ARTISTS/STATEMENT
Tom Dalton
Tom Dalton has been a prolific Artist throughout the last fifteen years. He began his career in engineering but grew restless because of a need to work in a more creative way. He used his already learned skills to design bespoke furniture which led him to focusing on public commissions. His most renowned artwork to date is probably the large mirrored tree in a Cork city park which worked as a timely intervention as this dead tree otherwise would have been felled. He has just finished another large commission for Cork City Councils new resource centre in knocknaheeny on the north side of the city.
Statement
Tom Dalton’s practice has evolved over the last fifteen years from designing bespoke furniture pieces to creating large public-art works.
The approach he takes with his public art projects is to absorb the various nuances in that environment and feed this into the work, then by bringing a structured approach to this process using a broad range of material’s he allows these influences create the outcomes for the art he makes.
Dalton’s sculptural artworks have been described as interventions in space or as formal reactions to site. His work can often hint at the surreal by the objects he makes, but possibly not realised fully until placed in their environment while others suggest being influenced by architectural features.
While his work explores the materiality of the sculptural form it brings into focus a tactile quality that highlights the potential magical possibility that each artwork creates in the imagination.
Curriculum Vitae
Studio address;
The National Sculpture Factory, Albert rd, Cork City, Eire.
Exhibitions;
1998: Plan Expo Architectural Fair, Point depot, Dublin
1999: Mallow Garden Festival, Cork (prize winner)
2001: West Cork Arts Center ( group show)
2002: Cork City Art Trail, free form wire sculpture.
2003: National Botanic Gardens, Dublin. (SEED-PoD 1)
2004: Farmleigh House Gardens, Dublin.
2005: Angle of Repose (St Finbarre's Cathedral Cork)
Private Commissions:
1999: Galway Ballet company (furniture)
1999: Uppercase Print ( table feature)
2000: Savilles Menswear Cork (2 table features)
2000: Be-spoke furniture set ( Jordan Grand Prix Cadiz Spain)
2001: Be-spoke furniture set ( Crilly Construction London)
2002: Sculptural Gate design (Kanturk Co Cork)
2004: SEED-PoD 2 Newtown Mount Kennedy, Co Wicklow.
2006: Carlton Hotel Group (table feature)
2007: Trinidad, Tobago. Be-spoke garden furniture.
2008: Fitzgerald Menswear Cork City (shopfront Copper sign)
Public Art Commissions;
2002: Title; Leaf
Commissioned by, The Department of Agriculture.
€ 8000
2003: Title; Illusions
Commissioned by, Amersham Health Pharmaceuticals Co. Cork
€ 16000
2004: Title; Immortality
Commissioned by, Cork City council, parks department.
€ 26,000
2007: Title; Moon-Bench
Commissioned by, South Dublin Co Council.
Part of European linkage fund project.
€ 36,000
2010: Title; Untitled
Commissioned by, Cork City Council.
Knocknaheeny Community Resource Centre.
€ 40,000
2011: Title; Commemoration Seat
Commissioned by, John Jameson Brewery Smithfield, Dublin.
€ 8000
Residencies;
1999: The National Sculpture Factory Cork
2000: Cill Riallaigh Artist Retreat Centre, Kerry.
2006: Cill Riallaigh Artist Retreat Centre, Kerry.
2009: 3 month research project, Barcelona, Spain.
Tom Dalton
Tom Dalton has been a prolific Artist throughout the last fifteen years. He began his career in engineering but grew restless because of a need to work in a more creative way. He used his already learned skills to design bespoke furniture which led him to focusing on public commissions. His most renowned artwork to date is probably the large mirrored tree in a Cork city park which worked as a timely intervention as this dead tree otherwise would have been felled. He has just finished another large commission for Cork City Councils new resource centre in knocknaheeny on the north side of the city.
Statement
Tom Dalton’s practice has evolved over the last fifteen years from designing bespoke furniture pieces to creating large public-art works.
The approach he takes with his public art projects is to absorb the various nuances in that environment and feed this into the work, then by bringing a structured approach to this process using a broad range of material’s he allows these influences create the outcomes for the art he makes.
Dalton’s sculptural artworks have been described as interventions in space or as formal reactions to site. His work can often hint at the surreal by the objects he makes, but possibly not realised fully until placed in their environment while others suggest being influenced by architectural features.
While his work explores the materiality of the sculptural form it brings into focus a tactile quality that highlights the potential magical possibility that each artwork creates in the imagination.
Curriculum Vitae
Studio address;
The National Sculpture Factory, Albert rd, Cork City, Eire.
Exhibitions;
1998: Plan Expo Architectural Fair, Point depot, Dublin
1999: Mallow Garden Festival, Cork (prize winner)
2001: West Cork Arts Center ( group show)
2002: Cork City Art Trail, free form wire sculpture.
2003: National Botanic Gardens, Dublin. (SEED-PoD 1)
2004: Farmleigh House Gardens, Dublin.
2005: Angle of Repose (St Finbarre's Cathedral Cork)
Private Commissions:
1999: Galway Ballet company (furniture)
1999: Uppercase Print ( table feature)
2000: Savilles Menswear Cork (2 table features)
2000: Be-spoke furniture set ( Jordan Grand Prix Cadiz Spain)
2001: Be-spoke furniture set ( Crilly Construction London)
2002: Sculptural Gate design (Kanturk Co Cork)
2004: SEED-PoD 2 Newtown Mount Kennedy, Co Wicklow.
2006: Carlton Hotel Group (table feature)
2007: Trinidad, Tobago. Be-spoke garden furniture.
2008: Fitzgerald Menswear Cork City (shopfront Copper sign)
Public Art Commissions;
2002: Title; Leaf
Commissioned by, The Department of Agriculture.
€ 8000
2003: Title; Illusions
Commissioned by, Amersham Health Pharmaceuticals Co. Cork
€ 16000
2004: Title; Immortality
Commissioned by, Cork City council, parks department.
€ 26,000
2007: Title; Moon-Bench
Commissioned by, South Dublin Co Council.
Part of European linkage fund project.
€ 36,000
2010: Title; Untitled
Commissioned by, Cork City Council.
Knocknaheeny Community Resource Centre.
€ 40,000
2011: Title; Commemoration Seat
Commissioned by, John Jameson Brewery Smithfield, Dublin.
€ 8000
Residencies;
1999: The National Sculpture Factory Cork
2000: Cill Riallaigh Artist Retreat Centre, Kerry.
2006: Cill Riallaigh Artist Retreat Centre, Kerry.
2009: 3 month research project, Barcelona, Spain.
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