Fine Arts

Meet the artist: Eilis O’Connell – revealing both the physical and the conceptual aspects to practice

Hardware/Software, the Derry-born sculptor’s latest exhibition opening later this month at the Solomon Gallery, highlights the dual aspects of an artist’s work

Artist Eilis O’Connell. ‘To me ‘hardware’ is the sculpture that I make, and ‘software’ is the drawing, painting, photography, the thinking behind the evolution of the sculpture’

Derry-born Eilis O’Connell studied at the Crawford School of Art, Cork – where she received the award for distinction in sculpture in 1977 – and the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, and is one of Ireland’s most internationally recognised contemporary artists.

In 2018 her outdoor sculptures were shown at E1027, the famous home designed by Eileen Gray in Cap Martin, France. Her first major survey exhibition took place this year at the FE McWilliam Gallery ...