Exhibitions and Events

ACTRESS NIAMH CUSACK PRESENTS NAVAL SERVICE ANNIVERSARY POEM

Niamh Cusack temporarily enlisted with the Irish Navy to give a professional reading of a significant poem onboard the L.É. JAMES JOYCE while alongside Dun Laoghaire port in Dublin. NCAD graduate Eve Parnell was commissioned to design and produce a limited edition print-run of the poem. Eve’s design evokes the mythological and historical maritime connections suggested by the poem in a crisp modern rendition, styled after early 20th Century Celtic Revival-inspired lacework patterns which recall wave action, time and tide. The poem’s text and the overlapping patterns are framed by a silver foil roll-of-honour around the page border, listing all the Navy’s faithful ships of the last 75 years.

The Irish Times, an Irishwoman's Diary

Mightier than the sword - Eve Parnell on Lázló Bíró's ballpoint revolution https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/mightier-than-the-sword-eve-parnell-on-l%C3%A1szl%C3%B3-b%C3%ADr%C3%B3-s-ballpoint-revolution-1.4587802

Brasserie Graf, Performance

On Culture Night, invited by the National Gallery of Ireland, Eve Parnell and Katerina Speranskaya gave a Performance of Spoken Word and Music. Parnell selected an extract from Somerset Maugham’s book, The Razor’s Edge. This book was one of the first Western novels to propose non-Western solutions to society’s ills. Its title comes from a passage in one of the Upanishads. ‘The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard.’ Accompanied by Katerina Speranskaya on Cello playing a new work inspired by Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony.

We are Solitary

We are solitary. NCAD and Rua Red present the work of 12 artists whose works reflect an array of approaches that characterises our cultural moment at the crux of this most unusual time in history. The artists in this exhibition represent a wide variety of styles and impulses, with each dealing with a spectrum of issues ranging from the personal to the community at large

„Der Sonnenstrahl“

Ort: Galerie Kungerkiez, Berlin 2 November 2019 bis zum 1. Dezember 2019 Eve Parnell ist eine Künstlerin, die sich mit Themen beschäftigt, die im Bereich der bildenden Kunst nicht häufig diskutiert werden. Gleichzeitig führt sie die Tradition der bildenden Kunst fort; verwendet jahrhundertealte Materialien und Techniken und wird als zeitgenössische Künstlerin, die die Herausforderungen für das Kunst-Establishment und die breite Gesellschaft darstellt, aanerkannt So entschied sich Eve im vergangenen Jahr in London auf der prestigeträchtigen 250. Annual Summer Show der Royal Academy für eine einzelne, lebensgroße Skulptur einer Gartenschnecke (Mischtechnik). Mit diesen Ausstellungsstücken versucht Eve, Tiere aus den Bildern anderer Künstler zu befreien. Eve hat sich dieser, vor langer Zeit gestorbenen, Tiere angenommen und Portraits ihrer lebendigen Seele gemacht. The drawings themselves are uniform in size, 38 x 28 cms, all presented 'portrait' on archival quality, rough grain watercolour paper, the medium is pencil, the size of the drawings, like paintings in the Dutch Golden Age, is small enough to display in the home. While these are representations of the 'everyday' they also incorporate a sense of the 'fairytale' and as we know, before early fairytales were 'sanitised' they were pretty gruesome and scary. All of these drawings come from her 'everyday', while some drawings have liberated the subjects from poorly painted obscurity in paintings spanning several centuries

Eve Parnell Reviews the Graduate Shows in Dublin on RTE Radio One's Arena with Sean Rocks

On Arena, the daily arts and popular culture show with Sean Rocks, Eve reviews the End Of Year Arts Colleges Exhibitions Eve Parnell reviews some of the country arts colleges end of year exhibitions.

The Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition

Eve Parnell has been selected from over 1,300 submissions to appear alongside paintings by some of Britain’s leading marine artists. The exhibition will be on display at Mall Galleries in central London between 11 to 20 October 2018. The Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition is recognised as the most prestigious and varied exhibition of marine art in the UK. The exhibition's theme is the sea and everything related to it, the premier marine art exhibition in the United Kingdom

Selected for the Royal Academy Summer Show

The brightest and most colourful Summer Exhibition yet, in the 250th annual celebration of “art made now”. Each summer the Royal Academy galleries are jam-packed with contemporary art made by artists from all walks of life. A world-famous show unlike any other, the Summer Exhibition draws together works by internationally renowned artists, exciting new talent and first-time exhibitors. In its 250th year, the show is the cultural highlight of the season, with all artwork handpicked by a committee led by Grayson Perry RA.

National Drawing Day

One of five Artists selected to celebrate Drawing in the National Gallery of Ireland, Eve studied the unique collection in the Gallery's Dutch Room where she was available to chat and demonstrate her skill throughout the day

Visit of Their Royal Highnesses

During the official visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to Northern Ireland in 2015, a visit to historic Saint Patrick's Church on the contentious Donegall Street in Belfast was included in their schedule. The Parish of Saint Patrick's Church commissioned Eve to create a large work for the Royal Couple, so on the 21st May Eve presented her large framed drawing of 'Saint Brigid' after Sir John Lavery's 'Madonna of the Lakes', to TRH when she had the opportunity to converse with The Prince and The Duchess

'Souls of the Slain - Anamnacha imithe abhaile go Dia'

Commemorating the centenary of the year 1916, Eve Parnell was invited to exhibit a solo show in The Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Eve addressed issues facing both sides of the community which culminated in a very successful inclusive event officially Opened by the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness MLA on 6 June, the exhibition continued through 24 June

'Uskolliset kumppanit - Constant Companions'

Onboard the Tall Sailing Ship 'Soumen Joutsen' in the National Maritime Museum of Finland, in association with the Embassy of Ireland in Finland, 3 June- 30 August Kesäkuussa 2015 Suomen Joutsenella avataan irlantilaisen taiteilijan Eve Parnellin näyttely, joka tunnelmallaan ja tulkinnoillaan täydentää vierailua yli satavuotiaan kansallisaarteemme kansilla. Otto Holmborg Suunnitelija, Forum Marinum

Letter from His Excellency, the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins