email: annabelalkonig@gmail.com       website: http://annabelkonigvisualartist.com

I studied at three art schools in Ireland and undertook an exchange scholarship to the Minerva Kunst Academie in Groningen, the Netherlands in 1983.. My main disciplines were sculpture and photography, I also took classes in ceramics, textiles and drawing.

Over the years I have gained a broader knowledge of the arts, which includes theatre, television, and film design, prop making as well as stills photography styling, art direction and public art commissions and teaching.

Selected Awards

2023   Invited Artist – ‘Remembering the Future’. Visual, Centre for Contemporary Art.                                      Shortlisted – Create Artist Bursary.

2022   ‘The 9 Stones Artists’ – ‘The Fado Project’. Arts Act Award, Carlow Co.Co.

2021     ‘The 9 Stones Artists’ –  ‘Clay Project’. Arts Act award, Carlow Co. Co.

2019/2020  ArtLinks Bursary Award. ‘A village portrait’.                                                                              HSE Photographic Commission. The new National Forensic Mental Health Services Hospital,Skerries.

2018  Arts Council of Ireland – ‘Create – Artist in the Community’ Award.  “Memory Map”.            ‘Creative Ireland’ Award for “Memory Map”.  ArtLinks Bursary Award. Carlow Co. Co. Arts Office.  ArtLinks Bursary Award – ‘Food Newfoundland’ publishing.                                                                    ‘The 9 Stones Artists’ – Arts act Award: the Book.

2017    Residency award winner: Dunamaise Open, Portloaoise, Ireland.                                             ‘Food – Newfoundland’. Residency, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.                                           Athens, Greece, residency (UNHCR – Ireland) ‘This I can Carry’.                                                   Roscommon Open Photography finalist, selector Martin Parr.

2016     Residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, County Monaghan.                                                 Short listed: ‘Art of the Heart’ artist residency. Shire of East Pilbara, Australia.

2017  ‘This I can carry’, phase 1. Athens, Greece. Residency.

2013/4  Seaside Artist in Residency. County Waterford Arts Office.

2013 Makers Award. Artstap .com

2010 Europol open. Winner category A. The Hague, the Netherlands.

Art Education

2012 – 2013 Masters in Fine Art – Recommended. NCAD, Dublin.

1987 – 1986 National College of Art + Design, Dublin. honours Degree.

1986 – 1982 Crawford Municipal School of Art, Cork. Credit Diploma.

1985 exchange; Kunst Academie Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands.

1982 – 1981 Limerick School of Art. One year cert in visual education.

Selected Visual Arts Shows

2023   ‘Heads or Tails’. Moone Room Gallery. Moone, Co. Kildare.

2019  February 9th – May 15th., 2019.  ‘9 Stones Artists – The Book Project‘. Visual – Centre for Cont. Art. Carlow

2017 World Refugee Day, 20.06.17: ‘This I can carry’. phase 2. Numerous public spaces in galleries throughout Ireland, the Netherlands and the US. See: ‘This I can carry’ on this site                    Grennan Mill.  Solo/Group show. Thomastown, Kilkenny Arts Festival.                                    ‘Shorelines’ Group show, Portnumna, Co. Galway.                                                                       ‘Platteland- Ierland’ Solo show, Galerie 44, The Hague, the Netherlands.

2016  ‘The 9 Stones Artists’  Group show, Visual – Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow.                        July 3ed – 15th October 2016. Official opening/panel discussion and launch of publication.        ‘Saved’ The lifeboat crew of Dunmore East’ Solo show, Coast Guard Cultural Centre, Tramore.      RHA Open – Selected (G) RHA Gallery, Dublin.                                                                                  ‘Postcards from the Edge’. Sikkema, Jenkins + Co Gallery. NYC.

2015  Open Ateliers (G) Spaanjaardshof The Hague, the Netherlands.                                                    ‘The 9 Stones Artists’ (G) Gate Lodge. Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow, Ireland.                          ‘Horse’ – Selected (G) Void, Derry, Northern Ireland.

2014  No Jury, no prize. (G) Fort Dunree, Donegal.                                                                                  Open Ateliers (G) Spanaardshof, The Hague, the Netherlands.                                                      Coastline Stories (S) Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Residency.              Eigse Open. Selected (G) Visual – Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow.                                               ‘The 9 Stones Artists’ (G) Carlow Festival of Writing and Ideas, Borris, Co. Carlow.

 2013 Lyric Theatre Commissioning exhibition. Lyric Theatre Belfast, Northern Ireland.            Anonymous Drawing. (G) Galerie Nord Berlin. Stadshal Eindhoven.                                                        MFA Graduate show.(G)  (NCAD) Moxie Studios, Dublin.                                                                  Kilgraney Gallery (G), Eigse Fringe Festival, Co. Carlow.                                                                            Eigse Open. Selected – Visual – Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow.

2012   Thomastown Arts festival Framewell Gallery with Gwen Wilkinson.                                             ‘The 9 Stones Artists’ (G) Duigenham Hall, Carlow. Eigse Arts Festal.                                                ‘Similar Required’ (G) MFA show. IMOCA, Dublin.

2011    Invited artist. RHA gallery, Dublin.                                                                                                   ‘The 9 Stones Artists’ (G) Borris House. Eigse Fringe festival.                                                                  ‘ACD’ (G) Kilgraney Gallery. Eigse Arts Festival.                                                                                    Summer show (G) Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

Selected Publications/Broadcasts

2017   LoosenArt Photobook publication, ‘This I can Carry’.

2016   TV review, TV Ireland, ‘The Possibilities of Place’.  Arena Radio review. Sean Rocks, Cristin Leech  ‘The Possibilities of Place’: The 9 Stones Artists. Publication essay Cliodhna Shraffrey.

ARTiculAction, SanFrancisco, USA.  feature review in Special edition .

https://issuu.com/articulaction/docs/articulaction_art_review_-_special__3b5d095d7016d8/46

2013 Coastline Stories Artist book Annabel Konig

2008 I smile at Life Catalogue essay – Dr. Medb Ruane.

2005 – 9 Various Publications Reviews

1998 Generation: RTE Radio, KCLR Radio, Evening Herald, Sunday Tribune.                                     Cursai Elaine – RTE Arts Programming.

1997 Felia – Felium: The Sunday Times – Medb Ruane. The Sunday Business Post – Marion McKeone.

1994 Ice to Water,Water to Words: Circa Arts Magazine – Michael Cunningham.                               Cursai Elaine RTE Arts Programme. The Irish Times – Luke Clancy. SSI – Pauline Cummins.                  The Sunday Times – Medb Ruane.

1992 Alchemy Catalogue essay – Hugh Maxton.                                                                                   Galerie Zagwijn. The Netherlands. Monoprint catalogue essay – Vivienne van Amerongen

Selected Collections

Mastercard Ireland Tunnel Vision.

Sculpture Society of Ireland, German Embassy The Netherland, Irish Embassy, The Netherlands, public and private collections throughout Europe.