the ways in which the everyday world appears to us are almost entirely put aside so that feeling and emotion can be aroused directly through the interaction of the materials and technique, the media and the various ways the elements of design can be made to behave. 

There is a major commitment to the grid in these latest series of works with great stress ( and delight) given to the physicality of application of paint resulting in repetitive phrases and shifting layers.

February 2021

Exhibitions

P.J O' Connell has exhibited work in solo and group shows in Ireland and abroad since 1987. Paintings in private collections in Ireland, Europe, North America, Africa and Australia. Paintings in public collections including Limerick City Gallery of Art, Mater Private Hospital, University of Limerick, Museum of Fine Art Alytus, Lithuania, Tipperary Institute, Limerick City Council, Kildare County Council, Tipperary County Council, Universaidad de la Lauguna, Tenerife, ETB Tipperary, Gallerie Haus Köstenberger, Obdacho, Austria, Regional Hospital, Limerick, Irish Embassy, Kampala, Uganda.