John O’Reilly

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This series of Dublin Port subjects began with funding from the Pumphouse Bursary, an initiative between Dublin Port and Axis Centre Ballymun, that funded two of the paintings exhibited.

A large industrial area close to the city centre, Dublin Port is like the backstage area of daily life. Due to it's constant development adapting to technological and economic changes, the paintings aim to record the unique designs and atmospheres of the Port’s fascinating structures and overlooked areas that may be updated or replaced in the future, with similar attention and appreciation of the protected 19th & 20th century port structures of North Wall.

John O’Reilly Biography:

As a former graffiti artist, John’s early subjects were areas he painted graffiti in, including the railway and abandoned sites. His work continues to consider the urban landscape, presenting oil paintings of banal, industrial, and marginal exterior spaces. His practice has also recently expanded into 3D digital media.

He was awarded an Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary in 2020 and Agility Award in 2022. He was commissioned by The National Gallery of Ireland in 2017, to interpret a Vermeer interior as an exterior mural. His work is in the OPW state collection. He has exhibited in five solo exhibitions and many group shows in venues including The Lab, RHA, EV+A, Draiocht, Glovebox and the Irish Architectural Archive. He has also exhibited in Canada, Spain, China, and the U.K.

John O’Reilly