Cóilín Murray
Cóilín Murray was born in 1945. He recently retired as Head of Fine print Dept. National College of Art Dublin. Senior Lecturer LSAD and since then spends several hours working every day in his West Cork studio.
Since first exhibiting in 1965 Cóilín has exhibited regularly in solo and group shows all over Ireland... in many European Countries as well as Cuba, Canada, Hawaii and in the USA, winning awards along the way.
Cóilín has participated in many international residencies, Zurich, Achill island, CillRialig, Bratislava, and in the lower East Side Print workshop in New York. Besides participating in nearly all of the selected group exhibitions over the years, The Hallward Gallery Dublin hosted many one man shows and the Chris Doswell Galleries in Limerick, and Rosscarberry hosted shows annually and more recently with Hambly and Hambly Enniskillen.
Coilin's works are in The Municipal Gallery Dublin, The Crawford Gallery Cork, Limerick City Gallery as well as University collections Dublin, Cork, Limerick. Cóilín is a founder Member of the West Cork Arts Centre.
"Just being.. "Living"... in such a place as West Cork, is always the starting point. How complicated, how multi layered, just being alive in such a townland, where the whole world flows through. Over time the paintings themselves have unearthed a form of abstraction (that has nothing doctrinaire about it). I would have the painting sing their songs with the same robustness as this place. What happens inside the passion of making is what matters... complicated... chaotic and exhalted."
