Bernadette was a ships captain for many years in California. Today her affinity with the Ocean is reflected in her ceramic vessels, photography and glass work which emulates and celebrates County Cork seascapes discovered while kayaking along the local Atlantic coastline.
B.A (Hons) Contemporary Applied Art, Ceramics, Glass & Textiles • Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland · 06 / 2018
Kiln Cast Glass Sculpture · Shanghai University of Fine Art, Shanghai, China · 05 / 2017
B.A Pottery Skills & Design Course · Design & Crafts Council of Ireland & National University of Ireland, Thomastown Co. Kilkenny, Ireland · 09 / 2014
Ceramic, Ceramic Sculpture, Design, Art History · City College of San Francisco, Fort Mason Campus, San Francisco · 2000 / 2011
Through my explorations by sea into places accessible only by kayak I venture into hidden, undervalued and undeniably beautiful places. My explorations have led me to question our relationship with the landscape and our role in responsible stewardship of our coastal surroundings.
Although the coastline appears rugged, an impervious bulwark against the Atlantic and the elements, it is vulnerable to human impact. This vulnerability is expressed in the balancing of some pieces on small bases. I carefully manipulate found coastal items into the individual materials, making the found items integral to the piece. I use found items of drift wood and stone to mark make and form, creating a visible narrative from the hidden places to the public. I give expression to the creative and erosive dialog of water on rock, articulating the relationships between humanity and landscape.
Each sculptural piece contains found coastal materials and is named for the place that inspired it.
2020
Surveyor · Solstice Art Centre, Railway Street, Navan , Co. Meath · December 2020
Artworks 2020 - The Sky is Blue · The Visual Carlow , Old Dublin Rd, Graigue , Carlow · July to October 2020
Unlocked · Craft Northern Ireland , 112 -115 Royal Avenue, Belfast, N.I. · August to October 2020
Clayworks at the Printworks · Ceramics Ireland Members Exhibition · Dublin Castle, Dublin · August 2020
Cork Potters Society 40th Anniversary Members Exhibition · Lavit Gallery, Wansford Quay Cork · August 2020
SHOWCASE · Cork Craft & Design Annual Exhibition · Working Artists Studios, Ballydehob, Co. Cork · August 2020
Land of Some Order · Lavit Gallery, Wansford Quay, Cork · March to July 2020
Kanturk Arts Festival · Kanturk Co. Cork · March 2020 · postponed
2019
Winter Salon · Studio 12 · B.A.G. Wansford Quay Cork · December 2019
Contemporary Craft Exhibition · South Tipp Arts Center Clonmel Co. Tipperary · December 2019
Going Solo Solo show · Toradh 2 Gallery · Kells, Co. Meath · September to November 2019
UnSettle All Things · Crawford College of Art & Design Graduate Residents Show, Grand Parade, Cork · September 2019
We Are Cork Cork Craft & DesignGroup Show · City Hall Cork · August 2019
Clayworks at the Printworks · Ceramics Ireland Members Exhibition · Dublin Castle, Dublin · August 2019
Present Past Cork Craft & Design Showcase Exhibition· Fota House, Cork · August 2019
Following Contours Solo Show · Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards, Co. Down, U.K. · June 2019
2018
Craft & Design Fair · Glucksman Gallery UCC, Cork · 11/2018
Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition · Rathfarnam Castle, Dublin · 10/2018
Emerge 2018 · City Hall Atrium, Cork · 09/2018
See/Saw Degree Exhibition · Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork · 06/2018
2017
Under €250 · Cork Institute of Technology Gallery, Wansford Quay, Cork · 12 /2017
Oda · Vilinus Art Academy, Vilinus, Lithuania · 09 / 2017
Nahk · Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia · 03-04 / 2017
Skin · Cork Institute of Technology Gallery, Wansford Quay, Cork · 03 / 2017
2014
Up from Earth · National Craft Gallery, Castle yard, Kilkenny · 07-08 / 2014
Ceramics Ireland · Selected Members Exhibition · Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Dublin · 06-07/ 2014
What a Dish · Blue Egg Gallery Johns Street, Wexford · 04-05/2014
2003 - 2005
Open Studios San Francisco · 121 Noriega Street San Francisco 94122, U.S.A. · 10/ 2003/ 04/05
Direenacappera · Beara Peninsula, Cork Ireland · Artists Residency · April 2021
Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland · Ceramics Residency · Sept 2018 - June 2019
Shanghai University of Fine Art, Shanghai China · Kiln Cast Glass Study Exchange · March 2017 - May 2017
2014 · Master Class Lisa Hammond · Two day Workshop - Demonstration Lecture D.C.C.I. Thomastown, Ireland
2013 · Master Class Walter Keeler · Two day Workshop - Demonstration-Lecture D.C.C.I. Thomastown, Ireland
2012 · Master Class Ken Eastman · One day Workshop · Lecture University Limerick, Ireland
2012 · Master Class David Frith · Three day Workshop · D.C.C.I. Thomastown, Ireland
2012 · Ceramics Ireland Raku Workshop · One day Workshop · D.C.C.I. Thomastown, Ireland
2004 · Molly Prior · Pit Fire Workshop · One day Workshop · Dillion Beach, Tomales, California, U.S.A.
2002 · Master Class Josh De Weese · One day Workshop · C.C.S.F. Fort Mason Campus, San Francisco California, U.S.A.