Violet Shirran
Visual Artist
Violet graduated from N.C.A.D in 1988 with a degree in Art and Design and later returned to study Embroidery and Printed Textiles. A member of Visual Artist Ireland, Cork Textile Network, Society of Embroidered Textiles, UK and Surface Design Association, USA.
Violet divides her time between teaching art and working from her own studio in Drogheda, Co Louth.
Artist's Statement
Cloth is at the heart of my work and hand stitch is my preferred method of mark making. I work deliberately stitch by stitch and like the slow meditative and repetitive nature of hand sewing. Taking my themes from nature and the environment, I print with dyes using screen print and relief print, a technique that allows the image to become part of the fabric rather than sitting on the surface.I dye my own linen using natural dyes and create work which I hope is environmentally friendly. I'm concerned with texture, pattern, layering print and stitch to achieve what I hope are tactile pieces, inviting to the touch.
Exhibitions 2021
Droichead Art Centre , Connected , November
Made , Kilkenny Crafts council Gallery November
Isolation Chronicles, Chicago
Pluid, National Comfort Blanket ( Online Exhibition)
Collars, Ruffs and Cuffs , Design Council of Ireland
Exhibitions 2019
Droichead Arts Centre , Drogheda, Ireland
Bishopstown Library, Cork
Talk and presentation, Cork Textile Network
Talk , presentation and workshop, Embroidery guild, Dublin.
Exhibitions 2018
Alexander palace, London, Knitting and Stitch Fair Gallery
Harrogate, UK
RDS, Dublin. Knitting and Stitch Fair Gallery
Exhibitions 2017
Solo show Mid County Cafe, Tipperary
Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Newgrange, Co Meath
Listoke House and Gallery, Louth
Knitting and Stitching Fair, Simmonscourt, Dublin
College of Music, Cork
Group Project, Australia
Exhibitions 2016
Fionnglass Gallery, Connemara, Co Galway
Clifden Arts Week, Galway
Wandsworth Gallery, Cork
Knitting and Stitching Fair, Simminscourt, Dublin
College Of Music, Cork
