The Arts Councils of Ireland and Northern Ireland sponsor selected artists to participate in a one-year residency with the International Studios Program at the world-renowned P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City. The IACI partners with each Arts Council to administer the artists’ participation in the program.

Beginning in 1976, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, through its National and International Studio Program, has awarded studio work-space annually, starting every September, to approximately nineteen artists working in a variety of media.

A defining component of P.S.1, The National and International Studio Programs unite professional artists from varied cultural and aesthetic backgrounds. In 2002-2003, P.S.1 welcomes Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Berlin, Italy, Japan, Korea, Northern Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, and the United States.

Arts Council of Northern Ireland
MacNeice House, 77 Malone Road
Belfast BT9 6AQ 01232 385200
tel: 028 90 385200

The Visual Arts Dept.
The Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaion
70 Merrion Sq.
Dublin 2 Ireland
tel: +00 353 1 618 0200
callsave 1850 392492
fax: +00 353 1 676 1302/661 0349
info@artscouncil.ie
www.artscouncil.ie
2003-2004 PS1 Irish Artists in Residence

Niamh O'Malley - Republic of Ireland

Niamh O’Malley (born Co. Mayo, 1975) graduated from the University of Ulster, Belfast with a BA Hons. in 1996, she is currently completing a Ph.D. which is a visual and theoretical investigation into contemporary viewing and appreciation of landscape at the University of Ulster. She was a Co-Director of Catalyst Arts from 1996-1998 and has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Canada, Chicago, New York, and Italy. Most recent exhibitions include On a Clear Day, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast 2001, Open House, Casino, Luxembourg, 2002, Anders, Smart Project Space Amsterdam, 2002, EV+A, Limerick, 2003. She was the Northern Irish Fellow at the British School at Rome, 2000.

The photo below is an example of Niamh's work with corresponding commentary.  This particular work brings the outside world inside. She has painted, on the walls and window frames, the outside scenery that is blocked by the interior structure.  If you click on the photo you will see a larger version.

Window 2002

Oil and household paint on window frames, sills & wall

Open House, Casino Luxembourg

‘In the centre of the main room of the Casino Luxembourg facing the spectacular valley of the city centre, O’Malley first chose a viewing point. She then painted parts of the view blocked by the window frame when looking from this spot onto the frame itself. Once a visitor negotiates the point of view within the room, he discovers a horizon, beaming through the large area painted white. The closer the viewer approaches the window, the less of the painterly world is available for the eye, and the more inclination one has towards the real, towards life pulsating on the street. Interplay between the everyday and the imaginary tends to dissolve sharp edges between inside and out, offering a vista of a spectacular kind.’

Maria Hlavajova, Catalogue, Open House