I can buy myself flowers | Tom Byrne at The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre

Event Details

ART EXHIBITION – TOM BYRNE
Title: “ I can buy myself flowers”.

5th August-30th September

Tom Byrne, born in Dublin in 1962, is an Irish artist known for his diverse range of work, including portraits, landscapes, and abstract pieces, often exploring themes of Irish history, culture, and spirituality. He studied at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design and later in Berlin, drawing inspiration from the Bauhaus tradition, Irish writers like Samuel Beckett and James Joyce, and contemporary issues. Byrne is also recognized for his involvement in the punk movement, which influenced some of his early work, including album cover designs and street art. Tom was commissioned to do portraits by Hollywood filmmaker Elizabeth Banks, Matthew Rhys and Kerri Russell. In 2018, he was commissioned to create a piece for Pop Francis’s visit to Lithuania, which now hangs in the Vatican. . Tom Byrne’s style is very unique, he creates luxurious textures in nuanced, lush layers of paint and structured layers of colour, mediated by his own aesthetic experiences. Swirls of jewel-like colours transcend opaque, opulent washes of tone. Furthermore, he utilizes wax to create a luminous tangible surface which creates a multi-sensory experience, engaging the viewer not just on a visual level, but through a tactile experience as well.