The magnificent setting of King House will yet again showcase leading artists from across the island of Ireland and continues the strong North-South flavour, earning it a place as one of Ireland’s most anticipated and prestigious summer celebrations of the arts. Showcasing over 130 artists , with a concentration on painting, sculpture, drawing and photography, Past Present, Future promises a visual thread celebrating the richness and diversity of Irish art that has characterized the exhibition annually over the past 33 years.
The main exhibition has been curated by Paul McKenna and will be officially opened on Thursday 14th July in King House by Hilary Beirne.
This year’s Fergus Ahern Award for merit has been awarded to John Rainey for “Venus Glitch”
The exhibiting artists are:
Norman Ackroyd
Robert Ballagh
Aibhe Barrett
Catherine Barron
Zsolt Basti
John Behan
Angela Bell
Uri Blayer
Katherine Boucher Beug
Brian Bourke
Diarmuid Breen
Rory Breslin
Orla De Brí
Peter Burns
Sonia Caldwell
Anna Campbell
Caroline Canning
Michael Canning
Cathy Carman
Tom Climent
Daniel Coleman
Olwyn Colgan
Emma Connolly
Simon Cook
Elizabeth Cope
Malachy Costello
Sian Costello
David Crone
Aidan Crotty
Frances Crowe
Ian Cumberland
Cecilia Danell
Fionnuala D’Arcy
Gerry Davis
Diamuid Delargy
Maurice Desmond
John Doherty
Jen Donnery
Mollie Douthit
Stephen Doyle
Naomi Draper
Rita Duffy
Mike Duhan
Olga Duka
Laura Duncan
Joe Dunne
Susan Early
Jason Ellis
Philip Flanagan
Alan Freney
Annette Gaffney
Martin Gale
Matthew Gammon
Mark Garry
Joy Gerrard
Graham Gingles
Gerry Gleason
K.K. Godsee
Cara Gordon
Tim Goulding
Catherine Greene
Paul Hallahan
James Hanley
Charles Harper
Ciaran Harper
Pat Harris
Gearóid Hayes
David Hedderman
Mercedes Helnwein
Elham Hemmat
Willie Heron
Redmond Herrity
Stephanie Hess
James Horan
Ronnie Hughes
Jonathan Hunter
Patricia Hurl
Vanessa Jones
Josephine Kelly
Sharon Kelly
Brian Kielt
Miseon Lee
Maria Levinge
Daniel Lipstein
Mary Lohan
Alison Lowry
Sinead Lucey
Eoin Mac Lochlainn
Brian Maguire
Susan Mannion
Colin Martin
Mary McCaffrey
Paddy McCann
Brian McDonagh
Hector McDonnell
Kenny McKendry
Aimee Melaugh
Sean Molloy
Peter Monaghan
Kevin Mooney
Billy Moore
Jeffrey Morgan
Niall Naessens
Daniel Nelis
Brian O’Doherty
Elizabeth O’Kane
Patrick O’Reilly
Geraldine O’Riordan
Máire O’Sullivan
Kate Oram
Jack Pakenham
Andy Parsons
Peter Pearson
Michael Quane
Ann Quinn
Eddie Rafferty
John Rainey
Ciara Roche
Robert Ryan
Salvatore of Lucan
Una Sealy
Paul Seawright
Neil Shawcross
John Sherlock
Mark Shields
Gillian Kenny Shinnors
Fiona Smith
Donald Teskey
Elke Thonnes
Vadim Tuzov
Chanelle Walshe
Michael Wann
Kathryn Warden
Colin Watson
Ross Watson
Tommy Weir
Chris Wilson