Geoff O’Keeffe
Geoff O’Keeffe
Initially trained in Fine Art Painting under the tutelage of the artists Sean Mc Sweeney and John O’Leary, Geoff became an art educator, before making a fulltime crossover to theatre. His training as a visual artist constantly informs his work as a director and has helped to shape his theatre aesthetic. Both art practices tell stories, and in the telling, he strives to create atmospheres and fuse together forms, textures, images, sights and sounds to find those moments of magic we all search for.
His recent visual practice is of the land, but more than landscape. The work seeks to create atmospheres through distilling the memories and ‘feel’ of a place. Filtering fleeting emotions, sensory and guttural reactions, and the creation of a strong sense of place resonate more than the making of naturalistic renderings.
His most recent solo show - The Place In Between was held at dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum in 2021. In 2023 he was one of four recipients of the John Richardson French Residency Award sponsored by Hambly and Hambly. His work is held in both private and public collections both nationally and internationally.
