About the Artists Database

The NIVAL Artists Database has been compiled in order to improve public access to the Library's extensive information files on 20th century and contemporary Irish artists.  These files contain exhibition catalogues, newspaper cuttings and ephemera on over 3,500 artists born or based in Ireland.

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  • Reference Code:IE/NIVAL AR/2411
  • First Name: Daphne
  • Last Name: Wright
  • Gender: Female
  • Date of Birth: 1963
  • Place of Birth: Longford
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Artwork Type Technique:
    • Installation
    • Mixed Media
    • Drawings
  • Abstract/Figurative: Abstract
  • Genre:
    • Figurative / Subject
  • Represented By: Not Specified
  • Public Art: No
  • Size: 20+
  • Manuscript Material: No
  • Physical Location: Artist Files Collection
  • Public Collection:
    • Other

Awards

1991 Cheltenham Fellowship, Cheltenham and Glos. College of Education
1992 British-Rome Scholarship in Sculpture
1993 Henry Moore Fellowship, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
1994 North-West Art Award
1995 South West Art Award
1996 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award

Bibliography

no date The Artworks Programme; edited by Simon Morrissey, "Daphne Wright, Home Ornaments."

Education

No Date Sligo Regional Technical College.
No Date National College of Art and Design.
No Date University of Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Notes

Wright's sculptural installations are concerned with the creation of artificial forms that draw inspiration from nature. Household materials including tinfoil, wallpaper and other domestic imagery feature strongly in her work. Wright has exhibited widely in solo and group sculpture exhibitions in Rome, London, Manchester, Exeter and Dublin. She has also worked with theatre director Johnny Hanrahan creating hybrid sculptural stage set installations. File contains an extensive collection of newspaper clippings, press releases and images of the atists work.

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